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Official: Cabinet: Unemployment Committee: papers 741 - 754., 15 Apr 1925 - 25 Jun 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/72

Scope and Contents

Includes papers from various individuals on unemployment, including: 1st Lord Aberconway [earlier Charles M'Laren] on extending the Trade Facilities Acts; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subsidies to reduce unemployment; Mines Department memoranda on subsidised employment in the coal industry; a Ministry of Labour memorandum on unemployment relief in Germany; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on subsidies in aid of wages, and the increase in unemployment figures; Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne], Financial Secretary to the Treasury; reports on the progress of unemployment relief schemes, including road development; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Chairman of the Unemployment Committee, on Sir Alfred Mond [later 1st Lord Melchett]'s scheme for reducing unemployment; a Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries memorandum on small holdings policy and unemployment; Federation of British Industries memoranda on a buy British campaign, and on British film production; Charles Tennyson, Deputy Director, Federation of British Industries; Edward Wood [later Lord Irwin and Lord Halifax], Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, on land drainage schemes for the relief of unemployment; an Unemployment Grants Committee memorandum on further works, 1925-1926.

Dates

  • Creation: 15 Apr 1925 - 25 Jun 1925

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 bound file (96 folios))

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

CU 741 - CU 754

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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