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Official: Cabinet: papers 171 to 200., Jun 1927 - Jul 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/160

Scope and Contents

Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: the chiefs of staff on the defence of Wei Hai Wei [China]; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on relations with Iman of the Yemen, the entry of Iraq into the League of Nations, policy on East Africa, the New Hebrides [now Vanuatu] and the political situation in Cyprus; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook including details of various industries and exports and colonial trade; a report by the Committee on opium policy; [1st] Lord Cecil [of Chelwood] Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on the entry of Iraq into the League of Nations; a special report on unemployment; the unemployment insurance bill; Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne] Minister of Agriculture, on the Albany Street estate [London]; [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on steel houses, midwives and nursing homes and constitutional reform in India; a report of the House of Lords procedure committee on parliamentary procedure; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the reduction and limitation of armaments; a report by the Committee of Imperial Defence on the garrison, mahdism and air strength in Sudan; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on military contributions by colonial governments; the Isle of Man customs bill and Wilfrid Ashley, Minister of Transport, on road service operated by railway companies.Papers 176, 193 and 195 are not present in the file. Printed index at CHAR 22/167.

Dates

  • Creation: Jun 1927 - Jul 1927

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (127 loose folios))

Language of Materials

English