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Official: Cabinet: papers 171 - 186., 23 May 1928 - 18 Jun 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/199

Scope and Contents

Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne] Minister of Agriculture, on the report of the Royal Commission on land drainage; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on safeguarding the enamelled hollow ware industry; William Bridgeman [First Lord of the Admiralty] on ceremonies at foreign war memorials; John Davidson, Chairman of the Unionist Party, on broadcasting political speeches by the BBC; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on belligerent rights at sea and disarmament; Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood], Secretary of State for Air, on frontier posts south of the river Euphrates; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the liquor bill; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, on local government ratings reform and covering letters from Sir Maurice Hankey, Cabinet Secretary.Also includes: reports on the Aden [later Yemen] police force and the Heralds' College; Committee of Imperial Defence minutes on defences at Hong Kong, Japanese and British air bases and the organisation of the cavalry; and proposals for local government reform.Printed index at CHAR 22/211.

Dates

  • Creation: 23 May 1928 - 18 Jun 1928

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (57 folios including pamphlets))

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Former / Other Reference

CP 171(28) to CP 186 (28)

Subject

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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