Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the Akhwan situation [in Southern Iraq] and on unemployment and oversea settlement; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on increased unemployment levels; Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill] Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, and [4th Lord Salisbury, earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal, on disarmament; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; [1st Lord] Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Secretary of State for India, on the Indian statutory commission and covering letters from Sir Maurice Hankey, Cabinet Secretary. Also includes: Committee of Imperial Defence minutes on reorganisation of the French army and a special report on unemployment.Printed index at CHAR 22/211.