Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on railways bills; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on a bill relating to the slaughter of animals in Scotland; Arthur Balfour, Lord President of the Council, on proposals by the United States for the renunciation of war; 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; Arthur Samuel [later 1st Lord Mancroft], Financial Secretary to the Treasury, on the public works loans bill and the Isle of Man customs bill; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on a draft treaty for the renunciation of war; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on the use of gas in civil disturbances; [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the 'no tax' movement in Bombay [India] and the Indian statutory commission; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on rating relief for the South Wales coal trade; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the factories bill and covering letters from Sir Maurice Hankey, Cabinet Secretary.Also includes: a report of the imperial wireless and cable conference; Committee of Imperial Defence minutes on service and navy estimates and copies of the public works loans bill, the Isle of Man customs bill and the factories bill.Printed index at CHAR 22/211.