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Official: Cabinet: Papers 1 - 19., 14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/227

Scope and Contents

Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Peel, Secretary of State for India, on Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army and the political situation in India; 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; Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood] Secretary of State for Air, on air estimates and evacuation at Kabul [Afghanistan]; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the transfer scheme (intended to alleviate unemployment) and road works and the Washington Hours Convention; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on betting, gaming and lotteries; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on equal pay for men and women in the civil service; Percy on Anglo-American relations; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on the road vehicles regulation bill; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, on Canada and the League of Nations; and covering letters from Sir Maurice Hankey, Cabinet Secretary.Also includes a report by the East Africa Commission; a Committee of Imperial Defence report on the Channel Tunnel and a special report on unemployment.Printed index at CHAR 22/235.

Dates

  • Creation: 14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.

This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.

Extent

1 file(s) (1 bound file (67 folios including pamphlets))

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

CP 1(29) to CP 19(29)

Subject

  • Army (Organization)

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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