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A file containing the minutes of the meetings of the Lord President's Committee on domestic affairs during the Second World War. The documents discuss the committee's attempts to increase the size of the British coal mining industry's workforce, by methods including recalling men from the British armed forces and employing thousands of young people to work in the mines. The documents also cover policies discussed by the committee on the rationing of key resources, including cotton, meat, and paper; the supply of medical staff to the British armed forces; and the committee's early proposals for the reconstruction of Britain in the aftermath of the war. Other documents comment on the payment of pensions to ex-servicemen; a series of proposals to reform Britain's education system; and the fluctuations in the supply and prices of key foodstuffs in Britain.