###CUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT) SECRET L.P.(43) 26 COPY NO. WAR CABINET LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE POWERS OF COMPETENT AUTHORITIES FOR CONTROLLING UNDERTAKINGS Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council At their meeting on 28th January (L.P.(43)7th Meeting), the Committee deferred a decision on the issues raised in the Memorandum on this subject by the Minister of Production (L.P.(43) 18) pending consideration of the possibility of devising a Defence Regulation which would meet the objections raised during the course of the discussion.