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Review of Policy on Subsidies and Prices.

12 Mar 1943

2 of the purchase tax on clothing; but Utility clothing, which, unlike other clothing, is manufactured under the close supervision of the Board of Trade, is free of purchase tax. Bread was subsidised at an early date because the supply of raw material, the manufacture and the sale are well under control. Vegetables, on the other hand, present much greater difficulties of control, and have not hitherto been subsidised. Subsidies, however, have not been directed exclusively to price stabilisation but have also included expenditure incurred primarily for nutritional reasons—for example, the National Milk Scheme and the School Meals Scheme.
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/12/58
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 71/12
Former Department Reference
LP(43) 56
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000012.058
Keywords
Clothing Cost of Living Eggs Employment Factories Fish Food Supplies Industrial Production Industry Labour Supply Potatoes Price Controls Prices Public Health Retail Subsidies Sugar Taxation Vegetables Wages
Language
English
Organizations Discussed
HM Treasury Lord President's Committee
Pages
6
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Papers Nos. 1(43) - 119(43)
Themes
Rationing Supply Licensing Price Control