000027

Description

A file of meeting minutes and memoranda concerning the activities of the Lord President's Industrial Committee. Subjects covered in the file include post-war industrial planning; attempts to reorganise industry and restrict its growth in London; labour supply issues, including the position of women in the workforce; and the issue of employment in "development areas". Further topics covered include the labour requirements of agriculture and the coal-mining industry; the British export industry; the reallocation of factories used in war production; the disposal of surplus stores; and the allocation of raw materials. The file also covers the prospects of the British film industry; patent procedures for inventions conceived during the war; proposals for the establishment of a British Institute of Management; and an economic survey of 1946, with details of labour supply and industry requirements, the balance of payments, and national income and expenditure.