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Criminal law reform: Working Party on Vagrancy and Street Offences; first meeting
Catalogue reference: HO 342/167
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This record is about the Criminal law reform: Working Party on Vagrancy and Street Offences; first meeting dating from 1971 Jul 21 - 1971 Dec 22 in the series Home Office: Miscellaneous (MSC Symbol Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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HO 342/167
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Date (When the record was created)
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1971 Jul 21 - 1971 Dec 22
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Description (What the record is about)
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Criminal law reform: Working Party on Vagrancy and Street Offences; first meeting
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Previously missing at transfer; found May 2008
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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MSC 68 2/6/2
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Public Record(s)
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Open on Transfer
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Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Poverty
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11340310/
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HO 342
Home Office: Miscellaneous (MSC Symbol Series) Files
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Criminal law reform: Working Party on Vagrancy and Street Offences; first meeting
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