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Board of Trade Advisory Council: Minutes and Papers

Catalogue reference: BT 197

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BT 197

Bound volumes of minutes of meetings 1-20, and draft minutes of meetings 21-86, of the Board of Trade Advisory Council.Some statistical material is appended to many of the minutes.

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BT 197

Title
Board of Trade Advisory Council: Minutes and Papers
Date

1918-1938

Description

Bound volumes of minutes of meetings 1-20, and draft minutes of meetings 21-86, of the Board of Trade Advisory Council.

Some statistical material is appended to many of the minutes.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Board of Trade Advisory Council, 1918-1939
Physical description

8 files and volumes

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Unpublished finding aids
In the minutes of the 34th and subsequent meetings a subject index appears to the sections headed 'Trade Outlook'.
Administrative / biographical background

The Board of Trade Advisory Council was set up in 1918, following the issue of a White Paper (Cd. 8912 - 'Memorandum with respect to the reorganisation of the Board of Trade', dated January 1918).

Initially known as the Provisional Advisory Council, the Council's purpose was to advise the Commerce and Industry Departments of the board on a wide range of matters, including the appointment of new members of the Council, food industries, textiles, iron and steel, coal, chemicals, gas, non-ferrous metals, finance and banking, railways, co-operative societies, and Australian, Canadian and Indian trade.

Represented on the Council were various Board of Trade Committees, the Association of Chambers of Commerce, the Federation of British Industries, Labour interests, the Foreign, Colonial and India Offices and Dominion governments.

The Council existed until September 1939 when it was suspended, but few papers have been found after 1928.

Copies information

There are copies of some sets of minutes of the Provisional Advisory Council and the Board of Trade Advisory Council are in BT 13.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3235/

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