Series
Committee of Imperial Defence: War Emergency Legislation Committee and War Legislation...
Catalogue reference: CAB 52
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CAB 52
This series consists of the minutes and memoranda of the War Emergency Legislation Committee, 1925-1937, of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Defence Bill and Regulations, 1935-1937, and of the War Legislation Committee, 1937-1939, together...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CAB 52
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee of Imperial Defence: War Emergency Legislation Committee and War Legislation Committee: Minutes and Memoranda (WEL and WL Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1924-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the minutes and memoranda of the War Emergency Legislation Committee, 1925-1937, of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Defence Bill and Regulations, 1935-1937, and of the War Legislation Committee, 1937-1939, together with its sub-committees.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological by committee
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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)
- WEL and WL file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Committee of Imperial Defence, War Emergency Legislation Committee, 1925-1937
- Committee of Imperial Defence, War Legislation Committee, 1937-1939
- Home Office, Inter-Departmental Committee on the Defence Bill and Regulations, 1935-1937
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 volume(s)
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1925-1937
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The War Emergency Legislation Committee was established by the Committee of Imperial Defence in 1924, and the War Legislation Committee which succeeded it was appointed in 1937. These committees were part of the group of pre-war committees whose activities were largely co-ordinated by the Joint Oversea and Home Defence Committee.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3859/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: CAB
Records of the Cabinet Office
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Committee of Imperial Defence: War Emergency Legislation Committee and War Legislation Committee: Minutes and Memoranda (WEL and WL Series)