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Cabinet: Miscellaneous Committees: Minutes and Papers (GEN, MISC and REF Series)

Catalogue reference: CAB 130

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CAB 130

This series consists of the minutes and papers of various Cabinet committees from 1945.

Full description and record details

Reference
CAB 130
Title
Cabinet: Miscellaneous Committees: Minutes and Papers (GEN, MISC and REF Series)
Date
1945-2004
Description

This series consists of the minutes and papers of various Cabinet committees from 1945.

Arrangement
Arrangement

From 1945 to 1964 (the beginning of the Attlee administration to the end of the Douglas-Home administration) there is one ascending GEN sequence from 1 to 881; from 1964 to 1970 (the Wilson administrations) the sequence is MISC 1 to 271; from 1970 the sequence reverts to start from GEN 1 again. Arrangement is generally chronological year by year and within years by ascending order of GEN or MISC numbers.

Related material

For earlier files in the same series see CAB 78

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
GEN, MISC and REF Series
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Cabinet Office, 1916-1916
Physical description
1629 files and volumes
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 1975 Cabinet Office

Accruals
Series is accruing
Selection and destruction information
All Cabinet committee minutes and papers are selected for permanent preservation
Administrative / biographical background
This series consists of the minutes and papers of various Cabinet committees from 1945.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3937/

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Cabinet: Miscellaneous Committees: Minutes and Papers (GEN, MISC and REF Series)