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Steering Committee. Sub Committee on Prices Trade Unions in Price Fixing Negotiations.
Catalogue reference: BT 64/433
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This record is about the Steering Committee. Sub Committee on Prices Trade Unions in Price Fixing Negotiations. dating from 1947-1948 in the series Board of Trade: Industries and Manufactures Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 64/433
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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Steering Committee. Sub Committee on Prices Trade Unions in Price Fixing Negotiations.
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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)
- IM 1 368/47
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Manufacturing
- Labour
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4652635/
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BT 64
Board of Trade: Industries and Manufactures Department: Correspondence and Papers
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