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Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS): Council Meetings: Minutes...
Catalogue reference: CW 4
What's it about?
CW 4
Agenda and minutes of Council meetings of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), and of papers circulated to the Council members.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CW 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS): Council Meetings: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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Agenda and minutes of Council meetings of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), and of papers circulated to the Council members.
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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)
- ACAS
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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)
- Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, 1975-1975
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 83 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1988 Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
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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
- Labour
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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 Council meets to receive reports, discuss progress and decide on policy. Individual council members may be consulted between meetings or on particular problems, but all important issues and aspects of Government policy which may have implications for the Service are brought before the Council.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5720/
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