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Employment Department and Employment and Insurance Department files; Employment and...
Catalogue reference: LAB 2/1364
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This record is about the Employment Department and Employment and Insurance Department files; Employment and... dating from 1929-1933 in the series Ministry of Labour and Predecessors: Correspondence. 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)
- LAB 2/1364
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1929-1933
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Description (What the record is about)
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Employment Department and Employment and Insurance Department files; Employment and Training Department files; Industrial Relations Department files; Trade Boards files.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Labour
- Trade and commerce
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5989111/
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LAB 2
Ministry of Labour and Predecessors: Correspondence
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