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Manpower Services Commission: Minutes
Catalogue reference: ET 1
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ET 1
Minutes of meetings of the Manpower Services Commissioners, usually also attended by heads of divisions and members of the Secretariat.Where available the original typed minutes appear on these files, otherwise photocopies are substituted.The...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ET 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Manpower Services Commission: Minutes
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1974-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes of meetings of the Manpower Services Commissioners, usually also attended by heads of divisions and members of the Secretariat.
Where available the original typed minutes appear on these files, otherwise photocopies are substituted.
The series includes files originally assigned to LAB 65
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Manpower Services Commission, 1973-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7139/
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