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Series
Ministry of Technology: Economics Division: Registered Files (KC Series)
Catalogue reference: HF 5
What's it about?
HF 5
This file deals with the follow-up to the report of the Shipbuilding Industry Inquiry, 1964-1966.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HF 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Technology: Economics Division: Registered Files (KC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This file deals with the follow-up to the report of the Shipbuilding Industry Inquiry, 1964-1966.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For files on the Committee of Inquiry into the Shipbuilding Industry see: BT 186 BT 291
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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KC file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ministry of Technology, Economics Division, 1964-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 file(s)
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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
- Manufacturing
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The report was published by HMSO as The Shipbuilding Inquiry Committee Report (Cmnd 2937, 1966) (Geddes Report).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8680/
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