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Series
Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Legal and Parliamentary...
Catalogue reference: HLG 29
What's it about?
HLG 29
Papers relating to Bills sponsored by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and its predecessors from 1871, including measures concerning local government, housing, rating and valuation, town and country planning, water resources,...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HLG 29
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government and predecessors: Legal and Parliamentary Branch and predecessors: Public Health and Local Government Legislation, Bill Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1840-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers relating to Bills sponsored by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and its predecessors from 1871, including measures concerning local government, housing, rating and valuation, town and country planning, water resources, environmental pollution, new towns and national parks. The volumes contain correspondence with government departments, local authorities and others, draft bills, notes on clauses, amendments and memoranda.
The series also contains a report from the Poor Law Commission to the Home Secretary, 1840; administrative papers of the Poor Law Commission and Board and their successors not directly relating to proposed legislation; and three volumes (pieces 260-262) relating to the consideration of poor law reform, dating from 1909 to 1927, which were left behind by Thomas (later Sir Thomas) Sheepshanks, as a private secretary at the Ministry of Health.
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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)
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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)
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- General Board of Health, 1848-1858
- Home Office, 1782-1782
- Local Government Board, 1871-1919
- Ministry of Health, 1919-1968
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970
- Ministry of Local Government and Planning, 1951-1951
- Ministry of Town and Country Planning, 1943-1951
- Ministry of Works, 1943-1962
- Ministry of Works and Buildings, 1940-1942
- Ministry of Works and Planning, 1942-1943
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3049 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 2024 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
From 1968 Ministry of Housing and Local Government
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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HLG 29/2236-2249 were transferred from HLG 147 in July 2009.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8724/
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