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Inter-departmental Committee on House Construction (Burt Committee): Minutes, Papers...
Catalogue reference: HLG 94
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HLG 94
Minutes and reports of the Interdepartmental Committee on House Construction (Burt Committee), circulated papers and suggestions from various bodies and members of the public.The series includes files from the 92,000 series (HLG 101).
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HLG 94
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Title (The name of the record)
- Inter-departmental Committee on House Construction (Burt Committee): Minutes, Papers and Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1942-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes and reports of the Interdepartmental Committee on House Construction (Burt Committee), circulated papers and suggestions from various bodies and members of the public.
The series includes files from the 92,000 series (HLG 101).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Inter-departmental Committee on House Construction, 1942-1947
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16 file(s)
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- Topics
- Housing
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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 Interdepartmental Committee on House Construction was formed in 1942, under the chairmanship of Sir George Burt, by the Minister of Health, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Minister of Works and Planning "to consider materials and methods of construction suitable for the building of houses and flats, having regard to efficiency, economy and speed of erection, and to make recommendations for post-war practice in the light of all relevant findings of the Study Committees co-ordinated by the Directorate of Post-War Building of the Ministry of Works and Planning".
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8789/
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