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Series
Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Slaughterhouses, Registered Files (91018...
Catalogue reference: HLG 137
What's it about?
HLG 137
this series contains correspondence mainly with MAFF concerning the Slaughterhouses Bill 1957. One file relates to the Interdepartmental Committee on Slaughterhouses which was set up in 1953 by the Minister of Food under the chairmanship of R...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HLG 137
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government: Slaughterhouses, Registered Files (91018 Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1955-1961
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Description (What the record is about)
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this series contains correspondence mainly with MAFF concerning the Slaughterhouses Bill 1957. One file relates to the Interdepartmental Committee on Slaughterhouses which was set up in 1953 by the Minister of Food under the chairmanship of R Herbert and which reported in 1955 (Cmd 9761).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Ministry of Agriculture Meat Hygiene records see MAF 282
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- 91018 file series
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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)
- Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Food and drink
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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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When MHLG was set up in 1951, it was given responsibilities previously belonging to the Ministry of Health concerning the confirmation of byelaws relating to slaughterhouses, and approval for their closure. However, the day to day administration of slaughterhouses had been under the control of the Minister of Food since 1940, and was transferred to MAFF when it was created in 1955. The matter of departmental responsibilities for slaughterhouses was further revised in the 1950s, when the controls over meat production were being lifted.
Therefore in January 1953, with the exception of those functions relating to compulsory land purchase for slaughterhouses, the functions of MHLG concerning slaughterhouses were transferred to the Ministry of Food. Simultaneously, the Home Office transferred the power to approve charges for the public use of slaughterhouses to MHLG.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8832/
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