BT 2311945-1960Ministry of Supply and the Board of Trade: Iron and Steel Nationalisation Papers
Discussion papers, bill papers, parliamentary drafts and records of debates on the postwar nationalisation of iron and steel and on the Iron and Steel Bill Act 1949, originating from the Ministry of Supply.
The series also includes a history of the nationalisation and denationalisation of the industry, and personal notes by S S Wilson, who was responsible for the bill in that Ministry. Wilson was Under Secretary in the Establishment and Organisation Division of the Ministry of Supply, 1947-1950, Secretary of the Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain, 1950-1953, and Secretary of the Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency, 1953-1960.
Includes documents relating to the Board of Trade's Liberated Areas Division, which was involved with the United Nations Relief and Rehabiliation Administration.