CRES 441953-1955Office of Commissioners of Crown Lands: Crichel Down Inquiry Files
The files in this series relate to the Crichel Down Inquiry and contain a high proportion of Cabinet papers, including memoranda prepared for the Cabinet Home Affairs Committee, with minutes of the committee's meetings, and minutes 1-7 of the Cabinet Committee meetings held in response to the public interest in the issue. Included in the files are a summary of the position prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for Sir Andrew Clark, comments by the individuals criticised in the report, various memoranda on the difficulties of disposing of the land, letters received and copies of letters despatched (in particular to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and Sanctuary and Son, the Crown receivers involved), copies of published reports Cmd 9176 and 9220, drafts of statements for the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries for the House of Commons, and other related papers.