Catalogue description Royal Commission on Local Government in England (Redcliffe-Maud Commission): Minutes, Papers and Maps
Reference: | HLG 69 |
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Title: | Royal Commission on Local Government in England (Redcliffe-Maud Commission): Minutes, Papers and Maps |
Description: |
The records in this series consist of both published and unpublished material submitted to the Commission in evidence, papers circulated to members, minutes of meetings and a set of maps. The report of the Commission was published in 1969 (as Cmnd 4040). |
Date: | 1966-1969 |
Related material: |
For records of the Office of the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning see |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Creator: |
Royal Commission on Local Government in England, 1966-1969 |
Physical description: | 1005 files and flat sheets |
Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
Administrative / biographical background: |
The Commission was appointed by Royal Warrant on 31 May 1966, to consider, under the chairmanship of The Rt. Hon. Lord Redcliffe-Maud, GCB, CBE, the structure of local government in England, outside Greater London, in relation to its existing functions; and to make recommendations for authorities and boundaries and for functions and their division, having regard to the size and character of areas in which these can be most effectively exercised, and the need to sustain a viable system of local democracy. |
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