Catalogue description Department of Trade: Companies Division: Registered Files (COS Series) and unregistered files relating to the Industrial Democracy Committee

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Reference: PJ 11
Title: Department of Trade: Companies Division: Registered Files (COS Series) and unregistered files relating to the Industrial Democracy Committee
Description:

This series consists of 8 registered files of the Companies Division and successors. The rest of the records comprise 1220 unregistered sequentially numbered folders consisting of submissions to the Industrial Democracy Committee (IDC).

Date: 1972-1976
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: COS series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Trade, Companies Division, 1974-1983
Physical description: 366 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

in 2014 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Accumulation dates: 1975 to 1976
Selection and destruction information: The records have been selected as reflecting industrial social policy of the 1970s.
Accruals: No further accruals are expected.
Administrative / biographical background:

The Industrial Democracy Committee (IDC) was set up in 1975 by Peter Shore, Secretary of State for Trade under Harold Wilson, to consult regarding the development of Industrial Democracy in the United Kingdom. A major aspect of this concept was the extent to which the work force in an organisation should be represented on the company board.

This was a one-off inquiry about industrial democracy in a period of UK history subject to social unrest and much trade union activity and representation. There was much national interest in topics such as worker representation on company boards and similar measures. Also comparison with the actions taken or likely to be taken by other countries in this respect, notably EEC countries.

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