Catalogue description Committee on Land Utilisation in Rural Areas (Scott Committee): Minutes and Papers

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Reference: HLG 80
Title: Committee on Land Utilisation in Rural Areas (Scott Committee): Minutes and Papers
Description:

Minutes of meetings of the Committee, papers circulated to members, and published and unpublished material submitted in evidence.
Date: 1940-1946
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Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
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Committee on Land Utilisation in Rural Areas, 1940-1946
Physical description: 137 file(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

The Scott Committee was set up by the Minister of Works and Buildings, after consultation with the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, under the chairmanship of Lord Justice Scott, to "consider the conditions which should govern building and other constructional development in country areas consistently with the maintenance of agriculture, and in particular the factors affecting the location of industry having regard to economic operation, part time and seasonal employment, the well-being of rural communities and the preservation of rural amenities."

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