Catalogue description Inter-departmental Committee on House Construction (Burt Committee): Minutes, Papers and Reports

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Reference: HLG 94
Title: Inter-departmental Committee on House Construction (Burt Committee): Minutes, Papers and Reports
Description:

Minutes and reports of the Interdepartmental Committee on House Construction (Burt Committee), circulated papers and suggestions from various bodies and members of the public.

The series includes files from the 92,000 series (HLG 101).
Date: 1942-1947
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
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Inter-departmental Committee on House Construction, 1942-1947
Physical description: 16 file(s)
Administrative / biographical background:

The Interdepartmental Committee on House Construction was formed in 1942, under the chairmanship of Sir George Burt, by the Minister of Health, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Minister of Works and Planning "to consider materials and methods of construction suitable for the building of houses and flats, having regard to efficiency, economy and speed of erection, and to make recommendations for post-war practice in the light of all relevant findings of the Study Committees co-ordinated by the Directorate of Post-War Building of the Ministry of Works and Planning".

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