File B 5. - Advisory bodies: local government,

Nos 1-46. Memoranda, papers, correspondence, cuttings etc. relating to the role of advisory bodies in government, and to the problems of local government. Arranged into: (i) Nos 1-28. A collection of material relating to the role of advisory bodies in government made by Thomas Jones in Nov. 1936; and (ii) Nos 29-46. Memoranda, cuttings etc. on local government, problems of reform in particular, 1919-1943. The more substantial items are: No. 1. Talk on advisory bodies by Thomas Jones; Nos 2-14. Papers relating to the advisory committees of the Unemployment Assistance Board (U.A.B.), Aug. 1935-Oct. 1936; Nos 15-20. Papers relating to the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education, Nov. 1936; No. 21. Papers relating to press relations at the Ministry of Health, Nov. 1936; Nos 22-25. Papers relating to the Market Supply Committee (M.S.C.), Nov. 1936; No. 24. Analysis by the M.S.C. of U.A.B. returns; Nos 26-28. Papers relating to the Electricity Commission, Nov. 1936; No. 29. Pamphlet on local government reform by Labour Research Dept., May 1919; No. 30. Memorandum on local govt. reform, 1927-1928; Nos 38-39, 43. Memos on local government reform by Waldorf Astor, 1941-1943. Index: Lord Astor, Nos 38-39, 42-46; Brooke, J. R., Electricity Commission, No. 26; Buller, E. H., Liverpool University, No. 32; Eady, Wilfred, U.A.B., Nos 25, 33, 35; Harrison, Tom, Mass Observation, Nos 36-37; Hurle, Mrs Norah Cooke, Bridgwater, Nos 45-46; Jones, Mervyn, Newport, No. 40; Lloyd, C. M., No. 29; Lloyd, E. M. H., Market Supply Committee, Nos 22, 25; Newsom, J. H., Education Officer, Hertfordshire, Nos 31, 33-5; Stewart, A. C., Ministry of Health, No. 21; Webb, Sidney, No. 29; Young, Robert F., Board of Education, Nos 15-17.