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W A R C A B I N E T 27 (43).
CONCLUSIONS
of. a Meeting of the War Cabinet held in the Prime
Ministers
Room, House of Commons, S.W.1, on Wednesday, February Vb, 1943 at
12 15 P.M.
,
Present:
The Right Hon. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL, M.P., Prime Minister (in the Chair).
for Dominion
The Right Hon. ANTHONY EDEN, M.P.,
Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs.
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN ANDERSON,
M.P., Lord President of the Council.
The Right Hon. ERNEST BEVIN, M.P.,
Minister of Labour and National
Service.
The Right Hon. OLIVER LYTTELTON,
M.P., Minister of Production.
The Right Hon. HERBERT MORRISON,
M.P., Secretary of State for the
Home Department and Minister of
Home Security.
The Right Hon. C. R. ATTLEE, M.P.,
Secretary of State
. Affairs. *
The following were also present
The Right Hon. Sir KINGSLEY WOOD,
M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The
Right
Hon.
SINCLAIR, Bt.,
Sir
M.P.,
ARCHIBALD
Secretary
of
State for Air.
The Right Hon. Sir STAFFORD CRTPPS,
K.C., MJP., Minister of Aircraft
Production.
The Right Hon. JAMES STUART, M.P.,
Chief Whip.
Secretariat :
Sir EDWARD BRIDGES.
Mr. NORMAN BROOK.
CONTENTS.
Minute No.
'
Subject.
1.
The Catering Wages Bill ' 2.
Parliament
....
....
Beveridge Report. [25038
2]
Page
96
96 (Previous
v-iReiereiice *''."
:
It was agreed that the Bill should not be taken in Committee
- \ ^**V ^ay, & fortnight,: and that opportunity should be takenrysfritiijj^i
"Conclusions, . interval for private consultations.in order to ascertain how far t f e ­
points raised by the opponents of the Bill could be met, withput^oiU
^Minute 5.)
course, making any concessions which would iijpijjair the essetrtial^
, . , . ,
-,,
structure of the Bill.
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:
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Parliament.
Beveridge .
Report;
(Previous
Reference:W.M. (43) 28th
Conclusions,
Minute 5.)
-2. The War Cabinet were informed that i t had been agreed
that a Motion in the fonowing terms should,be put down b y repre­
.
sehtatives of all t h r e e P a r t i e s ^
1
'' That this House welcomes the Eeport of Sir William
Beveridge on Social Insurance and Allied Services as a compre­
hensive review of the present provisions in this sphere and as
a valuable aid in determining the lines on which developments
and legislation- should be pursued^as^part of the Governmenfs
policy of Post-War Reconstruction."
The War C a b i n e t ,
-
t
.
Toofcnpte,awith\approval, of. this.arrangement/andpfvthe"
termaof^. the Motion.:
Offices of the War Cabinet, S.W. 1, February 10, 1943. f s