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5.
The measures recommended by the Committee and now submitted to the Cabinet for approval are as follows:-
Investment Programme
6.
The Committee recommend for approval from the proposals in paragraphs 7 to 16 of E. P. C. (49) 111 the follow- ing broad pattern of reduction to which the Investment Programmes Committee should work for the latter half of 1950:-
Fuel and Power
Transport and Communications
Agriculture, Fisheries and
Forestry
Shipping
£ million
25
10
3
Iron and Steel
Manufacturing Industry
15
New Housing
35
Other Social Services
12
.
Defence and Administration
5
Miscellaneous
35
140
Government Expenditure
7.
The Committee recommend for approval the items in Schedule I and Schedule II of E. P. C. (49) 111, including such
further economies in administration and in these services as it may prove possible for the Departments, in consultation with the Treasury, to secure in detailed examination. As regards Schedule III (items involving major Government policy outside the field of social services) the Committee recommend approval of items 1, 4 and 5, but, as regards item 3, recommend approval of item 3(c) only. The Cabinet will note that these items include dropping the Second Register of Electors each
year.
8.
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As regards Schedule V (new services not yet in operation which could be abandoned or deferred), the Committee recommend a partial deferment of Legal Aid and the Lord President has undertaken to secure a reduction of £1 million in the estimate for the Festival of Britain.
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