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Name of Com- mission or Committee.
Date of
Abridged terms of Reference.
Chairman.
Appoint Authority.
ment.
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Viscount July, Treasury. 1938.
Marketing To inquire into the present arrange- The
ments for the imposition and recovery Falmouth. of penalties for contravention of schemes established under Statute for the organisation of agriculture and other industries.
West Indies (Royal Com- mission).
Distress for
Rent.
India (Defence)
To investigate social and economic con- ditions in certain of the West Indian Colonies and to make recommenda- tions.
To consider whether the protection now afforded to tenants of controlled houses should be extended to the tenants of decontrolled houses. Having regard to the increased cost of modern armaments, to the desirability of maintaining the Forces in India in accordance with modern requirements, and to the limited resources available in India for defence expenditure, to examine and report how these Sources can be used to the best advantage.
re-
Control of Fly. To examine the existing regulations
ing.
governing the flight of aircraft over populous and other districts, and the adequacy of the means of their en- forcement; and to consider whether further measures are required to regu- late such flying in the interests either of the safety or the amenities of the public.
The Lord Moyne,
D.S.O.
August, Colonial
1938.
Office.
Health.
His Honour August, Ministry of
Judge C. W. 1938. Lilley.
Admiral of the Septem- Fleet The Lord ber, Chatfield,
1938, G.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O.
The Lord Gorell, Octo-
C.B.E., M.C.
Prime Minis- ter on invi- tation of Govern - ment of India.
Air Ministry.
ber,
1938.
Name of Com-
mission or Committee.
Abridged terms of Reference.
Chairman,
Date of Appoint- Authority.
ment.
Domestic Sub- To consider the aims of instruction in
jects, Public
Elementary
Schools.
Domestic Subjects in Public Elemen- tary Schools, and to review present state of this instruction.
Mrs. Eveline M.
Lowe, J.P.
Febru ary,
Board of
Education.
Boards (Im-
the
1938.
position of Penalties).
Rhodesia-
Royal
Nyasaland
(Royal Com-
Bledisloe,
1938.
Warrant.
G.C.M.G.,
K.B.E. Mr.
sions.
C. T. Quesne, K.C.
Le
April, 1938.
Treasury.
mission).
Spinsters' Pen-
Justices'
Clerks.
Advanced Studies in Law.
Rag Flock
Coal Distribu- tion Costs.
Higher Educa-
tion in
Malaya.
Hackney Car
riages and Private Hire Vehicles.
Rating and Valuation.
To consider the question of closer The Viscount March,
co-operation or association between Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rho- desia and Nyasaland.
To examine and report on the com- plaints which are made as to the position of unmarried women under the Contributory Pensions Acts, and on the practical questions which would arise if the age at which Old Age Pensions under those Acts are payable to unmarried women are lowered.
To inquire into the conditions of ser- The Lord Roche.
vice of Clerks to Justices and their Assistants.
April,
Home Office,
1938.
The Lord
May,
Lord
Macmillan, G.C.V.O., K.C., LL.D.
1938.
Chancellor.
The Lord
Merthyr, D.L., J.P.
June, 1938.
Ministry of
Health.
Scottish
Office.
To take into consideration Branch B. of the report of the Committee on Legal Education; to advise as to the best practicable means of carrying into effect the recommendations therein contained with regard to the establish- ment in London of an Institute for the promotion of advanced studies in the history and principles of law. To consider whether the Rag Flock Acts 1911 and 1928, and the Regula- tions made thereunder are adequate to secure proper cleanliness of rag flock used for the manufacture of upholstery, bedding and other house- hold furniture in Great Britain. To inquire into the organisation and
methods of distribution of coal, coke | Sir Walter and manufactured fuel; to investigate the various items which make up the differences between the prices received by the producers and those paid by the consumers, and to make recom- mendations.
Monckton, K.C.V.O., M.C., K.C.
June, 1938.
Mines Department.
To survey existing arrangements for Sir William
Higher education in Malaya; and to report upon the present work of Raffles College, Singapore.
McLean,
June, 1938,
Colonial
Office.
K.B.E., Ph.D., M.Inst.C.E.
July,
Home Office.
Hindley,
1938.
Ministry of
K.C.I.E.
Transport.
To review the legal provisions applying Sir Clement
(a) to hackney carriages licensed to ply for hire and (b) to motor vehicles not so licensed which are used for carrying passengers for hire or reward and to consider what services are or should be provided by each of the two classes of vehicle.
To consider allegations which have been made that a strict application to certain classes of property of the exist- ing law of valuation for rating purposes would cause undue hardship. Land Settle- To inquire into the working of the various
ment
Schemes.
schemes for unemployed men, under- taken in England and Wales since November, 1934, by the Land Settle- ment Association, the Welsh Land Settlement Society and County Councils respectively, and to report thereon.
Mr. Maurice
FitzGerald,
July, 1938.
Ministry
Health.
of
K.C.
Sir William
Dampier, Sc.D., F.R.S.
July, 1938. Labour.
Ministry of
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