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[Enclosure & in Circular despatch dated 25th September, 1916.]
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMMITTEE.
The Prime Minister has appointed a Committee "to consider the commercial and industrial policy to be adopted after the War, with special reference to the conclusions reached at the Economic Conference of the Allies, and to the following questions:
(a) What industries are essential to the future safety of the nation: and what
steps should be taken to maintain or establish them.
(b) What steps should be taken to recover home and foreign trade lost during
the War, and to secure new markets.
(c) To what extent and by what means the resources of the Empire should, and
can, be developed.
(d) To what extent and by what means the sources of supply within the Empire
can be prevented from falling under foreign control.”
The Committee is composed as follows:---
The Right Hon. Lord Balfour of Burleigh, K.T., G.C.M.G., (Chairman),
Mr. Arthur Balfour,
Mr. H. Gosling,
Mr. W. A. S. Hewins, M.P.,
Mr. A. H. Illingworth, M.P.,
Sir J. P. Maclay, Bart.,
The Right Hon. Sir A. Mond, Bart., M.P.,
Mr. Arthur Pease,
Mr. R. E. Prothero, M.V.O., M.P.,
Sir Frederick H. Smith, Bart.,
Mr. G. J. Wardle, M.P.;
together with the following gentlemen, who are presiding over the Board of Trade Com- mittees on the position of important industries after the war:
Sir H. Birchenough, K.C.M.G.,
Sir A. A. Booth, Bart.,
Lord Faringdon,
Sir C. G. Hyde,
The Hon. Sir C. A. Parsons, K.C.B., F.R.S.,
Lord Rhondda,
Mr. G. Scoby-Smith.
Mr. Percy Ashley, of the Board of Trade, and Mr. G. C. Upcott, of the Treasury, have been appointed Secretaries to the Committee.
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