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BRITAIN: AN OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
Relations with
Government
In matters of common concern the CBI often acts jointly with the Chambers
of Commerce. These bodies are open to all kinds of producers and traders
and exist to promote the interests of local industry and commerce. The
Association of British Chambers of Commerce, founded in i860, is the central
organisation to which 101 local chambers of commerce (together with 22
British Chambers of Commerce operating in foreign countries) are affiliated.
In Scotland there is an additional central organisation, the Council of Scottish
Chambers of Commerce, and in Northern Ireland, the Association of Northern
Ireland Chambers of Commerce.
1 he Government can influence industrial development in a number of ways—
through fiscal and monetary policy, through the level of public expenditure,
through the policies of publicly owned enterprises, by physical controls, by
inducements, by exhortation and by-the provision of services, information and
advice. There are relatively few physical controls over industry: the chief
ones, apart from labour legislation and certain export and import controls
over a small range of products, derive from powers to stop new building or
changes in the use of land and from certain powers to investigate and forbid
monopolies and restrictive practices.
A system has grown up whereby a particular government department acts
as the main point of contact, or ‘production department’, for each major
industry.
The department through which the Government’s relations with trade and
industry are chiefly conducted is the Board of Trade (which has regional
offices in the principal industrial centres) and its responsibilities cover a
wide range of industries and materials. Certain industries and services,
however, are the responsibility of other departments, as production depart¬
ments :
Ministry of Aviation
Ministry of Technology ..
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food
Ministry of Power
Ministry of Transport . .
Aircraft, aero-engines and civil
aviation.
Electronics, computers, machine
tools and telecommunications.
Farming, horticulture, and fisheries
in England and Wales; food pro¬
cessing in Great Britain.
Coal, oil, gas, electricity (including
nuclear power), iron and steel.
Transport services (excluding air
transport), roadmaking, and certain
sections of the quarrying industry.
Ministry of Public Building and
Works
Building, civil engineering and
building materials.
Ministry of Housing and Local
Government
Housebuilding in England and
Wales.
Ministry of Health
Department of Agriculture and
Fisheries for Scotland
Medical and surgical goods.
Agriculture and horticulture in
Scotland; Scottish fisheries.
BRITAIN: AN OFFICIAL HANDBOOK
Relations with
Government
In matters of common concern the CBI often acts jointly with the Chambers
of Commerce. These bodies are open to all kinds of producers and traders
and exist to promote the interests of local industry and commerce. The
Association of British Chambers of Commerce, founded in i860, is the central
organisation to which 101 local chambers of commerce (together with 22
British Chambers of Commerce operating in foreign countries) are affiliated.
In Scotland there is an additional central organisation, the Council of Scottish
Chambers of Commerce, and in Northern Ireland, the Association of Northern
Ireland Chambers of Commerce.
1 he Government can influence industrial development in a number of ways—
through fiscal and monetary policy, through the level of public expenditure,
through the policies of publicly owned enterprises, by physical controls, by
inducements, by exhortation and by-the provision of services, information and
advice. There are relatively few physical controls over industry: the chief
ones, apart from labour legislation and certain export and import controls
over a small range of products, derive from powers to stop new building or
changes in the use of land and from certain powers to investigate and forbid
monopolies and restrictive practices.
A system has grown up whereby a particular government department acts
as the main point of contact, or ‘production department’, for each major
industry.
The department through which the Government’s relations with trade and
industry are chiefly conducted is the Board of Trade (which has regional
offices in the principal industrial centres) and its responsibilities cover a
wide range of industries and materials. Certain industries and services,
however, are the responsibility of other departments, as production depart¬
ments :
Ministry of Aviation
Ministry of Technology ..
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries
and Food
Ministry of Power
Ministry of Transport . .
Aircraft, aero-engines and civil
aviation.
Electronics, computers, machine
tools and telecommunications.
Farming, horticulture, and fisheries
in England and Wales; food pro¬
cessing in Great Britain.
Coal, oil, gas, electricity (including
nuclear power), iron and steel.
Transport services (excluding air
transport), roadmaking, and certain
sections of the quarrying industry.
Ministry of Public Building and
Works
Building, civil engineering and
building materials.
Ministry of Housing and Local
Government
Housebuilding in England and
Wales.
Ministry of Health
Department of Agriculture and
Fisheries for Scotland
Medical and surgical goods.
Agriculture and horticulture in
Scotland; Scottish fisheries.
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| Description | 'Britain: An official handbook' was produced annually by the Central Office of Information from 1954-1998. There are 44 volumes available here to view. |
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| Description | Three titles produced by the British Government from 1954-2005 describing 'how Britain worked'. They are: 'Britain: An official handbook' (1954-1998), 'Britain: The official yearbook of the United Kingdom' (1999-2001), and 'UK: The official yearbook of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' (2002-2005). These 50 reports provide an overview of Britain's economic, social and cultural affairs, its environment, international relations, and the systems of government. They give an impartial summary of government policies and initiatives, and explain how public services are organised. |
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