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CRITICISM of the Distribution of Industry Bill of the Coalition Government of 1945 centred mainly on the two points : whether the Government had a central policy in regard to the location of industry, with all that such a policy implies in regard to the control of the use of land, town and country planning, agriculture, building and amenities ; and whether the Board of Trade was, or would be, staffed with the type of Civil servant qualified by training, outlook and experience to deal with these positive functions of government with imagination, decision and courage. No central independent tribunal had then been established to consider the national position as a whole, as recommended in the report of the Barlow Commission, nor has the present Government taken such action.
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Distribution of Industry in Britain. Nature 162, 829–831 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162829a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162829a0