Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Act 1939

Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Act 1939
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to make provision for the better organisation of the cotton industry and certain industries related thereto; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
Citation2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 54
Dates
Royal assent4 August 1939

The Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 54) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It established the Cotton Board and was responsible for streamlining the industry by closing "surplus" factories.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Butler, Lawrence J. Industrialisation and the British Colonial State. p. 87. ISBN 0-7146-4703-9.


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