Samuel Commission on the coal industry

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The Samuel Commission on the coal industry was a British government-appointed inquiry in the mid-1920s, chaired by Sir Herbert Samuel, that investigated the troubled coal sector and issued recommendations whose rejection and controversy helped set the stage for the 1926 General Strike.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public inquiry
royal commission
alsoKnownAs Samuel Commission on the coal industry
surface form: "Samuel Commission"
appointedBy UK government
surface form: "British government"
causeOf tensions leading to the 1926 United Kingdom general strike
chairperson Herbert Samuel
country United Kingdom
describedBySource histories of the 1926 General Strike
studies of British coal industry policy
fieldOfWork economic policy
energy policy
industrial relations
followedBy negotiations preceding the 1926 general strike
genre government report
hasEffect increased industrial unrest in the coal sector
hasPart final report on the coal industry
historicalPeriod interwar period
inception 1925
industry coal
languageOfWorkOrName English
location Great Britain NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
madeRecommendation rationalisation of coal mines
reorganisation of the coal industry
state assistance during reorganisation period
temporary wage reductions for miners
namedAfter Herbert Samuel
opposedBy Miners' Federation of Great Britain
Trades Union Congress
partOf interwar industrial policy in the United Kingdom
publicationDate 1926
reasonForInception crisis in the British coal industry in the 1920s
significantEvent 1926 United Kingdom general strike
significantOutcome political controversy over coal policy
rejection of key recommendations by miners
subjectOf coal industry in the United Kingdom
timePeriod mid-1920s
topic hours of work in coal mines
labour relations in the coal industry
nationalisation versus private ownership of coal mines
profitability of coal mining
reorganisation of the coal industry
wages of coal miners

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Samuel Commission on the coal industry alsoKnownAs Samuel Commission on the coal industry
this entity surface form: "Samuel Commission"
May 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom precededBy Samuel Commission on the coal industry

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