NCW Policy Archive: Resolutions

POLLUTION – WATER, 1971 Submitted by: Edinburgh Branch The National Council of Women of Great Britain in Conference assembled, realizing that we are still only on the threshold of the conservation, pollution and population problems, urges Her Majesty’s Government to...

IMPROVED LIGHTING FOR HEAVY VEHICLES, 1971 Submitted by: Harpenden Branch The National Council of Women of Great Britain in Conference assembled, concerned at the large number of road accidents, urges Her Majesty’s Government to legislate for realistic lighting of...

SIMPLIFICATION OF WORDING ON OFFICIAL FORMS, 1971 Submitted by: Gloucester Branch The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, urges Her Majesty’s Government to revise and simplify both language and format of official forms so that they may be completed...

HOUSING ASSOCIATION INTEREST RATES, 1971 Submitted by: Housing & Environment special Committee The National Council of Women of Great Britain in Conference assembled, in view of the Government’s declared policy of  encouraging Housing Associations, urges the...

SMOKING AND HEALTH, 1971 Submitted by: Stanmore Branch The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, concerned by the report of the Royal College of Physicians Smoking and Health Now (1971), which estimates the annual death rate due to smoking at 27,500 for...

FOOD HYGIENE, 1970 Submitted by: Health & Welfare Sectional Committee The National Council of Women of Great Britain, in Conference assembled, urges Her Majesty’s Government to reconsider the requirements of the Food Hygiene Regulations and amend Regulation 27 so...

PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE, 1970 Submitted by: Women’s Liberal Federation The National Council of Women of Great Britain in Conference assembled, deploring the disappearance of irreplaceable buildings and monuments of national, local, historical and architectural...

POLLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, 1970 Submitted by: Sectional Committee for Scientific and Technology Information The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, greatly concerned at the harm done to our environment by ill usage and the possible ecological...

DANGEROUS HOUSEHOLD COMMODITIES, 1970 Submitted by: Midland Region The National Council of Women of Great Britain in Conference assembled, urges Her Majesty’s Government to introduce legislation requiring manufacturers and distributors of all domestic commodities...

PRE-SCHOOL AND PRIMARY EDUCATION, 1970 Submitted by: Grimsby & District Branch The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, recalling the Plowden Report, urges the Secretary of State for Education and Science to spend more money on non-profit making...