Royal Commission on the Private Manufacture of and Trading in Arms explained

The Royal Commission on the Private Manufacture of and Trading in Arms was a British official inquiry into the armaments industry. It was appointed on 20 February 1935 and was chaired by Sir John Bankes. Its report was published in October 1936.^[1]

The Commission sat for twenty two sessions and produced a unanimous report that advocated more state control over the armaments industry.^[2]

See also

• Nye Committee

Notes and References

1. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13918 Royal Commission on the Private Manufacture of and Trading in Arms (Bankes Commission): Reports and Submissions
2. David G. Anderson, ‘British Rearmament and the 'Merchants of Death': The 1935-36 Royal Commission on the Manufacture of and Trade in Armaments’, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan., 1994), p. 6.