Manpower Services Commission
noun
(In the United Kingdom) a government organization set up in 1974 to oversee and advise upon issues relating to unemployment and vocational training.
- The Manpower Services Commission was renamed the Training Commission in 1988; this was then dissolved the following year and its functions were transferred to the Secretary of State..
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in The Times.
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