The Exchequer Bill Loan Commission of the United Kingdom was set up under the Public Works Loans Act 1817 ( 57 Geo. 3. c. 34), to help finance public work projects that would generate employment. Commissioners included

Thomas Telford Thomas Telford (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well ...

and Francis Ludlow Holt. The body continued as part of the Public Works Loan Board, but its loans were restricted to twenty years by the Public Works Loan Act 1853.

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