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The Papers of Enoch Powell

Title	Political subjects
Reference	POLL 3/2/1
Covering Dates	1847–1997 (The majority of files date from 1951 to 1997.)
Extent and Medium	36.5 boxes

Content and context

Mainly subject files, consisting of papers and correspondence received by JEP, but also including some Conservative policy and Shadow Cabinet papers.

Index Terms

Conservative Party

Churchill/POLL 3/2/1 contains:

Abortive One Nation Book. Draft texts by JEP: The Church, on relations between the Church and the Conservative Party, [? written as an introduction to a longer work]; The Revival of Britain; and Can Britain Remain a Great Power Economically?. Also includes: letter from Peter Goldman, Conservative Research Department, on Civil List payments to the Royal Family.
1 file.

Jun 1951-Jul 1951

Policy, 1950's. Minutes, papers and correspondence of the Conservative Policy Study Group on subjects including: education (including memorandum by 2nd Lord Hailsham, [Minister of Education, earlier Quintin Hogg, later Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone]); agriculture; industrial policy; national insurance; taxation; defence regulations; social services; pensions; nationalised industries; the structure of the Social Services Ministries; the People's League for the Defence of Freedom and the Middle Class Alliance; health; de-nationalisation of the steel industry; shop closing hours. Also includes correspondence from members of the Policy Study Group, including: [Richard] Michael Fraser, Secretary of the Group and Joint Director of the Conservative Research Department, on subjects including taxation (5); Iain Macleod, Minister of Labour and National Service, on the formation of the policy group and restrictive labour practices (4); Percy Cohen [Joint Director, Conservative Research Department]; Oliver Poole [Joint Honorary Treasurer, Conservative Party Organisation]; letter from JEP to Iain Macleod (circulated to the Policy Study Group) on the main tasks for the Conservative Party. Also includes Advisory Committee on Policy papers and minutes on subjects including: fuel usage, including a paper by Geoffrey Geoffrey-Lloyd [Minister of Fuel and Power]; local government, by Geoffrey Hutchinson [later Lord Ilford]; the finance of national insurance; the Rent Acts and the housing situation, by JEP; pensions policy; the Party Conference; personal saving; national insurance; the National Health Service; profit-sharing schemes; industrial relations; energy; agriculture; health, education and tax help for the middle classes; employment; the Workers' Charter; equal pay, by [Frederick] John Pascoe; secondary education, by the Conservative and Unionist Teachers' Association; health and social security; the Transport Charges Bill; the Atomic Energy Authority Bill.
4 files.

Jan 1953-Nov 1957

Policy, 1950's: Emigration. Papers and correspondence on Empire Settlement, particularly emigration from Britain to Australia and New Zealand, including: correspondence with 2nd Lord Tweedsmuir [earlier John Buchan]; memorandum on the Empire Settlement Bill; New Zealand monthly abstract of statistics; statistics for British subjects emigrating to Australia and New Zealand; statement by William Sullivan, Minister of Immigration, New Zealand, on the rate of emigration to New Zealand; notes by JEP on statistics for emigration to Australia and New Zealand.
1 file.

Feb 1952-Jun 1952

Policy, 1950's: Insurance. Papers and correspondence on National Insurance, including: reports and minutes of the National Insurance Policy Sub-Committee on the finances of the National Health Service and National Insurance, on benefits (with comments by the Ministry of National Insurance), National Assistance and overlapping benefits, allowances and pensions; memorandum by Peter Cropper, Conservative Research Department, on the investment of National Insurance funds by the National Debt Office; cost of living survey by the Women's Advisory Committee of the Wolverhampton and District Trades Council; note on the economics of an ageing population; note on the financial aspects of National Insurance; extract from a Labour Party Discussion Pamphlet on National Insurance.
1 file.

Mar 1952-Aug 1953

House of Lords reform: Hansards etc and letters. Includes: note by JEP on possible alterations of the composition of the House of Lords (1947); correspondence with 1st Lord Kilmuir, Lord Chancellor [earlier David Maxwell-Fyfe] and Edward Heath [Government Chief Whip] on the Life Peerages Bill; copies of Hansard for the House of Lords (1948- 1958), covering debates on women peers, the constitution of the House, the Parliament Bill, the Life Peerages Bill and the Life Peers Bill; report on the Wedgwood Benn (Renunciation) Bill, on Tony Benn's petition to be allowed to renounce his right of succession to the Viscounty of Stansgate (1955); article by Lord Hinchingbrooke [later 10th Lord Sandwich, then (Alexander) Victor Montagu] on a plan for reform of the Lords; copy of the Parliament Bill (1947); press-cuttings; report of the Select Committee on Peerages in Abeyance (1926); report of the Royal Commission on Scottish Affairs (1952-4); copy of Hansard for the House of Commons, covering the Parliament Bill (1947).
3 files.

Dec 1926-Feb 1958

Conservative Policy Documents: Social Security Policy. Papers and correspondence, with correspondents including: Peter Goldman [Director of the Conservative Political Centre] on a guaranteed minimum income (4); Iain Macleod, Chairman of the Conservative Party, on setting up a sub-committee on policy towards the elderly (3); Lord Balniel [earlier Anthony Lindsay]; John Boyd-Carpenter, on JEP's Rates Policy Group report; Sir Edward Boyle, Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Policy, on JEP's policy group; Sir Alexander Douglas-Home [Leader of the Conservative Party, earlier 14th Lord Home, later Lord Home of the Hirsel] on a letter by JEP on de-nationalisation of the General Practitioners service; Neil Marten, on the de-nationalisation of British European Airways. Papers include: memoranda by Goldman on the cost of a guaranteed minimum income in old age; memorandum by Balniel on care of the elderly; notes by JEP on the principle of a guaranteed minimum income, with comments by Balniel and Sir Keith Joseph [Minister of Housing and Local Government]; note on the Labour Party's proposals for social security.
1 file.

Jan 1963-Jan 1966

Conservative Policy Documents: Consultative Committee. Leader's Consultative Committee papers on subjects including: nationalisation of steel, by Iain Macleod, including a minute to Sir Alexander Douglas-Home [Leader of the Conservative Party, earlier 14th Lord Home, later Lord Home of the Hirsel]; relations with the trade unions, by Joseph Godber [former Minister of Labour] and Sir John Hobson [former Attorney-General]; general policy on the economy, Europe, industry, social security, education, law and order, defence and foreign affairs, by [George] Peter Thorneycroft; selection of a future Party Leader; land for building, by John Boyd-Carpenter [Front Bench Spokesman on Housing, Local Government and Land] and also by Edward du Cann; presentation of the Conservative attitude to Trade Unions; defence, by Peter Thorneycroft; Trade Unions, by Quintin Hogg [earlier 2nd Lord Hailsham, later Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone]; control of Westminster, by James Ramsden; pensions and care of the elderly, by Sir Keith Joseph and Margaret Thatcher; bill to repeal the Rent Act, by John Boyd-Carpenter; the 4 per cent growth target, by Edward Heath; pensions for the no-pension elderly, by Edward Heath and Sir Keith Joseph; amendment of election law, by Edward du Cann, with a report of the committee on election law and practice; severance pay, by Joseph Godber; the Monopolies and Mergers Bill, by Anthony Barber; capital gains tax, by Edward Heath, including a note by JEP; Britain and Europe, by Duncan Duncan-Sandys; the Conservative Party in Europe, by Reginald Maudling; broadcasting, by Sir Peter Rawlinson [Conservative Spokesman for Broadcasting], with a minute from Edward du Cann to Sir Alexander Douglas-Home; incomes policy, by JEP (written as an article for the Times); the tactical position in Parliament, by William Whitelaw [Chief Opposition Whip] and also by Iain Macleod; rates, by John Boyd-Carpenter; the Land Compensation (Amendment) Bill, by John Boyd-Carpenter. Also includes: Economic Intelligence Unit report on taxation of capital gains; text of a speech by Peter Thorneycroft on immigration; galley proofs of the One Nation Group's pamphlet One Europe.
2 files.

May 1960-May 1965

Shadow Cabinet Papers. Leader's Consultative Committee papers and minutes on subjects including: powers to control incomes, by [Leonard] Robert Carr and Iain Macleod; regional government; Greater London Council rent policy; the effects of devaluation, by Iain Macleod; family poverty, by [Irene] Mervyn Pike; the Speaker's Conference on electoral reform, by the Chairman of the Conservative Party [Anthony Barber], and also by Edward du Cann; redistribution of seats, by [Anthony Barber] and also by Edward du Cann; voting age; the restatement of Conservative policy for the Party Conference; a school enquiry, by Quintin Hogg [earlier 2nd Lord Hailsham, later Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone]; the Defence White Paper; the Anglo-Irish Free Trade Agreement; compensation for compulsory purchase and the reform of planning procedures, by [Aubrey] Geoffrey Rippon [Chief Opposition Spokesman on housing, local government and land]; nationalisation of transport; opinion research on education, taxation, industrial relations, women's interests, voting intentions, nationalised industries and the economy; the 1964 Television Act, by Paul Bryan [former Conservative Front Bench Spokesman on broadcasting]; Stansted Airport [Essex] by Peter Kirk, and also by [Leonard] Robert Carr; the Decimal Currency Bill, by Iain Macleod and Gordon Campbell; the age of majority, by Sir John Hobson [former Attorney-General]; race relations, by Quintin Hogg; national income statistics; the Labour Government's economic performance, by Iain Macleod; family allowance; wage increases, by Robert Carr; leasehold reform, by Geoffrey Rippon; council house sales; teachers' salaries, by Sir Edward Boyle; prices and incomes, by Iain Macleod; the Ship-Building Industry Bill, by David Price [Opposition Front-Bench spokesman on Science and Technology]; poverty, and the Welfare State, by [Irene] Mervyn Pike; secondary school reorganisation and the Plowden Report, by Sir Edward Boyle; the Companies Bill, by 1st Lord Drumalbyn [earlier Niall Macpherson] and also by Anthony Barber; the Regional Policy Group for London; the Housing Subsidies Bill, by Geoffrey Rippon; regional development, by Frederick Corfield; science and technology, by David Price; public service pensions, by John Cope; fuel and power, by Michael Alison; health services, by [Richard] Geoffrey Howe [Opposition Front Bench spokesman on labour and social services]; the Criminal Justice Bill, by Quintin Hogg; Bills in the House of Lords, by 6th Lord Carrington [Leader of the Opposition, House of Lords, earlier Peter Carington]; legislation on gambling, by Quintin Hogg; tribunals of enquiry and divorce law reform, by Sir John Hobson; Parliamentary reform, by William Whitelaw [Chief Opposition Whip]; North Sea gas, by Anthony Barber; the National Coal Board (Additional Powers) Bill, by Frederick Corfield; the Parliamentary Commissioner, by Sir John Hobson and William Roots; strategy leading up to the General Election, by Sir [Richard] Michael Fraser [Secretary to the Leader's Consultative Committee]; Trade Union policy and funds, by Sir Keith Joseph; speeches by members of the committee, by Anthony Barber; powers of nationalised industries, by Peter Walker [Opposition Front Bench Spokesman on Finance and Economics]; Asian immigration from Kenya. Also includes: minutes of the policy group on education; reports of the working party on the building and construction industries; report of the policy group on industrial relations.
5 files.

May 1966-Apr 1968

'UXB'. General correspondence on subjects including invitations, requests for interviews, letters from political organizations, or general enquiries and requests, with correspondents including: Reginald Simmerson, Chairman of Democratic Conservatives Against the Common Market (10); Alfred Frank (3); A D C Webber, prospective National Front candidate for Wolverhampton North East [Staffordshire] (5); Richard Body, on circulating speeches by JEP; F Turner, President of the Enoch Powell Support Group (5); Bruce Page, Managing Editor of Special Projects, the Sunday Times, on his history of thalidomide; John Wilkinson, on references to JEP by British Campaign to Stop Immigration candidates; D G Ashdown, Development Manager of Private Patients Plan (4); E Griffen on an alleged statement by JEP on immigration (5); Eric Iszatt (3); Air Vice-Marshal Donald Bennett on removing Edward Heath as Prime Minister (2); Sam Spence, Official Spokesman for Ethiopian World Federation Incorporated (4).
2 files.

Sep 1971-Dec 1973

'UXB'. General correspondence on subjects including invitations, requests for interviews, letters from political organizations, or general enquiries and requests, with correspondents including: representatives of the National Front (3); Betty Paterson, Chairman of North West Thames Regional Health Authority; David Ennals, Secretary of State for Social Services; Professor Harmindar Singh, Secretary of the Punjabee Society of the British Isles (3); [William] Geraint Morgan (2); Nora Beloff, on her account of the Closed Shop Bill; Richard Body; Doojen Napal, Chairman of the Association of West Indian, Asian and Afro-Asian Minorities, on writing a biography of JEP (14); George Young (2); Peter Clarke [former Private Secretary to JEP]; representatives of Conservative Concern (5); Peter Fry. Also includes: the Unison trade union press digest for 1974.
3 files.

Jan 1974-Jan 1985

Own Responsibility. Letters from members of the general public on various issues including: immigration; complaints about the Conservatives and requests for JEP to form a new party; Britain and the Common Market; the Conservative Party Conference.
4 files.

Aug 1972-Dec 1972

Parliament No 2 Bill, 1969, and other changes to House of Lords. Correspondence, mainly on stopping the Parliament Bill [on reforming the House of Lords], with correspondents including: Lord Lambton and Sir [Thomas] Barnett Cocks [Clerk of the House of Commons] (2) on Lambton remaining in the House of Commons once he had disclaimed his title; Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter Principal King of Arms, on the hereditary principle of the House of Lords (3); [Thomas] Frederick Peart [Leader of the House of Commons]; John Boyd-Carpenter; Sydney Irving, Chairman of Ways and Means; [?] Julian Ridsdale; 1st Lord Dilhorne [earlier Reginald Manningham-Buller]. Also includes: speech notes by JEP for debates on the bill; memorandum by Sir Anthony Wagner on the proposed reforms to the House of Lords; extract from the House of Lords Offical Report, giving a speech by 4th Lord St Oswald [earlier Rowland Winn] on the future of the House.
1 file.

Nov 1968-Nov 1970

Free Postage. Correspondence, mainly on free postage for MPs, with correspondents including: [Leonard] Robert Carr; Julian Amery; Alexander Gordon-Lennox, Serjeant at Arms, House of Commons, on fitting improved locks to MPs lockers; John Selwyn-Lloyd, Chairman of the Select Committee on the House of Commons (Services); William Whitelaw, former Chairman of the Committee; [Thomas] Frederick Peart, Lord President of the Council (7); George Chowdharay-Best (5); Mark Carlisle.
1 file.

Oct 1969-Dec 1972

Conservative Leadership. Letters from the general public asking JEP to become a candidate for the Conservative Party leadership election.
1 file.

Feb 1975

NHS. Correspondence with the general public on the National Health Service, with correspondents including: Michael Alison, Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Security, on licences for herbal medicines; Derek Bryce-Smith [Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Reading] on fluoridation of water; Reginald Murley [Royal College of Surgeons] on the emigration of British doctors (2); Sir Keith Joseph, Secretary of State for Social Services, on the employment of doctors from overseas. Also includes: article by Brian Watkin, Senior Tutor in Health Care Administration at the University of Manchester, on The Great Health Service Jobs Shambles; Department of Health and Social Security pamphlet and paper on the licensing system for medicines; articles by John Wain and James Benfield, Chairman of the Research Committee of the New York Academy of Dentistry, on the fluoridation of water; text of JEP's foreword to Health or Health Service, by Dr Wyndham Davies; consultative document on National Health Service reorganisation; pamphlet and article by Dr I M Kraas on general practice workloads; papers by David Rhydderch, Chairman of Birmingham Executive Council on problems with the National Health Service; statement to the Committee of Ways and Means by H Wesley Wray, Vice-President of the Physicians Health Congress, California [United States], on National Health Insurance.
3 files.

Oct 1968-Dec 1973

NHS. Correspondence with the general public on the National Health Service, with correspondents including: David Pollock, former Director, Action on Smoking and Health; Sir Douglas Black, former President, Royal College of Physicians; Diane Abbott on nurses from the Commonwealth; Elaine Murphy, Professor of Psychiatry of Old Age, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, on researching the policy of mental hospital closures (3); representatives of the Lancet (3); William Waldegrave, Secretary of State for Health; Professor Hugh Freeman, Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry (3); Sir [William] Vernon Seccombe, Chairman of the South Western Regional Health Authority; Althea Hannay (3); Richard Needham, Minister for Health and Social Security [6th Lord Kilmorey] on the public education campaign on AIDS; Edwina Currie, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health; Michael Meadowcroft; Brian Morris, Principal of St David's University College, University of Wales; C J Fell (5); Ronald Forbes, General Director, All Faiths' World Alcohol Project (4); [Peter] Norman Fowler, Secretary of State for Social Services, on the limited list of drugs, figures for doctors from overseas and the closure of the New Cross dental school [Wolverhampton, Staffordshire] (3); Kenneth Clarke, Minister of Health; Miss C Elliott (4); Franklin Scott (3); Bryan Thwaites, Chairman of Wessex Regional Health Authority; David Horne, on JEP's policy as Minister of Health on the provision of drugs for private patients (3); Don Phillips (4); Gerard Vaughan, Minister for Health, on the New Cross dental school (2). Other subjects include: the fluoridation of water; nurses' pay. Also includes: draft paper by David Pollock on smoking and health, 1935-64 [later published as "Denial and Delay"]; paper by Sir Douglas Black on National Health Service reforms; paper on military influence on the nursing profession, 1939-80; paper on black women and the National Health Service; British Medical Association report, Agenda for Health; text of the Tony Trafford Memorial Lecture by William Waldegrave, on his view of the National Health Service; text of short article by JEP on cuts in care for the mentally ill; report by the St Michael's Organization on public provision for health care; articles on AIDS, including Department of Health information leaflets and brief; BUPA annual report, 1984; paper by Bryan Thwaites on the long-term problems of the National Health Service; constitution of the National Society of Non-Smokers; British Dental Association brief and other papers on the closure of the New Cross dental school; comments on the dental strategy review group recommendations on dental therapists; article by James Fries on increasing life expectancy.
7 files.

Jul 1980-Jan 1998

Edward Heath: Speeches. Correspondence on and copies of speeches by Edward Heath [Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister], with correspondents including: Sir Gilbert Longden, Chairman, Conservative Group for Europe, on a statement by Heath about Britain's entry into Europe (2); Heath on avoiding racial violence and immigration controls, and his response to JEP's speech at Scarborough [Yorkshire] on immigration (1970) (2); Anthony Kershaw, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Heath, on official responses to correspondents referring to JEP's speeches on immigration; Douglas Hurd, Private Secretary to Heath, on Conservative immigration policy, and JEP's speech [? 'Rivers of Blood', Birmingham, Warwickshire, April 1968] and subsequent removal from the Shadow Cabinet; William Whitelaw [Chief Opposition Whip]; Kenneth Boardman (3); Anthony Barber, Chairman of the Conservative Party, on his disagreement with JEP's political views and responses to critics and supporters of JEP (2). Also includes: note on Conservative policy on immigration and race relations; summary and full text of speech by Heath at the Conservative Party Conference (1977) on Europe; transcript of a radio interview with Heath on Europe (1976); text of Heath's address to the Conservative Party Conference (1973); press cuttings; text of an article by Heath on immigration (April 1968); transcript of BBC interview with Heath giving his response to JEP's speech at Scarborough [Yorkshire] on immigration (1970); text of television interview with Heath on the build-up to the General Election, JEP and immigration, Far Eastern policy, the Trade Unions and his own career (1970).
1 file.

Jul 1967-Oct 1977

Edward Heath: Teddities. Copies of speeches by Edward Heath [Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister], with correspondence, including: transcript of a television interview with Heath on the Conservative Election Forum (1970); extract from speech by Heath on Europe (1970); transcript of a television interview with Heath for Panorama on subjects including Ulster, unemployment and Europe (1971); text of speech by Heath to the Parliamentary Council of the European Movement (1971); text of speech by Heath at the Guildhall on Europe (1969); reply by Heath to a question on the Common Market (1969); text of speech by Heath at the Glasgow 1980 Exhibition on housing in Scotland (1971); extract from a speech by Heath to the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce on industrial policy (1971); weekly information bulletin from the French Embassy, including extracts from interviews and speeches given by Georges Pompidou, President of France and Maurice Schumann [Minister for Foreign Affairs] on the future of Europe (1971); text of speech by Heath to the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations on Britain's entry into Europe (1971); copies of questions to Heath in Parliament on entering Europe; letters from Arthur Lewis and C G Mayo (3).
1 file.

Jul 1969-Apr 1974

EEC press cuttings and 1971 European Tour. Scrap book.
1 volume.

1969–1971

Immigration speeches. Texts of JEP's speeches on immigration, including speeches to: the Surrey branch of the Monday Club (1976); the Monday Club of Ulster [Northern Ireland] (1976); Hackney South and Shoreditch Conservative Association [London] (1976); Rotary Club of Egham (1976); Monday Club branches at Croydon [Essex] (1975); Stetchford Conservative Club, Birmingham [Warwickshire] (1973); Tottenham Conservative Association (1973); Erdington Conservative Club, Birmingham (1973); East and South Brent Conservative Associations (1973); Harwich Round Table (1972); Monday Club Universities Group, Oxford (1972); Norwood Conservative Association (1972); Conservative Party Conference, Blackpool [Lancashire] (1972); Ramsgate and District Round Table [Kent] (1972); Merridale Ladies Luncheon, Wolverhampton [Staffordshire] (1972); Islington Central Conservative Association (1972); Oxford University Conservative and Monday Clubs (1972); Southall Chamber of Commerce (1971); Smethwick Conservative Club (1971); Huddersfield and Spen Valley Junior Chamber of Commerce [Yorkshire] (1971); Carshalton and Banstead Young Conservatives (1971); election meeting, Wolverhampton (1970); Institute of Population Registration, Southport [Merseyside] (1970); Group 5 Young Conservatives, Scarborough (1970); House of Commons (1969); Conservative Rally, Bradford (1969); Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton (1969); Commonwealth Correspondents Association (1969); London Rotary Club (1968); West Midlands Area Conservative Political Centre, Birmingham ['Rivers of Blood'] (1968); Walsall South Conservative Association (1968). Also includes: correspondence with Syed Abdus Sultan, High Commissioner for Bangladesh, on Bangladesh's status as a Commonwealth country.
2 files.

Feb 1968-Oct 1976

House of Lords Committee on EEC Direct Elections. Papers of the committee, including: copies of JEP's evidence before the Committee; letter from Michael Wheeler-Booth [Principal Clerk, Overseas and European Office] asking JEP for his evidence; note by David Wood, European Political Editor of the Times, on relations between the British and European Parliaments after direct elections, with copies of articles by Wood; minutes of evidence taken before the committee, April 1978, March 1978, July 1977, June 1977; memorandum submitted by Lord Bruce of Donington [Member of the European Parliament] on co-operation between the European Assembly and Westminster; memorandum submitted by Douglas Hurd, Chairman of the Conservative Campaign on Direct Elections, on relations between members of the British and European Parliaments; memorandum by Lord Diplock on the results of direct elections; memorandum by the Clerk of the Parliaments [Sir Peter Henderson] on relations between the House of Lords and British members of the European Parliament.
1 file.

Jun 1977-Jun 1978

Common Market materials, including referendum. Correspondence and papers for and against British membership of the Common Market, with correspondents including: [David] Clive Jenkins, General Secretary, Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs; [William] John Biffen; Timothy Eggar, Personal Assistant to the Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Ralph Bateman, President, Confederation of British Industry; Richard Body [Joint Chairman, Get Britain Out referendum campaign]. Papers include: publicity material for the anti-Common Market campaign; press cuttings; copies of correspondence between H Neil Marten and Roy Hattersley, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office on consultation between members of the European Community on foreign policy and on direct elections to the European Assembly (3), and with [Leonard] James Callaghan [Foreign Secretary] on direct elections; European Representation Fund paper on British industry and commerce in Europe; report of the British Business for World Markets working party, on a political reappraisal of Britain and the European Economic Community; Scottish National Party discussion paper on Scotland's European Alternatives; minutes of meetings of the National Referendum Campaign; letters and articles for and against the referendum on British membership of the Common Market, with correspondents including: [David] Clive Jenkins, General Secretary, Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs; note by Judith Hart [Minister for Overseas Development] on the Commonwealth and developing countries; Get Britain Out Referendum Campaign talking points; National Farmers' Union article on agricultural policy; extracts from Hansard, including statements by Judith Hart on the Commonwealth and developing countries; memorandum by Richard Body on the Unanimity Rule; text of speech by Edward Heath, Leader of the Conservative Party, to the Foreign Press Association; statement by John McEwen, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, on consequences for Australian trade after Britain's entry into the European Economic Community.
2 files.

Aug 1970-Mar 1976

Credit Unions Bill. Papers and correspondence on the Banking and Credit Unions Bill (1979), with correspondents including: Ken Maginnis; [David] Denzil Davies, Minister of State, Treasury; Jeremy Mitchell, Director of the National Consumer Council; representatives of the Irish League of Credit Unions (9). Papers include: notes on amendments to the bill submitted by the Credit Union Steering Group; memoranda by the Committee of London Clearing Bankers; memorandum by the Irish and British Credit Union leagues and the National Federation of Credit Unions; brief from the Finance Houses Association; Treasury summaries of clauses in the bill.
2 files.

Sep 1978-Oct 1984

Companies Bill. Correspondence on the application of the bill (1980) to Northern Ireland, including: copies of letters between James Molyneaux [Leader, Ulster Unionist Party, House of Commons], Stanley Clinton-Davis, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Companies, Aviation and Shipping and Roy Mason, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
1 file.

Nov 1978-Nov 1979

Bankruptcy Bill. Explanatory document for the Northern Ireland Department of Commerce proposal for a draft bankruptcy amendment (Northern Ireland) order. Also includes: record of discussion of the order between the Department of Commerce and the Incorporated Law Society of Northern Ireland, and a memorandum by the Law Society setting out objections to the order.
1 file.

Jan 1980-Feb 1980

Kinnahalla Case. Report of the Water Appeals Commission on the Kinnahalla Scheme (for building a reservoir at Kinnahalla [County Down, Northern Ireland]) with correspondence (mostly in protest) from individuals including: Philip Goodhart [Minister responsible for Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland) (2); L George Glasgow, Director of the Sports Council for Northern Ireland (3); representatives of the Kingdom of Mourne Revolt Against Destruction of the Environment (3); Raymond Carter [Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office] (5); Lord Donaldson, Department of Agriculture (Northern Ireland); John Concannon, Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (3). Also includes: maps of the scheme, with reports.
2 files.

Jan 1975-Apr 1980

Divorce and Homosexual Legislation in Northern Ireland. Correspondence, mainly with the general public, on reforms in the law on homosexuality and divorce, with correspondents including: Sir Simon Mahon; Jill Knight; Kenneth Lewis; Richard Wood [later Lord Holderness]; Teddy [Edward] Taylor.
1 file.

Apr 1977-Dec 1978

Canada Bill. Correspondence, mainly with the Canadian general public, on the Canada Bill to patriate the Canadian constitution. Correspondents include: Sir Bernard Braine, on proposing an amendment to delay the bill and opposition from Quebec and the Indian peoples of Canada (4); Christopher Price; J H McKibben, Agent General in Britain for Alberta, thanking JEP for his help with the new constitution (2); Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister; Gilles Loiselle, Agent-General for Quebec in Britain, on Quebec's rejection of the constitution and Britain's constitutional responsibilities (5); Donald Smith, Agent-General for Nova Scotia in Britain, thanking JEP for his support (2); Jean Casselman Wadds, Canadian High Commissioner to Britain (4); Jeremy Akerman, Executive Director for Intergovernmental Affairs, Nova Scotia (2); Garde Gardom, Minister of Intergovernmental Relations, British Columbia, on opposition to the new constitution; William Bennett, Premier of British Columbia; Jonathan Aitken. Also includes: articles and press cuttings on Canada's new constitution; results of Canadian poll on the constitutional question; copy of the Constitutional Accord: Canadian patriation plan, and amending formula for the constitution of Canada; briefs on legal challenges to the new constitution and the Canadian Supreme Court hearings, the House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs report on the British North America Acts and the nature of Canadian federalism; paper on Britain's role in the amendment of the constitution; text of a speech by M MacGuigan, Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, on the House of Commons Select Committee on Foreign Affairs report on the British North America Acts; official reports of the British Columbia legislative assembly; copy of submission by William Bennett, Premier of British Columbia, to the Special Joint Committee on the Constitution of Canada; memorandum by Professor [Henry] William Wade on the role of the British Parliament in the amendment of the Canadian constitution.
2 files.

Dec 1980-Jun 1982

Falklands. Correspondence with the general public on the Falklands War, with correspondents including: Stephen Chesine (3); Eric Ogden. Also includes: papers on the Falklands, on subjects including a proposal for peace, decolonisation of the islands, their history and parallels with Gibraltar, trade and defence in the South Atlantic; copies of press cuttings; Foreign and Commonwealth Office pamphlet on the position of the Falkland Islands.
6 files.

Apr 1982-May 1994

Inflation. Correspondence with the general public on inflation, with correspondents including: Edward du Cann [Chairman of the Select Committee on Public Accounts] on a question about VAT (Value Added Tax); Arthur Lewis (2); Oliver Smedley, Director of Studies, the Reliance School of Investment (5); Norman Tebbit, Secretary of State for Employment, on the relationship between unemployment and competitiveness. Also includes: University of Birmingham Faculty of Commerce and Social Science discussion paper for the control of the money supply; copy of an interview with Professor Karl Brunner on monetary economics; text of speech by John Greenwood, Group Economist for G T Management Limited, comparing the Bank of Japan with the Bank of England; articles on VAT, monetary flow, capital taxation, incomes policy, Government spending and monetarism; paper by Arthur Lewis on the optimum tax reform for 1979.
4 files.

Dec 1975-Nov 1984

Emergency Provisions (Northern Ireland) Bill (1987). Papers and correspondence on the bill, including: details of the 1978 Emergency Provisions Act, with review by Sir George Baker; copy of the 1987 bill, with explanatory and financial memorandum; amendments to the bill by Standing Committee [chaired by JEP]; reports of the Standing Committee on the bill; note by JEP on trial delays in Northern Ireland, with a submission by the Northern Ireland Association for the care and resettlement of offenders on prisoners detained for indeterminate periods; Standing Advisory Committee on Human Rights press notice on the bill; Law Society memorandum on remands in custody; notes on the clauses of the bill; briefing paper by the Committee on the Administration of Justice; note by JEP on the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order (1981); report of the Select Committee on Procedure; copy of the draft Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order (1987), with explanatory notes; brief by [William] Martin Smyth [Vice-President, Ulster Unionist Council] condemning the proposed legislation. Correspondents include: Nicholas Scott, Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office, on JEP's appointment as Chairman of the Standing Committee considering the bill; James Molyneaux [Leader, Ulster Unionist Party]; [William] Martin Smyth; Brian Mawhinney, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the Higher Education White Paper, particularly the funding of universities in Northern Ireland; Kenneth Baker, Secretary of State for Education and Science, on the Higher Education White Paper.
3 files.

1978-Apr 1987

Legislation: Redundancy Payments Great Britain-Northern Ireland (Private Members Bill). Correspondence and papers on JEP's bill to bring Northern Ireland's statutory redundancy payments in line with Britain, with correspondents including: Peter Viggers [Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Industry Minister), Northern Ireland Office]; Kenneth Clarke, Paymaster General (2); Tom McKee, Regional Official, NAS and UWT Northern Ireland Federation (5); Ivor Stanbrook; Derek Fatchett; Douglas Millar, Clerk in Charge of Private Members' Bills (2). Also includes: copy of the bill; copy of the Redundancy Payments (Local Government) (Modification) Order (1983); note of meeting of the Ulster Unionist Parliamentary Party, including a note of the lack of reciprocity with Britain on redundancy compensation for teachers.
1 file.

Nov 1985-Sep 1986

Legislation: Anglo-Irish Agreement: correspondence. Correspondence with the general public.
1 file.

Nov 1985-Jan 1986

Legislation: European Communities (Amendment) Bill. Papers and correspondence on the bill, including: Government observations on the report of the Foreign Affairs Committee on the Single European Act; point of order by Nigel Spearing [Chairman, Select Committee on EEC Legislation] on the title of the bill; note from a representative of Teddy Taylor [Edward Taylor] on issues to be considered in the debate; reports on developments in the European Community, 1985; minutes of evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee on the Single European Act; proof copies of reports by the Select Committee on European Legislation; explanatory memorandum by Malcolm Rifkind, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; White Paper from the European Commission to the European Council on completing the internal market; summary of the contents of the Single European Act by Nigel Spearing. Correspondents include: Lynda Chalker, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on the legal significance of the Preamble to the bill and powers given under the bill (3); James Willcox, Clerk of Public Bills, House of Commons; Caroline, Lady Neill, Vice-Chairman of Conservatives for European Reform.
1 file.

Jun 1985-Jul 1986

Defence of the Realm. Correspondence with the general public on defence topics. Correspondents include: [Philip] Warren Hawksley on contracting out administration of Armed Forces central depots (2); Roger Freeman, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces; Stuart Young, Chairman of the BBC, on portrayals of Japanese prisoner-of-war camps on the BBC; Michael Heseltine, Secretary of State for Defence, on subjects including registering Irish recruits and security arrangements at American bases in Britain (3); Rear-Admiral John Hill, Editor of the Naval Review; Elizabeth, Lady Kennet; Stephen Deakin, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Department of Political and Social Studies, Sandhurst, on a speech by JEP on relations between the military and civilians (3); John Silkin on the possibilities of a conventional attack on the West by the Soviet Union. Other subjects include: JEP's views on the nuclear deterrent. Also includes: answers by Roger Freeman to questions from trade union representatives on contracting out administration of Armed Forces central depots; reminiscence of work at Gayhurst Manor, Buckinghamshire, on breaking the Enigma code during the war; Defence Information Group briefing papers on the International Institute for Strategic Studies report 'The Military Balance', the superiority of the Warsaw Pact, Soviet foreign policy decision making, proposed anti-satellite talks in Vienna [Austria] in 1984, the anti-ballistic missile treaty of 1972 and the outer space treaty of 1967; paper on the views of the Schiller Institute on the risks of German destabilisation; paper on the Western Approaches by A Liddell Hart; copies of letters from Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, with paper on Park's role in the defence of Malta, 1942.
2 files.

Jan 1983-Oct 1986

Citizenship. Correspondence with the general public on questions of British citizenship and nationality. Correspondents include: David Waddington, Minister of State, Home Office; Rhodes Boyson, Minister of State, Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland Office; Charles Douglas-Home, Editor of the Times; Paddy Ashdown [Jeremy Ashdown] on his proposed bill to restrict legal immunity for visiting servicemen; Michael Heseltine, Secretary of State for Defence, on the statutory basis for security at American bases in Britain; James Prior, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on the citizenship of senior officers in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (2); Richard Luce, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on diplomatic officers with dual citizenship, particularly relating to Ireland. Also includes: copies of questions asked by JEP in Parliament, with extracts from Hansard.
1 file.

Mar 1980-Nov 1986

Student demonstrations. Correspondence (letters of sympathy and regret) and press cuttings on disruption of JEP's speeches at the Universities of Bristol [Somerset] and Cardiff [Wales]. Correspondents include: Enid Harwood, Branch Secretary of the Rating and Valuation Association, South Wales branch, arranging JEP's engagement at Cardiff (3); representatives of Bristol University Conservative Association (7); Sir John Kingman, Vice-Chancellor of Bristol University.
1 file.

Oct 1986-Dec 1986

Queen and Commonwealth. Correspondence with the general public on the Queen's role in the Commonwealth, particularly referring to an article and television interview by JEP. Correspondents include: Ivor Stanbrook; David Tudor-Pole (7); Timothy Eggar, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on allegiance owed to the Queen by Commonwealth citizens; Robert Fellowes [Deputy Private Secretary to the Queen]; Lord Simon of Glaisdale, congratulating JEP on his article about the Queen and the Commonwealth, and on failures of British Commonwealth policy. Also includes: press cuttings.
1 file.

Jun 1986-Dec 1988

Sunday Telegraph Magazine, 16 November 1986: 'My Country - Right or Wrong'. Correspondence with the general public on JEP's article.
1 file.

Nov 1986-Dec 1986

Sunday Trading. Correspondence with the general public on JEP's vote against the Shops Bill [Sunday Trading Bill], with papers including House of Commons Research Note on the Shops Acts.
2 files.

May 1985-Jun 1989

Nuclear Deterrent: speech, 7 June 1987. Papers and correspondence on arms control, particularly on JEP's speech, including: press cuttings on British and NATO nuclear policy; letter from [Ronald] Timothy Renton, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with a summary paper on Britain's involvement in arms control; note from Sir Robin Day, with transcript of his election interview with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, on subjects including arms policy; draft copy of JEP's speech, to the Defence Information Group [London], on the dangers of the nuclear deterrent policy.
1 file.

May 1987-Feb 1988

Nuclear Deterrent: general correspondence. Correspondence with the general public on arms control and nuclear policy, particularly relating to articles, interviews and speeches by JEP [7 June 1987, to the Defence Information Group, 29 October 1982, to the Brunel Society, and 6 March 1967, House of Commons]. Correspondents include: Harold Braham; Sir Rudolf Peierls; Michael Nicholson; Oliver Postgate (4); Adam Butler, Minister of State for Defence Procurement, on answering enquiries about exposure to radiation from nuclear testing in the 1950's and 1960's; James Tye, Director-General, British Safety Council; Shaun Spiers; Peter Cadogan [Co-founder of Peace Anonymous] (2); Richard Gott, Features Editor of the Guardian; [Charles] Grant McKee, Producer for Current Affairs, Yorkshire Television; Air Vice-Marshal Donald Bennett (2); Nora Beloff; Professor Sir Martin Ryle. Also includes: various leaflets and articles; press cuttings; School of Peace Studies briefing paper on basic views on nuclear weapons; pamphlet by Michael Nicholson, Back from the Abyss; report by the National Radiological Protection Board on results of exposure to radiation from nuclear tests; pamphlet with essays by Lord Zuckerman, Europe and America, and The Nuclear Shadow; copy of Sir Martin Ryle's pamphlets, Is There a Case for Nuclear Power?, and Towards the Nuclear Holocaust.
5 files.

Oct 1982-Nov 1987

Embryo Bill: general correspondence. Correspondence on JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), with correspondents including: Robert Edwards [Professor of Human Reproduction, Cambridge University] on the research value of work on embryos (5); Peter Thurnham; Lord Rawlinson of Ewell, on handling the bill; Andrew Bowden on taking the bill forward; [William] John Biffen, Lord Privy Seal; George Cubie, Clerk, House of Commons; Sir Bernard Braine on taking the bill forward; John Maddox, Editor of Nature. Also includes: explanatory memorandum on the bill; extracts from Hansard covering debates on the bill; notes on amendments to the bill.
1 file.

May 1985-Feb 1987

Embryo Bill: to second reading. Correspondence on JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), with correspondents including: [James] Gregor Mackenzie on his opposition to the bill; [Cardinal (George) Basil Hume], Archbishop of Westminster; Lord Rawlinson of Ewell on sponsoring the bill (3); Professor Malcolm Macnaughton, President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, on restrictions in IVF treatment in the bill; Norman St John-Stevas [later Lord St John of Fawsley] (2); Sir Ian Percival [Chairman of the Conservative Party Legal Committee]; Godfrey Carter, former Parliamentary Counsel, on drafting the bill (4); David Poole [Chairman, Association of Lawyers for the Defence of the Unborn] (4); O R Johnston, Director of CARE (Christian Action, Research and Education) Campaigns (4); Leon Brittan, Home Secretary; Douglas Millar, Clerk in charge of Private Members' Bills; Gerard Wright; Phyllis Bowman, National Director, Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (5); Sir Bernard Braine [Chairman, All-party Pro Life Committee] (2). Also includes: CARE report on the Parliamentary briefing for the bill; extracts from Hansard covering debates on the bill; memorandum by Gerard Wright on reasons for supporting the bill and amendments to it; explanatory memoranda on the bill; drafts of the bill; memorandum by David Poole on IVF legislation; Home Office note on penalty provisions in the bill; Department of Health and Social Security note on drafting the bill; extracts from Hansard covering the debate on the Warnock Report into Human Fertilisation and Embryology.
2 files.

Nov 1984-Feb 1985

Embryo Bill: remaining stages. Correspondence on JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), with correspondents including: Robert Edwards [Professor of Human Reproduction, Cambridge University], with Patrick Steptoe [Medical Director, Bourn Hall Clinic, Cambridgeshire (2); [Joseph] Kevin McNamara; Clifford Boulton [Clerk, House of Commons]; David Trippier; Peter Bruinvels; Godfrey Carter [former Parliamentary Counsel]; Professor Ian Craft, Director of Gynaecology, Cromwell Hospital, London (2); Alan Beith [Liberal Chief Whip]; Lord Rawlinson of Ewell; Kenneth Clarke, Minister for Health, on advice given to JEP on drafting the bill; Professor Dennis Lincoln, Director of the Medical Research Council. Also includes: extracts from Hansard covering debates on the bill; transcript from BBC Panorama, including a debate between JEP and Kenneth Clarke.
1 file.

Mar 1985-Apr 1985

Embryo Bill: general correspondence and committee report on bill. Correspondence on JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), with correspondents including: Sir Bernard Braine [Chairman, All-party Pro Life Committee] (2); Thomas Hill, Cambridge University Law Society (4). Also includes: report of the standing committee on the bill.
1 file.

Mar 1985-Jul 1985

Embryo Bill: general correspondence. Correspondence on JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), with correspondents including: William Ross (2); Ian Kennedy, Professor of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College, London (2); Godfrey Carter [former Parliamentary Counsel] (2); Andrew Bowden; David Poole; Frank Dobson [Labour front bench spokesman on health]; William Hamilton; Professor Michael Lawrence, President of the Clinical Genetics Society; Dame [Dorothy] Mary Donaldson, Chairman, Voluntary Licensing Authority for Human In Vitro Fertilisation and Embryology; Dr John McLean, Department of Anatomy, University of Manchester (4); Dr John Griffin, Director of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry; B A Lieberman, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (4). Also includes: extracts from Hansard.
1 file.

May 1985-Jul 1985

Embryo Bill: committee, to 21 March. Correspondence on the committee stage of JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), with correspondents including: [Bruce] Bernard Weatherill, Speaker of the House of Commons; [George] Victor le Fanu, Serjeant at Arms; Professor Malcolm Macnaughton, President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (3); James Willcox [Clerk of Public Bills, House of Commons]; Peter Bruinvels (2) and Sir Bernard Braine [Chairman, All-party Pro Life Committee]; [William] John Biffen, Lord Privy Seal (2); Edward Caldwell, Parliamentary Counsel; Sir Hugh Rossi (2); Patrick Nicholls. Also includes: extracts from Hansard; note of amendments to the bill.
1 file.

Feb 1985-Mar 1985

Embryo Bill: general correspondence. Papers and correspondence on an amended version of JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill, with correspondents including: 17th Duke of Norfolk [earlier Miles Fitzalan-Howard] on adopting the bill (2); Gerard Wright. Papers include: Report of the Warnock Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology; list of peers supporting or against the bill; memorandum by Gerard Wright on IVF legislation; paper on ethical alternatives to human embryo research from the Parliamentary Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee to the Parliamentary Pro-Life Group; pamphlet by Sir Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi, on the Jewish view of human fertilisation and embryology.
1 file.

Dec 1988-Jan 1989

Embryo Bill: data, to 24 July 1985. Correspondence with the general public and papers on JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), with correspondents including: Sir Bernard Braine [Chairman, All-party Pro Life Committee] (4); Martin Bobrow [Professor of Paediatric Research]; Professor Malcolm Macnaughton, President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; Anne Lapping, Producer of A Week in Politics; Ian Kennedy, Professor of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College, London; Maud, Lady Watherston, Chairman of the Order of Christian Unity; Prebendary John Gladwin, Secretary, General Synod Board for Social Responsibility. Papers include: pamphlet by Sir Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi, on the Jewish view of human fertilisation and embryology; responses to the Warnock Report on Human Fertilisation and Embryology, including that of the Catholic Bishops' Joint Committee on Bio-Ethical Issues, CARE (Christian Action Research and Education), the Family Law Committee of the Law Society and the House of Commons Library research division; papers from a seminar on Infertility: The Social Commitment; notes by Professor Malcolm Macnaughton on embryo research; report of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Ethics Committee on IVF and Embryo replacement or transfer; studies in medicine, law and ethics on IVF.
2 files.

Nov 1984-Jul 1985

Embryo Bill: substantive replies to public. Correspondence on JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), with the general public or Members of Parliament on behalf of their constituents. Correspondents include: Dennis Skinner; Jean, Baroness Trumpington, Joint Parliamentary Under-Sec. of State, Department of Health and Social Security; Timothy Flesher, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister; John Carlisle; Stephen Ross (2); Gerard Wright; David Poole (2); Gareth Wardell; Sir Anthony Grant (2); Sir Hugh Rossi; Graham Bright; Alan Beith; Spencer Batiste; [William] David Madel; [Mostyn] Neil Hamilton.
2 files.

Feb 1985-Jul 1985

Embryo Bill: correspondence. Correspondence with the general public or Members of Parliament on behalf of their constituents on issues in JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985). Correspondents include: [Joseph] Kenneth Hargreaves (2); Josephine Richardson; Robin Kent, Producer of Hypotheticals, Granada Television Limited, on a television conference on Society, Science and Sex (8); Phyllis Bowman, National Director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (5); Sir Bernard Braine [Chairman, All-party Pro Life Committee].
3 files.

Jul 1985-Dec 1986

Embryo Bill, 1985: correspondence. Correspondence relating JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), with the general public or Members of Parliament on behalf of their constituents. Correspondents include: [Jane] Ann Winterton; William Ross; Lewis Wolpert, Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine, London University; Phyllis Bowman, National Director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (6); David Poole, Association of Lawyers for the Defence of the Unborn; Peter Thurnham. Also includes: guide by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children on Parliamentary procedures affecting an Embryo Bill; Department of Health and Social Security framework for legislation on human fertilisation and embryology; extracts from Hansard on human fertilisation and embryology; papers from the European Bioethics Conference on Human Embryos and Research; memorandum by the Association of Lawyers for the Defence of the Unborn on protection of human embryos.
1 file.

Jan 1987-Nov 1994

Embryo Bill, 1985. Papers relating to JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), including: copy of the Unborn Children (Protection) Bill of 17th Duke of Norfolk [earlier Miles Fitzalan-Howard] (1989), with briefing notes, note of amendments, extracts from Hansard, letters from Norfolk (5) and [Jane] Ann Winterton; copy of Alistair Burt's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1986); copy of speech by JEP to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children on embryo research (July 1985); extracts from Hansard on the science debate and JEP's bill, including a speech by JEP on embryo experimentation (June 1985).
1 file.

Jun 1985-Apr 1989

Embryo Bill, 1985: data. Papers relating to JEP's Unborn Children (Protection) Bill (1985), including: copy of proceedings from the European Bioethics Conference on human embryos and research (1988); pamphlet on the Christian response to the Warnock Report on Human Fertilisation and Embryology (1985); press cuttings and articles on embryo research, including an article by JEP on his bill; issues of the Genesis Review and papers on medical ethics seminar; Department of Health and Social Security framework for legislation paper and consultation paper on human fertilisation and embryology; first report on the Voluntary Licensing Authority for Human In Vitro Fertilisation and Embryology (1986); newsletters of the Association of Lawyers for the Defence of the Unborn.
2 files.

Jan 1983-Feb 1990

Drink driving and road casualties. Papers and correspondence on road safety legislation, including: extracts from Hansard; paper by John Adams, University College, London, on the efficacy of seat-belt legislation; Government publications giving statistics for driving offences and road accidents; Ministry of Transport paper on road safety legislation, 1965-66; reports on drink offences and the first year of the breathalyser; letters between Philip Goodhart, Minister responsible for Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland) and James Molyneaux [Leader, Ulster Unionist Party] on legislative proposals for Northern Ireland, with note of differences in the law between Northern Ireland and Britain; copy of the Transport Bill (1980); consultative document on proposed legislative change for drinking and driving in Northern Ireland; report of the Department of the Environment departmental committee on drinking and driving; report on casualty reductions following the Road Safety Act (1967); House of Commons Library Research Division reference sheet on the Transport Bill (1980-81); Automobile Association response to the Transport Bill.
2 files.

Dec 1965-Mar 1986

Seat-belts and crash helmets. Correspondence, mainly with the general public, and papers on road safety legislation, with correspondents including: Peter Bottomley, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport, on a campaign by the Motorcycle Action Group (3); Ivan Lawrence; Kenneth Marks, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment; [Peter] Norman Fowler, Minister of Transport. Also includes: notes on the Government's position on motorcycle noise limits, visibility and safety helmets; draft article by Ivan Lawrence on the case against compulsory seat-belts; Automobile Association brief on compulsory seat-belts; extracts from Hansard.
1 file.

Nov 1974-Dec 1986

Education. Correspondence with the general public on education issues, including JEP's address to the Doctors Dinner, Merchant Taylors Hall [London] in defence of teaching arts subjects (20 Dec 1984, reprinted as an article, Jan 1985), the Education Bill (1986), Green Paper for Higher Education (1985) and the teaching of Latin and Greek. Correspondents include: Gerald Fowler, North East London Polytechnic; Brian Taylor, Secretary General, Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals; Alan Knight, Lecturer in History, Essex University; Lord James of Rusholme. Also includes: paper by Gerald Fowler on the development of higher education in the 1990's; brief from the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals on the higher education debate (1985).
1 file.

Dec 1984-Dec 1986

Referred to own Member. Correspondence from members of the public, referred by JEP to their own Member of Parliament, with letters from MPs etc. including: Sydney Bidwell; Ian Gow (2); Lord McGregor of Durris, Chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority; John Mottram, Chief Executive, the General Council of the Bar (3); Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith; Geoffrey Lawler; James Lamond; Dafydd Wigley; Peter Nobes, Deputy Chief Constable, West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police; Norman Atkinson; Lynda Chalker; Lord Eden of Winton; Christopher Murphy; [John] Giles Shaw, Minister of State, Home Office; [William] Martin Smyth (6); Peter Shore; Tam Dalyell; Sir Reginald Eyre; Rhodes Boyson; David Mellor; James Nicholson; Sir [Arthur] John Page; Thomas Torney.
3 files.

Jan 1985-Nov 1987

Appointment of bishops: correspondence. Correspondents on bishops' appointments under the Crown Appointments Commission include: 7th Lord Sudeley [earlier Merlin Hanbury-Tracy] (8); John Wakeham, Government Chief Whip (2); Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury on the difficulties of relations between Parliament and the Synod, and the Synod's view of the Appointment of Bishops Measure (1984) (3); Canon Trevor Beeson; Ronald Bowlby, Bishop of Southwark (3); Michael Latham [Member, Joint Ecclesiastical Committee of both Houses of Parliament] (5); William Powell (4); John Burgess, Archdeacon of Bath. Also includes: copy of letter to the Prime Minister from members of both Houses of Parliament on their concerns about the appointment of bishops; copy of the Bishops (Retirement) Measure (1985), with report by the Ecclesiastical Committee; summary of meeting on the Crown Appointments Commission; press cuttings; report of the standing committee of the General Synod on the Appointment of Bishops Measure; copy of the Appointment of Bishops Measure, with report by the Ecclesiastical Committee; copy of the draft Church of England (Miscellaneous Provisions) Measure (1984).
1 file.

Apr 1984-Jul 1986

Colin Wallace. Press cuttings, papers and correspondence on the sacking of Wallace, former Army information officer in Northern Ireland, over an alleged Intelligence conspiracy to destablise the Wilson Government, including: press cuttings; extracts from the memoirs of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer on clandestine warfare, with notes of psychological warfare sponsored by the CIA in Britain during the 1970's; letters from Colin Wallace (2) and representatives of Thomas Eggar and Son, Solicitors (2); issue of the Lobster magazine on covert operations in British politics, 1974-78; paper on Wallace's involvement in the Kincora scandal (concerning sexual assaults at a boys' home in Belfast).
1 file.

Oct 1986-Jan 1990

Russian Visit June 1988: (the Christian Millennium). Correspondence on JEP's visit to the Soviet Union for the Spectator, as part of an Inter-Church group, with correspondents including: Max Hastings, Editor of the Daily Telegraph; Charles Moore, Editor of the Spectator, on articles by JEP about the visit (7); Reverend Michael Bordeaux, General Director of Keston College, on arrangements for the visit (3). Also includes: press cuttings; notes of expenses; itinerary; notes by JEP on his visit; pamphlets on the state of the Soviet Union; Foreign and Commonwealth Office brief on the Orthodox Church and other religious group in the current political context.
1 file.

Jul 1987-Jun 1990

Australian Visit. Correspondence on JEP's visit to Australia, 1988, with correspondents including: representatives of the Daily Telegraph, including Trevor Grove, Editor of the Weekend Section, on the visit and subsequent articles by JEP (15); James Wickenden (3); representatives of the University of Sydney (8). Also includes: text of a lecture given by JEP at Sydney University, on his view of Australia.
1 file.

May 1987-Jul 1990

1688: Tercentenary of the Glorious Revolution. Correspondence on the celebrations, particularly on JEP's television interview with Peregrine Worsthorne on the Glorious Revolution, with correspondents including: representatives of Yorkshire Television (10); representatives of Oxford University Press on subjects including the 1688 interview and JEP's war memoirs (3). Also includes: text of speech by Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone [earlier Quintin Hogg] on opening the Tercentenary Exhibition; transcripts of and notes on programmes and interviews, including the Third Ear radio discussion between Tony Benn [earlier Anthony Wedgwood Benn and 2nd Lord Stansgate] and Jonathan Clark; copies of articles on 1688 and a survey of recent historical writing on the subject.
1 file.

Jul 1987-Jul 1989

British Safety Standards: Scaffolding. Correspondence, mainly on JEP's call for new legislation on scaffolding, with individuals including: Douglas Latto, Chairman of the British Safety Council; James Tye, Director-General of the British Safety Council (3); [Bernard] Ian Stewart [later Lord Stewartby]. Also includes: articles on health and safety and scaffolding; Transport and General Workers' Union submission to the House of Commons Employment Committee Inquiry on the safety of scaffolding.
1 file.

Feb 1983-Dec 1987

Lebanon, 1983-84; Persian Gulf, 1984; Cyprus, 1983. Correspondence with the general public on issues of foreign policy in the Middle East and Cyprus, particularly referring to speeches by JEP. Correspondents include: Anthony Courtney; [George] Martin Stephen, Second Master, Sedbergh School; Ozer Koray, London Representative of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, on an article by JEP on Cyprus. Also includes: text of a statement by Rauf Denktas, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on the general outlook for Cyprus.
1 file.

Nov 1983-Mar 1984

Gibraltar. Press cuttings and correspondence on Gibraltar, including JEP's contribution to a Panorama television interview on the shooting of IRA members by British soldiers on Gibraltar. Correspondents include: Robert Peliza, House of Assembly, Gibraltar, on the closure of the naval dockyard at Gibraltar and the question of sovereignty (5); 2nd Lord Belstead, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs [earlier John Ganzoni], on the dockyard. Also includes: press cuttings; Private Eye report on the shooting of IRA members in Gibraltar.
1 file.

Jan 1983-Feb 1989

Portuguese Visit, 7-11 May 1990. Correspondence on JEP's lecture tour of Portugal for the British Council, with correspondents including: Thomas Woodcock, Somerset Herald; (William) Tristan Garel-Jones, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; representatives of the British Council (12).
1 file.

Jun 1989-Apr 1991

South African Visit, November 1990. Correspondence, mainly with representatives of the South African Financial Mail, on JEP's visit to South Africa, particularly his speech on development between Britain and the European Economic Community for the Financial Mail Annual Investment Conference. Also includes: papers from the conference; press cuttings from the British and South African press, including an article by JEP on his impressions of South Africa.
1 file.

May 1990-Nov 1990

Channel Tunnel. Correspondence with the general public on the Channel Tunnel, particularly relating to speeches and articles by JEP, with a summary of the Channel Tunnel Project by Channel Tunnel Group Limited and France Manche SA.
1 file.

Nov 1985-Jun 1989

Animals. Correspondence with the general public on animal welfare and experiments on animals, with correspondents including: Dame Olga Uvarov [Vice-President, Institute of Animal Technicians] (2). Also includes: the explanatory memorandum to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Bill (1985); papers by Dame Olga Uvarov on research with animals and veterinary implications of the 1968 Medicines Act.
1 file.

Jul 1985-Feb 1987

Rates. Correspondence with the general public and papers on rate reform, with correspondents including: representatives of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (3). Also includes: notes by JEP on the reform of local government finance for a Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy seminar; report by the Director of Finance for Glasgow District Council on the Abolition of Domestic Rates etc (Scotland) Bill (1987); summary of responses to the green paper on rate reform in England; explanatory and financial memorandum on the Abolition of Domestic Rates etc (Scotland) Bill; Department of the Environment (Welsh Office) paper on the Community Charge.
1 file.

1987-Mar 1990

The Gulf War: general correspondence. Correspondence with the general public, particularly relating to an article and letter by JEP for the Daily Telegraph (Jan 1991 and Aug 1990) , with correspondents including: James Busvine. Also includes: draft text of an unpublished article by JEP for the Daily Mail (Aug 1990).
1 file.

1990-Apr 1991

Ordination of Women. Correspondence, mainly on the Deacons (Ordination of Women) Measure (1986), with correspondents including: [Claude] Anthony Kilmister, Chairman, Prayer Book Society (9); Patrick Cormack (4); Margaret Hewitt, National Co-ordinator of Women Against the Ordination of Women; Ronald Bowlby, Bishop of Southwark, on a likely clash between the General Synod and Parliament; Hugh Montefiore, Bishop of Birmingham on JEP's imputation that the Church was using underhand methods; Lord Bridge of Harwich, Chairman, Joint Ecclesiastical Committee of both Houses of Parliament; Michael Latham [Member, Joint Ecclesiastical Committee] on constitutional difficulties in the Deacons Measure (9); Eric Kemp, Bishop of Chichester, on constitutional difficulties in the measure (3); Alan Webster, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral; [William] Derek Pattinson, Secretary-General, General Synod of Church of England; Brian Hanson, Legal Adviser to the General Synod of Church of England. Also includes: legal opinion and pamphlet on the Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure (1993); copy of the Deacons (Ordination of Women) Measure, with the report of the Ecclesiastical Committee.
2 files.

Jun 1985-Jul 1993

Women Priests. Letters between JEP and M Brown on a forthcoming action on the ordination of women.
1 file.

Sep 1994

Hong Kong correspondence. Correspondence with the general public on immigration from Hong Kong to Britain. Correspondents include: Francis Maude, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, writing to a constituent on the reasons for giving British citizenship to people from Hong Kong; Lydia Dunn, Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council, on the Draft Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order (2); Clement Freud and Richard Luce, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Frederick Silvester. Also includes: copy of a statement by Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary, on improving confidence in Hong Kong (1989); draft speech by Lydia Dunn on the White Paper on the Draft Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order; petition by the Council of Hong Kong Indian Associations.
1 file.

Aug 1984-Apr 1996

Hong Kong. Printed papers and correspondence on Hong Kong, including: press cuttings; copy of the draft Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order (1986); copy of the Hong Kong Act (1985), with draft nationality provisions of the act and explanatory memorandum; minutes of the Race Relations and Immigration Sub-Committee of the Home Affairs Committee on the Chinese community in Britain; copy of the draft agreement between Britain and China on the future of Hong Kong (1984); extracts from Hansard; copy of the Hong Kong White Paper on the further development of representative Government in Hong Kong (1984); letters from (3) and a copy of speech by Howard Young, Urban Councillor for Hong Kong, on the draft agreement on the future of Hong Kong; letter from Richard Luce, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on the White Paper, with a summary; letter from Sir [Richard] Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, on amendments to the British Nationality Act.
1 file.

May 1984-Jul 1989

Rhodesia and South Africa. Correspondence with the general public on the political conditions in Rhodesia [Zambia and Zimbabwe] and South Africa.
2 files.

Jan 1979-Nov 1996

Seatbelts and Crash helmets. Press cutting on the results of road safety legislation.
1 item.

Oct 1990

Breathalyser. Correspondence with the general public on the extension of breathalyser testing in drink driving offences, particularly relating to a speech by JEP to the Middlesex Magistrates Association (1 Dec 1979).
1 file.

Dec 1979-Nov 1989

Citizenship. Correspondence with the general public on issues of citizenship, also including extracts from a dissertation on citizenship and immigration quoting JEP.
1 file.

Jan 1987-Nov 1996

Defence of the Realm. Correspondence with the general public on defence issues, including the unification of Germany, conventional forces and the nuclear deterrent, with correspondents including: James Molyneaux [Leader, Ulster Unionist Party]; Lord Forte. . Also includes: papers on subjects including the closure of Cambridge Military Hospital, the end of the Cold War and the balance of conventional forces in Europe; print of article by John Saville [Co-Editor of the Socialist Register] on American military bases in Britain; copy of a speech by Charles Price, United States Ambassador to Britain, on Winds of Change in NATO; National Radiological Protection Board protocol for a study on the health results of British atmospheric nuclear weapons tests.
1 file.

Sep 1983-Mar 1995

Law reform and lawyers. Correspondence with the general public on legal issues, particularly relating to speeches and articles by JEP, including speeches to the Cambridge University Conservative Association (Oct 1985 and Feb 1989). Also includes: Home Office paper on Government proposals for the confiscation of the proceeds of drug trafficking; copy of the Howard League report for the Penal Reform Forfeiture Committee (1981) with other papers on the relationship in criminal law between financial penalties and other penal measures.
1 file.

Oct 1985-Feb 1990

Aid. Papers and correspondence with the general public on aid to Third World countries, particularly relating to speeches and articles by JEP, including a speech on the Common Agricultural Policy at Llandeilo, Dyfed [Wales] (Nov 1986) with correspondents including: Christopher Patten, Minister for Overseas Development, on reforms to delivering food aid. Also includes: press cuttings; [?] World Bank article on the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy; issue of the Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, with article on famine in Africa; OXFAM paper on the effects of European farming on the Third World poor; report on countries suffering famine in Africa.
1 file.

Sep 1985-Feb 1988

Referred to Councillor. General correspondence received by JEP from constituents, and referred by him to the County Down District Council [Northern Ireland].
1 file.

Jun 1985-May 1987

Referred to SDUA and UUP. General correspondence received by JEP from constituents, and referred by him to the [?] South Down Unionist Association and Ulster Unionist Party.
1 file.

Jul 1991-Feb 1996

Refer to Member (in general terms). General correspondence received by JEP and referred by him to the writer's own Member of Parliament.
1 file.

Dec 1988-Apr 1997

Referred to Member. General correspondence received by JEP and referred by him to the writer's own Member of Parliament. Also includes letters from the MPs concerned, including: Mark Fisher; John Gummer; [Arthur] Nicholas Soames; John Bowis; Peter Lilley; Richard Livsey; John Marshall; Norman Miscampbell; James Molyneaux, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (2); Malcolm Moss; Sir Michael Shaw; [William] David Trimble; [Hugh] Patrick Thompson.
1 file.

Oct 1988-Sep 1997

Mountbatten and Airey Neave Murders. Correspondence with the general public on the assassinations by the IRA of 1st Lord Mountbatten of Burma and Airey Neave, particularly relating to speeches and articles by JEP, including a speech at Birmingham [Warwickshire] (Oct 1986). Correspondents include: Lord Molloy; John Dellow, Assistant Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, Specialist Operations; Nicholas Scott, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office. Also includes: press cuttings.
1 file.

Jan 1984-Oct 1995

Agents Provocateurs: correspondence with Home Office. Correspondence on the issue of police acting as agents provocateurs, particularly relating to the murder of Airey Neave, raised in debate by JEP. Correspondents include: Douglas Hogg, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office; Gerald Kaufman [Shadow Home Secretary]; Douglas Hurd, Home Secretary; Tam Dalyell. Also includes: extracts from Hansard covering the debate.
1 file.

Nov 1986-Apr 1987

Russian Studies in Conservatism. Correspondence with Dr Nelly Abylkhozina and Oleg Podvintsev on Conservatism and 'Powellism', including extracts from their papers and dissertations.
1 file.

May 1992-Jan 1995

Human Rights: general correspondence. Correspondence with the general public on human rights issues, including the European Convention on Human Rights. Correspondents include: Sir William Lithgow, on compensation due under the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act (3); Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, on the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act. Also includes: copy of an assessment of the European Court of Human Rights Judgement in the Lithgow Nationalisation Cases, by John MacDonald.
1 file.

Sep 1980-Sep 1987

Education. Correspondence with the general public on education issues, including the teaching of Greek and Latin and the National Curriculum. Correspondents include: Lord Morris of Castle Morris, on a speech by JEP at Magdalene College, Cambridge (Jun 1991), defending the university system; Lord Joseph on publishing the speech; Shirley Letwin (3); Professor [Charles] Brian Cox, Chairman, National Curriculum English Working Group, asking JEP to comment on his group's report; Kenneth Baker, Secretary of State for Education and Science, on pay increases for university academic staff. Also includes: text of JEP's speech at Magdalene College with additional text for publication, reprinted by the Centre for Policy Studies; paper by Dr Nicholas Barr, London School of Economics and Political Science, on student loans.
1 file.

Mar 1987-Sep 1997

Capital Punishment. Correspondence with the general public, particularly relating to speeches by JEP against capital punishment, with correspondents including Bridget Rowe, Editor of Woman's Own magazine.
1 file.

Nov 1984-Jul 1995

Powell - PM. Correspondence between JEP and Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister on subjects including: negotiations between Britain and Ireland on Northern Ireland; proportional representation in the European elections in Northern Ireland; the Northern Ireland Assembly. Other correspondents include: Michael Alison, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Thatcher (5); James Molyneaux, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, on negotiations between Britain and Ireland, the European Parliament elections in Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Assembly (5); Ian Gow [Parliamentary Private Secretary to Thatcher] on subjects including his relations with JEP and questions by JEP in Parliament (33); John Wakeham, Government Chief Whip; Timothy Flesher, Private Secretary to Thatcher; Leon Brittan, Home Secretary; Clifford Boulton, Clerk of the House of Commons; James Prior, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (3); Kenneth Bradshaw, Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons. Also includes: press cuttings; statement on the second meeting of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Council (1984); summary of an interview between JEP and Thatcher on Ulster [Northern Ireland] (July 1984); paper by JEP on keeping Ulster as an integral part of the United Kingdom; extracts from Hansard; extract from a speech by James Prior on the economy, security and political development of Northern Ireland; minutes of a meeting of the Northern Ireland Committee (Feb 1982) on the proposed Assembly; statements by James Prior on the hunger strike by prisoners in the Maze Prison [Lisburn, County Down] (1981), with statement by the prisoners; text of speech by Thatcher on her visit to Northern Ireland (March 1981); statements on talks between Thatcher and Charles Haughey and Garret FitzGerald, Taoiseachs of Ireland (1980 and 1983); statement on meeting between British and Irish Ministers on security and the political situation (1979); copy of a speech by JEP to the South Down Unionist Association on the change in policy towards Northern Ireland (1979).
3 files.

Oct 1979-Oct 1986

Ulster press-cuttings. Cuttings on Anglo-Irish relations, including the Northern Ireland Assembly.
1 file.

Jul 1982-Oct 1982

Annotated statement by the United States Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, on the fiscal year, the 1969-73 Defense Program and the 1969 Defense Budget. Annotated by JEP at sections on NATO and Europe, the forces of NATO and the Soviet Union, and American naval strategy.
1 volume.

1968

Copy of The Hunting of the Quango by Sir Philip Holland.
1 volume.

1994

India Office pamphlet on the Indian Defence Services, particularly their role in the Coronation of King George VI. The pamphlet particularly covers the Indian Defence Services' role in the Coronation of King George VI.
1 volume.

1937

100

Central Statistical Office reports on National Income and Expenditure.
2 volumes.

1958–1959

101

British Transport Commission report on the Modernisation and Re-Equipment of British Railways.
1 volume.

Dec 1954

102

British Railways Board report on The Reshaping of British Railways.
1 volume.

c 1963

103

Copy of A Hard Core of Wind: Inside the [House of] Lords, by Stuart Braham. Includes letters between Braham and JEP.
1 volume.

Jun 1986

104

Copies of Dod's Parliamentary Companion.
8 volumes.

1953–1984

105

Miscellaneous. Includes: articles on free trade and the currency, 1847-57; offprint of an article on the history of London government; report on the polls and the 1970 election by Richard Rose, Professor of Politics, Strathclyde University; copies of immigration and nationality legislation, 1948-80; correspondence on immigration statistics with David Ennals, Secretary of State for Social Services and Jennifer Tanfield, Head of Statistical Section, House of Commons Library, with tables for the 1976 embarkation figures; Treasury financial statement and budget report, with associated papers on the Public Sector Borrowing Requirement, including letters from Jennifer Tanfield (1985-86); religious papers and articles, including JEP's article on the evolution of the notion of personal immortality (1984); essays by JEP on the Evolution of the First Gospel, given as the 1979 Sion Lectures; reprint of speech by JEP on Universities and Polytechnics, given at Magdalene College, Cambridge (Jun 1991) and published by the Centre for Policy Studies; transcript of documentary on the university system for Analysis, Radio 4, by Peter Hennessy, including an interview with JEP (1991); texts of speeches by JEP, 1992-1995, on subjects including the memorial address for Lord Reigate [earlier John Vaughan-Morgan], religious views, the European Community, relations between Britain and France, the Prayer Book Society, nationalism, Yugoslavia, on keeping Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, democracy, Anthony Trollope, George Borrow, interference in the affairs of other countries, Greek and the New Testament, in memory of Sir Anthony Wagner, British trade, hunting, Edmund Burke; paper by JEP giving an introduction to Wagner's Gotterdammerung for the Royal Opera.
4 files.

1847–1995

106

Willcox Report on the Indian Army. Copy of the report of the Willcox Committee on the Reorganization of the Army and Air Forces in India (1944-45), with correspondence on copying JEP's version of the report. Correspondents include: General Sir John Chapple (5); representatives of the India Office Library and Records department, British Library (3). Also includes: copy of a letter to JEP from Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck on the report (1948).
1 file.

1945-Sep 1988

107

Defence Speeches. Papers and speeches by JEP on defence issues, including: Britain's military role in the 1970's; Conservative Party Leader's Consultative Committee paper on the changing background of defence policy (1968); the defence of Europe; lack of investment; Labour defence policy; cuts in defence spending; NATO.
1 file.

Nov 1965-Sep 1968

108

The Sloan - Abbott Conversations. Papers and correspondence on controversy raised by JEP over discussions between a political researcher, and an official at the Northern Ireland Office over talks between the British and Irish Governments over the constitutional future of Northern Ireland, with correspondents including: Sir Robert Armstrong, Secretary of the Cabinet, on the accuracy of JEP's information and talks between the British and Irish Governments (6); Anthony Bevins [Political Correspondent of the Times] (2); Ian Gow [Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister] (9); James Prior, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; John Wilkinson. Also includes: press-cuttings; copy of a BBC poll on public views on immigration, particularly relating to JEP (1968); copies of papers (1950-52) on allegations in the American press that Britain and the United States were seeking to unify Ireland as a member of NATO, including telegrams from the British Embassy in Washington to the Commonwealth Relations Office, an American policy statement on relations with Ireland, a note of a discussion with the Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] on partition (1950-52 and a minute on progress towards Ireland's return to the Commonwealth; copy of an IRA staff report on reorganization; copies of correspondence between James Prior and James Molyneaux [Leader, Ulster Unionist Party]; note of meeting between JEP, Sir Robert Armstrong and Ian Gow; text of speech by JEP on alleged plans for a united Ireland, including references to the Sloan-Abbott conversations; transcripts of the Sloan-Abbot conversations.
3 files.

Aug 1950-Nov 1983

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