Janus: The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG., OM., FRS.

Churchill/THCR 2/1 contains:
1	Correspondence with MPs and Peers, 1975-78
2	Correspondence with MPs and Peers, 1978 (incomplete)
3	Correspondence with MPs and Peers, 1978-79
4	Correspondence with MPs and Peers, 1979-83
5	Correspondence with MPs and Peers, 1983-87
6	Correspondence with MPs and Peers, 1987-90
7	Correspondence with MPs and Peers, 1990-93

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The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG., OM., FRS.

Title	Correspondence with MPs and Peers, 1978-79
Reference	THCR 2/1/3
Covering Dates	1978–1979
Extent and Medium	6 archive boxes (21 folders)

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Churchill/THCR 2/1/3 contains:

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "ADL"-"ATK", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Robert Adley MP; Julian Amery MP; Betty Harvie-Anderson MP; Humphrey Atkins MP; and David Atkinson MP (includes copy of handwritten letter from MT to Atkinson relating to secret ballots for trade union ballots, circa early December 1978). Correspondence and other papers extracted and closed on data protection grounds by the cataloguing archivist, April 2008, see THCR 2/1/3/1A.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Certain items relating to, respectively, individual constituents and a meeting between Lord (Peter) Thorneycroft, Michael Foot MP and others on 30 November 1978 are closed on data protection grounds and pending official review.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "BAK"-"BUX", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Kenneth Baker MP (consist of letter from Baker to MT on "The bureaucratic overload", April 1979); Lord (Anthony) Barber (consists of his letter to MT, forwarding his correspondence with Patrick Wall MP relating to Rhodesia, March 1979); Joel Barnett MP (consists of his correspondence with Adam Butler MP, MT's Parliamentary Private Secretary, February-March 1979, and a copy of a speech by Barnett on "Inflation and monetary policy", January 1979); Ronald Bell MP; Lord (Nicholas) Bethell; John Biffen MP; Richard Body MP; Peter Bottomley MP; Elaine Kellett Bowman MP; Dr Rhodes Boyson MP; Bernard Braine MP; Leon Brittan MP (consists of a copy of MT's handwritten letter to Brittan about trade union law, with his reply, January 1979, and copies of speeches by Brittan, January 1979); John Mervyn Manningham-Buller (2nd Viscount Dilhorne); Adam Butler MP; and Lord (Aubrey) Buxton of Alsa.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "CAC"-"CRI", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Lord (Harold) Caccia; Lord (John) Boyd-Carpenter (consists of his letter of congratulation to MT on the fall of the Labour Government, 29 March 1979, with a copy of her reply, April 1979); 6th Lord (Peter) Carrington (consist of his report of his meetings in Ottawa, Canada, 1-3 February 1979, with copy of a thank you letter to him from Richard Ryder of MT's office, March 1979); Robert Cecil (6th Marquess of Salisbury); Paul Channon MP (includes copy of MT's handwritten letter to Channon on his failure to win nomination for the European elections, with his reply, February 1979); Winston Churchill MP (includes copies of his correspondence with MT relating to James Callaghan's "cheap smear against the late Sir Winston Churchill", and MT's handwritten reply to Churchill on the subject, December 1978); William Clark MP; John Cockcroft MP; Patrick Cormack MP; Albert Costain MP; and Julian Critchley MP (consists of his exchange of correspondence with MT and her office relating to the future of the UK nuclear deterrent, January 1979).
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "DAV"-"DYK", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Bryan Davies MP; William ("Billy") Rees Davis MP; John Biggs-Davison MP; Paul Dean MP (consists of MT's handwritten letter off sympathy on the death of Dean's first wife, with his reply, April 1979); Geoffrey Dodsworth MP; Edward du Cann MP; Tony Durant MP; and Hugh Dykes MP (consists of his letter to MT wishing her luck in the forthcoming No Confidence Vote against the Labour Government, 23 March 1979).
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "ECC"-"EYR", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: 1st Lord (David) Eccles; Sir John Eden MP; Nicholas Edwards MP; Baroness (Diana) Elles; Lord (Charles "Ian") Orr-Ewing; and Reginald Eyre MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "FAI"-"FRA", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Nicholas Fairbairn MP; Russell Fairgrieve MP; Geoffrey Finsberg MP; Sir Nigel Fisher MP; Alex Fletcher MP; Janet Fookes MP; Michael Foot MP (consists of Foot's apology to MT, with her reply, relating to his inadvertently misleading the House of Commons on regulations for the conduct of the European Assembly elections, 12 December 1978, and a transcript of Foot's interview with BBC Radio's, "World this Weekend" programme, 21 January 1979); Nigel Forman MP; Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler MP; Norman Fowler MP; Marcus Fox MP; and Hugh Fraser MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "GAR"-"GRY", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: George Gardiner MP; Ian Gilmour MP; Philip Goodhart MP (includes his report of his North Atlantic Assembly visit to the USA, February 1979); Victor Goodhew MP; William David Ormsby Gore, 5th Baron Harlech, includes copy of MT's handwritten letter to him, 12 February [1979]; Ian Gow MP; Sir Raymond Gower MP; Anthony Grant MP; Percy Grieve MP; Eldon Griffiths MP (includes report of his visit to the Middle East, circa February 1979); and Michael Grylls MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "HAR"-"HUR", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Viscountess Rothermere (including a copy of MT's handwritten reply to her letter announcing she was moving to Monte Carlo, February 1979); Sir Harwood Harrison MP; Stephen Hastings MP; Paul Hawkins MP; Edward Heath MP (no correspondence, consists of copy of Heath's speech to Newspaper Press Fund lunch, Glasgow, 29 January 1979); Michael Heseltine MP; Terence Higgins MP; Quintin Hogg, Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone (no correspondence, consists only of a note for MT from "Adam" [Adam Butler MP] relating to Hailsham); Philip Holland MP (includes copy of a report by Holland, "QUANGOS, a definitive survey", March 1979; Sir John Langford-Holt MP: Lord (Alec) Home of the Hirsel; Peter Hordern MP; Ralph Howell MP; Douglas Hurd MP (includes a copy of his paper, "Conservative tactics on Europe", March 1979); and Robin Maxwell-Hyslop MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "HOWE (GEOFFREY)", 1978-9. Includes: his note to MT, 8 February 1979, attaching a paper by Arthur Cockfield relating to the desirability of changing the tax year as a means of minimising PAYE refunds to strikers, 29 January 1979; his note to MT, ".. another go at persuading you to endorse my 'enterprise zone' proposal", 12 March 1979, and attaching an International Briefing by the Heritage Foundation, "Enterprise zone: a solution to the urban crisis", 20 February 1979; his note for MT, "Instruments of monetary policy", 8 March 1979, commenting on a paper by Adam Ridley (Conservative Research Department) on the same subject of 5 March 1979; and his note on "Tax credits", 26 March 1979.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "IRV"-"JOS", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Charles Irving MP; David James MP; Robert Rhodes-James MP; Patrick Jenkin MP; and Arthur Jones MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

10A

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "JOS", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with Sir Keith Joseph MP (includes note from Joseph to MT on a proposed Merseyside Task Force, 21 December 1978 (with MT's handwritten annotations), and note from Joseph to MT reporting on "Cutting waste in Government and compliance costs in business", 8 February 1979.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "KER"-"KNO", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Charles John Kerr (2nd Baron Teviot); Anthony Kershaw MP; James Kilfedder MP; Lord (Horace) Maybray-King; Tom King MP; Gill Knight MP; "Betty" Knightley (Conservative Candidate for Sheffield Brightside constituency); and David Knox MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "LAM"-"LUC", 1978-79. Includes correspondence with: Norman Lamont MP; Michael Latham MP; Ivan Lawrence MP; Jim Lester MP; Arthur Lewis MP; and Richard Luce MP (including report of his visit as a member of an all-Party delegation to Cuba, January 1979).
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

12A

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "LAWS", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with Nigel Lawson MP (includes copy of note from Lawson to Sir Geoffrey Howe MP on abolition of exchange controls, and copy of note from Lawson to Howe, "Current monetary policy", both 21 February 1979). Extracted from THCR 2/1/3/12 by cataloguing Archivist in 2003.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "MAC"-"MUD", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: John Macgregor MP; Andrew Mackay MP; Harold Macmillan (no correspondence but copy of "Harold Macmillan at 85 in conversation with Robert McKenzie", recorded February 1979); Maurice Macmillan MP; Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson (1st Baron Drumalbyn); David Madel MP; Neil Marten MP; Angus Maude MP; Reg Maudling MP; Peter Mills MP; David Mitchell MP; Hector Monro MP; Fergus Montgomery MP; Jasper Moore MP; John Moore MP; Sheila Moore MP; Charles Garrett Ponsonby Moore (11th Earl of Drogheda); Michael Morris MP; Peter Temple-Morris MP; Charles Morrison MP; and David Mudd MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "NEA"-"NOT", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Airey Neave MP; Anthony Nelson MP; Lord (Harmar) Harmar-Nicholls; Tom Normanton MP; and John Nott MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "ONS"-"PYM", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Cranley Onslow MP; Sally Oppenheim MP; John Osborn MP; John ("Jack") Page MP; Geoffrey Pattie MP; Ian Percival MP; John Peyton MP; Lord (Edwin) Plowden; Richard Orde-Powlett (7th Lord Bolton); Reginald ("Reg") Prentice MP; David Prior MP; James Prior MP; and Francis Pym MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "REE"-"ROY", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Merlyn Rees MP; Tim Renton MP; Nicholas Ridley MP (consists of copies of two speeches by Ridley, 11 November 1978 and 10 January [1979]); Geoffrey Rippon MP; Stanley Roberts MP; Sir John Rodgers MP; Hugh Rossi MP; Lord (Victor) Rothschild (consists of short note from Rothschild to MT, 20 March 1979, attaching a press cutting dated 11 March 1979); and Sir Anthony Royle MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "SAI"-"STR", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Tim Sainsbury MP; Lord (Leslie George) Scarman (consists of long handwritten letter by MT to Scarman, 18 December [1978]; Lord (Frederic) Seebohm; William Shelton MP; Michael Shersby MP, Dudley Smith MP; Geoffrey Johnson-Smith MP; "Speaker's office"; Charles Carnegie (11th Earl of Southesk); Michael Spicer MP; Keith Stainton MP; John Stanley MP; David Steel MP (consists of copy of Party Political Broadcast by the Liberal Party, 31 January 1979, and correspondence between MT and Steel relating to the broadcast, 31 January 1979); Anthony Steen MP; Norman St John-Stevas MP; Ian Stewart MP; Anthony Stodart MP; John Stokes MP; and Charles Towneley Strachey MEP (4th Baron O'Hagan).
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "TAP"-"TUC", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Peter Tapsell MP; Edward ("Teddy") Taylor MP; Norman Tebbit MP; Peter Thomas MP; Lord (Peter) Thorneycroft; and Raphael Tuck MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "VAI"-"VIG", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Lord (John) Vaizey; Dr Gerry Vaughan MP; Edmund Vestey (presumably a stray item); and Peter Viggers MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "WAK"-"WHITE", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: John Wakeham MP; David Walder MP; Peter Walker MP; Patrick Wall MP; Dennis Walters MP; Ken Warren MP; 1st Lord (Harold) Watkinson; Patrick McNair Wilson MP; Lord (Henry) Wilson of Langside; Bernard ("Jack") Weatherill MP; John J Wells MP; Frank White MP; and William Whitelaw MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "WHITN"-"YOU", 1978-9. Includes correspondence with: Ray Whitney MP; Jerry Wiggin MP; Dafydd Wigley MP; Gordon Wilson MP; Nicholas Winterton MP;, and "well dones etc" from a variety of MPs and Peers including Airey Neave MP, Michael Havers MP, Baroness (Janet) Young and George Younger MP.
1 bundle in folder.

1978–1979