Copy of a letter from WSC (Home Office) to Oswald Partington concerning the Shops Bill. He assures him that the Bill will not apply to those who carry milk to shops, and that the milk trade will be excluded from Sunday trading restrictions, and the restriction that shop assistants are only to be employed after 8 pm on three days of the week. Unsigned typescript. Draft letter at CHAR 12/5/11.

Letter from Thomas Wiles (House of Commons) to WSC reporting a resolution carried unanimously by the London Liberal Federation in favour of omitting the clause on Sunday trading from the Shops Bill, adding that his constituents [in South Islington, London] are opposed to the facilities proposed for Jewish traders. Signed manuscript.

Letter from John Gretton (66 Ennismore Gardens [London]) to WSC marked "private" enclosing a statement [not present] detailing the licensed trade's stipulations regarding the Shops Bill, commenting that there has been no active hostility towards the Bill. Signed manuscript.

Invitation to a mass meeting of a Demonstration Committee to protest against Sir George Kemp's [later Lord Rochdale] amendment to Clause 4 [of the Shops Bill] and "Mr Churchill's great breach of faith re Sunday Closing" to be held on 26 June 1911. Addressed to Stuart Samuel. Covering letter at CHAR 12/5/16.

Letter from John Clancy [Member of Parliament for North Dublin, Ireland] (House of Commons) to WSC concerning a proposed clause to the Shops Bill [marked "w21"] which would exclude shops selling intoxicating liquor from the closing order. He informs WSC that the Irish want this clause to be included in the Bill. Signed manuscript.

Draft letter from [WSC] (Home Office) to [John Clancy, Member of Parliament for North Dublin, Ireland] concerning the decision made by the Committee [on the Shops Bill] which would adversely affect an agreement between Irish publicans and their assistants. WSC informs him that he will be proposing an alternative clause concerning English licensed houses which may prove more acceptable [to the Irish]. Unsigned typescript with handwritten corrections. See CHAR 12/5/19 and CHAR 12/5/25.

Section of the minutes of the Committee on the Shops Bill including proposed amendments and division of the votes. See CHAR 12/5/2 and CHAR 12/5/19.

Letter from Sidney Robinson [Member of Parliament for Breconshire, Wales](House of Commons) to WSC thanking him for assurances that the Shops Bill will not affect the Welsh Sunday Closing Act, and for agreeing to delete Schedule II from the Bill. Signed manuscript.

Letter from John Clancy [Member of Parliament for North Dublin, Ireland] (House of Commons) to WSC replying to WSC's suggestion of a clause concerning English [licensed houses] for the Shops Bill [see CHAR 12/5/22]. He says that this clause would renew a former disagreement between Irish publicans and their assistants. Signed manuscript, annotated "thanked saying Mr Ch will do as he wishes".

Letter from Charles Roberts (1 Palace Green, Kensington [London]) to WSC opposing WSC's new clause to the Shops Bill. Signed manuscript.

Letter from Randall Davidson [Archbishop of Canterbury] (Lambeth Palace [London]) to WSC marked "private" concerning letters he has received about clauses of the Shops Bill which affect Sunday trading. He reports that there is widespread feeling against shops being normally open on Sundays without a local order to the contrary. Signed typescript.

Letter from WSC (Home Office) to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Randall Davidson] marked "private" concerning the clauses of the Shops Bill which affect Sunday trading, which are described as an "enormous advance...upon Sunday trading". WSC undertakes to review Archbishop Davidson's suggestions, and says that if these clauses are further altered by the House of Lords, he will abandon them altogether. Unsigned typescript.

Draft letter from WSC (Home Office) to an un-named addressee concerning the Shops Bill detailing the number of days holiday which it would confer on shop assistants and expressing the hope that the Bill will confirm good relations between employer and employee. Manuscript in the hand of WSC with a note by [Sir Edward Troup, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] concerning one of the clauses.

Notes concerning the effects of the Shops Bill on the rights of costermongers [street traders] to trade at Sunday markets and the establishment of a register of those granted licenses to trade. Typescript.

Notes [on the Shops Bill] concerning the rights of shops near a market area to obtain licenses to trade during market hours. Manuscript.

Notes on the Shops Bill including objections to limiting the number of hours during which a shop may remain open and the effects [of clauses on Sunday trading] on costermongers [street traders] and Jews. Typescript.

Notes on restrictions on Trade Unions using their funds to pursue "political objects" and the right of individual members to contract out of political action. Manuscript in the hand of WSC.

Letter from Sydney Buxton [President of the Board of Trade] to WSC enclosing a letter to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith] concerning proceedings in South Wales [see CHAR 12/6/2-3]. He warns that to settle the dispute between mine owners and miners it may be necessary to alter the Eight Hours Act to accommodate a half day holiday for miners on Saturdays. Signed manuscript.

Letter from Charles Masterman [Under Secretary of State, Home Office] to "Childe" asking him to establish an Independent Appeal Board for taxicar licenses and "make an 'honest woman' of his sweetheart", and referring to a "slight difficulty" in Avonmouth [Gloucestershire] over the Houlder Bros [one of the shipping companies involved with the dockers' strike at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales]. Manuscript signed with initials.

Letter from Sir Edward Troup [Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] to WSC forwarding an enclosure detailing events which have occurred since WSC left [see CHAR 12/6/6-8]. He explains that he has not been able to contact anyone at the War Office, refers to the landing of a "possible invader", and says that he has informed [Richard] Haldane [Secretary of State for War] of WSC's opinions on the use of mounted troops. Signed manuscript.