Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers cover every aspect of Lord Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.

Scope and Contents Includes proofs and cuttings of an article by WSC on the Budget prepared by Philip Snowden as Chancellor of the Exchequer and of a series of character sketches by WSC on Ramsay MacDonald, 1st Lord Brentford [earlier William Joynson-Hicks] entitled "The truth about 'Jix'", George Bernard Shaw and Nancy, Lady Astor (criticising their visit to the Soviet Union), H G Wells, J H Thomas (on his work with the railway workers trade unions), Arthur Henderson [later Lord Rowley] (entitled "Uncle...

Scope and Contents Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "No Intervention in Spain for us!" on the wisdom of British neutrality in the Spanish Civil War, being equally opposed to both sides, and on the small likelihood of German troops staying with a successful General Franco; "How You Will Help to Meet the Bill" on funding rearmament and the probable need to increase taxation; "Europe's Peace" on the continued threat from Germany; "France Faces a New Crisis" on French economic...

Scope and Contents Side 1: NK speaking on social policy and private and public sector social care provision (in which his voice is slightly muffled); press interviews from NK’s visit to Derby during the local election campaign, on BREL (British Rail Engineering Ltd, Derby), local taxation and the Council Tax.Side 2: Labour Party recording of an interview with NK for the BBC World Service (see KNNK 26/2/157 for the BBC version) on the latest Labour policy review document, "Opportunity Britain". ...

Scope and Contents Papers relating to tax on luxury imports, including: Unionist Central Office hints for speakers on the withdrawal of the McKenna duties; press-cuttings on results for the motor industry if the duties were withdrawn; Board of Trade import and export statistics for the motor trade and silk industry under the McKenna duties; memorandum on the effect of the reimposition of the duties; Board of Trade papers on the McKenna duties (relating to the motor industry, musical instruments, clocks and...

Scope and Contents Memoranda by LSA on subjects including: the need for a reconstruction Cabinet after the war; policy on Imperial Preference and safeguarding of industry; the relation of overseas trade with employment; war reparations from Germany which could be used for Imperial development; Empire development as a part of trade policy; proposed financial assistance to develop Imperial resources; the Safeguarding of Industries Act, as applied to France, Belgium and Italy; Civil Commissioners and supply and...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Harold Cox; Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on the revision of the French tariff and the Gambia-Muscat [later Muscat and Oman] negotiations (2); Sir Francis Bertie [British Ambassador to France]; Herbert Asquith [Chancellor of the Exchequer, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the revision of wine duty. Also includes: a memorandum on commercial relations with France by WSC, on imports with false origins, the wine surtax, wine duty and the French surtaxe...

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Includes notes by Richard Haldane [Secretary of State for War] on the necessity for increased army estimates; balance sheets showing calculations of sources of revenue; and a memorandum on food taxes.Also includes a letter from Haldane to David Lloyd George [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on army estimates.

Scope and Contents Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: reduction and limitation of armaments; imperial preference; general government policy; the proposed Baghdad [Iraq] to Haifa [Israel] railway and pipeline; the political situation in Iraq; unemployment; reparations against Germany; chemical warfare policy; the taxation of naval allowances; migration from Ireland; and the safeguarding of industries.Also includes a copy of a speech by King George V on the...

Scope and Contents Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: the illness of King George V and speeches by the King; reparations and Allied debts; foreign affairs including China, the Persian Gulf, the Soviet Union, Iraq and Germany; measures to combat unemployment including emigration; rating reforms; Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army; issues in the Irish Free State; relations with the United States; the naval base at Singapore;...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: "Freddie" [Frederick Guest, Secretary of State for Air] on the transfer of control in Iraq from the War Office to the Air Ministry, and on the risk of having the Air Force broken up (5); Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet] on subjects including WSC's views on the cancellation of naval contracts (6); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Sir Robert Horne [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on a memorandum by WSC on taxation,...

Scope and Contents Includes an election address by Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister on government policy (on colonial development, inter-imperial relations, economic affairs, agriculture and education) and a statement by WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on co-operative societies and income tax. Also includes suggested replies to questions put to Conservative candidates on a variety of issues including the merchandise marks act, prosecution of spiritualist mediums (in response to a question by Sir Arthur Conan...

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Includes suggested replies to questions put to Conservative candidates on a variety of issues including: employment conditions; importation of dyestuffs; agriculture; taxation of motor vehicles; war pensions; migration; sea defence works; the rent restriction act; education policy regarding women teachers; and old age pensions.

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Includes papers on various subjects including: army finances and suggested savings; the adverse balance of foreign trade; details of the importation of goods classified as "not of prime necessity" including various items of food, drink, etc; draft interim reports and an interim report of the Finance Committee pointing out Great Britain's serious economic difficulties created by World War I and including a statement by [1st] Lord Reading [earlier Rufus Isaacs].

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Includes papers on various subjects including: a report of the industrial control committee on shipping; notes on the shortage of shipping due to World War I and its effect on the trade of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa; problems of transporting wheat to the United Kingdom from North America; freight rates; state control of coal mines and profits and export of coal; and comparison of imports (of food, minerals, etc) before and after the war.

Scope and Contents Includes a programme for the 1909 Parliamentary session and Cabinet papers on various subjects including: Supertax; the taxation of land values; stamp duties; increased death duties; assessment of property owners and the Finances Bill; report of the Poor Law Commission with recommended social reforms such as the classification of the poor and the establishment of labour exchanges; the Dairies (Scotland) bill and agricultural rates; Metropolitan Police finance; the Lake Magadi scheme for...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on public opinion in India, the 'indianisation' of the Indian army and relations with Afghanistan; [1st] Lord Cave, Lord Chancellor, on salaries for County Court judges; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on relations between France and the United States and an arbitration treaty; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on unemployment insurance; [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on Irish immigration; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, on the Hilton Young commission on East Africa, the oil position in Iraq, and the effect of the treaty for the renunciation of war on the Irish Free State; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport,...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on mining subsidence, petrol and kerosene prices and the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on a Committee of Civil Research report on radium and slum policy; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans,...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on safeguarding several industries and on the trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on tax exemption for residents of the Channel Islands; Sir William Joynson-Hicks, [later Lord Brentford] Home Secretary, on subjects including...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on dealings with the United States Ambassador to Great Britain [Charles Dawes]; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on safeguarding the iron and steel wire industry and on the trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood],...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on the teachers' salary awards of [1st] Lord Burnham [Chairman of the Standing Joint Committees of Education Authorities and Teachers], and on Church Schools; a copy of the Burnham Report; a survey by William Strang [1st Secretary, Foreign Office] on the economic situation of the Soviet Union; Sir William Joynson-Hicks, [later 1st Lord Brentford] Home Secretary, on...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: 1st Lord Peel, 1st Commissioner of Works, on the demolition of Waterloo Bridge [London]; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Lead Paint (Protection Against Poisoning) Bill; a draft of the Lead Paint Bill; William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech], Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the bequest by Sir Hugh Lane [late Director of the National Gallery, Ireland] of his...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on railways bills; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on a bill relating to the slaughter of animals in Scotland; Arthur Balfour, Lord President of the Council, on proposals by the United States for the renunciation of war; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on church schools; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on future British garrisons in China; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on subjects including reparations and war debts, unemployment insurance in Northern Ireland and the reduction of armaments; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on railway freight relief...