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Civil and political rights

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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Campaign for freedom of information, 1984-01 - 1986-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 13/8
Scope and Contents

Includes campaign papers, minutes of meetings of the Council for Freedom of Information, publicity material and copies of the newspaper "Secrets".

Dates: 1984-01 - 1986-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Cobden Trust, 1984-07 - 1984-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 13/5
Scope and Contents

Minutes of a meeting and the director’s report from the civil liberties charity.

Dates: 1984-07 - 1984-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Committees and Policy Groups: administration of policy groups, January 1975-May 1976, 1975-01 - 1976-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/27
Scope and Contents Includes notes on policy work during opposition by Sir Keith Joseph MP and Christopher Patten and James Douglas (Conservative Research Department), February-April 1975; various lists of policy and other related groups, March, May & December 1975; correspondence with Sir Keith Joseph MP (co-ordinator of the groups), and Professor Daniel O'Connell, concerning a bill of rights Also includes copy of a paper on Industrial Policy Options by Michael Heseltine MP for discussion by the Shadow...
Dates: 1975-01 - 1976-05
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in November 2003 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Committees and Policy Groups: Machinery of Government Policy Group, copy minutes and papers, August 1975-July 1977, 1975-08 - 1977-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/49
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with David Howell MP and Sir Keith Joseph MP; and papers for the Group from Patrick Jenkin MP on the future organisation of the Treasury, June 1976, and Sir Philip Rogers, July 1976 Also includes copy minutes and papers of the Policy Group on a Bill of Rights, February-May 1976; and a copy of a guidance note for the Shadow Cabinet from the Conservative Research Department on (an attached) draft submission to the Committee on Political Activities of Civil Servants,...
Dates: 1975-08 - 1977-07
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in November 2003 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Freedom of the Press, 1984-05 - 1985-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 13/4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with representatives of the campaign for press and broadcasting freedom.

Dates: 1984-05 - 1985-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Peter Wright, 1987-02 - 1987-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 13/7
Scope and Contents Notes, press statements and correspondence on the accountability of the security services, during the ‘Spycatcher’ case [the Government’s attempt to ban memoirs written by Peter Wright, a former MI5 officer]. Includes: notes for Prime Minister’s Questions; briefing for a meeting with James Callaghan, former Prime Minister, on his own inquiry into the security services in 1977; copies of correspondence between Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, and John Morris [legal affairs spokesman];...
Dates: 1987-02 - 1987-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Peter Wright, 1986-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 13/6
Scope and Contents

Rough notes and text of a statement to Parliament by NK on the ‘Spycatcher’ case [the Government’s attempt to ban memoirs written by Peter Wright, a former MI5 officer].

Dates: 1986-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Policy Review: convenors, 1988-03 - 1989-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/2/4
Scope and Contents

Includes: notes for convenors, policy criteria for phase 2 and papers and rough notes of NK’s remarks to meetings of convenor groups; papers for a meeting of the group secretaries, particularly on phase 2; annotated draft reports of the Productive and Competitive Economy group, Economic Equality group, People at Work group and Democracy for the Individual and the Community group; drafts of introduction to the Statement of Democratic Socialist Aims and Values.

Dates: 1988-03 - 1989-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.