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Includes minutes and reports of the Group and its sub-groups including the Food Policy, Forestry, MAFF [Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food] and Uplands Policy Sub-Groups

Scope and Contents Includes: notes by Martin Meredith on copies of records needed by CS from the Foreign Office archives; a chronology of CS's time as British Ambassador to France; letter from Sir Michael Franklin, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on his memories of CS and Britain's entry into the Common Agricultural Policy, with a copy of a note of a meeting between CS, as Minister of Agriculture, and Alexei Kosygin, First Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Minister of the...

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The papers held at Churchill Archives Centre cover Silkin's Parliamentary and Ministerial career, and his other public interests, including the Channel Tunnel, the E.E.C. and the dairy industry. There is material of particular interest on Silkin's difficulties with his Constituency Party in Deptford, and on the Labour Party Leadership and Deputy Leadership elections in 1980 and 1983.

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Includes correspondence with Christopher Tugendhat (European Commissioner) and attached briefings on the Common Agricultural Policy, June 1977

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Includes the text of CS's speech to the CLA on agricultural opportunities within the European Community and the Common Agricultural Policy, Oct 1979, and the text and notes for his speech to the Cornhill Club on relations between Europe and the United States, Mar 1981. Correspondents include James Douglas, Director-General of the CLA and 11th Duke of Marlborough [earlier Lord Blandford] (2).

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: George Cattell, Director-General of the National Farmers' Union; Asher Winegarten, Deputy Director-General of the National Farmers’ Union; Rolf Busch, Norwegian Ambassador to Europe, on CS's speech to the Norwegian Knights of the Round Table, Apr 1983 (4). Also includes: draft and text of CS's speeches to the National Farmers' Union, Mar 1975 and Jan 1974, on Europe and agriculture; draft of CS's speech to the New Zealand Society, Feb 1981, on trade with the...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers held at Churchill Archives Centre cover Silkin's Parliamentary and Ministerial career, and his other public interests, including the Channel Tunnel, the E.E.C. and the dairy industry. There is material of particular interest on Silkin's difficulties with his Constituency Party in Deptford, and on the Labour Party Leadership and Deputy Leadership elections in 1980 and 1983.

Scope and Contents Part 1, 1979: consist of a MAFF press release, "Food facts", 8 October 1979 Part 2, 1981: includes copies of correspondence between Ian Gow MP (MT's Parliamentary Private Secretary), Michael Jopling MP (Government Chief Whip) and Peter Mills MP (Chairman, Conservative Agriculture Committee), May 1981 Part 3, 1982: includes copy of a note on Government strategy over the next two years to MT from Peter Walker MP (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food), February...

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Papers on agriculture and food safety issues, including: the fishing industry; salmonella in eggs; mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE); the Food Safety Bill; reform of the Common Agricultural Policy; the establishment of the Food Standards Agency.

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Files on home politics, colonial affairs and foreign policy, particularly relating to the Middle East.

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Includes: MT’s handwritten notes
Includes: draft speech for MT; agricultural statistics as supplied by Conservative Research Department; press releases of speeches on agriculture by John Peyton MP (Spokesman on Agriculture) and Sir Geoffrey Howe MP (Shadow Chancellor); and MT’s speech to the National Farmers Union, 24 January 1978 (see THCR 5/1/2/163)
Not on CD-Rom of MT’s public statements, private occasion

Scope and Contents Includes: New Year message to the Soviet Union; speech for the launch of the London Pride campaign; statement for the launch of Industry 2000; speech to the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, Berlin [Germany] on Eastern Europe; speech to the Labour local government conference; speech to the National Farmers’ Union on agricultural policy; speech for the launch of the Policy Review update "Looking to the Future"; speech to the Southern Africa Coalition lobby on sanctions against...

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Subjects include Britain's early negotiations for entering Europe, particularly on agricultural policy, and the veto on Britain's entry by Charles de Gaulle, President of France.

Scope and Contents Includes: note of a call from Sir Robin Butler [Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service] on a leak to Labour from No 10; a briefing for a meeting with Butler and correspondence with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister and Tam Dalyell on a file concerning Hugh Gaitskell, former leader of the Labour Party, which had not been released under the 30-year rule; briefing for a photo-call with a delegation from the Transport and General Workers Union’s Agricultural and Allied Workers Trade...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Papers from CS's term as Vice-President of the Commission of the European Communities with special responsibility for External Relations, including working papers of his Cabinet, background papers on Britain's referendum on entry into the EEC, "itineraries" for CS's trips abroad for trade negotiations (which actually include briefing notes, texts of CS's speeches and reports of meetings, as well as the itineraries themselves) and papers on CS's engagements, official luncheons and dinners and...