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The memoir has a number of appendices which include the text of Herbecq's talk to the British Institute of Management dining club, 17 October 1978; and copies of letters from Herbecq to the Bishop of Chichester (Rt Rev Eric Kemp) relating to troubles experienced by the Church Commissioners, December 1993, and to Rt Rev Michael Turnbull, Bishop of Rochester, relating to "The Rochester Commission", May 1994

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Papers and correspondence on CS's evidence to Sir John Megaw's inquiry, with correspondents including Sir Robert Armstrong, Secretary of the Cabinet.

Scope and Contents a. Devolution (includes minutes of meeting on devolution between James Callaghan MP, MT, Michael Foot MP and Francis Pym MP, 7 March 1977) [OPEN] b. Security Commission, October 1975- August 1977 [OPEN] c. Political activities of civil servants, April 1975-December 1977 (includes report of the Committee under [Sir Arthur Armitage] and correspondence with Quintin Hogg (Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone) [OPEN] d. Standing order 9, May-June 1976 (includes details of Conservative...

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Includes copy of draft submission by the Conservative Party to the Committee on political activities of civil servants, with MT's handwritten notes, January 1977
Also includes correspondence with Sir Anthony Burney, Sir Theodore Constantine and Kenneth McAlpine

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Includes: minutes and papers of the Parliamentary Affairs committee, on reform of the House of Commons; background papers on a Bill of Rights, including extracts from Hansard and report of a House of Lords select committee; papers on regional government; Treasury and Civil Service committee Next Steps report on Civil Service reform; notes on the House of Lords.

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Memorandum by [Bernard] 'Gerry' Gillman [former General Secretary, Society of Civil and Public Servants] on management of the Civil Service, options for changes in the structure of Government departments, and political advisors and Cabinets.

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A satire on the Ministry of Munitions in the style of biblical text.
A letter to Frances Cornford, dated 29 March 1946, from J. R. M. Butler accompanies this copy, while he retains the original. Butler mentions 'Tom Jones', Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet from 1916 to 1935 under four Prime Ministers.

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This small collection consists of notebooks of official visits to USA, Poland and Scandinavia, as well as his unpublished autobiography.

Scope and Contents The Plowden Papers include: engagement diaries (1947-93); a wide range of political and personal correspondence (1946-94); copies of speeches (1960-90); working papers and correspondence on Plowden's autobiography "An Industrialist in the Treasury"; a large amount of papers relating to public commitments such as atomic energy, Plowden's various committees, political groups and business interests, enquiries into the police, the review board on top salaries etc (1957-95); press cuttings and...

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The collection is made up largely of press cuttings, speeches and papers relating to Floud's 33 years at the Board of Agriculture (later the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries) and his time as High Commissioner in Canada (1934-1938).

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Comprising correspondence, working papers, speeches, diaries and audio tapes

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Comprising correspondence and papers about her work for the Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS), 1971-4, and about her memoir of Victor Rothschild, 1976, 1990, 1992-4.