Memorandum Sir Henry Lawrence criticising the Lothian Report on the Indian franchise and recommending a system of indirect election proposed by the Indian Committee of the Royal Empire Society.

Letter from WSC to Sir Percy Harris [Deputy Leader, Liberal Parliamentary Party] rejecting his suggestion to hold a Speaker's Conference as in 1917 and on the work of the committee considering electoral reform.

Letter from WSC to George Rickards on the Committee considering reform of electoral registration.

Letter from Sir Arthur Thring (Office of the Parliamentary Counsel) to WSC concerning the differences between the "Polls on one day" provision brought in by the Liberal government in 1895 and the [Parliamentary] bill introduced in the current parliamentary session. Signed manuscript.

Letter from Eliot Crawshay-Williams (14a Ashley Gardens, [London]) to WSC thanking him for his help whilst they were together at the Colonial Office and announcing his intention of seeking out a parliamentary constituency. Congratulates WSC on his victory in Dundee [Scotland] and urges him to get the Governmnent to take up the alternative vote in order to avoid "a catastrophe" at the next General Election.

Letter from Lady Dorothy Howard (1 Palace Green, Kensington, [London]) to WSC asking whether it is true that he will not vote for the Reform and Suffrage Bill.

Letter from Lady Dorothy Howard (Naworth Castle, Carlisle, [Cumberland]) to WSC complaining that the campaigning for women's suffrage by the Women's Liberal Federation is being hampered by party leaders instructing candidates to shun the issue. Asks WSC to help remedy the situation.

Report of the answers given by Liberal back-benchers to questions put by the editor of the Daily Chronicle about whether they would support measures for the payment of MPs and of official election expenses, for the reversal of the Osborne Judgement as advocated by the Trades Union Congress, and for the restoration to Trade Unions of most of the powers they exercised before the Osborne Judgement.

Letter from Frank Rutter (26 Leamington Street, Manningham, Bradford, [Yorkshire]) to WSC asking him to withdraw his implication that Rutter was paid to create a disturbance in favour of women's suffrage at a meeting being addressed by WSC in Bradford.

Letter from Henry Brailsford [honorary secretary of the Conciliation Committee for Woman Suffrage] (32 Well Walk, Hampstead, [London]) to WSC enclosing copies of documents issued by the Committee [see CHAR 2/47/2-8] and asking WSC for his general support. Mentions other leading politicians who have also been approached.

Letter to MPs from the Conciliation Committee for Woman Suffrage explaining that the Committee have agreed that the extension of the women's municipal register to parliamentary elections can form the basis for a settlement of the issue and asking for support for their draft declaration [see CHAR 2/47/3-5]. Annotated typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/47/1.

Draft declaration by the Conciliation Commitee for Woman Suffrage advocating the extension of the women's municipal register to parliamentary elections as a measure on which all supporters of women's suffrage can agree. Typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/47/1.

Note addressed to Liberals by the Conciliation Commitee for Woman Suffrage recommending the introduction of a Private Member's Bill for the extension of the women's municipal register to parliamentary elections as a first step to the general enfranchisement of women. Typesript annotated and signed by Henry Brailsford, honorary secretary of the Committee. Sent with CHAR 2/47/1.

Proof of a circular from the Conciliation Committee for Woman Suffrage to MPs advocating the introduction of a Private Member's Bill for the extension of the women's municipal register to parliamentary elections. Printed. With annotations which have been incorporated in CHAR 2/47/13.

Circular from the Conciliation Committee for Woman Suffrage to MPs advocating the introduction of a Private Member's Bill for the extension of the women's municipal register to parliamentary elections. Printed. With annotations. Incorporates the amendments noted on CHAR 2/47/12.

Letter from Henry Brailsford [honorary secretary of the Conciliation Committee for Woman Suffrage] to WSC thanking him for giving his support to the Committee.

Letter from 2nd Lord Lytton (Knebworth House, Knebworth, [Hertfordshire]) to WSC on: his sadness [over WSC's attitude to the bill sponsored by the Conciliation Committee for Woman Suffrage]; his own personal commitment [to women's suffrage]; his struggle to achieve cross-party consensus on the issue and his desire that the current opportunity to pass a measure should not be missed.

A bill to extend the parliamentary franchise to women occupiers.

Cutting from the Daily Telegraph: claim by the Conciliation Committee for Woman Suffrage that WSC has pledged to vote in favour of their bill.

The "Conciliation" Bill: is it democratic? An article by Henry Brailsford [honorary secretary of the Conciliation Committee for Woman Suffrage] reprinted, with additions, from the Daily Chronicle. Sent with CHAR 2/47/22.

Telegram from Henry Brailsford [honorary secretary of the Conciliation Committee for Woman Suffrage] (32 Well Walk, Hampstead, [London]) to WSC (Home Office) asking for advice about the scheduling of the second reading of the bill being promoted by the Committee.

Letter from Henry Brailsford [honorary secretary of the Conciliation Committee for Woman Suffrage] (32 Well Walk, Hampstead, [London]) to WSC accusing him of treachery as a result of his opposition to the bill being promoted by the Committee.