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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, C - E., 01 Apr 1951 - 30 Dec 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/68A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman (5) and W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (10); P M Ibbotson, Private Secretary, Ministry of Health (6); Alfred Bavin, Private Secretary to the Minister of Health; (David) Colin Humphries, Private Secretary, Air Ministry (2); Peter Hudson, Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation; Bernard Civval, constituent (5); Peter Goldman [Head of...
Dates: 01 Apr 1951 - 30 Dec 1952
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folios 122 - 124 and 226, closed for 75 years until 2028 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on potentially living individuals.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, C - F., 03 Mar 1953 - 29 Dec 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/85
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (13); J R Jameson, Ministry of Education (7); I H Slee, Private Secretary, War Damage Commission (4); [Sherard] Falkner Allison, Bishop of Chelmsford [Essex]; G D Gooden, Chairman, Chigwell [Essex] County Primary School Parent-Teachers Association (4); Norman Calvert, [Assistant Principal], Ministry of Housing and Local Government; Stella Fisher, Assistant Private Secretary to the...
Dates: 03 Mar 1953 - 29 Dec 1954
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, E - O., 27 Nov 1950 - 17 Dec 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/65A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman, on subjects including the visit of Princess Elizabeth [later Queen Elizabeth II] to Woodford (6), C C Worsdell, Secretary and Agent (4) and "Kath", Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (6); John Hudson, Ministry of Education; Percy Cohen [Joint Director], Conservative Research Department (5); Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival, Chairman, Far Eastern Prisoners of War Committee,...
Dates: 27 Nov 1950 - 17 Dec 1951
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, F - H., 11 Nov 1949 - 24 Dec 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/69A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman, W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (8) and "Kath", Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (11); M Caparn, Assistant Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (5); Richard Whittick, Private Secretary to the Home Secretary (2); [David] Colin Humphreys, Private Secretary, Air Ministry; Thomas Caulcott, Assistant Principal, War Damage Commission (2);...
Dates: 11 Nov 1949 - 24 Dec 1952
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folios 86-90, 101-104, 111-114 and 396-398, closed for 75 years until 2028 on data protection grounds, due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on potentially living individuals.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, G-K., Apr 1945 - May 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/25A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (5); Lena Prescott of the Ministry of Health (6); M L Elder of the War Office (7); Sir James Hawkey [Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association] (11); [Nicholas] Henderson [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] (2) and Evelyn Shuckburgh [First Secretary, HM Embassy, Prague, Czechoslovakia (later Czech Republic and Slovakia)] on the parents of a constituent in Czechoslovakia; A E Hine, Private Secretary, Ministry of...
Dates: Apr 1945 - May 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open (folios 61-8, 195-207, and 335-47 opened in 2022)
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, H-Z., Dec 1948 - May 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/50
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: constituent D R Harding (4); H J Backwell, Deputy Regional Petroleum Officer, Ministry of Fuel and Power (8); [Derek] Stephen [Assistant Principal] War Office; Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (5); Percy Cohen [Joint Director] of the Conservative Research Department (3); [Anthony] Ridge, [Principal Private Secretary to the Postmaster General]; [Stanley] Fingland, Private Secretary, British High Commission, India; Sir...
Dates: Dec 1948 - May 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, I-Z., Jul 1946 - Jul 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/37
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Theresa Brewster, Private Secretary, War Damage Commission (4); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association; L D Baynes of the War Office (4); [Evan] Maude [Assistant Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer]; M M Killeen, Private Secretary to the Minister of Pensions (4); J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (5); [Anthony] Ridge, [Principal Private Secretary to the Postmaster General]; [Kenneth] Witney, [Assistant] Private Secretary [to the Home...
Dates: Jul 1946 - Jul 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K-Z., Jan 1946 - Sep 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/29A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (5); [Arthur] Drew, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; [Percy] Cohen of Conservative and Unionist Central Office; constituent D M Reddiex (4); Lena Prescott of the Ministry of Health (6); J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (4); Mary Tyrwhitt, Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service; constituents W T Towler (4) and F C Turner (4); Stanley Reed, Secretary of the Wanstead Flats...
Dates: Jan 1946 - Sep 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, L - O., 20 Aug 1943 - 30 Dec 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/87
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (15); Raymond Gedling [Principal Private Secretary to the Minister of Health] (3); Graham Kear, Ministry of Supply; [Margaret] Barbara Sloman [Principal], Treasury (3); Norman Calvert [Assistant Principal, Ministry of Housing and Local Government]; Stuart Gilbert [Private Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government] (2); John Priestman [Assistant Private Secretary to...
Dates: 20 Aug 1943 - 30 Dec 1954
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, L-R., Jun 1945 - May 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/26A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: [Claud] Wright, [Principal] (3) and M L Elder (8) of the War Office; J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (9); constituent R W McOwen (5); Sir James Hawkey [Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association] (8); Leslie Rowan [Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Clement Attlee]; [Hugh] Farmar [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air] (2); Sir George Harvie Watt; Archie Moore, Surgeon to the London Hospital, on a constituent's health; Joyce Gordon...
Dates: Jun 1945 - May 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open, (folios 173-9 and 207-9 opened in 2022)
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, M - N., 24 Nov 1947 - 29 Dec 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/80
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (7); Gordon Wilson, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; Leonard Bevan, Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade; Stuart Gilbert, Private Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government (3); Peter Hudson [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation] (2); George Moseley, Assistant Private...
Dates: 24 Nov 1947 - 29 Dec 1953
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folios 185 - 192, closed for 75 years until 2029 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, P - S., 16 Oct 1953 - 18 Jan 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/88
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (5); John Johnston, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies; [Walter] Leonard Allinson [Assistant Private Secretary to the Ministry of Education] (4); [Margaret] Barbara Sloman [Principal], Treasury (2); Richard Griffiths, Exchange Control, Bank of England; I H Slee, Private Secretary, War Damage Commission (6); E F Reed and Gladys Reed, constituents...
Dates: 16 Oct 1953 - 18 Jan 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, P - Z., 20 Nov 1950 - 31 Dec 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/66A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman, on subjects including WSC's visit to Woodford (5); Percy Cohen [Joint Director], Conservative Research Department (2); John Parmenter, constituent (4); Jean Nunn, Private Secretary to the Home Secretary (2); Cyril Walker, Director of Housing and Valuer, London County Council; John Lockwood, MP for Romford [Essex]; Helen Swyer and Gladys Swyer, constituents (4); John Parkin,...
Dates: 20 Nov 1950 - 31 Dec 1951
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, R - S., 21 Aug 1950 - 17 Dec 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/72A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman, on subjects including the rebuilding of a local school (14), W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (14) and "Kath", Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (4); M E Blackman, Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (7); Bernard Atha, Education Officer, RAF Chigwell [Essex] (3); Gordon Wilson, Assistant Private Secretary to the...
Dates: 21 Aug 1950 - 17 Dec 1952
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folios 70 - 72, 90 - 91 and 330 - 336, closed for 75 years until 2028 on data protection grounds, due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on potentially living individuals.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, S - T., 28 Jul 1947 - 21 Dec 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/82A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (8); F J Sharman, constituent (4); John Langland, County Education Officer for Dorset; Gordon Wilson, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War; Terence Grady, [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; Stuart Gilbert, Private Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government (2); [Walter] Leonard Allinson, Assistant Private Secretary to...
Dates: 28 Jul 1947 - 21 Dec 1953
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folios 355 - 358, closed for 100 years until 2054 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, S-Z., May 1945 - Jun 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/27A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir George Harvie Watt (2); Lena Prescott of the Ministry of Health (6); Sir James Hawkey [Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association] (20); M L Elder of the War Office (10); E Ambrose of the Ministry of National Insurance (4); A E Hine, Private Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service (6); E A Baker, Private Secretary, Ministry of Food (4); [James] McGregor, Director of Finance, War Office; Percy Cohen of Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Leah...
Dates: May 1945 - Jun 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open (folios 218-28 and 497-504 opened in 2022).
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, T - Wi., 18 Mar 1951 - 23 Dec 1952

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/73
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (6) and "Kath", Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (4); Thomas Caulcott, Assistant Principal, War Damage Commission (2); Jack Beddoe, Principal Private Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Planning; H E Tibbs, constituent (15); P M Ibbotson, Private Secretary, Ministry of Health (4); Jack Charles, Private Secretary to the Minister of...
Dates: 18 Mar 1951 - 23 Dec 1952
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folios 176 - 184, closed for 75 years until 2028 on data protection grounds, due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, U - Z., 13 Jun 1951 - 28 Dec 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/83
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (11); Raymond Gedling [Principal Private Secretary to the Minister of Health]; Brian Robson, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air (2); L A Knight, Honorary Secretary, Wanstead and Woodford Chamber of Commerce (4); [Walter] Leonard Allinson, Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Education (3); Cyril Walker, Director of...
Dates: 13 Jun 1951 - 28 Dec 1953
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folios 209 - 223, closed for 100 years until 2054 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, Wo - Z., 10 Aug 1951 - 29 Apr 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/74
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (4); (Kenneth) Michael Wilford [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]; F H Friedmann, Honorary Secretary, Woodford and District Trades Council (9); George Moseley, Private Secretary to the Minister of Local Government and Planning; Peter Hudson, Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by Lettice Marston...
Dates: 10 Aug 1951 - 29 Apr 1953
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folio 148, closed for 75 years until 2028 on data protection grounds, due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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"Principles", 24 Jul 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/105/2-9
Scope and Contents

Statement (marked "confidential") of the Conservative Party's "General Principles" on domestic and international affairs. Subjects include: free society and socialist states; the power of the state; duty of government; the welfare state; need for housing; economic policy including taxation; international relations including the increasing power of Russia, the Korean war and the British empire.Typescript. Includes covering letter from R A Butler.

Dates: 24 Jul 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers concerning Conservative and Unionist Party matters., Mar 1943 - Dec 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/480
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: [Thomas] Dugdale [later 1st Lord Crathorne], Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party, on Alan Good and the Common Wealth Movement; Lord Hinchingbrooke [later 10th Lord Sandwich and Victor Montagu] (2) on a Tory Reform Committee document and comments on Conservative post-war plans; James Stuart [Government Chief Whip] (2) on publishing the Post-War Problems Committee report on demobilisation and resettlement and on Hinchingbrooke; Sir Robert Topping, Honorary...
Dates: Mar 1943 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1946 (mainly letters of congratulation from the general public following WSC's speech)., May 1946 - Nov 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/9
Scope and Contents Other correspondents include: Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe], Chairman of the Conservative Party [until July 1946] (2); James Stuart [Chief Opposition Whip]; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office [from July 1946]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], and Honorary Secretary [Edmund]...
Dates: May 1946 - Nov 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1950., Aug 1950 - Nov 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/103
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); representatives of the Hotel Majestic, St Annes on the Sea [Lancashire], on WSC's stay there (5); George Christ of Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip]; H V Armstrong, Secretary of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (9); representatives of British Railways (4). Also...
Dates: Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Llandudno [Carnarvonshire, Wales], October 1948., Jan 1948 - Jun 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/73
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: David Price-White, MP for Llandudno, on WSC attending a ball (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Elizabeth Gilliatt; CSC.Other subjects include: travel details; matters discussed at the Conference on Conservative policy for defence, agriculture, the House of Lords, taxation, transport, Wales,...
Dates: Jan 1948 - Jun 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party answers to election questionnaires., 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/124
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Contains questions and answers prepared by Conservative and Unionist Central Office on a variety of election issues including: agricultural matters; animal welfare; various aspects of foreign affairs including China, Germany, Japan, Persia [Iran], South Africa, and Mexico; civil servants; education; housing matters; the health service; women; transport particularly by road; pensions; economic affairs including taxation; the constitutional position of Scotland and Wales.

Dates: 1951
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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