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Table of Contents

Introduction
Conservative Research Department Files, 1919-48
    Housing, 1919-38
    Industry and Trade: Tariffs - General, 1923-36
    Industrial Policy, 1927-38
    Industries: Iron and Steel, 1928-37
    Industry and Trade, c.1929-1946
    Pensions, 1929-40
    General Elections and By-Elections, 1929-39
    Stanley Baldwin, 1929-36
    Industry and Trade: Imports and Exports: Empire Trade, 1929-39
    Industries: Cotton, 1929-39
    Lord Beaverbrook, 1929-30
    Education, 1929-38
    Finance and National Revenue, 1929-40
    Unemployment and Unemployment Insurance, 1929-39
    Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1929-38
    Disarmament, c.1930
    Agriculture: General, 1930-9
    Industry and Trade: General, 1930-9
    Industry and Trade: Treaties, 1930-9
    Industries: Woollen Textile Industry, 1930-8
    Social Policy, 1930
    Industry and Trade: Imports and Exports World Trade, 1930-7
    Industries: Shipbuilding and Shipping, 1930-6
    Neville Chamberlain, 1930-9
    Organisation and Administration of CRD, 1930-9
    Referendum - CRD Enquiry on Introduction to Britain, 1930-1
    Agriculture: Barley and Oats, 1930-9
    Agriculture: Marketing, 1930-4
    Aviation, 1930
    Agricultural Policy, 1930-40
    Family Allowances, 1930
    Social Services/Industrial Foundations Committee, 1930-1
    Agriculture: Milk, 1931-40
    Consumers Council Bill, 1930-1
    House of Lords Committee, 1930-8
    Industry and Trade: Imperial Conference and Imperial Affairs Committee, 1930-2
    Agriculture: Wheat, 1930-9
    Agriculture: Meat, 1930-9
    Industry and Trade: Raw Materials and Foodstuffs, 1930-5
    Industries: Sugar, 1930-9
    Industry and Trade: Committee on Over-Production, 1930-1
    Land Taxation and 1931 Finance Bill, 1930-1
    Transport and Docks, 1930-2
    Industry and Trade: Tariffs - Agriculture, 1931-3
    Economy Committee, 1931
    Industries: Fishing, 1931-8
    Co-operative Societies, 1932-3
    Industries: Rubber, 1931-9
    Industries: Tea, 1931-8
    Agriculture: Livestock and Centralised Slaughtering, c.1931-8
    Industries: Coffee, 1931
    Agriculture: Pig and Bacon Scheme, 1932-9
    Industries: Jute, 1932-8
    Imperial and Colonial Affairs, 1932-48
    Co-operative Credit Societies
    Official Statistics, 1932-40
    Industries: Coal, 1933-8
    Company Law - The Amendment of, 1933-8
    Trustee Securities, 1934-9
    Health and Physique of Nation, 1930-9
    Industries: Tin, 1934-8
    Overseas Investments, 1934
    Population, 1934-9
    Cabinet Conservative Committee, 1934-5
    Industry and Trade: The State of the Industry, 1934-40
    Agriculture: Small Holdings, 1934-7
    Lloyd George, The Rt Hon David, 1935
    Liberal Nation and National Labour Parties, 1935
    Social Credit: Major Douglas' Scheme for, 1935-9
    Industrial Assurance, 1935
    Industries: Electricity, 1935-8
    Electoral Reform, 1935-8
    Industries: Non Ferrous Metals, 1936-8
    Industries: Film, 1937-40
    Foreign Affairs, 1937-40
    Industries: The Location of Industry, 1937-40
    Economic League
    Points for Propaganda weekly sheet for Speakers, 1938-9
    Cabinet Reform, 1938-9
    Holiday Camps, 1938-9
    R.A. Butler, 1938-1946
Conservative Research Department files, 1941-69
    Fuel and Power, 1945-64
    Textiles, 1937-59
    Iron and Steel, Minerals, Films, Plastics, Leather, 1940-59
    Miscellaneous Letter books, 1948-62
    Science and Technology, 1954-64
    Nationalisation, 1945-59
    Industrial Research Committee Labour and Industry, 1925-64
    Trade and Industry: General, 1946-64
    Economics and Finance, 1943-64
    Taxation Policy, 1944-64
    Agricultural Committee, 1946-64
    Agricultural Charter Papers, 1948-9
    Agriculture (general) and special subjects, 1946-69
    Agriculture Letter Books, 1952-63
    Transport - Aviation, 1946-64
    Transport - Motor Transport, 1947-64
    Railways, 1955-9
    Inland waterways and Shipping, 1945-61
    Transport - General, 1946-64
    Broadcasting, 1945-64
    Public Opinion - Propaganda and Publicity, 1949-60
    Local Government, 1945-64
    Housing (see also Health), 1946-64
    Rents/Rates (See also G. Block letter books CRD 2/23/29-58, CRD 2/44/28-31), 1952-64
    Planning and Environment, 1946-64
    Building Industries, 1950-64
    Health (See also Social Security and Services), 1946-64
    Post-War Problems Central Committee, 1939-46
    Social Services (General) and Policy Committees on the Future of the Social Services, 1946-64
    Social Security/Insurance, 1945-64
    Pensions/Old People, 1951-64
    Post-War Problems Central Committee - Education Sub-Committee, 1941-5
    Education, 1947-64
    Foreign Affairs, 1945-64
    Letter books - predominantly Foreign Affairs, 1952-64
    Defence - Navy, 1945-64
    Defence - Army, 1945-64
    Defence and Service Pensions, c.1930-64
    Atomic Energy and Warfare, 1947-64
    Disarmament, 1957-65
    Defence - letter books, 1950-64
    Common Market, 1946-64
    Common Market - letter books, 1961-4
    Home Affairs, 1941-64
    Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 1952-63
    Parliament, 1931-64
    Party Political, 1955-64
    General Elections, 1949-64
    Policy Statements, 1949-63
    General Policy and Speeches, 1946-63
    [Vacant]
    Miscellaneous Committees, 1947-64
    CRD and Miscellaneous Committees, 1945-67
Conservative Research Department Files, 1948-74
    Advertising, 1971-2
    Agriculture, 1962-72
    Arts, 1965-70
    Chairman, 1966-8
    Conservative Political Centre (CPC)
    James Douglas, 1973
    Economics and Economic Policy, 1959-74
    Education, 1965-70
    General Elections, 1964-70
    Foreign Affairs/Europe, 1948-73
    Defence, 1951-70
    Michael Fraser - letter books, 1965-70
    Future Policy, 1959-71
    Government,
    Housing, 1962-70
    Immigration/Race Relations, 1965-7
    Industrial Relations/Industry/Trade Unions, 1965-70
    Northern Ireland, 1971-3
    Legal/Law and Order, 1964-73
    Media - Broadcasting and Film, 1966-72
    Parliament, 1965-7
    Party Political/Party Meetings for Selection of Leader, 1955-73
    Planning/Land Use, 1965-8
    Policy Groups and Policy Planning, 1958-71
    Regional Policy, 1965-70
    Research Department (CRD internal), 1951-72
    Science and Technology, 1964-70
    Scotland, 1966-70
    Security, 1966-8
    Brendon Sewill, 1964-70
    Sport and Leisure, 1964-9
    Swinton, 1966-7
    Tactical Meetings, 1966
    Transport, 1952-74
    Links with Universities, 1962-71
    VAT, 1971
    Wales, 1963-9
    Women, 1952-73
    Youth, 1960-5
Conservative Research Department Files, 1956-89
    Advertising, 1978-9
    Agriculture, 1975-89
    Arts, 1969-84
    Economic Policy, 1965-89
    Education, 1971-86
    [Vacant]
    Social Services/Security/Social Policy/Pensions, 1956-83
    Housing, 1974-86
    Immigration/Race Relations/Inner Cities, 1964-84
    Law and Order/Legal Affairs, 1966-86
    Energy Policy/Science and Technology, 1974-89
    Transport, 1967-86
    Authority of Government/Machinery of Government, 1975-80
    Media and Broadcasting, 1972-86
    Regional Policy/Devolution, 1973-81
    Party Political, 1973-83


Conservative Research Department, 1919-89

Abstract:
Papers of the Conservative Research Department, 1919-89

Shelfmarks: CRD 1-4

Extent: 2675 shelfmarks

Organisational History

The Conservative Research Department was established in November 1929 and rapidly assumed a position of considerable importance in the Party's policy-making process. It advises Party leaders on the formulation of policy, undertakes detailed, long-term research on a wide range of issues, services Party committees from the Leader's Consultative Committee (Shadow Cabinet) downwards, provides authoritative briefs to MPs in preparation for Parliamentary debates, plays a major role in the writing of Party publications and the vetting of Party publicity, and analyses public opinion trends in order to advise the leadership on electoral strategy. Although its importance fluctuates according to the particular concerns of the Party Leader, it has always been, and remains, one of the central departments in Party organisation.

Since 1979 the Conservative Research Department has been contained, organisationally and physically, within Central Office. Before that, however, it was a separate body, housed separately and, for much of its life, organisationally independent also, with its own chairman and director. For this reason its papers have been catalogued separately from those of Central Office.

Restrictions on Access

General access conditions apply to this material.

Preferred Form of Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Conservative Party Archive [followed by shelfmark, e.g. CRD 1/1/1].

Corporate names (NCA Rules)

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Conservative Research Department Files, 1919-48

    Housing, 1919-38

CRD 1/1/1 Press cuttings, Hansard, related correspondence and memoranda May 1919-Dec. 1938
CRD 1/1/2a Miscellaneous n.d.
CRD 1/1/2b Statistics of plans for dwelling houses approved by local authorities Jan. 1930-July 1935
CRD 1/1/3a Sir Raymond Unwin's memoranda and correspondence n.d.
CRD 1/1/3b Mr. Rees and Mr. Nicholson - memoranda and correspondence Jan. 1933-Dec.1936
CRD 1/1/3/4 The Moyne Report - memoranda and correspondence Aug.-Nov. 1933

    Industry and Trade: Tariffs - General, 1923-36

CRD 1/2/1 1923 Tariff Advisory Committee Report Dec. 1923
CRD 1/2/2 1923 Tariff Advisory Committee Report - memoranda nos. 1-2 Dec. 1923
CRD 1/2/3 1923 Tariff Advisory Committee Report - memoranda no. 3 Dec. 1923
CRD 1/2/4 1923 Tariff Advisory Committee Report - memoranda nos. 4-12 Dec. 1923
CRD 1/2/5 Australian, American and Canadian tariffs Jun. 1930-Jun. 1932
CRD 1/2/6 Tariffs Committee - minutes Dec. 1930-May 1931
CRD 1/2/7 Tariffs Committee - documents circulated Dec. 1930-May 1931
CRD 1/2/8 Tariffs Committee - correspondence Dec. 1930-July 1931
CRD 1/2/9 Tariffs Committee - imports schedule Dec. 1930
CRD 1/2/10 Tariffs Committee - draft report 1931
CRD 1/2/11 Tariffs Committee - notes by Joseph Ball for Neville Chamberlain on report and Chamberlain's comments Jun.-Oct. 1931
CRD 1/2/12 Tariffs Committee - final report and schedules July 1931
CRD 1/2/13 'The Conservative Tariff Policy' - speech by Stanley Baldwin July 1931
CRD 1/2/14 The Tariff Position of Other Nations - CRD memoranda Mar. 1934

    Industrial Policy, 1927-38

CRD 1/3/1 Industrial Co-partnership Aug. 1927-Mar. 1930
CRD 1/3/2 Miscellaneous May. 1931-Jan. 1938

    Industries: Iron and Steel, 1928-37

CRD 1/4/1 General Jun. 1928-May 1931
CRD 1/4/2 Memoranda by Iron and Steel Subcommittee of Committee of Civil Research and the Economic Advisory Council Sept. 1929-Jun. 1930
CRD 1/4/3 CRD Memorandum on Iron and Steel Industry May 1930
CRD 1/4/4 General n.d.
CRD 1/4/5 Stewards and Lloyds (tube ind.) Mar. 1932-Mar.1937
CRD 1/4/6 National Committee of Iron and Steel Federation - extracts from reports Dec. 1933

    Industry and Trade, c.1929-1946

CRD 1/5/1 General c.1929-July 1938
CRD 1/5/2 Notes and statistics in series 1934-46

    Pensions, 1929-40

CRD 1/6/1 General 1929-Mar. 1940
CRD 1/6/2 Press Cuttings Feb. 1934-May 1938

    General Elections and By-Elections, 1929-39

CRD 1/7/1 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - conclusions, index and procedure 1929
CRD 1/7/2 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - memoranda nos. 1-22 1929
CRD 1/7/3 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - memoranda nos. 23-44 1929
CRD 1/7/4 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - memoranda nos. 45-76 1929
CRD 1/7/5 'Questions to Parliamentary Candidates', nos. 1-67 1929
CRD 1/7/6 List of Candidates July 1931
CRD 1/7/7 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - agenda and conclusions 1931
CRD 1/7/8 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - memoranda nos. 1-13 and correspondence 1931
CRD 1/7/9 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - memoranda nos. 14-27
CRD 1/7/10a Policy Committee - minutes 1931
CRD 1/7/10b Policy Committee - correspondence and notes on machinery 1931
CRD 1/7/11 'Questions of Policy', nos. 101-143 1931
CRD 1/7/12 Manifestos 1931
CRD 1/7/13 Speakers' Handbook - papers relating to agricultural section of 1931
CRD 1/7/14 Liberal National Speakers' Notes nos. 1-14 1931
CRD 1/7/15 Analyses of Result 1931
CRD 1/7/16 By-elections Nov. 1933-Dec. 1935
CRD 1/7/17 Election Prospects Nov. 1934-Nov. 1935
CRD 1/7/18 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - conclusions 1935
CRD 1/7/19 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - memoranda 1935
CRD 1/7/20 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - procedure 1935
CRD 1/7/21 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - 'Questions of Policy' nos. 1-57 1935
CRD 1/7/22 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - correspondence A-L 1935
CRD 1/7/23 Cabinet Emergency Business Committee - correspondence M-Z 1935
CRD 1/7/24 Material for Stanley Baldwin's broadcast 1935
CRD 1/7/25 Press Publicity - correspondence (1) 1935
CRD 1/7/26 Press Publicity - correspondence (2) 1935
CRD 1/7/27a Miscellaneous - Agriculture 1935
CRD 1/7/27b Miscellaneous - Defence Services 1935
CRD 1/7/27c Miscellaneous - Education 1935
CRD 1/7/27d Miscellaneous - Special Areas 1935
CRD 1/7/28a Miscellaneous - Material for speeches and the use of candidates 1935
CRD 1/7/28b Miscellaneous - Opposition misrepresentations 1935
CRD 1/7/28c Miscellaneous - Publications 1935
CRD 1/7/28d Miscellaneous - Election Law 1935
CRD 1/7/28e Notes written in anticipation of an early election 1935
CRD 1/7/28f Manifesto drafts 1935
CRD 1/7/29 Manifestos 1935
CRD 1/7/30 Leaflets, posters and miscellaneous addresses 1935
CRD 1/7/31 Press cuttings - speeches by Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain 1935
CRD 1/7/32 Press cuttings - broadcast speeches 1935
CRD 1/7/33 Press cuttings - general 1935
CRD 1/7/34 Analyses of result Nov. 1935-Mar. 1939
CRD 1/7/35 By-Elections - memoranda July 1937-July 1939
CRD 1/7/36 By-Elections - figures, 1932-1939 c.Aug. 1939
CRD 1/7/37 Material for next election programme Jan.-Aug. 1939

    Stanley Baldwin, 1929-36

CRD 1/8/1 Correspondence, notes for speeches and press cuttings May 1929-May 1936

    Industry and Trade: Imports and Exports: Empire Trade, 1929-39

CRD 1/9/1 Empire Economic Union memoranda c.July-Sept. 1929
CRD 1/9/2 Empire Economic Union memoranda c.Sept.-Nov. 1929
CRD 1/9/3 Empire Economic Union memoranda c.Nov. 1929-Jan. 1930
CRD 1/9/4 Colonies July 1930-Mar. 1938
CRD 1/9/5 'The Trade of the British Empire' - memoranda by H. Brooke Aug.-Sept. 1930
CRD 1/9/6 Empire Marketing Board c.July 1932
CRD 1/9/7 Federation of British Industries Mar. 1935-July 1936
CRD 1/9/8 General Nov. 1935-Nov. 1936
CRD 1/9/9 Australia May 1936-Mar. 1936
CRD 1/9/10 Canada July 1936-Mar. 1937
CRD 1/9/11 New Zealand Oct. 1936-Mar. 1937
CRD 1/9/12 India c.Nov. 1936-Mar. 1937
CRD 1/9/13 Australia Feb. 1937-c.Feb. 1939
CRD 1/9/14 South Africa Apr.-July 1937

    Industries: Cotton, 1929-39

CRD 1/10/1 Cotton Enquiry 1930 Sept. 1929-July 1930
CRD 1/10/2 Cotton Industry Reorganisation Oct. 1929-Apr. 1937
CRD 1/10/3 Press Cuttings Mar. 1932-Apr. 1938
CRD 1/10/4 Merchanting (trading in cotton) Mar. 1932-July 1938
CRD 1/10/5 Spinning Oct. 1934-May 1938
CRD 1/10/6 Dyeing July 1935-July 1937
CRD 1/10/7 Manufacturing and printing Feb. 1936-Jan. 1938
CRD 1/10/8 General Information and Statistics Sept. 1936-1938
CRD 1/10/9 Joint Committee of Cotton Trade Organisation Nov. 1936-Mar. 1939
CRD 1/10/10 Cotton Industry Reorganisation Apr.-Nov. 1937
CRD 1/10/11 CRD Cotton Report June 1937
CRD 1/10/12 Cotton Industry Reorganisation Nov. 1937-Apr. 1939
CRD 1/10/13 Draft proposals of Joint Committee of Cotton Trade Organisations for Cotton Industry Enabling Bill Nov. 1937-Dec. 1938
CRD 1/10/14 Press Cuttings Apr. 1938-Mar. 1939
CRD 1/10/15 Press Cuttings Apr.-Sept. 1939

    Lord Beaverbrook, 1929-30

CRD 1/11/1 Empire Free Trade Nov. 1929-Jan. 1930

    Education, 1929-38

CRD 1/12/1 General Nov. 1929-Dec. 1937
CRD 1/12/2 Press cuttings and abstracts July 1932-Dec. 1938

    Finance and National Revenue, 1929-40

CRD 1/13/1 Review of Colwyn Committee Report (1926) on Public Expenditure Dec. 1929
CRD 1/13/2 Summary of Macmillan Report on Finance and Industry July 1931-Feb. 1932
CRD 1/13/3 Crisis of Aug. 1931 Aug.-Sept. 1931
CRD 1/13/4 National Defence Contribution Apr.-June 1937
CRD 1/13/5 Press Cuttings Apr. 1937-Feb. 1940
CRD 1/13/6 Turnover Tax Nov. 1937-Apr. 1940
CRD 1/13/7 Miscellaneous Jan. 1939-June 1940

    Unemployment and Unemployment Insurance, 1929-39

CRD 1/14/1 State Unemployment Insurance - memoranda by A. Fosbrooke Hobbes, and on the 1930 Act Dec. 1929-30
CRD 1/14/2 Unemployment Insurance and Assistance - general c.Feb. 1930-July 1939
CRD 1/14/3 Report of CRD Committee on Unemployment Insurance July 1930
CRD 1/14/4 Meetings of All-Party Committee on Unemployment Insurance Aug.-Nov. 1930
CRD 1/14/5 German Unemployment Insurance Oct. 1930-July 1931
CRD 1/14/6 Reports of the Unemployment Insurance Sub-committee of the Business Committee and related correspondence Jan.-July 1931
CRD 1/14/7 Unemployment - work sharing Feb. 1933-June 1935
CRD 1/14/8 USA Industrial Recovery Act and Code of Fair Competition May-Aug. 1933
CRD 1/14/9 Unemployment - distressed areas Jan. 1934-Nov. 1937
CRD 1/14/10 Unemployment - distressed areas - press cuttings and comments on Jan. 1938-July 1939
CRD 1/14/11 Unemployment - Labour camps Feb.-Aug. 1939

    Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1929-38

CRD 1/15/1 L. St. Clare Grondona (re. Grondona's book, Empire Stocktaking) Dec. 1929-July 1938
CRD 1/15/2 J. Taylor-Peddie (economic theories of) Feb. 1930-Apr. 1931
CRD 1/15/3 J. Taylor-Peddie (economic theories of) June 1931-Sept. 1935
CRD 1/15/4 National Institute of Social Psychology (on the Institute's future, and voluntary social service organisations) Sept. 1936-Oct. 1938

    Disarmament, c.1930

CRD 1/16/1 The Progress of Disarmament, 1919-1930 c.1930

    Agriculture: General, 1930-9

CRD 1/17/1 General Survey of Agriculture Production in England and Wales c.1930
CRD 1/17/2 General Survey of Agriculture Production in Scotland c.1930
CRD 1/17/3 Food Council Reports Jan. 1930-Mar. 1939
CRD 1/17/4 Potatoes Feb. 1930-Sept. 1935
CRD 1/17/5 Statistics - miscellaneous Mar. 1930-Mar 1939
CRD 1/17/6 National Farmers' Union Apr. 1930-July 1938
CRD 1/17/7 Federal Farm Board in USA c.May 1930
CRD 1/17/8 Fruit and Jam, and Vegetables June 1930-June 1935
CRD 1/17/9 National Poultry Council Jan.- Dec. 1931
CRD 1/17/10 Hops Jan. 1932-Jan. 1939
CRD 1/17/11 Agricultural Credits Mar. 1932-June 1939
CRD 1/17/12 Prices Sept. 1932-Jan. 1939
CRD 1/17/13 Cabinet Memoranda n.d.
CRD 1/17/13a Produce Markets Supply Committee - 'The UK Market for Agricultural Produce and its relation to Home, Empire and Foreign Supplies', by Minister of Agriculture Nov. 1934
CRD 1/17/13b-c 'Co-ordination of Trade Policy', with marginal comments Dec. 1934

    Industry and Trade: General, 1930-9

CRD 1/18/1 Safeguarding - summaries of replies from manufacturers' associations to CRD questionnaires 1930
CRD 1/18/2 Economic proposals of C.H. Whittington Aug. 1931-Mar. 1939
CRD 1/18/3 League of Nations Review of World Production, 1925-1931 1932
CRD 1/18/4 Cartels - CRD Memorandum Mar. 1934

    Industry and Trade: Treaties, 1930-9

CRD 1/19/1 'An appreciation of our treaty obligations in relation to import duties, prohibitions and restrictions' - CRD memorandum Jan.-Oct. 1930
CRD 1/19/2 The Most Favoured Nation Clause Nov. 1931-Dec. 1933
CRD 1/19/3 The Most Favoured Nation Clause Oct. 1932-Apr. 1933
CRD 1/19/4 The Most Favoured Nation Clause Apr.-Nov. 1933
CRD 1/19/5 The Most Favoured Nation Clause Jan.- 1934-June 1936
CRD 1/19/6 The Most Favoured Nation Clause Apr.- 1934-Jan. 1939
CRD 1/19/7 The Most Favoured Nation Clause Nov. 1938-Mar. 1939

    Industries: Woollen Textile Industry, 1930-8

CRD 1/20/1 General Jan. 1930-Mar. 1938
CRD 1/20/2 General Mar. 1930-May 1932

    Social Policy, 1930

CRD 1/21/1 Proposed Public Opinion survey of social concerns and problems Feb.-Mar. 1930

    Industry and Trade: Imports and Exports World Trade, 1930-7

CRD 1/22/1 General Feb. 1930-Dec. 1937

    Industries: Shipbuilding and Shipping, 1930-6

CRD 1/23/1 General Feb. 1930-Oct. 1936

    Neville Chamberlain, 1930-9

CRD 1/24/1 Correspondence and speech notes Mar. 1930-Dec. 1934
CRD 1/24/2 Correspondence and speech notes Sept. 1935-Nov. 1936
CRD 1/24/3 Correspondence and speech notes Jan. 1937-June 1939

    Organisation and Administration of CRD, 1930-9

CRD 1/25/1 Lists of CRD Committee members c.Mar. 1930-Oct. 1931
CRD 1/25/2 Signed receipts for CRD memoranda sent to Business Committee members June 1930-Feb. 1931
CRD 1/25/3 Library Borrowing Book Apr. 1932-Jan. 1939

    Referendum - CRD Enquiry on Introduction to Britain, 1930-1

CRD 1/26/1 General Mar.-July 1931
CRD 1/26/2 General June 1930

    Agriculture: Barley and Oats, 1930-9

CRD 1/27/1 General Mar. 1930-Mar. 1931
CRD 1/27/2 General Jan. 1931-Oct. 1934
CRD 1/27/3 Barley (Malting) - negotiations regarding duty Oct.-Dec. 1931
CRD 1/27/4 Barley - general Feb. July 1939
CRD 1/27/5 Barley - memorandum by D. Clarke Mar. 1939

    Agriculture: Marketing, 1930-4

CRD 1/28/1 Co-operative and General Marketing Mar. 1930-Jan. 1934
CRD 1/28/2 Major Mark Sprot (President of Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society) - correspondence with Sept. 1930-Oct. 1933

    Aviation, 1930

CRD 1/29/1 General Mar. 1930

    Agricultural Policy, 1930-40

CRD 1/30/1 Agricultural Research Committee - minutes, memoranda and correspondence Apr. 1930-July 1931
CRD 1/30/2 Report of Agricultural Research Committee - recommendations for Emergency Tariff (see Industry and Trade: Tariffs - Agriculture) Oct. 1930-July 1931
CRD 1/30/3 'Conservative Agricultural Policy', by F.N. Blundell Mar. 1931
CRD 1/30/4 Proposals for Agricultural Reconstruction and Development, by Sir Edward Grigg and Mr H. Drummond Wolff c.Oct. 1934-Feb. 1936
CRD 1/30/5 Contact with W.S. Morrison Dec. 1938-Jan. 1939
CRD 1/30/6 Wartime control of Agriculture and Food Supply Apr. 1940

    Family Allowances, 1930

CRD 1/31/1 General Apr. 1930

    Social Services/Industrial Foundations Committee, 1930-1

CRD 1/32/1 General Correspondence May 1930-Mar. 1931
CRD 1/32/2 Minutes June 1930-Jan. 1931
CRD 1/32/3 Memoranda July 1930
CRD 1/32/4 Memoranda July-Dec. 1930
CRD 1/32/5 Comparative analysis of social legislation and practice affecting the status and well-being of wage earning classes in dominions and abroad - with marginal notes by Neville Chamberlain n.d.
CRD 1/32/6 Industrial Co-partnership, profit-sharing and superannuation schemes - memorandum July 1931
CRD 1/32/7 Exhibits belonging to memorandum on Industrial Co-partnership, etc. July 1931

    Agriculture: Milk, 1931-40

CRD 1/33/1 Clean Milk Sub-Committee - Interim Report c.May-Jun. 1934
CRD 1/33/2 Mr. Valder Gates - Correspondence May 1931-Jun. 1934
CRD 1/33/3 General June 1931-Dec. 1932
CRD 1/33/4 General Jan. 1933-May 1937
CRD 1/33/5 Report of Milk Reorganisation Commission and Milk Marketing Scheme - press cuttings Feb. 1933-Oct. 1934
CRD 1/33/6 Press and Hansard Cuttings June 1934-Sept. 1938
CRD 1/33/7 CRD Milk Enquiry - memoranda Sept. 1935-Apr. 1936
CRD 1/33/8 CRD Milk Enquiry - correspondence Oct. 1935-July 1936
CRD 1/33/9 CRD Milk Enquiry - correspondence Nov. 1935-June 1940
CRD 1/33/10 CRD Milk Enquiry - memoranda May 1936-June 1937
CRD 1/33/11 Committee of Investigation for England: enquiry into complaint by the Central Milk Distributive Committee against the operation of Milk Marketing Scheme, 1933 - extract from minutes c.May 1936
CRD 1/33/12 CRD Milk Report July 1936
CRD 1/33/13 Miscellaneous correspondence Feb. 1938-Jan. 1939

    Consumers Council Bill, 1930-1

CRD 1/34/1 General May 1930-Sept. 1931

    House of Lords Committee, 1930-8

CRD 1/35/1 Secretary's correspondence and memoranda June 1930-June 1934
CRD 1/35/2 Neville Chamberlain's confidential file July 1930- June 1938
CRD 1/35/3 Minutes June-July 1931
CRD 1/35/4 Report July 1931
CRD 1/35/5 Amended version of report shown to Cabinet Sub-committee Feb. 1934

    Industry and Trade: Imperial Conference and Imperial Affairs Committee, 1930-2

CRD 1/36/1 Imperial Conference 1930 - press cuttings July-Nov. 1930
CRD 1/36/2 Imperial Affairs Committee Oct 1930-May 1931
CRD 1/36/3 Imperial Conference 1932 May-Dec. 1932
CRD 1/36/4 Imperial Conference 1932 - the Ottawa Agreements c.Oct. 1932

    Agriculture: Wheat, 1930-9

CRD 1/37/1 Proposed Wheat Quota Scheme July 1930-Mar. 1931
CRD 1/37/2 National Association of British and Irish Milners Oct. 1930-Jan. 1931
CRD 1/37/3 National Association of British and Irish Milners Mar.-Dec. 1931
CRD 1/37/4 Quota Scheme - negotiations with Mr Street of Ministry of Agriculture Oct. 1931-Feb. 1932
CRD 1/37/5 Empire Wheat Quota Scheme - correspondence with Ministry of Agriculture Mar.-June 1938
CRD 1/37/6 Empire Wheat Quota Scheme - statistics and general material Mar.-May 1938
CRD 1/37/7 Empire Wheat Quota Scheme - memorandum by Joseph Ball May 1932
CRD 1/37/8 Wheat Advisory Committee (papers from Canada) Jan.-Mar. 1935
CRD 1/37/9 Wheat Advisory Committee (papers from Canada) Mar. 1936-Dec. 1937
CRD 1/37/10 Canadian Royal Grain Enquiry Commission - submission by A. Cairns and the Wheat Advisory Committee July 1937
CRD 1/37/11 Wheat Advisory Committee (papers from Mr Cairns in Canada, memorandum re.) Jan. 1938-Jan. 1939

    Agriculture: Meat, 1930-9

CRD 1/38/1 General July 1930-July 1932
CRD 1/38/2 General Sept. 1932-Jan. 1933
CRD 1/38/3 Meat Statistics Oct. 1932-Jan. 1936
CRD 1/38/4 General Jan. 1934-Dec. 1936
CRD 1/38/5 Miscellaneous 1939

    Industry and Trade: Raw Materials and Foodstuffs, 1930-5

CRD 1/39/1 Supply and Regulation of - Import Boards July-Dec. 1930
CRD 1/39/2 Regulation and Supply and Control of Surplus Stocks June 1933-Mar. 1935

    Industries: Sugar, 1930-9

CRD 1/40/1 Report of Sugar Committee and Memoranda on World Sugar Situation July-Dec. 1930
CRD 1/40/2 'Consideration bearing on an Empire Sugar Quota Scheme' - CRD memorandum Mar. 1931
CRD 1/40/3 General memoranda July-Oct. 1931
CRD 1/40/4 General correspondence and memoranda Nov. 1931-Apr. 1935
CRD 1/40/5 Press Cuttings May 1938-June 1939

    Industry and Trade: Committee on Over-Production, 1930-1

CRD 1/41/1 Minutes Oct.-Nov. 1930
CRD 1/41/2 Minutes Dec. 1930-July 1931
CRD 1/41/3 Interim Report June 1931
CRD 1/41/4 CRD Director's notes on report for Neville Chamberlain June 1931
CRD 1/41/5 Draft Report July 1931
CRD 1/41/6 Report Aug. 1931

    Land Taxation and 1931 Finance Bill, 1930-1

CRD 1/42/1 General Oct. 1930-May 1931
CRD 1/42/2 General May-Nov 1931

    Transport and Docks, 1930-2

CRD 1/43/1 General Nov. 1930-Dec. 1932

    Industry and Trade: Tariffs - Agriculture, 1931-3

CRD 1/44/1 General Jan. 1931-July 1932
CRD 1/44/2 Agriculture Research Committee - recommendations c.Mar.-July 1932
CRD 1/44/3 'Table comparing Horticultural Products Number One with recommendations submitted to CRD' Jan. 1932
CRD 1/44/4 Summary of foreign trade agreements affecting agricultural products 1933

    Economy Committee, 1931

CRD 1/45/1 Minutes Feb.-June 1931
CRD 1/45/2 Report and Summary June 1931

    Industries: Fishing, 1931-8

CRD 1/46/1 General Mar. 1931-June 1938
CRD 1/46/2 Summaries of reports on Fishing Industry and of Mr. Stannard's memo on Oct. 1932-Feb. 1935
CRD 1/46/3 'The Fishing Industry' - CRD memo June 1933
CRD 1/46/4 Amended version of CRD memo June 1938

    Co-operative Societies, 1932-3

CRD 1/47/1 Taxation of Co-operative Societies Aug. 1932-Mar. 1933

    Industries: Rubber, 1931-9

CRD 1/48/1 General Aug. 1931-Feb. 1938
CRD 1/48/2 General May 1938-July 1939

    Industries: Tea, 1931-8

CRD 1/49/1 General Aug. 1931-July 1938

    Agriculture: Livestock and Centralised Slaughtering, c.1931-8

CRD 1/50/1 General c.Dec. 1931-July 1938
CRD 1/50/2 Economic Advisory Council's Committee on Slaughtering of Livestock - papers on report of, and CRD researches leading therefrom July 1932-July1933
CRD 1/50/3 Technical Committee on design of factory abattoirs June 1933-July 1933
CRD 1/50/4 Centralised Slaughtering - glands and by-products June 1933-Sept. 1935
CRD 1/50/5 Leicester Slaughterhouse Apr. 1933-Apr. 1937

    Industries: Coffee, 1931

CRD 1/51/1 General Dec. 1931

    Agriculture: Pig and Bacon Scheme, 1932-9

CRD 1/52/1 General Jan. 1932-Dec. 1933
CRD 1/52/2 Messrs. Henius Ltd. May 1932-Oct. 1938
CRD 1/52/3 UK Bacon problem - memorandum by Joseph Ball, and correspondence Dec. 1932-July 1937
CRD 1/52/4 Proposed Demonstration Bacon Factory Dec. 1932-Dec. 1933
CRD 1/52/5 Report on Danish Pig Production and bacon curing by Joseph Ball Dec. 1933
CRD 1/52/6 Observations on the UK Bacon Industry by Joseph Ball Dec. 1933-Apr. 1939
CRD 1/52/7 Negotiations for setting up pig farm and bacon factory in England on Danish lines Dec. 1933-July 1934
CRD 1/52/8 General Jan. 1934-July 1934
CRD 1/52/9 Negotiations for setting up pig farm and bacon factory in England on Danish lines July 1934-June 1936
CRD 1/52/10 General Feb.-July 1937

    Industries: Jute, 1932-8

CRD 1/53/1 General Jan. 1932-Feb. 1938

    Imperial and Colonial Affairs, 1932-48

CRD 1/54/1 India and Ottawa Feb.-Apr. 1932
CRD 1/54/2 India and Ottawa Mar. 1932
CRD 1/54/3 India and Ottawa May-June 1932
CRD 1/54/4 Miscellaneous 1936-1938
CRD 1/54/5 Imperial Purposes Committee (to recommend use for private donation of £250,000.00 for Imperial benefit) Mar.-May 1937
CRD 1/54/6 Policy: Imperial and Conservative - main memoranda by Sir Edward Grigg and H. Drummond Wolff n.d.
CRD 1/54/7 Policy: Imperial and Conservative - supplemented memoranda by Sir Edward Grigg and H. Drummond Wolff, and appendices May 1937-Dec. 1938
CRD 1/54/8 Policy: Imperial and Conservative - proposals by Sir Edward Grigg and H. Drummond Wolff - memoranda and correspondence June 1937-Feb. 1940
CRD 1/54/9 Policy: Imperial and Conservative - reply by Sir Edward Grigg and H. Drummond Wolff to CRD criticisms of their proposals, and CRD comments to Jan.-Feb. 1938
CRD 1/54/10 Trinidad Labour Troubles - Confidential report on communist activities relating to colonies, and political influence in Trinidad and West Indies Mar.-July 1938
CRD 1/54/11 Policy: Imperial and Conservative - miscellaneous printed documents by H. Drummond Wolff Oct. 1938-Jan. 1948
CRD 1/54/12 Policy: Imperial and Conservative - notes by H. Drummond Wolff on Empire supplies of various primary commodities Jan. 1939
CRD 1/54/13 New Zealand - correspondence with Mr. Baker Whate re. socialism in Jan. 1939-Feb. 1940

    Co-operative Credit Societies

CRD 1/55/1 Proposals of Mr Gregory Macdonald, Oct. 1932-Mar. 1933

    Official Statistics, 1932-40

CRD 1/56/1 Suggestions for improvements or additions - census of distribution Nov. 1932-Mar. 1939
CRD 1/56/2 Proposed establishment of an Imperial Statistical Bureau in London Nov. 1934-Feb. 1937
CRD 1/56/3 Suggestions for improvements or additions Apr. 1935-May 1940

    Industries: Coal, 1933-8

CRD 1/57/1 General Mar. 1933-June 1936
CRD 1/57/2 Press cuttings Mar. 1933-Mar. 1938
CRD 1/57/3 Mining Royalties Nov. 1933-May 1938

    Company Law - The Amendment of, 1933-8

CRD 1/58/1 General Sept. 1933-Oct. 1938
CRD 1/58/2 CRD memorandum July 1935-May 1936

    Trustee Securities, 1934-9

CRD 1/59/1 General Apr. 1934-July 1939

    Health and Physique of Nation, 1930-9

CRD 1/60/1 Diet and Nutrition May 1934-Sept. 1936
CRD 1/60/2 Physical Training c.June 1934-Oct. 1936
CRD 1/60/3 General July 1934-July 1939
CRD 1/60/4 Committee Against Malnutrition - bulletins of Sept. 1934-Jan. 1936
CRD 1/60/5 Diet and Nutrition - reports on food consumption May-Aug. 1935
CRD 1/60/6 Physical Training Oct. 1936-Aug. 1938
CRD 1/60/7 National Nutrition June 1938-July 1939
CRD 1/60/8 Physique of Nation 1930-4
CRD 1/60/9 Physical Welfare - memoranda c.1935

    Industries: Tin, 1934-8

CRD 1/61/1 General Apr. 1934-June 1938
CRD 1/61/2 Press cuttings May-Dec. 1938

    Overseas Investments, 1934

CRD 1/62/1 General Apr.-Dec. 1934

    Population, 1934-9

CRD 1/63/1 General Mar. 1934-Apr. 1937
CRD 1/63/2 Press cuttings Dec. 1936-July 1939

    Cabinet Conservative Committee, 1934-5

CRD 1/64/1 Main Committee - general correspondence Jan. 1934-July 1935
CRD 1/64/2 Main Committee - minutes of meetings Mar. 1934-July 1935
CRD 1/64/3 Main Committee - agenda, lists of subjects for consideration, and progress reports Mar. 1934-July 1935
CRD 1/64/4 Main Committee - memoranda (CCC 4/1-CCC 8/3) Apr.-June 1934
CRD 1/64/5 Main Committee - memoranda (CCC 9/1-CCC 12/1) June 1934-Feb. 1935
CRD 1/64/6 Sub-Committee A, (The Relations of State and Industry) - general correspondence May 1934-Mar. 1935
CRD 1/64/7 Sub-Committee A - memoranda (SCA 1-8) May 1934-Mar. 1935
CRD 1/64/8 Sub-Committee A - minutes of meetings and agenda Oct 1934-Mar 1935
CRD 1/64/9 Sub-Committee B - (The Home Market and Foreign and Imperial Produce) - general correspondence Oct. 1934-July 1935
CRD 1/64/10 Sub-Committee B - minutes of meetings and agenda Oct. 1934-June 1935
CRD 1/64/11 Sub-Committee B - memoranda (1-23) 1934-5
CRD 1/64/12 Sub-Committee B - report July 1935

    Industry and Trade: The State of the Industry, 1934-40

CRD 1/65/1 Press cuttings Feb. 1934-Mar. 1940
CRD 1/65/2 General May 1934-May 1935
CRD 1/65/3 General 1935-8
CRD 1/65/4 Prevention of Slumps - press cuttings Jan. 1937-Feb. 1940
CRD 1/65/5 Industrial Reorganisation and the State, with particular reference to the Cotton Industry Apr. 1937-Mar. 1939

    Agriculture: Small Holdings, 1934-7

CRD 1/66/1 Memoranda and material used in preparation of section 4, 'A Family Farm Policy', of report of Cabinet Conservative Committee Sub-Committee B Dec. 1934-Mar. 1935
CRD 1/66/2 Land Settlement Association Mar. 1935-June 1937
CRD 1/66/3 Mr. Menzies Kitchin - memoranda and correspondence May 1935-Feb. 1936
CRD 1/66/4 Mr. Menzies Kitchin's report on Land Settlement (4 chapters) 1935

    Lloyd George, The Rt Hon David, 1935

CRD 1/67/1 Lloyd George's proposals and Government reply Jan.-July 1935
CRD 1/67/2 Council of Action Oct. 1935

    Liberal Nation and National Labour Parties, 1935

CRD 1/68/1 Co-operation with on research Feb.-May 1935

    Social Credit: Major Douglas' Scheme for, 1935-9

CRD 1/69/1 General Feb.-Oct. 1935
CRD 1/69/2 Memorandum by David Clarke Mar.-July 1935
CRD 1/69/3a Publications and press cuttings, with notes and correspondence Feb. 1935-May 1939
CRD 1/69/3b Publications and press cuttings about situation in Alberta Feb. 1935-May 1939

    Industrial Assurance, 1935

CRD 1/70/1 General Apr.-June 1935

    Industries: Electricity, 1935-8

CRD 1/71/1 Memoranda and press cuttings July 1935-Oct. 1938

    Electoral Reform, 1935-8

CRD 1/72/1 General Dec. 1935-Nov. 1938

    Industries: Non Ferrous Metals, 1936-8

CRD 1/73/1 Press cuttings Mar. 1936-Sept. 1938

    Industries: Film, 1937-40

CRD 1/74/1 General Jan. 1937-May 1939
CRD 1/74/2 Proposals for Film Bank Sept. 1939-Apr. 1940

    Foreign Affairs, 1937-40

CRD 1/75/1 Speeches by Foreign Secretary and other Cabinet Ministers - press cuttings Mar. 1937-Apr. 1940
CRD 1/75/2 Speeches by Anthony Eden - press cuttings Oct.-Dec. 1937
CRD 1/75/3 Spain- contact with Senor J.M. Batista i Roca Apr. 1938-May 1940

    Industries: The Location of Industry, 1937-40

CRD 1/76/1 General Mar. 1937-Apr. 1940
CRD 1/76/2 CRD note on the location of industry Aug. 1939
CRD 1/76/3 Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry - general factors 1940
CRD 1/76/4 Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry - historical factors 1940
CRD 1/76/5 Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry - Greater London 1940
CRD 1/76/6 Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry - natural influences 1940
CRD 1/76/7 Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry - markets, raw materials, transport 1940
CRD 1/76/8 Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry - proximity to similar units 1940
CRD 1/76/9 Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry - cheap power 1940
CRD 1/76/10 Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry - availability and suitability of labour 1940
CRD 1/76/11 Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry - present positive inducements 1940
CRD 1/76/12 Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry - town and country planning 1940
CRD 1/76/13 Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry - possible remedial measures 1940

    Economic League

CRD 1/77/1 Bulletins, nos. 25-49 Apr. 1937-June 1939

    Points for Propaganda weekly sheet for Speakers, 1938-9

CRD 1/78/1 Nos. 77-106 (incomplete) Jan.-Dec. 1938
CRD 1/78/2 Nos. 107-132 (incomplete) Jan.-July 1939

    Cabinet Reform, 1938-9

CRD 1/79/1 General May 1938-Feb. 1939

    Holiday Camps, 1938-9

CRD 1/80/1 Memoranda and press cuttings on proposals for Nov. 1938-Mar. 1939

    R.A. Butler, 1938-1946

CRD 1/81/1 R.A. Butler correspondence with Central Office 1938-1946
CRD 1/81/2 War Appreciation Memorial and Sir Christopher Bullock (President’s official correspondence) 1942-1945




Conservative Research Department files, 1941-69

    Fuel and Power, 1945-64

CRD 2/1/1 The Geneva Conference on Atomic Energy 20 Oct. 1955
CRD 2/1/2 Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Atomic Energy - minutes and papers 1957-1960
CRD 2/1/3 Coal - papers 1945-7
CRD 2/1/4 Coal - papers 1947-8
CRD 2/1/5 Coal - papers 1948-9
CRD 2/1/6 Parliamentary Fuel and Power Committee - Coal Mining Subsistence Bill 1957
CRD 2/1/7 Electricity Bill - correspondence and papers 1947
CRD 2/1/8 Electricity Bill - correspondence and papers 1947
CRD 2/1/9 Advisory Committee on Electricity and Gas 1950-1
CRD 2/1/10 Fuel and Power Committee - papers 1947
CRD 2/1/11 Fuel and Power Committee - papers 1947
CRD 2/1/12 Fuel and Power Committee - papers 1948
CRD 2/1/13 Fuel and Power Committee - papers 1949
CRD 2/1/14 Fuel and Power Committee - papers 1949
CRD 2/1/15 Fuel and Power Committee - papers 1950-1
CRD 2/1/16 Fuel and Power Committee - minutes 1950-7
CRD 2/1/17 Junior Carleton Club: 'Fuel and Power: A Plan for the Conservation of the Nation's Fuel Resources' 1953
CRD 2/1/18 Fuel and Power Committee - notes and correspondence 1954-64
CRD 2/1/19 Oil Sub-Committee - notes and meetings 1955-6, 1962

    Textiles, 1937-59

CRD 2/2/1 New cotton trading - reopening of Liverpool Cotton Market 1949-54
CRD 2/2/2 Raw cotton and development councils 1947-53
CRD 2/2/3a General - notes and correspondence Feb. 1949-May 1955
CRD 2/2/3b General - notes and correspondence May 1955-Nov. 1959
CRD 2/2/4 Woollen Industry 1948-53
CRD 2/2/5 Wool Development Council 1947-9
CRD 2/2/6 Proposed Development Council for Wool 1947-50
CRD 2/2/7 Cotton 1937-48

    Iron and Steel, Minerals, Films, Plastics, Leather, 1940-59

CRD 2/3/1 Iron and Steel - briefs 1950-2
CRD 2/3/2 Iron and Steel - briefs and correspondence 1958-9
CRD 2/3/3 Minerals - CRD Paper Jan. 1954
CRD 2/3/4 Films - general 1951-9
CRD 2/3/5 British Plastics Industry - Industrial Survey by Behrens Trusted & Co. June 1950
CRD 2/3/6 Leather - correspondence Nov. 1951
CRD 2/3/7 Cinemas 1948
CRD 2/3/8a Steel 1940-9
CRD 2/3/8b Steel 1940-9

    Miscellaneous Letter books, 1948-62

CRD 2/4/1 Goldman 1948
CRD 2/4/2 Fuel and Power 1949
CRD 2/4/3 Fuel and Power 1962

    Science and Technology, 1954-64

CRD 2/5/1 Scientific Research and Development 1954-9
CRD 2/5/2 Report to NATO - Special Committee on Scientific and Technical Personnel - 'A survey of the demand and supply of scientific and engineering manpower on the United Kingdom' by Richard Fort, Chairman. Parliamentary Scientific Committee 1957
CRD 2/5/3 Policy Committee on Science and Industry - papers and minutes July 1960-May 1962, Report 1962, Miscellaneous Science and Technology documents 1963-4

    Nationalisation, 1945-59

CRD 2/6/1 Nationalised industries - papers and memoranda 1948-9
CRD 2/6/2 Policy Committee on nationalised industries 1956-7
CRD 2/6/3 James Douglas' notes, papers - Policy Committee on nationalised industries 1956-9
CRD 2/6/4 Miscellaneous CRD papers on nationalisation 1952-8
CRD 2/6/5 Nationalisation and Private Industry - notes and correspondence 1958-9
CRD 2/6/6 Labour Party and nationalisation policy 1957-61
CRD 2/6/7 Nationalisation pamphlet - unpublished n.d.
CRD 2/6/8 Controls 1945-8
CRD 2/6/9a State and Industry - nationalisation 1946-8
CRD 2/6/9b State and Industry - nationalisation 1946-8
CRD 2/6/10a Nationalisation - general n.d.
CRD 2/6/10b Nationalisation - general n.d.
CRD 2/6/11 David Eccles MP at CPC Edinburgh - 'The Alternative to Nationalisation' July 1948

    Industrial Research Committee Labour and Industry, 1925-64

CRD 2/7/1 The Industrial Charter 1947-8
CRD 2/7/2 Belgian Workers' Charter papers 1947-8
CRD 2/7/3 Parliamentary Workers' Charters papers 1947-8
CRD 2/7/4 Parliamentary Labour Committee papers 1954-64
CRD 2/7/5 Ideas Co-ordination Scheme - Clavell Blount's proposals to stimulate ideas for improvements in efficiency and working conditions 1949-58
CRD 2/7/6 Trade Unions and Employment papers 1950-9
CRD 2/7/7 Co-partnership in industry and joint consultation 1950-8
CRD 2/7/8 Trade practices, productivity notes and correspondence 1951-9
CRD 2/7/9 Trade disputes - lecture by J.A.T. Douglas 1954
CRD 2/7/10 National Joint Advisory Committee - press notes 1956-9
CRD 2/7/11 Industrial Research Committee - correspondence June 1955-June 1956
CRD 2/7/12 Industrial Research Committee - minutes June 1955-June 1956
CRD 2/7/13 Industrial Research Committee - papers June 1955-Oct. 1955
CRD 2/7/14 Industrial Research Committee - papers Oct. 1955-July 1956
CRD 2/7/15 Pay Pause 1961-5
CRD 2/7/16 'After the Pause' 1961-2
CRD 2/7/17 Industrial Relations Committee - papers and correspondence 1962
CRD 2/7/18 The Political Levy - Private Members Bill 1925
CRD 2/7/19 The General Strike 1926
CRD 2/7/20 Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1927
CRD 2/7/21 Trade Disputes Committee 1930-1
CRD 2/7/22 Trade Disputes 1939-45
CRD 2/7/23 Trade Disputes/Trade Unions 1940-6
CRD 2/7/24 Wages Policy 1945-8
CRD 2/7/25a Co-operative Societies 1946-8
CRD 2/7/25b Co-operative Societies 1946-8
CRD 2/7/26 Manpower 1946-50
CRD 2/7/27 Training for Industry (draft pamphlet) 1947
CRD 2/7/28 'Industrial Charter' - suggested amendments and additions 1947-8
CRD 2/7/29 Articles on the 'Industrial Charter' 1947-8
CRD 2/7/30a Incoming correspondence on the 'Industrial Charter' 1947-8
CRD 2/7/30b Incoming correspondence on the 'Industrial Charter' 1947-8
CRD 2/7/31a The 'Industrial Charter' publicity 1947-8
CRD 2/7/31a The 'Industrial Charter' publicity 1947-8
CRD 2/7/32 The 'Industrial Charter' - correspondence other than with Committee and Party officials 1946-8
CRD 2/7/33 The 'Industrial Charter' - Galley Proofs and Page Proofs- both versions c.1947-8
CRD 2/7/34 The Closed Shop 1946
CRD 2/7/35 The Workers' Charter 1947-9
CRD 2/7/36 'The Worker in Industry' - drafts c.1948
CRD 2/7/37 'The Worker in Industry' - comments on drafts 1949-51
CRD 2/7/38 Comments on 'The Worker in Industry' 1950-1
CRD 2/7/39a Trade Unions 1946-51
CRD 2/7/39b Trade Unions 1946-51
CRD 2/7/40 Miscellaneous papers on Trade Unions/Industrial Relations n.d.
CRD 2/7/41a Trade disputes and Trade Union Act 1927, 1946 (bill)
CRD 2/7/41b Trade disputes and Trade Union Act 1927, 1946 (bill)
CRD 2/7/42 Civil Service Trade Unions n.d.
CRD 2/7/43 Civil Servants and Trade Unions - Trade Disputes Act 1946
CRD 2/7/44 Central Trade Union Advisory Committee 1947-8
CRD 2/7/45 Examples of Joint Consultation n.d.
CRD 2/7/46 Industrial Relations - management and labour problems 1947-8
CRD 2/7/47a Industrial Policy - general 1948-9
CRD 2/7/47b Industrial Policy - general 1948-9
CRD 2/7/48a Industrial Policy Committee - miscellaneous correspondence arising out of Area meetings 1947
CRD 2/7/48b Industrial Policy Committee - miscellaneous correspondence arising out of Area meetings 1947
CRD 2/7/49 Industrial Policy Committee - replies to invitations to Area meetings c.1947
CRD 2/7/50 Industrial Policy Committee - lists of industrialists invited to Area meetings c.1947
CRD 2/7/51 Industrial Policy Committee - correspondence 1946-7
CRD 2/7/52 Industrial Policy Committee - correspondence 1947-8
CRD 2/7/53 Industrial Policy Committee - 1st draft report c.1947
CRD 2/7/54 Industrial Policy Committee - 2nd draft report c.1947
CRD 2/7/55 Papers circulated at Industrial Policy Committee meetings c.1947
CRD 2/7/56 Industrial Policy Committee - minutes and papers 1946-7
CRD 2/7/57 Industrial Policy Committee - minutes and papers 1947
CRD 2/7/58 Examples of co-partnership, profit-sharing, and employee shareholding pamphlets c.1947
CRD 2/7/59 Profit-sharing and co-partnership 1946-8

    Trade and Industry: General, 1946-64

CRD 2/8/1 Parliamentary Trade and Industry Committee - briefs and notes 1947-9
CRD 2/8/2 Parliamentary Trade and Industry Committee - briefs and notes 1950-2
CRD 2/8/3 Peter Cropper's file- report of Economy Sub - Committee of Finance, Trade and Industry Committee 1952
CRD 2/8/4 Parliamentary Trade and Industry Committee - briefs and notes 1953-64
CRD 2/8/5 Industrial Development - general 1947-59
CRD 2/8/6 Miscellaneous industries 1951-9
CRD 2/8/7 'Incentives in Industry' 1954
CRD 2/8/8 Automation - report, notes and correspondence 1955-9
CRD 2/8/9 'Automation and the Consumer' by Tory Backbenchers - Sub-Committee notes, James Douglas July-Sept. 1956
CRD 2/8/10a General trade subject file - Monopolies and Mergers 1961-4
CRD 2/8/10b General trade subject file - Company Law - paper by Rev. J.P. Maxwell, submitted to Company Law Committee n.d.
CRD 2/8/10c General trade subject file - Imports of Belgian Moquette 1960-2
CRD 2/8/11a General trade subject file - Export Credits 1961
CRD 2/8/11b General trade subject file - Small Businesses 1960-1
CRD 2/8/11c General trade subject file - John Osborn's pamphlet on Overseas Aid 1961
CRD 2/8/11d General trade subject file - Europe 1960-1
CRD 2/8/11e General trade subject file - Municipal Trading 1947-8
CRD 2/8/12 Bulk Purchase 1947-8
CRD 2/8/13 Financial Aid Schemes in Industry 1948
CRD 2/8/14 Monopolies 1947-8
CRD 2/8/15 Production 1946-8
CRD 2/8/16 Swedish Industrial Policy 1949-51
CRD 2/8/17 Imports and Exports n.d.
CRD 2/8/18 Trade and Industry - miscellaneous 1947-8
CRD 2/8/19 James Douglas Letter Book Nov. 1958-Mar. 1959
CRD 2/8/20 James Douglas Letter Book Mar.-July 1959
CRD 2/8/21 James Douglas Letter Book July-Oct. 1959
CRD 2/8/22 James Douglas Letter Book Oct.-Dec. 1959
CRD 2/8/23 James Douglas Letter Book Jan.-May 1960
CRD 2/8/24 James Douglas Letter Book May-Aug. 1960
CRD 2/8/25 James Douglas Letter Book Sept. 1960-Feb. 1961
CRD 2/8/26 James Douglas Letter Book Mar.-Aug. 1961
CRD 2/8/27 James Douglas Letter Book Sept. 1961-July 1962
CRD 2/8/28 James Douglas Letter Book July-Dec. 1962
CRD 2/8/29 James Douglas Letter Book Jan.-July 1963
CRD 2/8/30 James Douglas Letter Book July-Dec. 1963

    Economics and Finance, 1943-64

CRD 2/9/1 Conservative Trade and Finance Committee - minutes 1943-5
CRD 2/9/2 Parliamentary Finance Committee - papers 1945-9
CRD 2/9/3 Parliamentary Finance Committee - papers 1949-50
CRD 2/9/4 Parliamentary Finance Committee - papers 1950-1
CRD 2/9/5 Parliamentary Finance Committee - papers 1951-64
CRD 2/9/6 Bank of England 1945-7
CRD 2/9/7 Employment 1946-8
CRD 2/9/8 Currency Policy 1946-59
CRD 2/9/9 Economic Policy- general Jan. 1947-Nov. 1948
CRD 2/9/10 Briefs on Finance Bill 1947-8
CRD 2/9/11 Economics White Paper and Dollar Crisis - Economic Surveys 1947-8
CRD 2/9/12 Equal Pay 1947-8
CRD 2/9/13 Cost of Living Index 1947-8
CRD 2/9/14 Economic Policy Documents 1949
CRD 2/9/15 Devaluation 1949
CRD 2/9/16 Statistics n.d.
CRD 2/9/17 European Payments Union - announcements and information 1949-56
CRD 2/9/18 Sterling Area 1950-9
CRD 2/9/19 Government Expenditure 1950
CRD 2/9/20 Death Duties and the Family Business 1951-9
CRD 2/9/21 'Death Duties and the Manufacturing Business' - Economist Intelligence Unit Paper 1952
CRD 2/9/22 Machinery of Government - economies in administrative planning, expenditure and organisation 1951-6
CRD 2/9/23 Price Rises 1951
CRD 2/9/24 Economic Sub-Committee - minutes 1952-3
CRD 2/9/25 Internal Monetary Situation - papers and correspondence May 1951-Dec. 1952
CRD 2/9/26 Internal Monetary Situation Dec. 1952-Dec. 1955
CRD 2/9/27 Internal Monetary Situation Jan. 1956-Dec. 1957
CRD 2/9/28 Internal Monetary Situation Jan. 1958-Dec. 1959
CRD 2/9/29 Monopolies and Restrictive Practices - notes and correspondence 1950-6
CRD 2/9/30 Monopolies and Restrictive Practices 1956-9
CRD 2/9/31 Policy Committee on Monopolies 1962
CRD 2/9/32 Board of Finance - correspondence 1953-9
CRD 2/9/33 Savings and Capital Investment 1953-9
CRD 2/9/34 GATT and Empire Industries Association 1954
CRD 2/9/35 Economic Review - David Price's reports and notes 1955
CRD 2/9/36 Economic and Finance - general notes and correspondence 1956-7
CRD 2/9/37 Economic and Finance - general notes and correspondence 1957
CRD 2/9/38 Economic and Finance - general notes and correspondence 1957
CRD 2/9/39 Economic and Finance - general notes and correspondence 1958
CRD 2/9/40 Economic and Finance - general notes and correspondence 1958-9
CRD 2/9/41 European Free Trade Area - Finance Committee, Britain and European Trade 1956
CRD 2/9/42 Spreading Share Ownership 1957-8
CRD 2/9/43 Policy Committee on Share Ownership 1958-9
CRD 2/9/44 Government expenditure, monetary policy, industry and Parliament, decimal currency - miscellaneous notes and papers 1951-6
CRD 2/9/45 Miscellaneous papers on Anglo-Egyptian Government stock - 'Economic Growth' paper by B. Sewill (1960); Savings; export credits; 'Owning Capital' - Junior Carleton Club paper by William Clark (1963) 1960-3
CRD 2/9/46 Paper on finance by I. McDonald, USA n.d.
CRD 2/9/47 Policy Committee on Economic Growth - minutes and papers 1961-2

    Taxation Policy, 1944-64

CRD 2/10/1 Taxation 1944-8
CRD 2/10/2 Excess Profits Tax 1951-2
CRD 2/10/3 Tax Reform 1951-9
CRD 2/10/4 Taxation Policy - notes and correspondence 1950-5
CRD 2/10/5 Taxation Policy - notes and correspondence 1955
CRD 2/10/6 Taxation Policy - notes and correspondence 1957-8
CRD 2/10/7 Taxation Policy - notes and correspondence 1958
CRD 2/10/8 Taxation Policy - notes and correspondence 1958
CRD 2/10/9 Taxation Policy - notes and correspondence 1958-9
CRD 2/10/10 Taxation Policy - notes and correspondence 1959
CRD 2/10/11 Taxation Policy - notes and correspondence 1959
CRD 2/10/12 Taxation Policy - notes and correspondence 1956
CRD 2/10/13 Taxation Policy - notes and correspondence 1956
CRD 2/10/14 Taxation Policy - notes and correspondence 1956-7
CRD 2/10/15 Taxation Policy - notes, miscellaneous papers and correspondence 1959-65
CRD 2/10/16 Tax avoidance and the Finance Bill 1960
CRD 2/10/17 Conservative Finance Committee - Sub-Committee on Structure of Taxation 1960-1
CRD 2/10/18 Conservative Finance Committee - Sub-Committee on Fiscal Incentives for Exports 1961-2
CRD 2/10/19 Taxation Policy Committee - papers, notes and correspondence 1956-64

    Agricultural Committee, 1946-64

CRD 2/11/1 Parliamentary Agricultural Committee (PAC) papers Apr. 1946-Mar. 1948
CRD 2/11/2 Parliamentary Agricultural Committee (PAC) papers June 1948-July 1949
CRD 2/11/3 Parliamentary Agricultural Committee (PAC) papers Oct. 1949-July 1951
CRD 2/11/4 Parliamentary Agricultural Committee (PAC) papers Oct. 1952-Mar. 1956
CRD 2/11/5 Parliamentary Agricultural Committee (PAC) papers July 1961-Dec. 1964
CRD 2/11/6 Parliamentary Agricultural Committee (PAC) minutes Feb.-July 1954
CRD 2/11/7 Parliamentary Agricultural Committee (PAC) papers May 1955-July 1957
CRD 2/11/8 Parliamentary Agricultural Committee (PAC) minutes Oct. 1957-Dec. 1959
CRD 2/11/9 Parliamentary Agricultural Committee (PAC) minutes Jan. 1960-Aug. 1961
CRD 2/11/10 Parliamentary Agricultural Committee (PAC) minutes June 1962-Dec. 1964
CRD 2/11/11 Agricultural Policy Committee - minutes and papers Feb. 1955-June 1958
CRD 2/11/12 Agricultural Policy Committee 1960-1
CRD 2/11/13 Agricultural Policy Committee 1962-4

    Agricultural Charter Papers, 1948-9

CRD 2/12/1 Agricultural Charter - drafts and papers 1948
CRD 2/12/2 Miscellaneous papers prior to publication of Agricultural Charter May 1948-Sept. 1948
CRD 2/12/3 Agricultural Charter correspondence Dec. 1946-July 1949
CRD 2/12/4 Comments on Agricultural Charter n.d.
CRD 2/12/5 Comments on Agricultural Charter and shorter version draft n.d.

    Agriculture (general) and special subjects, 1946-69

CRD 2/13/1 Agriculture (general) 1946-9
CRD 2/13/2 Horticulture Sub-Committee papers 1946-51
CRD 2/13/3 Horticulture Sub-Committee minutes 1955-9
CRD 2/13/4 Horticulture - profit sharing scheme(s) n.d.
CRD 2/13/5 Horticulture Sub-Committee - papers 1959-60
CRD 2/13/6 Horticulture Sub-Committee - notes and correspondence 1959-61
CRD 2/13/7 Marketing and Prices 1947
CRD 2/13/8 Marketing Sub-Committee - minutes and correspondence 1960-1
CRD 2/13/9 Capital Equipment - notes and correspondence 1947
CRD 2/13/10 Crops 1947
CRD 2/13/11 Dairy and Poultry Farms 1947-8
CRD 2/13/12 Agricultural Policy (general) 1948-51
CRD 2/13/13 World Food Situation - two notes 1946-8
CRD 2/13/14 Petrol Tax on Farm Machinery 1949
CRD 2/13/15 Professor Engledow's paper on agriculture c.1950
CRD 2/13/16 Food and Drugs Amendment Bill - papers 1954
CRD 2/13/17 Pigs Study Group of Parliamentary Agricultural Committee 1955-60
CRD 2/13/18 Small Farms Sub-Committee of Parliamentary Agricultural Committee 1958
CRD 2/13/19 Notes on Agricultural Bill 1958
CRD 2/13/20 Tomatoes 1958
CRD 2/13/21 Agriculture (general) - press cuttings 1959-61
CRD 2/13/22 Agriculture - non-CRD papers

Comprises

  • rural electrification in England and Wales
  • protection against misleading statements relating to dairy product substitutes
  • application by NFU for removal of excise duty on cider or perry
  • potatoes
  • horticultural tariffs
  • the tomato tariff
  • the trawler fishermans' approach to 1960 Geneva Conference
  • profitability of curing 'A' pigs to bacon
  • external trade - Jamaica, 1960
c.1960
CRD 2/13/23 Agricultural Policy - complaints and suggestions 1959-61
CRD 2/13/24 Crops - notes and press cuttings 1959-61
CRD 2/13/25 Livestock (general) 1960-61
CRD 2/13/26 Dairy - general notes and press cuttings 1960-61
CRD 2/13/27 Covent Garden Market - notes, press cuttings and correspondence 1960-61
CRD 2/13/28 Land Drainage Bill - notes and press cuttings 1960-61
CRD 2/13/29 Forestry and Fisheries 1960-61
CRD 2/13/30 Agricultural Advisory Committee - meeting 10 May 1963
CRD 2/13/31 Conservative/German CDU meeting (agricultural papers) 29-30 Nov. 1969

    Agriculture Letter Books, 1952-63

CRD 2/14/1 Peter Minoprio letter book 1959
CRD 2/14/2 Peter Minoprio letter book 1960
CRD 2/14/3 Peter Minoprio letter book 1961
CRD 2/14/4 Peter Minoprio letter book 1961-2
CRD 2/14/5 Peter Minoprio letter book 1961-2
CRD 2/14/6 Peter Minoprio letter book 1961-3
CRD 2/14/7 Peter Minoprio letter book 1962
CRD 2/14/8 Peter Minoprio letter book 1962
CRD 2/14/9 Peter Minoprio letter book 1963
CRD 2/14/10 Peter Minoprio letter book 1963
CRD 2/14/11 Peter Minoprio letter book and speech notes 1961-4
CRD 2/14/12 Elisabeth Briggs letter book 1952
CRD 2/14/13 Elisabeth Briggs letter book 1952
CRD 2/14/14 Elisabeth Briggs letter book 1953
CRD 2/14/15 Elisabeth Briggs letter book 1953
CRD 2/14/16 Elisabeth Briggs letter book 1953
CRD 2/14/17 Elisabeth Briggs letter book 1954
CRD 2/14/18 John Strachey letter book 1954
CRD 2/14/19 John Strachey letter book 1954
CRD 2/14/20 John Strachey letter book 1955
CRD 2/14/21 John Strachey letter book 1955

    Transport - Aviation, 1946-64

CRD 2/15/1 Parliamentary Aviation Committee briefs 1946-51
CRD 2/15/2 Parliamentary Aviation Committee briefs 1953-4
CRD 2/15/3 Parliamentary Aviation Committee minutes and notes 1957-62
CRD 2/15/4 Parliamentary Aviation Committee minutes and notes 1962-4
CRD 2/15/5 BOAC correspondence 1958-64
CRD 2/15/6 Labour Policy on aviation 1958-63
CRD 2/15/7 Civil Aviation - nationalisation 1946-7
CRD 2/15/8 Civil Aviation 1948-51

    Transport - Motor Transport, 1947-64

CRD 2/16/1 Roads and road safety - miscellaneous notes and correspondence 1949-59
CRD 2/16/2 Motor transport - notes and correspondence 1955-9
CRD 2/16/3 Society of motor manufacturers and traders - notes and correspondence 1958-60
CRD 2/16/4 Bus Industry 1955-64
CRD 2/16/5 Buses - Sub-Committee on rural buses - notes and correspondence 1961
CRD 2/16/6 Nationalisaton of road haulage - miscellaneous notes 1962-4
CRD 2/16/7 Road and Rail 1947-8

    Railways, 1955-9

CRD 2/17/1 Railways - miscellaneous notes and correspondence 1955-9

    Inland waterways and Shipping, 1945-61

CRD 2/18/1 Shipping 1949-59
CRD 2/18/2 Parliamentary Committee on inland waterways - minutes 1957-61
CRD 2/18/3 Shipping 1945-8

    Transport - General, 1946-64

CRD 2/19/1a Transport nationalisation - general press cuttings and notes 1946-8
CRD 2/19/1b Transport nationalisation - general press cuttings and notes from Peterborough Citizen & Advertiser and Peterborough Standard 1949
CRD 2/19/2 Transport Committee briefs 1947-51
CRD 2/19/3 Transport Committee briefs 1952-64
CRD 2/19/4 Transport Committee minutes 1961-4
CRD 2/19/5 Transport Committee minutes 1963-4
CRD 2/19/6 Transport policy - miscellaneous briefs and notes 1949-51
CRD 2/19/7 Transport - general notes and correspondence 1951-2
CRD 2/19/8 Transport - general notes and correspondence 1952-9
CRD 2/19/9 Transport Bill, 1952 - guides and briefs to Transport Committee 1952
CRD 2/19/10 Crowther-Buchanan Report - notes and correspondence 1963-4
CRD 2/19/11 Reactions to Crowther-Buchanan Report 1963-4
CRD 2/19/12 Transport briefs 1947
CRD 2/19/13 Transport- general 1947-8

    Broadcasting, 1945-64

CRD 2/20/1 Committee on Broadcasting Policy, 1935 report - notes on sponsored television 1945-53
CRD 2/20/2 BBC - notes and correspondence 1946-61
CRD 2/20/3 Broadcasting - general correspondence 1948-52
CRD 2/20/4 Regional broadcasts, correspondence and notes 1948-61
CRD 2/20/5 Party Political Broadcasts - general correspondence 1948-64
CRD 2/20/6 Election Broadcasts 1950
CRD 2/20/7 Election Broadcasts 1951
CRD 2/20/8 General Election Broadcasting - listings 1950, 1951, 1955
CRD 2/20/9 General Election Broadcasting - correspondence 1958-9
CRD 2/20/10 Broadcasting - general election policy 1960-4
CRD 2/20/11 Advisory Committee on Broadcasting 1950-1
CRD 2/20/12 Fortnight Rule - notes and correspondence 1953-7
CRD 2/20/13 Broadcasting and Communication Committee - notes and minutes Dec. 1953-Apr. 1962
CRD 2/20/14 Broadcasting and Communication Committee - notes and minutes June 1962-July 1964
CRD 2/20/15 Broadcasting - miscellaneous notes and correspondence 1954-62
CRD 2/20/16 HAC on Television briefs 1953-4, 1960, 1961
CRD 2/20/17 Independent Television companies - miscellaneous correspondence 1957-61
CRD 2/20/18 Broadcasting - general 1958
CRD 2/20/19 Broadcasting of Parliament notes 1958-9, 1963
CRD 2/20/20 Broadcasting Policy Committee - minutes and notes on the future of broadcasting 1960
CRD 2/20/21 Broadcasting Policy Committee - Report on the Future of Broadcasting 1960
CRD 2/20/22 Broadcasting Policy Committee - minutes and notes 1960
CRD 2/20/23 BBC press cuttings 1946
CRD 2/20/24 Cable & Wireless 1946-8

    Public Opinion - Propaganda and Publicity, 1949-60

CRD 2/21/1 Survey of doubtul voters 1949-52
CRD 2/21/2 Propaganda and publicity, including film 1949-55
CRD 2/21/3 Survey of Liberal Voters 1950
CRD 2/21/4 Miscellaneous policy and propoganda documents 1952-7
CRD 2/21/5 Public Opinion - general

Includes National Opinion Polls Ltd - analysis of voting in Rochdale by-election, Feb. 1955

1954-9
CRD 2/21/6 First Report of the Psephology Group, 1960, on the value of Public Opinion Polls - minutes, notes and correspondence 1960

    Local Government, 1945-64

CRD 2/22/1 Local Government - general Feb. 1946-Sept. 1948
CRD 2/22/2 Local Government - general Oct. 1948-July 1953
CRD 2/22/3 Local Government Bill briefs 1947-8
CRD 2/22/4 Local Government Committee briefs 1947, 1949, 1950, 1959
CRD 2/22/5 Advisory Committee on Local Government - policy notes 1950-1
CRD 2/22/6 Local Government Policy Sub-Committee - memo 1950
CRD 2/22/7 Local Government legislation and reform 1954-62
CRD 2/22/8 Local Government - general 1957-62
CRD 2/22/9 London Government 1963-4
CRD 2/22/10 Local Government Finance and Rating 1952-6
CRD 2/22/11 Local Government Finance and Rating 1956-62
CRD 2/22/12 Policy Committee on Local Government Finance 1962
CRD 2/22/13 Policy Committee on Local Government Finance 1962
CRD 2/22/14 Circulars - election and by-election notes; municipal election notes 1945-8
CRD 2/22/15 By-elections 1948-50

    Housing (see also Health), 1946-64

CRD 2/23/1 Parliamentary Housing Committee Briefs July 1946-Dec. 1948
CRD 2/23/2 Parliamentary Housing Committee Briefs Feb. 1949-June 1950
CRD 2/23/3 Parliamentary Housing Committee Briefs Feb. 1949-June 1950
CRD 2/23/4 Housing - Press cuttings, papers and correspondence 1946-9
CRD 2/23/5 Housing - general notes and correspondence 1947-62
CRD 2/23/6 Policy documents on housing 1948-9
CRD 2/23/7 'A Property Owning Democracy' - draft and correspondence 1948-9
CRD 2/23/8 Housing Policy notes, Advisory Committee on Policy (ACP) 1950
CRD 2/23/9 Housing Policy Sub-Committee Reports 1949, 1951
CRD 2/23/10 Housing, Local Government and Works Committee minutes 1951-3
CRD 2/23/11 Housing, Local Government and Works Committee minutes 1953-5
CRD 2/23/12 Housing, Local Government and Works Committee minutes 1955-7
CRD 2/23/13 Housing, Local Government and Works Committee minutes 1957-9
CRD 2/23/14 Housing, Local Government and Works Committee minutes 1959-60
CRD 2/23/15 Housing, Local Government and Works Committee minutes 1960-1
CRD 2/23/16 Housing, Local Government and Works Committee minutes 1961-2
CRD 2/23/17 Housing, Local Government and Works Committee minutes 1962-3
CRD 2/23/18 Housing, Local Government and Works Committee minutes 1963-4
CRD 2/23/19 Compulsory Purchase and Requisitioned Houses 1949-50
CRD 2/23/20 Advisory Committee on Leasehold 1950-1
CRD 2/23/21 Leasehold - notes and correspondence and compulsory purchase 1951-62
CRD 2/23/22 Low Cost Housing - notes and correspondence 1952-8
CRD 2/23/23 Study Group on Co-Partnership Housing (SGCPH) - notes, minutes and report 1953
CRD 2/23/24 Housing - general notes and correspondence 1956-60
CRD 2/23/25 CRDs comments on Labour's housing policies 1957-9
CRD 2/23/26 Home Ownership - general notes and correspondence 1961-4
CRD 2/23/27 Housing - general notes and correspondence 1961-4
CRD 2/23/28 Socialist attitude to property - paper 1952
CRD 2/23/29 G. Block letter book See also CRD 2/44/28-31 for Block's previous letter books Oct.-Dec. 1949
CRD 2/23/30 G. Block letter book Jan.-Feb. 1950
CRD 2/23/31 G. Block letter book Mar.-May 1950
CRD 2/23/32 G. Block letter book June-Aug. 1950
CRD 2/23/33 G. Block letter book Sept.-Dec. 1950
CRD 2/23/34 G. Block letter book Jan.-Mar. 1951
CRD 2/23/35 G. Block letter book Apr.-May 1951
CRD 2/23/36 G. Block letter book June-July 1951
CRD 2/23/37 G. Block letter book Aug.-Sept. 1951
CRD 2/23/38 G. Block letter book Oct. 1951
CRD 2/23/39 G. Block letter book Nov.-Dec. 1951
CRD 2/23/40 G. Block letter book Jan.-Feb. 1952
CRD 2/23/41 G. Block letter book Mar.-Apr. 1952
CRD 2/23/42 G. Block letter book June-Sept. 1952
CRD 2/23/43 G. Block letter book Oct.-Dec. 1952
CRD 2/23/44 G. Block letter book Jan.-Apr. 1953
CRD 2/23/45 G. Block letter book May-Sept. 1953
CRD 2/23/46 G. Block letter book Oct.-Dec. 1953
CRD 2/23/47 G. Block letter book Jan.-Mar. 1954
CRD 2/23/48 G. Block letter book Apr.-June 1954
CRD 2/23/49 G. Block letter book July-Sept. 1954
CRD 2/23/50 G. Block letter book Oct.-Dec. 1954
CRD 2/23/51 G. Block letter book Jan.-Mar. 1955
CRD 2/23/52 G. Block letter book Apr.-May 1955
CRD 2/23/53 G. Block letter book June-Oct. 1955
CRD 2/23/54 G. Block letter book Nov.-Dec. 1955
CRD 2/23/55 G. Block letter book Jan.-Mar. 1956
CRD 2/23/56 G. Block letter book Apr.-June 1956
CRD 2/23/57 G. Block letter book July-Sept. 1956
CRD 2/23/58 G. Block letter book Oct.-Dec. 1956

    Rents/Rates (See also G. Block letter books CRD 2/23/29-58, CRD 2/44/28-31), 1952-64

CRD 2/24/1 Rent Acts - general papers 1952-4
CRD 2/24/2 Rating briefs 1954-64
CRD 2/24/3 Rents - miscellaneous notes and correspondence 1955-7
CRD 2/24/4 Rent control quotations 1956
CRD 2/24/5 Scottish Unionist Members' Sub-Committee on Rent Bill 1956-7
CRD 2/24/6 Rents - miscellaneous notes and correspondence 1957
CRD 2/24/7 Rents - miscellaneous notes and correspondence 1958-61

    Planning and Environment, 1946-64

CRD 2/25/1 Town and Country Planning - includes New Towns Bill 1946
CRD 2/25/2 Town and Country Planning - reports, briefs and correspondence 1946-7
CRD 2/25/3 Town and Country Planning - reports, briefs and correspondence 1946-9
CRD 2/25/4 Town and Country Planning Committee briefs 1946
CRD 2/25/5 Town and Country Planning Committee briefs 1947-51
CRD 2/25/6 Town and Country Planning Bill Jan.-Feb. 1947
CRD 2/25/7 Town and Country Planning Bill Mar.-July 1947
CRD 2/25/8 Statements on Town and Country Planning Policy 1950-1
CRD 2/25/9 Public Utilities and Streets 1950-1
CRD 2/25/10 Mineral Workings and Restoration of Land 1951-64
CRD 2/25/11 Town and Country Planning - miscellaneous notes and correspondence 1953-64

    Building Industries, 1950-64

CRD 2/26/1 War damage correspondence 1950-5
CRD 2/26/2 National Parks and New Towns - miscellaneous notes 1953-64
CRD 2/26/3 New towns/land planning briefs 1954-64
CRD 2/26/4 Slums - correspondence 1954-62
CRD 2/26/5 Building Industries - general correspondence 1954-60
CRD 2/26/6 Building and Housing finances - correspondence 1956-59

    Health (See also Social Security and Services), 1946-64

CRD 2/27/1 Mr. Clarke's file on health 1946-7
CRD 2/27/2 Mr. Clarke's file on health 1948-9
CRD 2/27/3 Housing and Health - general notes on the NHS Bill 1946
CRD 2/27/4 Health Bill (NHS) 1947-52
CRD 2/27/5 Parliamentary Medical Committee Briefs 1946-9
CRD 2/27/6 Parliamentary Medical Committee Briefs 1950-1
CRD 2/27/7 Parliamentary Medical Committee Briefs 1952-6
CRD 2/27/8 Parliamentary Medical Committee Briefs 1957-64
CRD 2/27/9 Health Sub-Committee - minutes (incomplete) 1946-54
CRD 2/27/10 Health policy - general 1947-50
CRD 2/27/11 Health policy - general Jan.-July 1951
CRD 2/27/12 Health policy - general Aug. 1951-Feb. 1952
CRD 2/27/13 Health Policy Committee documents 1-24 and 1951 report 1951
CRD 2/27/14 Nurses and ancillary medical workers- conditions and pay 1950-60
CRD 2/27/15 Hospitals - general notes and correspondence 1951-62
CRD 2/27/16 Public Health and sewerage - miscellaneous correspondence 1951-60
CRD 2/27/17 Doctors and dentists' pay - miscellaneous correspondence 1952-61
CRD 2/27/18 Pharmacists - drugs and appliances, miscellaneous correspondence 1957-62
CRD 2/27/19 Health - miscellaneous notes and correspondence 1957-63
CRD 2/27/20 Health

Comprises

  • general, preventive medicine, 1961-1964
  • mental health, 1957-1964
  • doctors, dentists and opticians, 1962-1964
  • nurses and ancillary workers, 1960-1964
1957-64
CRD 2/27/21 G. Block letter book Jan.-Mar.1957
CRD 2/27/22 G. Block letter book Apr.-June 1957
CRD 2/27/23 G. Block letter book July-Sep. 1957
CRD 2/27/24 G. Block letter book Oct.-Dec. 1957
CRD 2/27/25 G. Block letter book Jan.-Mar. 1958

    Post-War Problems Central Committee, 1939-46

Related Material: For more on the Central Committee on Post-War Problems and its sub-committees, 1941-1945, see the online catalogue of Butler’s papers at Trinity College, Cambridge

CRD 2/28/1 Committee for Future Policy - correspondence 1939-41
CRD 2/28/2 Committee for Future Policy - correspondence 1941-2
CRD 2/28/3 Conservative Central Committee (post-war reconstruction) - notes and correspondence 1941-5
CRD 2/28/4 Post-War Problems Central Committee - minutes Sept. 1941-Dec. 1945
CRD 2/28/5 Post-War Problems Central Committee - minutes 11 Sept. 1942
CRD 2/28/6 Note by Chairman (Ralph Assheton) on the Beveridge Report Committee, 17 Dec. 1942; Report on the Beveridge Proposals, 19 Jan. 1943 1942-3
CRD 2/28/7 National Planning (Post-War Problems Central Committee) Report 1943
CRD 2/28/8 Research and Post-War Planning - United Nations Information Office - bibliography, part XIII - survey of agencies Feb. 1944
CRD 2/28/9 Conservative Central Committee/Post-War Reconstruction Committee - notes, papers and minutes 1944-6
CRD 2/28/10 Post-War Problems Central Committee, Reports to the Consultative Committee 1941-2
CRD 2/28/11 Post-War Problems Central Committee, sub-committee minutes and reports - Agricultural Sub-Committee 1942
CRD 2/28/12 Post-War Problems Central Committee, sub-committee minutes and reports - Industrial and Finance Sub-Committee 1942-1943
CRD 2/28/13 Post-War Problems Central Committee, sub-committee minutes and reports - Imperial Sub-Committee 1942
CRD 2/28/14 Post-War Problems Central Committee, sub-committee minutes and reports - Demobilization and Resettlement Sub-Committee 1942
CRD 2/28/15 Post-War Problems Central Committee, sub-committee minutes and reports - Social Services Sub-Committee 1942-1943
CRD 2/28/16 Post-War Problems Central Committee, sub-committee minutes and reports - Constitutional Reform Sub-Committee 1943
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