STATE PROVISION FOR SOCIAL NEED:

Series Two: The Beveridge Papers from the Library of Political and Economic Science

Part 1: Early Working Papers on Welfare, Labour and Unemployment Insurance, 1902-1944

Part 2: Politics, Economic Planning, Social Insurance, Health and the Welfare State, 1944-1963

Contents of Reels - Part 2

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SECTION VI: POLITICS

[New section compiled mainly from C.Ib355 and Z24-30]

Item (Former Ref)

MP for Berwick on Tweed, 1944-45

1 (Z25 X.VI.XXII) Correspondence, speech-notes and press-cuttings about Beveridge's adoption as Liberal candidate and subsequent election, Berwick on Tweed, 1944.

2 (I355 add. b) Letters of congratulations on election, 1944.

3 (Z16/7 X.XIV A6.101) Copies (some signed) and press-cuttings of his maiden speech in the debate on social insurance, 1944. Notes of other parliamentary speeches, 1944-45.

4 (Z25) Correspondence about financial assistance for the improvement of Berwick harbour, 1944-45.

5 (Z25) Correspondence about the proposed establishment of Berwick Development Company, 1944-45.

6 (Z25) Correspondence about bye-law for a footpath in Warkworth, 1944.

7 (Z24) Correspondence about postwar economic planning, 1944-45.

8 (Z24) Correspondence about Beveridge’s vote in debate on Greece, 1944-45.

9 (Z24) Correspondence about effect of war works on the Lake District, 1945.

10 (Z24) Correspondence about amendments to the Family Allowances Bill, 1945. [2 files].

11 (Z24) Evidence given by Beveridge to Home Office Departments Committee on Alternative Remedies, 1945.

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12 (Z27/3) Correspondence and report about Dumbarton Oaks Committee proposals on peace, 1945. [2 files].

General Election, 1945

13 (Z27/1-2) Liberal Party Organisation Election Campaign Committee: correspondence, minutes, reports and memoranda, 1945.

14 (Ib355 add. a X.XXII) Pamphlets, election addresses, press-cuttings and other material used in the election campaign, 1945.

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14 cont. (Ib355 add. a X.XXII) Pamphlets, election addresses, press-cuttings and other material used in the election campaign, 1945.

15 (Z27/4 Ib355 add. a) Party political broadcast and correspondence from listeners, 1945.

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16 (Ib355 add. a) Election Diary: correspondence, itineraries, speech-notes X.XII Z25, 26/4 and addresses, and press-cuttings about the election campaign, 1945.

17 (Z25) Correspondence from other candidates and the general public about issues raised during the election campaign, 1945.

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17 (Z25) Correspondence from other candidates and the general public about issues raised during the election campaign, 1945. [continued].

18 (Z25 L III24 OCX.XXII) Correspondence, memoranda and newspaper articles aboutelection results, 1945.

19 (Z26/1) Constituency correspondence before a by-election, 1943-44.

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20 (Z26/2-3, 5) Correspondence, mainly with Berwick Division Liberal Association, relating to the constituency, 1944-45.

21 (L III 239 Z25) Correspondence with constituents about their problems, 1944-45.
[2 files; the second file suffers from very severe water damage].

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21 cont. (L III 239 Z25) Correspondence with constituents about their problems, 1944-45. [3 files].

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21 cont. (L III 239 Z25) Correspondence with constituents about their problems, 1944-45. [3 files].

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22 (Z30/2) Correspondence about an invitation to stand for combined English Universities seat on the death of Eleanor Rathbone, 1946.

House of Lords, 1946-63 Parliamentary Debates

23 (CO58) National Insurance Bill: speech notes and Hansard, 25 June 1946.

24 (BO13a) Health Service: speech notes, 9 October 1946.

25 (BO13a) Foreign Affairs: speech notes, 29 July and 6 November 1946.

26 (BO13a CO55) Displaced Persons: speech notes and Hansard, 19 December 1946.

27 (BO13a CO55) Economic Situation: speech notes and Hansard, 19-20 March 1947.

28 (BO13a CO55) Five-Day Week for Miners: Expenditure on U S Tobacco and Filnis: notes and Hansard, 22 April 1947.

29 (CO58) Plight of Old People, Hansard, 1 May 1947.

30 (BO13a CO55) Food Situation: speech notes and Hansard, 7-8 May 1947.

31 (CO55) University Education: Hansard, 14 May 1947.

32 (BO13 CO55) Transport BIll: speech notes and Hansard, 20 May - 25 June 1947.

33 (BO13 CO55) Supplies and Services (Extended Purposes) Bill: speech notes and Hansard, 12-13 August 1947.

34 (BO13a CO55) Housing: speech notes and copy of Hansard, 3 December 1947.

35 (BO13) Children’s Bill: speech notes, 1948.

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36 (BO15 CO55) Voluntary Action for Social Progress: correspondence, speech notes and Hansard, 22 June 1949.

37 (CO58) Plight of Old People: Hansard, 5 April 1950. [WHB did not speak].

38 (CO58) Care of Old People: Hansard, 18 April 1951.

39 (BO14) British Broadcasting Corporation: speech notes and Hansard, 25 July 1951.

40 (BO14 CO55) Economic Situation: speech notes and Hansard, 1 April 1952.

41 (X.XVIII BO14) Transport Policy: correspondence, material for and speech notes and Hansards, 15 May 1952.

42 (BO15-6 CO58) Well-being of the Family: speech notes and Hansards, 20 May 1952.

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43 (Ib352a CO58) Charitable Trusts: correspondence, material for and speech notes and Hansard, 22 July 1953. Includes copy letters about Royal Maternity Charity of London, 1948-50, report of committee on Charitable Trusts, 1952, and Trusts and Foundations, by Guy W Keeling, 1953. Television Policy: Hansards, 25-6 November 1953 [3 files, one of which has been reclassified and located elsewhere in the archive; please see also under Section VII item 87].

44 (CO58) National Insurance Problems: Hansard, 10 February ( nd ).

45 (BO17) Welfare and Health Services: speech notes, 7 April 1954.

46 (BO17) World Population and Resources: speech notes, 28 April 1954 [Hansard]. CO58 Television Bill: speech notes, 30 June 1954 [see under Section VII item 87].

47 (BO17) National Insurance Bill: speech notes and Hansard, 20 December 1954.

48 (Ib359) add Oxford By-Pass: speech notes and Hansard, 8 February 1955.

49 (CO58) Problem of the Aged: Hansard, 23 March 1955 [see also Section VII item 7].

50 (L III 245 BO18) Coercive Action (Relief) Bill: correspondence, speech notes and bill, 24 January 1956.

51 (BO18 Ia 321) Officers’ Pay and Conditions: speech notes and Hansard, 25 January 1956.

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52 (CO55 Ib 354) Economic Situation: speech notes and Hansard, 7 March 1956.

53 (Ia 311) Death Penalty (Abolition) Bill: correspondence, memoranda and Hansard, 12 March - 30 May 1956. (House of Commons).

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54 (Ia 321 BO18) Imperial Institute: correspondence, speech notes and Hansard, 13 March 1956.

55 (BO18) Finance Bill No 2: speech notes, 30 July 1956.

56 (Ib 351 BO18) Suez Canal: correspondence, speech notes, press cuttings and other papers, 13 September 1956.

57 (CO55) Sound and Vision Broadcasting: speech notes and Hansard, 23 Jan 1957.

58 (Ib 359) Oxford’s Traffic Problem: speech notes and Hansard, 13 February 1957.

59 (CO55) Clubs: speech notes, 19 February 1957.

60 (Ib 359 add.) Scope of Oxford Roads Inquiry: Hansard, 12 March 1957.

61 (Ib 359) Oxford Ring Road: correspondence and Hansard, 2-3 July 1957.

62 (CO57 BO20) Transferability in Pension Schemes: correspondence, speech notes and Hansard, 21 January 1958.

63 (BO20 CO55) World Government: speech notes and Hansard, 14 May 1958.

64 (CO55) European Convention on Human Rights: Hansard, 18 November 1958.

65 (CO58) Provision for Old Age: speech notes and Hansard, 3 December 1958.

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66 (Ib 353 CO55) Evils of Unplanned Conurbation: correspondence and material for and speech notes, 25 February 1959.

67 (CO55) United Nations and World Authority: speech notes and Hansard, 22 July 1959.

68 (CO55 Ib 364/19) Address in reply to Her Majesty’s Speech: speech notes and Hansard, 28 October 1959.

69 (CO55) Science in Civil Life: Hansard, 9 December 1959. Disarmament: speech notes and Hansard, 10 February 1960 [see under Section VII item 78].

70 (CO56) Local Employment Bill: Hansard, 23 February 1960.

71 (CO56) Leisure: speech notes, 2 March 1960.

72 (CO56) Defence: speech notes and Hansard, 10 March 1960.

73 (CO56) Adult Education: speech notes and Hansard, 16 March 1960. [3 files].

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74 (Ib 362 CO56) University and Other Higher Education: correspondence, material for and speech notes, press cuttings and Hansard, 11 May 1960. Includes correspondence about Universities of York and Sussex, 1960-61. [4 files].

75 (CO56) Youth Service and The Albemarle Report: speech notes and Hansard, 18 May 1960.

76 (CO56) Magistrates’ Powers and Control of Clubs: speech notes and Hansard, 1 June 1960.

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77 (CO56) Newspapers: speech notes and Hansard, 22 June 1960.

78 (CO56) Colonial Development Corporation: speech notes and Hansard, 20 July 1960.

79 (CO59) Address in Reply to Her Majesty’s Speech (on Colonialism): material for and speech notes and Hansard, 2 November 1960. [see also amended Hansards, Section VII item 78].

80 (Ib 359) Oxford’s Traffic Problem: speech notes and Hansard, 10 November 1960.

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81 (Ib 351 CO56) Monckton Commission Report (constitution of Rhodesia and Nyasaland): Monckton and other reports, material for and speech notes and Hansard, 16 November 1960.

82 (CO56) Services Retired Pay and Pensions: speech notes and Hansards, 23 November 1960.

83 (CO56) Modern Aids in Education: speech notes and Hansard, 29 November 1960.

84 (CO57-8) International Situation: correspondence, speech notes and Hansards, 8 February 1961.

85 (CO58) National Health Service Charges: speech notes and Hansard, 13 February 1961.

86 (CO57) Advice on Health Service Facilities: Hansard, 28 February 1961.

87 (CO57) Broadcasting: speech notes, 1 March 1961.

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88 (Ib 351 CO57) Central Africa: material for and speech notes and Hansard, 7-8 March 1961.

89 (CO58) National Health Service Charges: Hansard 9 March 1961.

90 (Ib 351 CO57) South Africa and the Commonwealth: correspondence, material for and speech notes and Hansards, 23 March 1961. [3 files].

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90 cont. (Ib 351 CO57) South Africa and the Commonwealth: correspondence, subject material and speech notes and Hansards, 23 March 1961. (continued). [1 file].

91 (CO57) National Health Service Contributions Bill: Hansard, 27 March 1961. [see also Sedction VIII item 62].

92 (CO58) National Health Service Bill: speech notes and Hansard, 11 April 1961.

93 (CO57) Road Traffic Bill: bill, speech notes and Hansards, 13 April - 2 May 1961.

94 (CO57) Christian Unity: speech notes and Hansard, 10 May 1961.

95 (CO57) World Government: speech notes, 19 July 1961.

96 (CO57) Foreign affairs: speech notes, 17 October 1961.

97 (CO57) Population Pressure in Asia: Hansard, 6 June 1962.

98 (CO57) Pilkington Report on Broadcasting: correspondence speech notes and Hansard, 18 July 1962.

99 (CO57) Disarmament: speech notes, 27 June - 27 September 1962 and Hansard, 27 June 1962.

100 (Ia 341) Correspondence and memoranda about Manchester Corporation Bill (Ullswater), 1961-62.

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101 (Ia 319) Correspondence with members about parliamentary debates and other Lords’ business, 1958-62.

102 (??C) Index to Hansards: House of Commons, 25 July 1952 - 22 July 1954; House of Lords, 14 October 1952 - 15 July 1954.

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102 cont. (??C) Index to Hansards: House of Commons, 25 July 1952 - 22 July 1954; House of Lords, 14 October 1952 - 15 July 1954. (continued).

Liberal Party Organisation

103 (Z25) Correspondence, committee minutes, addresses and memoranda about Liberal Party Assembly, 1945.

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104 (Ib 355 Z30/4) Correspondence with LPO, 1946-50. Includes Executive Committee minutes about Liberal Unity, 1946.

105 (Ib 355) Correspondence, election addresses and other material relating to 1950 general election, 1949-50.

106 (Z40) Correspondence with LPO, 1952-53.

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107 (Ib 355 add A4.102 X.VIII) Correspondence with LPO and Radical Reform Group, 1953-55. General election results, 1955.

108 (Ib 355) Correspondence, election addresses and other material relating to 1959 general election, 1959.

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109 (Ib 355) Correspondence with LPO and other Liberal organisations, 1960-62.

110 (X.XIX) Women’s Liberal Federation: executive committee minutes and correspondence, 1945-47.

111 (Ib 355) Berwick upon Tweed Division Liberal Association: correspondence and other papers, 1947-51.

112 (Ib 355) Correspondence with the Liberal International and Crusade for World Government, 1947-48.

113 (X.XVII) Liberal Trade Union Commission: draft preliminary report, 1949.

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