Correspondence

Title

Correspondence

Shelfmark

CCO 508/1/7-12

Summary

Comprises correspondence of Sir Christopher Prout, arranged as follows:

CCO 508/1/7 - Constituency correspondence, Nov 1992-May 1994;

CCO 508/1/7a - Constituency correspondence, Nov 1992-May 1994; (= Closed)

CCO 508/1/8 - Correspondence with Members of Parliament, May 1992-Feb 1994;

CCO 508/1/8a - Correspondence with Members of Parliament, May 1992-Feb 1994; (= Closed)

CCO 508/1/9 - European People's Party (EPP) Group correspondence and memoranda, Nov 1993-Apr 1994;

CCO 508/1/10 - Government/Ministerial correspondence and memoranda, Oct 1993-May 1994;

CCO 508/1/10a - Government/Ministerial correspondence and memoranda, Oct 1993-May 1994; (= Closed)

CCO 508/1/11 - Party Chairman/Conservative Central Office correspondence and memoranda, Oct 1993 - Jun 1994;

CCO 508/1/12 - Correspondence with the Prime Minister and 10 Downing Street, Aug 1993-Mar 1994.

Correspondents include:

Bottomley, Virginia, Secretary of State for Health [CCO 508/1/8, CCO 508/1/10];

Bainbridge, Timothy, Secretariat, European People's Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament [CCO 508/1/9];

Currie, Edwina, MP for South Derbyshire [CCO 508/1/8];

Dykes, Hugh, MP for Harrow East and Chairman, European Movement, United Kingdom [CCO 508/1/8];

Fowler, Norman, Conservative Party Chairman [CCO 508/1/11];

Gill, Christopher, MP for Ludlow [CCO 508/1/8];

Hunt, David, Secretary of State for Employment [CCO 508/1/10];

Hurd, Douglas, Foreign Secretary [CCO 508/1/10, CCO 508/1/12];

Inglewood, Richard, MEP for Cumbria and Lancashire [CCO 508/1/8];

Lansley, Andrew, Director, Conservative Research Department [CCO 508/1/11];

Major, John, Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party [CCO 508/1/11-12];

Smith, Tim, MP for Beaconsfield [CCO 508/1/8];

Teasdale, Anthony, Head of London Office/Secretary General, Conservatives in the European Parliament [CCO 508/1/9-10, CCO 508/1/12];

Tomlinson, John, MEP for Birmingham West [CCO 508/1/11].

Subjects include:

Anglo-German relations and bilateral meetings;

Animal welfare;

Conservative approach to 'federalism';

Eastleigh by-election, 1994 [CCO 508/1/12].

Relations between Conservative MEPs and the European People's Party (EPP);

European Elections, 1994;

Includes:

Minutes of the Meeting of the Political Bureau of the European People's Party (EPP), Brussels, 3 Mar 1994, in French and English [CCO 508/1/8];

'Why the European Elections matter to business', paper by Anthony Teasdale, 1 Jan 1994 [CCO 508/1/9];

Daily Regional Intelligence Reports produced by the CCO Campaigning Department, 18-21 Apr 1994 [CCO 508/1/9];

'Federalism: Basis of line to take', paper by Christopher Prout, 26 Oct 1993 [CCO 508/1/10];

Conservative Research Department Brief, 'Qualified Majority Voting', prepared for a statement in the House of Commons, 29 Mar 1994 [CCO 508/1/10];

Record of meeting between the Prime Minister and Conservative MEPs, 22 Nov 1993 [CCO 508/1/12];

Confidential note from Douglas Hurd to the Prime Minister regarding federalism and the European Elections, 5 Nov 1993 [CCO 508/1/12].

Date

May 1992-Jun 1994

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (6 folders)