Correspondence

Title

Correspondence

Shelfmark

CCO 508/1/47

Summary

Comprises:

CCO 508/1/47/1 - Correspondence of Sir James Scott-Hopkins MEP with members of the British Government, Jul 1979-Apr 1981;

CCO 508/1/47/2 - Correspondence of Sir James Scott-Hopkins MEP with members of the British Government, May-Dec 1981.

Correspondents include:

Atkins, Humphrey, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland;

Butler, Adam, Minister of State, Department of Industry [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Carrington, 6th Baron (Peter Carington), Foreign Secretary;

Denham, 2nd Baron (Bertram Bowyer), Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords [CCO 508/1/47/2];

du Cann, Edward, MP for Taunton and Chairman, 1922 Committee [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Fowler, Norman, Minister of Transport [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Gilmour, Sir Ian, Lord Privy Seal [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Gow, Ian, MP for Eastbourne and PPS to the Prime Minister [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Heath, Edward, MP for Sidcup and former Prime Minister [CCO 508/1/47/2];

Heseltine, Michael, Secretary of State for the Enviornment [CCO 508/1/47/2];

Howe, Sir Geoffrey, Chancellor of the Exchequer [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Jackson, Christopher, MEP for Kent East [CCO 508/1/47/2];

Jopling, Michael, Government Chief Whip;

Lamont, Norman, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Energy;

Luce, Richard, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office [CCO 508/1/47/2];

Maitland, Sir Donald, United Kingdom Permenant Representative to the European Communities [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Marsden, William, Assistant Head of the European Community Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office;

Miller, Hilary (Hal), MP for Bromsgrove and Redditch [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Parkinson, Cecil, Minister for Trade [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Pym, Francis, Defence Secretary, later Leader of the House of Commons [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Ridley, Nicholas, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, later Financial Secretary to the Treasury;

Thatcher, Margaret, Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party;

Tebbit, Norman, Secretary of State for Employment [CCO 508/1/47/2];

Warner, Sir Fred, MEP for Somerset [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Whitelaw, William, Home Secretary [CCO 508/1/47/1];

Younger, George, Secretary of State for Scotland [CCO 508/1/47/1].

Subjects include:

British Presidency of the EEC;

Government reshuffle, 1981;

Northern Ireland;

Relations between the Conservatives in the European Parliament and the Government;

Trade policy;

Visits of ministers and senior Party figures to the European Parliament.

Includes:

Sir Fred Catherwood and Sir Fred Warner, memorandum on the relationship between British Conservative MEPs and a British Conservative Government, 16 Jan 1980;

Sir James Scott-Hopkins, document outlining lines of possible action for the British presidency of the EEC, prepared for the Foreign Secretary, 22 Apr 1981;

'British Membership of the Exchange Rate Mechanism of the European Monetary System', EDG memorandum prepared for the British Government, Jun 1981;

Northern Ireland: Points at Issue, briefing document produced by the Northern Ireland Office for overseas diplomats, with covering letter from Humphrey Atkins, 10 Sep 1981.

Date

Jul 1979-Dec 1981

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (2 folders)