Party Chairman's correspondence with Miscellaneous Ministers

Title

Party Chairman's correspondence with Miscellaneous Ministers

Shelfmark

CCO 20/1/19

Summary

Correspondents include:-

Barber, Anthony, Chancellor of the Exchequer

Bowlby, Miss Angela, Personal Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas-Home

Carr, Robert, Secretary of State for Employment

Campbell, Gordon, Secretary of State for Scotland

Chataway, Chris, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications

Davies, John, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

Douglas, James, Director, Conservative Research Department

Douglas-Home, Sir Alec, Foreign Secretary

Fraser, Sir Michael, Deputy Party Chairman

Hill, Charles, Baron Hill of Luton, Chairman, BBC

Hogg, Quintin, Lord Hailsham of Marylebone, Lord Chancellor

Hordern, Peter, Chairman, Conservative Parliamentary Finance Committee

Howard, Mr GC, Chairman, Winn Industries Ltd

Jellicoe, George, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, Minister for the Civil Service

Joseph, Sir Keith, Secretary of State for Health and Social Security

Mackie, John, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Money, AL, Chief Agent, West Leicester Conservative Association

Newton, Tony, Conservative Research Department

Prior, Jim, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

St. John-Stevas, Norman, MP for Chelmsford

Sharples, Richard, Minister of State at the Home Office

Smith, Harry, Chairman, City of Oxford Conservative Association

Thomas, Peter, Party Chairman

Walker, Peter, Secretary of State for the Environment

Whitelaw, William, Lord President of the Council

Subjects include:-

Appointment of Geoffrey Rippon MP as Conservative Party representative on Jean Monnet's 'Action Committee for the United States of Europe', Nov 1970

Left-wing bias of BBC broadcasts, Nov 1970

Ministerial appointments of Party members to positions on public board and authorities (including lists prepared following question tabled in the House of Commons), Dec 1970-Feb 1971

Economic policy, Feb 1971

Implications for subsidiary engineering companies of the collapse of Rolls Royce, Feb 1971

Campaign against the Industrial Relations Bill, Mar 1971

Complaint at lack of Ministerial visits to constituencies, Mar 1971

Public opinion survey on the Social Services, Apr 1971

Conservative Party seminar on tax reform, Apr-May 1971

Meeting with Christian Democrats in Rome, Jun 1971

Civil service numbers, Jun 1971

Leaseholders' enfranchisement, Aug 1971

Possible drop in donations to the Conservative Party by surtax payers, Sep 1971

Christmas parties held at Conservative Central Office for 'prominent people from radio and television', Nov 1971

Ink attack on Prime Minister Edward Heath during visit to Brussels, Jan 1972

Includes:-

Memorandum, 'Rolls Royce - Government Action', by GC Howard, 08/02/1971 [4pp]

Conservative Research Department report [ref. PS/72/3], 'Summary of Opinion Research Centre's Survey of Party Images (Fieldwork - 15-19 March, 1972), [Author: DN/MJD], 29/4/1972

Date

Oct 1970-Mar 1972

Language

English

Physical extent

1 file