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Scotland: Correspondence and papers concerning the Fairgrieve Committee of Enquiry

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CCO 20/11/80

Summary

The committee was set up to consider the constitutional position of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association and its relationship with the Scottish Conservative Central Office, in comparison the position in England

[The terms of reference of this committee, chaired by the Chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party Russell Fairgrieve MP, was: 'To compare the organisational and constitutional relationship of the National Union to Central Office with that between the S.C.U.A. and the Chairman's Office in Scotland; to isolate, examine, and assess such factors as might determine the necessity for continuing differences between the two relationships; to consider the desirability and the feasibility of integration, wholly or partially, of S.C.U.A. into the National Union, and of the Chairman's Office in Scotland into the Central Office organisation; to make recommendations.']

The Committee consisted of the following:-

Russell Fairgrieve MP, Chairman of the Conservative Party in Scotland

Charles W. Bell, Deputy Chairman and National Treasurer

William A. Dalziel, Deputy Chairman

Tom N.H .Young, President, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association

Russell Sanderson, Vice-President, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association

Dr. Alistair Smith, Vice-President, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association

Graham Macmillan, Director of the Scottish Conservative Party

Andrew Strang, Secretary, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association

Includes:-

Fairgrieve Report, 18/11/1976 [Photocopy only]

Letter from Margaret Thatcher to Russell Fairgrieve concerning the report, 02/12/1976 [Photocopy only]

Memorandum from Russell Fairgrieve to Lord Thorneycroft, 'Memorandum on the Recommendations of the Fairgrieve Committee of Enquiry', 06/12/1976

Annotated copy of 'Memorandum Supplementary to Mr Russell Fairgrieve's Letter to Lord Thorneycroft dated 6th December 1976' [Author not known]

Circular letter from Russell Fairgrieve accompanying copies of the report sent to members of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association Executive Committee, 30/03/1977 [Photocopy only]