Memoranda to Speakers , Aug 1948-Sep 1951
Dates
- Creation: Aug 1948-Sep 1951
Language of Materials
- English
Full range of shelfmarks:
PUB 189/35
Biographical / Historical
This was a very different publication to Hints for Speakers and the various other incarnations and usually consisted of between 1-4 pages, but occasionally up to 15, A5-size. It was prepared by the Conservative Research Department and issued by the Speakers' Department of Conservative Central Office.
Only Memoranda no's 37 (23rd Aug 1948)-101 (4th Sep 1951) survive, although a note part-way through the volume into which they were bound, states: 'These were issued by Speakers' Department. Nos 1-36 were duplicated memos. This set was bound from No. 43 onwards. Nos. 37-42 were missing then, but have now been inserted inside front cover.'
A list of the Memoranda titles for No's 1-87 are included with the minutes of the Memoranda to Speakers Committee [see Shelfmark: CCO 4/2/19]. Those prior to No. 37 appear to have been existing documents which were re-circulated as part of the Memoranda series.
No consistent publication programme appears to have been followed, and frequency varies from weekly to bi-monthly. The Memoranda provide background information to current issues before Parliament – mostly focusing on single topics - and sourced facts and figures with which to rebut Opposition arguments.
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