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Correspondence, press cuttings and memoranda concerning Devolution and the Scottish Referendum, 1978-1979

 File
CCO 20/11/84

Correspondents include:-
  1. Atkins, Humphrey, Chief Whip
  2. Britto, Keith, Conservative Research Department
  3. Garel-Jones, Tristan, Conservative Central Office
  4. McDermott, Evelyn, Conservative Research Department
  5. Maude, Angus, Deputy Party Chairman
  6. Stephen, Mrs Kate, Press Officer, Edinburgh

Includes:-
  1. Conservative Central Office press release containing extract of speech by Leon Brittan, Opposition Spokesman on Devolution and House of Commons Affairs, Middlesbrough, 20/10/1978
  2. Minutes of meeting held in the Chairman's Office to discuss Scotland, 01/11/1978 [6pp; Meeting was attended by Party Chairman Lord Thorneycroft, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Teddy Taylor, Chairman of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Russell Fairgrieve, Director of Organisation Anthony Garner, and PA to the Party Chairman Alan Howarth]
  3. Transcript [photocopy] of speech by Teddy Taylor MP, Shadow Spokesman on Scottish Affairs, to the Central Council of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association, Motherwell, 04/11/1978
  4. Conservative Central Office press release containing extract from speech by Robert Adley MP at the 74 Club, 08/12/1978
  5. Draft leaflet [?], 'Why a "No" Vote is right for Scotland…And Why Conservative plans are better for Scotland…, ND [c1978]
  6. Conservative Central Office press release containing statements on devolution made by Francis Pym MP and Leon Brittan MP during a press conference, Edinburgh, 05/12/1978
  7. Memorandum, 'Attitudes in Scotland to Devolution – The Scotsman Poll', Keith Britto, Conservative Research Department, 22/02/1979
  8. Transcript of article appearing in The Scotsman, 28/02/1978 entitled 'BBC Give in to Tory Pressure'
  9. Various press cuttings concerning Enoch Powell's speech concerning the Welsh Devolution referendum, Cardiff, 01/03/1979
  10. Paper, 'The Devolution Referendums 1979: The Results', Keith Britto, Conservative Research Department, 09/03/1979 [10pp]
  11. Memorandum, 'Scotland Says No: Result of public opinion poll on referendum abstentions', Fieldwork (Scotland) Ltd, Mar 1979
  12. Conservative Central Office press release containing extract of speech by Lord Home to the South-East Edinburgh Conservative Association concerning the Scottish Referendum result, 21/03/1979
  13. Transcript of recording of Prime Minister Callaghan's Ministerial Broadcast, 22/03/1979
  14. Conservative Central Office press release containing text of Mrs Thatcher's broadcast reply to Prime Minister Callaghan's broadcast the previous day justifying her Motion of No Confidence, 23/02/1979
  15. Memorandum, 'SNP quotes since the referendum', Evelyn McDermott, 23/03/1979

Dates

  • Creation: 1978-1979

Extent

1 file

Language of Materials

  • English

Conditions Governing Access

Closed.

Shelfmark

CCO 20/11/84

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