Correspondence, Apr-Dec 1979

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Comprises:

CCO 508/1/4 - Correspondence, Apr-Aug 1979;
CCO 508/1/5 - Correspondence, Sep-Dec 1979.

Correspondents include:

Atkins, Humphrey, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland [CCO 508/1/4];
Beazley, Peter, MEP for Bedfordshire [CCO 508/1/5];
Bethell of Romford, 4th Baron (Nicholas Bethell), MEP for London North West and member of the House of Lords;
Catherwood, Sir Frederick, MEP for Cambridgeshire;
Corrie, John, MP for Bute and Northern Ayreshire [CCO 508/1/4];
Douro, Marquess of (Charles Wellesley, later 9th Duke of Wellington), MEP for Surrey [CCO 508/1/5];
Elles, Baroness (Diana Elles), MEP for Thames Valley and member of the House of Lords;
Ewing, Winifred, Scottish National Party MEP for Highlands and Islands [CCO 508/1/4];
Forth, Eric, MEP for Birmingham North [CCO 508/1/4];
Jackson, Christopher, MEP for Kent East;
Jackson, Robert, MEP for Upper Thames [CCO 508/1/5];
Johnson, Stanley, MEP for Wight and Hampshire East [CCO 508/1/4];
Jopling, Michael, Government Chief Whip [CCO 508/1/5];
Moorhouse, James, MEP for London South [CCO 508/1/5];
Moreland, Robert, MEP for Staffordshire;
Nicolson, David, MEP for London Central [CCO 508/1/4];
Normanton, Tom, MP for Cheadle and MEP for Cheshire East;
O'Hagan, 4th Baron (Charles Strachey), MEP for Devon [CCO 508/1/5];
Paisley, Iain, Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, MP for North Antrim and MEP for Northern Ireland [CCO 508/1/4];
Pearce, Andrew, MEP for Cheshire West [CCO 508/1/5];
Prag, Derek, MEP for Hertfordshire;
Price, Peter, MEP for Lancashire West;
Rhys Williams, Sir Brandon, MP for Kensington and MEP for London South East [CCO 508/1/5];
Spencer, Tom, MEP for Derbyshire [CCO 508/1/5];
Spicer, Jim, MP for Dorset West and MEP for Wessex [CCO 508/1/5];
Stewart-Clark, Sir Jack (John), MEP for Sussex East [CCO 508/1/4];
St Oswald, 4th Baron (Rowland Winn), former MEP and member of the House of Lords;
Taylor, John D., Ulster Unionist MEP for Northern Ireland;
Taylor, John M., MEP for Midlands East [CCO 508/1/5].

Subjects include:

Committees of the European Parliament, appointments to and business of;
European Democratic Group political strategy;
European Democratic Group Secretariat, review of;
Expenses and salaries of MEPs;
Organisation and financing of Conservative Party operations at Euro-constituency level;
Reports and memoranda produced by Conservative MEPs;
Ulster Unionist Party participation in the European Democratic Group.

Includes:

Telex message from Sir James Scott-Hopkins to Margaret Thatcher, informing the Prime Minister of the decision to re-establish the European Conservative Group as the European Democratic Group, [Jul?] 1979 [CCO 508/1/4];
Tom Spencer, text of speech delivered on the subject of 'The Effects of Political Change on Employment Law' to the Association of Retail Distributors, 25 Oct 1979 [CCO 508/1/5];
Lord Bethell and Robert Battersby, report on the visit of EDG Representatives to Athens, 31 Oct to 2 Nov 1979, dated 22 Nov 1979 [CCO 508/1/5];
Copies of correspondence between Sir Joshua Hassan, Chief Minister of Gibraltar, and Simone Veil, President of the European Parliament, Oct-Dec 1979 [CCO 508/1/5].