Correspondence and Memoranda, Sep 1997-Feb 2000

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CCO 508/1/22-25

Comprises correspondence of Edward McMillan-Scott, arranged as follows:

CCO 508/1/22 - Correspondence and memoranda with the Leader of the Conservative Party, William Hague, Sep 1997-Jul 1999;
CCO 508/1/23 - Correspondence and memoranda with members of the House of Commons, Oct 1997-Feb 2000;
CCO 508/1/24 - Correspondence with members of the House of Lords, Nov 1997-Nov 1999;
CCO 507/1/25 - Correspondence and memoranda with the Shadow Foreign Secretary Feb 1998-Jul 1999.

Correspondents include:

Ashdown, Paddy, MP for Yeovil and Leader of the Liberal Democrats [CCO 508/1/22];
Brown, Gordon, Chancellor of the Exchequer [CCO 508/1/22];
Clarke, Kenneth, MP for Rushcliffe and former Chancellor of the Exchequer [CCO 508/1/23];
Coe, Sebastian, Private Secretary to William Hague [CCO 508/1/22];
Corrie, John, MEP for the West Midlands, Chief Whip of the Conservatives in the European Parliament [CCO 508/1/22];
Cranborne, Viscount (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, later 7th Marquess Salisbury), Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords [CCO 508/1/24];
Davies, Quentin, MP for Grantham and Stamford [CCO 508/1/23];
Deva, Nirj (Niranjan Joseph Aditya), former MP for Brentford and Isleworth, subsequently MEP for South East England [CCO 508/1/22];
Dorrell, Stephen, MP for Charnwood and former Secretary of State for Health [CCO 508/1/23];
Garnier, Edward, MP for Hanborough [CCO 508/1/23];
Gilbert, Stephen, Director of Field Operations, Conservative Central Office [CCO 508/1/22];
Hague, William, Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition [CCO 508/1/22];
Heathcoat-Amory, David, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury [CCO 508/1/23];
Helmer, Roger, Conservative candidate, later MEP, for the East Midlands at the 1999 European Elections [CCO 508/1/22-23];
Howard, Michael, Shadow Foreign Secretary [CCO 508/1/25];
Inglewood, 2nd Baron (Richard Fletcher-Vane), MEP for North West England [CCO 508/1/24];
Kingsland, Baron, (Christopher Prout), Shadow Lord Chancellor and former Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament [CCO 508/1/24];
Lansley, Andrew, MP for South Cambridgeshire [CCO 508/1/23];
Maples, John, Shadow Foreign Secretary [CCO 508/1/25];
Martens, Wilfried, Chairman, European People's Party (EPP) Group and President, European People's Party [CCO 508/1/22];
Norman, Archie, MP for Tunbridge Wells [CCO 508/1/23];
Pöttering, Hans-Gert, Chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) Group [CCO 508/1/22];
Redwood, John, Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions [CCO 508/1/23];
Townend, John, MP for East Yorkshire [CCO 508/1/23];
Trend, Michael, MP for Windsor [CCO 508/1/23];
Whitney, Raymond, MP for Wycombe [CCO 508/1/23];
Yeo, Timothy, Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food [CCO 508/1/23].

Subjects include:

Conservative Party, divisions over Europe;
Conservative Party, internal reforms;
European Elections, 1999;
European People's Party, relationship with;
Relations between Conservative MEPs and Conservative MPs.

Includes:

Texts of speeches by William Hague on European affairs [CCO 508/1/22];
List of members of the Positive European Group, 14 Oct 1997 [CCO 508/1/23];
'Fighting Fraud in Europe', briefing paper produced as part of the European Election campaign, 4 May 1999 [CCO 508/1/23];
'Berlin Revisited: Prospects for EU Budget Balances after the Berlin European Council', report produced by Andrew Edwards dated 23 Apr 1999 [CCO 508/1/23];
Minutes of the Shadow Cabinet European Policy Sub-Committee, 10 Jan 2000 [CCO 508/1/23].