Correspondence and Memoranda, Sep 1997-Jun 2000

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CCO 508/1/63

Comprises correspondence and memoranda of Edward McMillan-Scott MEP, Sep 1997-Jun 2000, arranged as follows:

CCO 508/1/63/1 - Names/subjects beginning A-L;
CCO 508/1/63/2 - Names/subjects beginning M-Z, and including memoranda authored by McMillan-Scott.

Correspondents include:

Aiken, Alex, Assistant Director, Campaigns and Strategy, Conservative Central Office;
Ancram, Michael, Conservative Party Chairman (outgoing only);
Banotti, Mary, Irish MEP and presidential candidate;
Biesmans, John, Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats (EPP-ED) Secretariat;
Brittan, Sir Leon, former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and Vice President, European Commission (outgoing only);
Burenstam Linder, Staffan, Swedish MEP (outgoing only);
Chichester, Giles, MEP for South West England (outgoing only);
Cox, Pat, Chairman, European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) Group (outgoing only);
Casselden Farndale, Iris, National Vice-Chairman, European Union of Women (British Section);
Cassidy, Bryan, MEP for Dorset and East Devon;
Elles, James, MEP for Buckinghamshire and Oxford East (outgoing only);
Gil-Robles, José Maria, President of the European Parliament (outgoing only);
Goodman, Bruce, Chairman, British Conservative Association of Luxembourg;
Guillaume, Angela, International Chairman, European Union of Women;
Hague, William, Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition (outgoing only);
Hörcsik, Richárd, Hungarian politician;
Hodgson, Robin, Chairman, National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations;
Kellett-Bowman, Edward, MEP for Itchen, Test and Avon (outgoing only);
Kingsland, Baron, (Christopher Prout), Shadow Lord Chancellor and former Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament;
Lloyd, Tony, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office;
Martens, Wilfried, Chairman, European People's Party (EPP) Group and President, European People's Party;
Mather, Graham, MEP for Hampshire North and Oxford;
Moorhouse, James, MEP for London South and Surrey East (outgoing only);
Nicholson, Jim, Ulster Unionist MEP for Northern Ireland;
Parkinson, Baron (Cecil Parkinson), Conservative Party Chairman;
Plumb, Baron (Henry Plumb), former President of the European Parliament and former Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament;
Pöttering, Hans-Gert, Vice-Chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) Group;
Prodi, Romano, incoming President of the European Commission (outgoing only);
Provan, James, MEP for South Downs West (outgoing only);
Stewart-Clark, Sir Jack (John), MEP for East Sussex and Kent South;
Wall, Sir Stephen, British Permanent Representative to the European Union.

Subjects include:

Conservative Party, divisions over Europe;
Election of Edward McMillan-Scott as Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament;
European Elections, 1999 - arrangements with Conservative Central Office;
European Elections, 1999 - changes to voting system;
General Election, 2001 - preparations for;
Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats (EPP-ED), formation of.
James Moorhouse MEP, defection to the Liberal Democrats;
Staffing and secretariat matters;
Visit of Conservative Party Chairman Lord Parkinson to the European Parliament, Jan 1998.

Includes:

Edward McMillan-Scott, text of speech delivered in the European Parliament on the British presidency, draft and final versions, 18 Jun 1988 [CCO 508/1/63/2].