Correspondence with Woodrow Wyatt, MP, concerning the following territories and topics: Malaya (Malaysia): petition of the Penang Settlement Recession Committee: fol. 52 Cowgill Report on government salaries: fol. 52 proposal that compensation funds should be administered under a scheme of national planning: fol. 32 Teachers' salaries: fols....

Two letters from Kenneth Younger, MP. In the second, he quotes the remarks of a surgeon working in Brunei for the Shell Oil Company, about the activities of the Company in organising roads, schools, and water supply, and the lack of interest shown by the Colonial Office.

Correspondence with Dr Samuel Segal, MP, concerning Sierra Leone, on the following topics: anxiety caused by certain provisions of the Police Ordinance, 1947: fols. 2-4, 8 constitutional changes: fols. 4, 8, 10 criticisms of the medical services: fols. 8, 9 income tax payments by mining companies, in particular the Marampa iron mines: fols. 12, 14 ...

Correspondence with Arthur Skeffington, MP, who joined the Advisory Committee in Aug 1949 (fol. 91) but resigned in Apr 1950 after losing his seat in the House (fol. 97). The papers are concerned with the following territories and topics: Burma (Myanmar): report of the Burma Franchise Committee: fol. 23 the future of the Shan States (eastern Myanmar) (in 1946): fol. 28. ...

Correspondence with Charles Smith, MP, concerning the following territories and topics: Malta: plans for a new Constitution: fol. 1 grants from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund: fol. 48 re-employment of former dockyard workers: fol. 48. Mauritius: ...

Correspondence with H.W. Wallace, MP, who joined the Advisory Committee in 1950 (fols. 9-10). The correspondence is concerned chiefly with trade union matters, and the following territories and topics: Mauritius: trade union problems: fols. 1, 48-50, 58 Teachers' salaries, with a letter from Rees-Williams: fols. 2-3, 13 Mauritius Government Servants and...

Correspondence with Mrs Eirene White, MP, member of the Fabian Society Executive and of the FCB Advisory Committee, concerning the following territories and topics: West Indies: Caribbean Commission: fol. 80. High Commission Territories (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini): ...

Letter from Marjorie Nicholson to Colonel G. Wigg, MP, about the recruitment of African troops, and the attitude of the South African Government to the arming of indigenous people in the Protectorates.

Correspondence with Lyall Wilkes, MP, who joined the Advisory Committee in 1947 (fols. 56, 100-101) but was unable to attend meetings and resigned in Sep 1948 (fols. 132-133). The correspondence is concerned with the following territories and topics: Nigeria: constitutional reform: fols. 2-5, 11 cost-of-living Allowances Commission: fol. 21. ...

Letter from David Rees-Williams, MP, to Rita Hinden about the loss of his seat in the General Election, and the draft of a letter to him on the Tigoni Land Case (see above, MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/19, folder 7, under 'Kenya' for more information).

Correspondence with Ronald W. Williams, MP, concerning the following territories and topics: Nigeria: the Enugu Report, 1950: fols. 5, 12 the Pallant Report on the Nigerian Railway: fols. 7-9. Gold Coast (Ghana): Trades Disputes Act discouraging the...

Correspondence with W.T. Williams, MP, concerning the following territories and topics: Sierra Leone: low wages of government employees: fol. 14. West Africa: the need for a cost-of-living survey: fol. 14. British Guiana...

Letter to Harold Wilson, MP, asking him to take part in a discussion on 'Mutual aid to under-developed territories'.

Correspondence with Ian Winterbottom, MP, concerning the following territories and topics: Hong Kong: constitutional advance and the franchise: fol. 17 Arbitration Tribunal to investigate wage claims and the cost of living of dairy farm workers: fol. 18 consultative machinery for government employees: fol. 19 increase in price of rice (in...

Correspondence with Frederick W. Skinnard, MP, who joined the Advisory Committee in Jun 1946 (fol. 27). He lost his seat in Parliament in 1950 (fol. 229). The correspondence is concerned with the following territories and topics: Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe): racial discrimination, with particular reference to the building industry, the Southern Rhodesian Land Apportionment Act of 1941, and...

Correspondence with Rev. Reginald W. Sorensen, MP, who joined the Advisory Committee in 1943 (fol. 19), and subsequently became Vice-Chairman. He was Chairman of the Committee for West African Affairs, a member of the Parliamentary Deputation to India in Jan 1946, and served on the Colonial Office Welfare Committee. He visited Nigeria in 1949. There is frequent mention in the correspondence of administrative and committee matters and the financial problems of the FCB. Territories and topics...

Contains: (fols. 1-3) correspondence with Ivor Thomas, MP, about Sylvia Pankhurst, Italy's colonial record, and the possibility that Italy should be given trusteeship of her former African colonies, 19-23 Apr 1948 (fols. 4-5) correspondence with Major W. Vernon, MP about arrests in Hong Kong, n.d.