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Mike Steele was the Lobby Correspondent of the Community Press Service in the House of Commons. He acquired a collection of political papers, relating mostly to Welsh affairs during the 1970s-1990s.
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
Papers, 1976-1996, of political interest, including copies of speeches of various politicians, 1976-1996; miscellaneous papers, 1981-1994, including interview notes, drafts of newspaper articles, television news scripts, notes from Rhodri Morgan MP and Sir Bernard Braine MP; press releases, 1982-1995; miscellaneous papers, [c. 1980]-1992, concerning Welsh matters, including the Welsh language, Welsh language broadcasting, parliamentary constituency boundaries in Gwent, the Welsh Office, road tolls, the National Museum of Wales, the distribution of a political newspaper, Y Glorian, in Rhondda schools, devolution, Labour Party Young Socialists; printed parliamentary debates, 1977-1994; House of Commons reports, 1986-1992; and miscellaneous printed material, 1993-1995. Additional Papers of political interest, from the late 1980s to 2007, accumulated by the donor as Lobby Correspondent for the Community News Service, at the House of Commons. This additional group remains uncatalogued.
Arranged into the following: papers and correspondence; and printed material.
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Donated by Mr Steele, 1996 and September 2007.
Accruals are not expected.
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following source was consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1997.
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Usual copyright regulations apply.
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries, 1997, p. 92, at the National Library of Wales.
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Copies of speeches, 1976-96, including a speech given by the Prime Minister the Rt Hon. James Callaghan MP at a stone-laying ceremony at Ruskin College, Oxford, in Oct. 1976; the Kennedy Memorial Lecture at the Oxford Union, Nov. 1983, and the Westminster Series Lecture on the British Economy in the 1990's, April 1989, both given by the Rt Hon. Peter Walker MP; the James Cameron Memorial Lecture on the relationship between MPs and the Press given by Roy Hattersley MP in April 1996.
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Papers, 1981-94, including interview notes, drafts of newspaper articles, television news scripts and undated notes from Rhodri Morgan MP and Sir Bernard Braine MP.
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Press releases, 1982-95.
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Miscellaneous papers, c.1980-92, concerning the Welsh language, Welsh language broadcasting, Parliamentary boundaries in Gwent, the distribution in Rhondda schools of a political newspaper in Welsh entitled Y Glorian, the organization of the Welsh Office, Neil Kinnock's views on devolution, Labour Party Young Socialists, road tolls and the National Museum of Wales.
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Parliamentary Debates, 1977-94. Subjects under discussion include transport and communications in Wales, Parliamentary constituencies, the 1990 Broadcasting Bill, unemployment in Wales, the structure of government in Wales and the 1994 Local Government (Wales) Bill [Lords].
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House of Commons Reports, 1986-92.
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Miscellaneous printed material including the Welsh Office's Programme for the Valleys: A Statistical Profile, 1993; A Social Profile of MPs and their Social, Ethical and Political Views by Access Options Ltd, 1994; First Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, 1995; Parliamentary Democracy and the Labour Movement by the Campaign Group of Labour MPs, undated; Changing Gear: What the Government should do next by a group of Conservative MPs, undated.