File containing Lord Cledwyn's personal correspondence as Minister of Agriculture. Among the correspondents are Roy Jenkins (Chancellor of the Exchequer), James Callaghan (Home Secretary), Spike Milligan and Fred Mulley (Minister of Transport).
Papers relating to the PLP, including papers on the joint meeting of the National Executive Committee and the Cabinet, April 1968; report of the Special PLP committee on relations between Government and Backbenchers, 1976, and draft response by the Government, 1977; reports of the TUC-Labour Party liaison committee, 1976-8; memorandum being a summary of proposals made at the Special Meeting of the PLP, 20 Oct. 1976; letter from Michael Foot on the election of Deputy Leader of the PLP, 21 Oct. 1976; letter from Michael Foot arranging a meeting, 25 Feb. 1977; copy of a letter from the Prime Minister, James Callaghan, to Lord Cledwyn relating to the Horam Report on relations between the Government and the PLP, Nov. 1976; papers relating to the Government's arrangements for consultation with the Liberal Party, including a letter from David Steel, leader of the Liberal Party, and a copy of a letter from Lord Cledwyn to the Prime Minister, March 1977; papers on the election of the leader of the Labour Party, including a letter from the Prime Minister, James Callaghan, to Lord Cledwyn, 7 Feb. 1977; letter from John Cartwright MP, 2 Jan. 1979, regarding the European Assembly Elections.
Papers on the British Parliamentary Delegation to the USSR, April,
Papers on the British Parliamentary Delegation to the USSR, April 1977.
Background briefs accumulated prior to the mission, Nov.-Dec,
Papers relating to the mission, including itineraries, copies of telex reports to the Prime Minister from Rhodesia and the other African countries visited, notes of meetings and conversations.
Press cuttings relating to Lord Cledwyn's mission, Nov.-Dec. 1979,
Rural Development Grants, including letters from John Clement,
Correspondence, including letters from Sir Archie Lush, Peter Thomas (Secretary of State for Wales), James Griffiths MP, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, J. B. Priestley, Goronwy Roberts MP, James Prior (Minister of Agriculture), Hubert H. Humphrey, Lord Napier, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (President of Pakistan), Robert Carr MP (Lord President of the Council), Caerwyn Roderick MP, George Thomson, Lord Hailsham (Lord Chancellor), A. J. P. Taylor and John Grigg.
Correspondence, including letters congratulating him on his election as chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Nov. 1974. Among the correspondents are George Thomson, Sir Ronald Waterhouse, Dr Kate Roberts, Gwynfor Evans MP, Marquis of Anglesey (2), James Griffiths (2), Sir Idris Foster, Tom Jones, Emrys Roberts, Harold Finch, Mervyn Jones, Sir Goronwy Daniel, Lord Watkins and Roy Jenkins (Home Secretary).
Letters congratulating Lord Cledwyn on his becoming a Companion of Honour in the New Year's Honours List. Among the correpondents are William Whitelaw, Lord Houghton, Lord Goronwy Roberts, Elystan Morgan, Julian Amery, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Denis Healey and Lord Trend.
Correspondence, including letters from John Morris (Secretary of State for Wales), Viscount Hall, James Callaghan (Prime Minister), Professor Glanmor Williams, Lord Elwyn-Jones, Cliff Prothero, Geraint Morgan MP, Roy Jenkins (2), Tam Dalyell MP, Emyr Currie-Jones and Ivor Roberts-Jones (5).
Correspondence, including letters from Lord Elton, Anita Gale, Lord Gibson-Watt, Lady Elspeth Howe, Lord Howe of Aberavon, Denis Howell MP, Greville Janner MP, Lord Jellicoe, Barry Jones MP, John Elfed Jones, Mervyn Jones, Gerald Kaufman MP, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Alun Michael MP and Professor Kenneth O. Morgan.
Correspondence, including letters from Sir David Nicholas, Emma Nicholson MP, Lord Gordon Parry, Professor Ben Pimlott, Cliff Prothero, Rev Dr D. Ben Rees, Jack Straw MP, Professor Eric Sunderland, Lord Swansea, Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, Jeremy Thorpe, Lord Waddington and Lord Wakeham.
The British Veterinary Association,
The correspondents include James Callaghan, Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, 1986-94, Principal Brian Clarkson, 1994, Sir Alun Talfan Davies, 1989, Lord Gwilym Prys-Davies, 1995, Per Denez, 1992, Owen Edwards, 1989, Dr Meredydd Evans, 1989, Dr W. R. P. George, 1987-9, Professor R. Geraint Gruffydd, 1989, Sir Alec Douglas Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel, 1990, Mervyn Jones, undated, John Major, 1991, Roy Mason, 1987, Lord Elystan Morgan, 1987 and 1994, Mary Robinson, President of Ireland, 1994, Lord Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1989, Principal Eric Sunderland, 1995, Sir John Meurig Thomas, 1994, Peter Thomas, Lord Thomas of Gwydir, 1987, Lord Thomson, 1989, Lord John Wakeham, 1996, Sir Glanmor Williams, 1995, Kyffin Williams, 1993-4, Marcia Williams, Lady Falkender, undated, and Baroness Mary Wilson of Rievaulx, 1995.
Correspondence relating to the celebrations held at the House of Lords to mark Lord Cledwyn's forty years in Parliament. Most of the letters are notes from members of the House of Lords accepting or declining the invitation to attend the celebrations.