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Material relating to Don Touhig's political career following his 1995 by-election victory as MP for Islwyn. Material includes diaries kept by Mrs Jennifer Touhig, wife of Don Touhig, 1998, 2001-2010, 2013; election campaign material; constituency reports and statistics; Islwyn Constituency Labour Party meeting agendas and minutes; press releases; press cuttings; and correspondence, which includes numerous letters and cards to Don Touhig from Islwyn constituents expressing thanks for their recent visit to the Houses of Parliament and for services rendered and to offer congratulations following his elevation to the peerage and on his retirement.

Material relating to Don Touhig's political career following his 1995 Islwyn by-election victory, both as MP for Islwyn and as Under Secretary of State for Wales and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the then Chancellor Gordon Brown.

Speech notes and related material regarding the 1999 St David's Day debate which took place 26 February of that year.

Speech notes, printed programme, reports, correspondence and route planners relating to the National Old Age Pensioners Association of Wales (now Active Wales) annual conference held 6 June 2007.

Speech notes relating to the National Old Age Pensioners Association of Wales (now Active Wales) conference of 4 June 2008.

Miscellaneous parliamentary material, not directly related to Don Touhig, including list of Prime Minister's Questions; reports; invites; correspondence; and printed information regarding the House of Commons, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Speaker's House and 11 Downing Street.

Material relating to Don Touhig's campaign and subsequent victory in the 1995 Islwyn by-election, including electioneering material, speech notes, diaries and well-wishing/congratulatory correspondence.

Notes relating to Don Touhig's maiden speech in the House of Commons, namely an address concerning health care.

Speech notes relating to an address delivered at Pontypool Rotary Club, 1995.

Speech notes, August/September 1998, relating to New Labour in the wake of the Labour Party's 1997 general election victory.

Photocopy of the speech given by the then Leader of the Opposition Neil Kinnock to the Labour Party conference held at Bournemouth, October 1985.

Miscellaneous material relating to Don Touhig's south-east Wales constituency of Islwyn but not directly relating to political issues or election campaigns, including printed information booklets and plans, reports and minutes of meetings relating to local health and the health board. Some of the information contained in this material was utilised by Don Touhig during his maiden speech in the House of Commons.

Speech notes relating to a May Day address.

Speech notes relating to a rally held by the Gwent branch of the National Old Age Pensioners Association of Wales (now Active Wales), 8 March 1996.

Speech notes relating to an address delivered on the eve of the 1997 General Election, held 1 May 1997.

Speech notes, May 1998, relating to the 1997 general election Labour victory and to the National Health Service's 50th anniversary, with related material.

Speech notes, reports and print-outs from online sources relating to the Iraq and the wider Middle East debate of 24 January 2007.

Speech notes relating to the National Old Age Pensioners Association of Wales (now Active Wales) annual conference of 2 June 1999.

Speech notes and correspondence relating to a visit to Cwmfelinfach Primary School, April 2003.