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The file contains correspondence and papers, 1993-1994, concerning the proceedings of the Scott Inquiry into government policy on defence exports to Iraq. The letters relate mainly to an accusation that James Callaghan, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, had lied to the House of Commons over plans to devalue the pound in 1967. The file includes letters from James Callaghan, John Major and William Waldegrave.

The file comprises letters, dated 2000, relating to the government's intention to repeal Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act, and to equalise the age of consent to homosexual relationships at 16. Most of the correspondents appeal to Lord Cledwyn to support an amendment introduced by Baroness Young opposing the repeal of Section 28.

The file comprises drafts of, and notes for, speeches by Lord Cledwyn and miscellaneous typescript memoranda. The papers include a detailed listing of Lord Cledwyn's contributions in the House of Lords between 1990 and 1998.

The series comprises files of correspondence and papers, 1989-2000, on specific subjects. They include material on the campaign to erect a statue of Lloyd George in Parliament Square and papers relating to the 1993 Welsh Language Bill.

Arranged into Commonwealth, 1958-79 (C1-4), Welsh affairs, 1962-68 (C5-14), Parliamentary Labour Party, 1968-79 (C15-17), Rhodesia, 1978-79 (C18-23), House of Lords, 1983-86 (C24), Welsh affairs, 1980-85 (C25), foreign affairs, 1981-89 (C26-29), domestic politics, 1983-88 (C30-32), University of Wales, 1984-88 (C33-38), Welsh affairs, 1988-92 (C39-44), Anglesey, 1983-92 (C46-53), University of Wales, 1977-94 (C54-71), Welsh affairs, 1993-97 (C72-73), and miscellaneous, 1968-96 (C74-78).

The controversy over the Vice-Chancellorship of the University of Wales. Correspondence and papers, including letters from Sir Aubrey Trotman Dickinson and Professor Eric Sunderland.

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.

The correspondents include Lord Anglesey, 1968, James Callaghan, Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, 1958 and 1976, Baron Edmund-Davies of Aberpennar, 1979, John Grigg, 1978, Roy Hattersley, 1975, Sir Edward Heath, 1975, T. Rowland Hughes, 1947, Charles Pannell, MP, undated, and George Thomas, Viscount Tonypandy, 1976.

The file consists of a wallet of photocopies of original douments on the Penrhyn Quarry Lock-Out prepared by the Gwynedd Archives Service Teaching Unit.

They include documents relating to the Welsh Funding Councils, the final proposals of the Rosser Working Party, the University of Wales Registry and Central Services Strategic Plan, 1993-4/1997-8, membership of the Council of the University of Wales, the Centenary Celebrations of the University, the proceedings of the Rosser Implementation Monitoring Committee, and the University of Wales Fellowship Fund. The correspondents include Professor John Andrews, Professor Derec Llwyd Morgan, Professor Kenneth O. Morgan, Sir John Meurig Thomas and Emeritus Professor J. Gwynn Williams.

Lord Cledwyn served as President of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1976-85, and as Pro-Chancellor of the University of Wales from 1985. The original files have been retained.