Correspondence with Speaker Bernard Weatherill, and events leading up to his election

Reference No:
U DHY/7
Dates:
1983-1998
Description:
Includes House of Commons Official Report, Volume 44, Parliamentary Debates; letters to and from James Callaghan MP, Father of the House; contains information of context of the Local Government Bill - parts are annotated; Maxwell-Hyslop complains about actions of clerks to Speaker Bernard Weatherill; letter from Speaker to W.J. McCourt Esq.; correspondence between vice-chairman of the Anglo-Brazilian Parliamentary Group Maxwell-Hyslop and P.L. Warwick of the Speaker's Office regarding members of Brazil's parliament restoring its monarchy, Speaker Weatherill and Maxwell-Hyslop, and Weatherill and Antonio Henrique Bittencourt Cunha Bueno; anecdote and letters regarding Maxwell-Hyslop recommending a statement to Speaker Weatherill; correspondence with Buckingham Palace; Maxwell-Hyslop and Speaker Weatherill discuss the libel of a temporary officer of the house, Dr Barry Rider; letter to 'Mrs Garrett' who plans to write a biography of Jack (Bernard) Weatherill, Maxwell-Hyslop writes about his election to Speaker and his own election to Parliament; contains correspondence between Sir Robert Fellowes, then the Queen's Private Secretary, and Maxwell-Hyslop discussing difficulties in electing the next Conservative Party leader prior to dissolution and before polling day; includes letters from Maxwell-Hyslop to Lord Nicholls regarding the Houses of Commons' and Lords' Joint Committee on Privilege.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of Sir Robin Maxwell-Hyslop MP