The first part of these papers being missing as they were lost in the London Blitz, the remaining items commence from the 14th May 1941. These items include discussion of...

Date:1940-1940
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259E-01
Second World War Trade Unions Europe Asia North America Northern Europe Western Europe South Asia 1940s Eastern Europe Soviet Asia Air Raids Evacuation 1941 the Americas Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith Rationing National Service Minutes Reports Registers

While concerns relating to Parliamentary Party organisation feature heavily, other issues covered here include changes to old age pensions and the Workmen's Compensation Bill.

Date:1941-1942
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259E-02
Second World War Europe Northern Europe Western Europe Africa 1940s Clement Attlee North Africa Prisoners of War (POWs) 1942 Maghreb Pensions Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Rationing Arthur Greenwood Indian Independence Print Media Minutes Reports Registers

The Beveridge Report and the Parliamentary Party's position upon it feature in these minutes, alongside discussion of coal miners' conditions, the Workmen's Compensation Bill and pensions.

Date:1942-1943
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259E-03
Second World War Transport Trade Unions Europe Northern Europe Western Europe Oceania 1940s 1943 Refugees Australasia Miners Pensions Arthur Greenwood William Beveridge Beveridge Report Post-war Planning Minutes Reports Registers

These items cover the release of Oswald Mosley, the continuance of religious schools, 'Defence Regulation Bill 1AA' which made coal miners' strikes illegal during wartime, and the Town and Country...

Date:1943-1944
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259E-04
Second World War Housing Public Health Europe North America Northern Europe Western Europe 1940s Clement Attlee 1943 1944 the Americas Electoral Reform UK Schools Pensions Sir Oswald Mosley Fascism Arthur Greenwood Post-war Planning Release of Sir Oswald Mosley Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 Civil Aviation Minutes Reports Registers

These papers cover discussions upon the Dekemvriana in Greece, where the British Army fought Greek forces who had recently been liberated from Nazi rule; the Crimea (Yalta) Conference of February...

Date:1944-1945
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259E-05
Second World War Trade Unions Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe 1940s Eastern Europe Southern Europe 1944 1945 Southeast Asia The Balkans Welfare State Sir Stafford Cripps Aneurin Bevan Arthur Greenwood Post-war Planning Civil Aviation Demobilisation National Insurance Greek Civil War Yalta Conference (Crimea Conference) Minutes Reports Registers

Commencing in the latter days of Churchill's Government, these reports cover discussions upon National Insurance; a statement by Ernest Bevin upon the scale of the challenge of rebuilding so much...

Date:1945-1946
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259E-06
Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe South Asia 1940s Central Europe Eastern Europe Southern Europe Ellen Wilkinson Clement Attlee 1945 1946 The Balkans Welfare State Spanish Civil War Arthur Henderson By-elections General Election Post-war Planning Demobilisation National Insurance Greek Civil War Herbert Morrison MP Ernest Bevin Leah Manning Maurice Webb Establishment of the United Nations Spanish Republican Prisoners of War Pamphlets Minutes Reports Registers Correspondence

These records cover a period of significant change, they address the demobilisation of troops and what may be the first invitation to a journalist to attend a Labour Party meeting....

Date:1946-1947
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259E-07
Housing Trade Unions Europe Northern Europe Western Europe Middle East 1940s Ellen Wilkinson Clement Attlee 1946 1948 John Robert Clynes Sir Stafford Cripps National Service Demobilisation Herbert Morrison MP Maurice Webb Minutes Reports Registers Correspondence

These papers include discussion of the Parliament Bill which would become the 1949 Parliament Act (limiting the House of Lords' delaying powers); they also feature motions on the United Nations'...

Date:1947-1948
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259E-08
Second World War Housing Europe Northern Europe Western Europe Middle East 1940s Central Europe Eastern Europe Southern Europe Notes 1947 1948 The Balkans By-elections John Robert Clynes Arthur Greenwood Civil Aviation Herbert Morrison MP Leah Manning Maurice Webb Baroness Alice Bacon Hugh Gaitskell Capital Punishment Creation of the State of Israel Schuman Plan Minutes Reports Correspondence