STATE PROVISION FOR SOCIAL NEED
Series Two: The Beveridge Papers from the
British Library of Political and Economic Science

Part 2: Politics, Economic Planning, Social Insurance, Health and the Welfare State, 1944-1963

All references will be laid out in the order of:
Item; Former Reference

Early Activities

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SECTION VI: POLITICS
[New section compiled mainly from C.Ib355 and Z24-30]
MP for Berwick on Tweed, 1944-45
1. Z25 X.VI.XXII
Correspondence, speech-notes and press-cuttings about Beveridge's adoption as Liberal candidate and subsequent election, Berwick on Tweed, 1944.
2. I355 add. b
Letters of congratulations on election, 1944.
3. Z16/7 X.XIV A6.101
Copies (some signed) and press-cuttings of his maiden speech in the debate on social insurance, 1944. Notes of other parliamentary speeches, 1944-45.
4. Z25
Correspondence about financial assistance for the improvement of Berwick harbour, 1944-45.
5. Z25
Correspondence about the proposed establishment of Berwick Development Company, 1944-45.
6. Z25
Correspondence about bye-law for a footpath in Warkworth, 1944.
7. Z24
Correspondence about postwar economic planning, 1944-45.
8. Z24
Correspondence about Beveridge’s vote in debate on Greece, 1944-45.
9. Z24
Correspondence about effect of war works on the Lake District, 1945.
10. Z24
Correspondence about amendments to the Family Allowances Bill, 1945. [2 files].
11. Z24
Evidence given by Beveridge to Home Office Departments Committee on Alternative Remedies, 1945.

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12. Z27/3
Correspondence and report about Dumbarton Oaks Committee proposals on peace, 1945. [2 files].

General Election, 1945
13. Z27/1-2
Liberal Party Organisation Election Campaign Committee: correspondence, minutes, reports and memoranda, 1945.
14. Ib355 add. a X.XXII
Pamphlets, election addresses, press-cuttings and other material used in the election campaign, 1945.

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14 cont. Ib355 add. a X.XXII
Pamphlets, election addresses, press-cuttings and other material used in the election campaign, 1945.
15. Z27/4 Ib355 add. a
Party political broadcast and correspondence from listeners, 1945.

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16. Ib355 add. a
Election Diary: correspondence, itineraries, speech-notes
16. X.XII Z25, 26/4
and addresses, and press-cuttings about the election campaign, 1945.
17. Z25
Correspondence from other candidates and the general public about issues raised during the election campaign, 1945.

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17. Z25
Correspondence from other candidates and the general public about issues raised during the election campaign, 1945. [continued].
18. Z25 L III24 OCX.XXII
Correspondence, memoranda and newspaper articles about election results, 1945.
19. Z26/1
Constituency correspondence before a by-election, 1943-44.

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20. Z26/2-3, 5
Correspondence, mainly with Berwick Division Liberal Association, relating to the constituency, 1944-45.
21. L III 239 Z25
Correspondence with constituents about their problems, 1944-45. [2 files; the second file suffers from very severe water damage].

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21. cont. L III 239 Z25
Correspondence with constituents about their problems, 1944-45. [3 files].

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21. cont. L III 239 Z25
Correspondence with constituents about their problems, 1944-45. [3 files].

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22. Z30/2
Correspondence about an invitation to stand for combined English Universities seat on the death of Eleanor Rathbone, 1946.

House of Lords, 1946-63 Parliamentary Debates
23. CO58
National Insurance Bill: speech notes and Hansard, 25 June 1946.
24. BO13a
Health Service: speech notes, 9 October 1946.
25. BO13a
Foreign Affairs: speech notes, 29 July and 6 November 1946.
26. BO13a CO55
Displaced Persons: speech notes and Hansard, 19 December 1946.
27. BO13a CO55
Economic Situation: speech notes and Hansard, 19-20 March 1947.
28. BO13a CO55
Five-Day Week for Miners: Expenditure on U S Tobacco and Filnis: notes and Hansard, 22 April 1947.
29. CO58
Plight of Old People, Hansard, 1 May 1947.
30. BO13a CO55
Food Situation: speech notes and Hansard, 7-8 May 1947.
31. CO55
University Education: Hansard, 14 May 1947.
32. BO13 CO55
Transport BIll: speech notes and Hansard, 20 May - 25 June 1947.
33. BO13 CO55
Supplies and Services (Extended Purposes) Bill: speech notes and Hansard, 12-13 August 1947.
34. BO13a CO55
Housing: speech notes and copy of Hansard, 3 December 1947.
35. BO13
Children’s Bill: speech notes, 1948.

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36. BO15 CO55
Voluntary Action for Social Progress: correspondence, speech notes and Hansard, 22 June 1949.
37. CO58
Plight of Old People: Hansard, 5 April 1950. [WHB did not speak].
38. CO58
Care of Old People: Hansard, 18 April 1951.
39. BO14
British Broadcasting Corporation: speech notes and Hansard, 25 July 1951.
40. BO14 CO55
Economic Situation: speech notes and Hansard, 1 April 1952.
41. X.XVIII BO14
Transport Policy: correspondence, material for and speech notes and Hansards, 15 May 1952.
42. BO15-6 CO58
Well-being of the Family: speech notes and Hansards, 20 May 1952.

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43. Ib352a CO58
Charitable Trusts: correspondence, material for and speech notes and Hansard, 22 July 1953. Includes copy letters about Royal Maternity Charity of London, 1948-50, report of committee on Charitable Trusts, 1952, and Trusts and Foundations, by Guy W Keeling, 1953. Television Policy: Hansards, 25-6 November 1953 [3 files, one of which has been reclassified and located elsewhere in the archive; please see also under Section VII item 87].
44. CO58
National Insurance Problems: Hansard, 10 February ( nd ).
45. BO17
Welfare and Health Services: speech notes, 7 April 1954.
46. BO17
World Population and Resources: speech notes, 28 April 1954 [Hansard].
46. CO58
Television Bill: speech notes, 30 June 1954 [see under Section VII item 87].
47. BO17
National Insurance Bill: speech notes and Hansard, 20 December 1954.
48. Ib359 add
Oxford By-Pass: speech notes and Hansard, 8 February 1955.
49. CO58
Problem of the Aged: Hansard, 23 March 1955 [see also Section VII item 7].
50. L III 245 BO18
Coercive Action (Relief) Bill: correspondence, speech notes and bill, 24 January 1956.
51. BO18 Ia 321
Officers’ Pay and Conditions: speech notes and Hansard, 25 January 1956.

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52. CO55 Ib 354
Economic Situation: speech notes and Hansard, 7 March 1956.
53. la 311
Death Penalty (Abolition) Bill: correspondence, memoranda and Hansard, 12 March - 30 May 1956. (House of Commons).

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54. Ia 321 BO18
Imperial Institute: correspondence, speech notes and Hansard, 13 March 1956.
55. BO18
Finance Bill No 2: speech notes, 30 July 1956.
56. Ib 351 BO18
Suez Canal: correspondence, speech notes, press cuttings and other papers, 13 September 1956.
57. CO55
Sound and Vision Broadcasting: speech notes and Hansard, 23 Jan 1957.
58. Ib 359
Oxford’s Traffic Problem: speech notes and Hansard, 13 February 1957.
59. CO55
Clubs: speech notes, 19 February 1957.
60. Ib 359 add.
Scope of Oxford Roads Inquiry: Hansard, 12 March 1957.
61. Ib 359
Oxford Ring Road: correspondence and Hansard, 2-3 July 1957.
62. CO57 BO20
Transferability in Pension Schemes: correspondence, speech notes and Hansard, 21 January 1958.
63. BO20 CO55
World Government: speech notes and Hansard, 14 May 1958.
64. CO55
European Convention on Human Rights: Hansard, 18 November 1958.
65. CO58
Provision for Old Age: speech notes and Hansard, 3 December 1958.

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66. Ib 353 CO55
Evils of Unplanned Conurbation: correspondence and material for and speech notes, 25 February 1959.
67. CO55
United Nations and World Authority: speech notes and Hansard, 22 July 1959.
68. CO55 Ib 364/19
Address in reply to Her Majesty’s Speech: speech notes and Hansard, 28 October 1959.
69. CO55
Science in Civil Life: Hansard, 9 December 1959. Disarmament: speech notes and Hansard, 10 February 1960 [see under Section VII item 78].
70. CO56
Local Employment Bill: Hansard, 23 February 1960.
71. CO56
Leisure: speech notes, 2 March 1960.
72. CO56
Defence: speech notes and Hansard, 10 March 1960.
73. CO56
Adult Education: speech notes and Hansard, 16 March 1960. [3 files].

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74. Ib 362 CO56
University and Other Higher Education: correspondence, material for and speech notes, press cuttings and Hansard, 11 May 1960. Includes correspondence about Universities of York and Sussex, 1960-61. [4 files].
75. CO56
Youth Service and The Albemarle Report: speech notes and Hansard, 18 May 1960.
76. CO56
Magistrates’ Powers and Control of Clubs: speech notes and Hansard, 1 June 1960.

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77. CO56
Newspapers: speech notes and Hansard, 22 June 1960.
78. CO56
Colonial Development Corporation: speech notes and Hansard, 20 July 1960.
79. CO59
Address in Reply to Her Majesty’s Speech (on Colonialism): material for and speech notes and Hansard, 2 November 1960. [see also amended Hansards, Section VII item 78].
80. Ib 359
Oxford’s Traffic Problem: speech notes and Hansard, 10 November 1960.

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81. Ib 351 CO56
Monckton Commission Report (constitution of Rhodesia and Nyasaland): Monckton and other reports, material for and speech notes and Hansard, 16 November 1960.
82. CO56
Services Retired Pay and Pensions: speech notes and Hansards, 23 November 1960.
83. CO56
Modern Aids in Education: speech notes and Hansard, 29 November 1960.
84. CO57-8
International Situation: correspondence, speech notes and Hansards, 8 February 1961.
85. CO58
National Health Service Charges: speech notes and Hansard, 13 February 1961.
86. CO57
Advice on Health Service Facilities: Hansard, 28 February 1961.
87. CO57
Broadcasting: speech notes, 1 March 1961.

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88. Ib 351 CO57
Central Africa: material for and speech notes and Hansard, 7-8 March 1961.
89. CO58
National Health Service Charges: Hansard 9 March 1961.
90. Ib 351 CO57
South Africa and the Commonwealth: correspondence, material for and speech notes and Hansards, 23 March 1961. [3 files].

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90 cont. Ib 351 CO57
South Africa and the Commonwealth: correspondence, subject material and speech notes and Hansards, 23 March 1961. (continued). [1 file].
91. CO57
National Health Service Contributions Bill: Hansard, 27 March 1961. [see also Sedction VIII item 62].
92. CO58
National Health Service Bill: speech notes and Hansard, 11 April 1961.
93. CO57
Road Traffic Bill: bill, speech notes and Hansards, 13 April - 2 May 1961.
94. CO57
Christian Unity: speech notes and Hansard, 10 May 1961.
95. CO57
World Government: speech notes, 19 July 1961.
96. CO57
Foreign affairs: speech notes, 17 October 1961.
97. CO57
Population pressure in Asia: Hansard, 6 June 1962.
98. CO57
Pilkington Report on Broadcasting: correspondence speech notes and Hansard, 18 July 1962.
99. CO57
Disarmament: speech notes, 27 June - 27 September 1962 and Hansard, 27 June 1962.
100. Ia 341
Correspondence and memoranda about Manchester Corporation Bill (Ullswater), 1961-62.

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101. Ia 319
Correspondence with members about parliamentary debates and other Lords’ business, 1958-62.
102. ??C
Index to Hansards: House of Commons, 25 July 1952 - 22 July 1954; House of Lords, 14 October 1952 - 15 July 1954.

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102 cont. ??C
Index to Hansards: House of Commons, 25 July 1952 - 22 July 1954; House of Lords, 14 October 1952 - 15 July 1954. (continued).

Liberal Party Organisation
103. Z25
Correspondence, committee minutes, addresses and memoranda about Liberal Party Assembly, 1945.

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104. lb 355 Z30/4
Correspondence with LPO, 1946-50. Includes Executive Committee minutes about Liberal Unity, 1946.
105. Ib 355
Correspondence, election addresses and other material relating to 1950 general election, 1949-50.
106. Z40
Correspondence with LPO, 1952-53.

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107. Ib 355 add A4.102 X.VIII
Correspondence with LPO and Radical Reform Group, 1953-55. General election results, 1955.
108. Ib 355
Correspondence, election addresses and other material relating to 1959 general election, 1959.

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109. Ib 355
Correspondence with LPO and other Liberal organisations, 1960-62.
110. X.XIX
Women’s Liberal Federation: executive committee minutes and correspondence, 1945-47.
111. Ib 355
Berwick upon Tweed Division Liberal Association: correspondence and other papers, 1947-51.
112. Ib 355
Correspondence with the Liberal International and Crusade for World Government, 1947-48.
113. X.XVII
Liberal Trade Union Commission: draft preliminary report, 1949.