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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

Part 2 includes his correspondence as a constituency MP for Berwick on Tweed, 1944-1945, the General Election campaign of 1945 as well as all Beveridge's papers relating to Parliamentary affairs and debates, especially Social Insurance, the Children's Bill, the Economic Situation, Housing, the Family, Welfare, the Health Service, the National Insurance Bill of 1954, Provision for Old Age, Pension Schemes, Transport Problems, the United Nations, Disarmament and Europe. Relating to a wide variety of disciplines, this project is an important source for modern history, gender studies and politics.

The material covered in Part 2 of this microfilm project corresponds to Section VI items 1-113 of the Beveridge Papers at British Library of Political and Economic Science, at the London School of Economics.

For instance, items 43-55 cover the following:

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.

(44) National Insurance Problems: Hansard, 10 February ( nd ).
(45) Welfare and Health Services: speech notes, 7 April 1954.

World Population and Resources: speech notes, 28 April 1954 [Hansard]. Also: Television Bill: speech notes, 30 June 1954 [see under Section VII item 87].

(47) National Insurance Bill: speech notes and Hansard, 20 December 1954.
(48) Oxford By-Pass: speech notes and Hansard, 8 February 1955.
(49) Problem of the Aged: Hansard, 23 March 1955 [see also Section VII item 7].
(50) Coercive Action (Relief) Bill: correspondence, speech notes and bill, 24 January 1956.
(51) Officers’ Pay and Conditions: speech notes and Hansard, 25 January 1956.
(52) Economic Situation: speech notes and Hansard, 7 March 1956.

Death Penalty (Abolition) Bill: correspondence, memoranda and Hansard, 12 March - 30 May 1956. (House of Commons).

(54) Imperial Institute: correspondence, speech notes and Hansard, 13 March 1956.
(55) Finance Bill No 2: speech notes, 30 July 1956.