These records include a report on the Bengal ordinance which was to permit the arrest of those who were prepared to commit a crime as well as those who had...

Date:1928-1928
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-08
Transport Reports Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe South Asia Africa Middle East Print Media Minutes Soviet Asia Clement Attlee Registers North Africa Western Asia James Ramsay MacDonald Miners By-elections Political Prisoners Earl Douglas Haig Stanley Baldwin Saad Zaghloul Zinoviev Letter Bengal Ordinance Egyptian Independence

These minutes feature discussion of the turmoil in China, opposition to the Trade Unions Bill, and the Simon Commission on India.

Date:1927-1927
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-07
Trade Unions Reports Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe South Asia Eastern Europe Minutes Soviet Asia East Asia Clement Attlee Registers James Ramsay MacDonald Miners Unemployment George Lansbury Disarmament

Concerns under discussion in these minutes include a Birth Control Bill, discussions with the Miners' federation, and a surprising alleged response from the BBC in reaction to the Parliamentary Labour...

Date:1926-1926
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-06
First World War Europe Northern Europe Western Europe Africa Minutes East Africa James Ramsay MacDonald Miners Unemployment Propaganda Political Prisoners

These minutes cover the Locarno Pact which sought to return normalcy to European relations in the aftermath of the First World War, the ongoing occupation of Iraq, and suggested amendments...

Date:1925-1925
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-05
Trade Unions Reports Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe Correspondence Eastern Europe Print Media Minutes Soviet Asia East Asia James Ramsay MacDonald Miners Irish Home Rule Unemployment Pensions William Adamson Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Collective Security Political Prisoners

The issues considered within these minutes include relations with Russia, from international trade to diplomacy, and Party organisation. The basis upon which Party Committees were formed is also outlined here.

Date:1924-1924
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-04
Reports Europe Northern Europe Western Europe Print Media Minutes Mining James Ramsay MacDonald Unemployment George Lansbury By-elections General Election

A core recurring theme of these minutes is the Parliamentary Party's concern at the continuing presence of British troops in the Ruhr, Irish deportations and Party organisation also feature.

Date:1923-1923
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-03
Trade Unions Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe Correspondence Eastern Europe Print Media Minutes Soviet Asia Mining James Ramsay MacDonald Irish Home Rule Unemployment Child Labour May Day

These minutes cover suggested amendments to the Unemployment Insurance Bill, the Party's official response to the Engineering Dispute of 1922, and a meeting with a deputation from the Parliamentary Committee...

Date:1922-1922
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-02
First World War Housing Trade Unions Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe South Asia Correspondence Eastern Europe Print Media Minutes Soviet Asia Registers James Ramsay MacDonald Miners Irish Home Rule Unemployment Pensions Child Labour Treaty of Versailles John Robert Clynes German Reparations Russian Famine Healthcare Workers Working Women

Committee reports resume their position within the minutes from this year, following the conclusion of the First World War. Prominent issues covered here include the limits of the Unemployment Insurance...

Date:1921-1921
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-01
First World War Transport Trade Unions Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe Correspondence Eastern Europe Minutes Soviet Asia Registers Western Asia Electoral Reform Transport Workers Miners Irish Home Rule Unemployment Pensions William Adamson Treaty of Versailles John Robert Clynes German Reparations