Minutes of the Parliamentary Labour Party, 1921-1928

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...

Pages:145
Date:1921-1921
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-01
Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe 1920s Eastern Europe Soviet Asia First World War Western Asia Transport 1921 Trade Unions Minutes Registers Correspondence Electoral Reform Transport Workers Miners Irish Home Rule Unemployment Pensions Treaty of Versailles German Reparations William Adamson John Robert Clynes

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...

Pages:97
Date:1922-1922
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-02
Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe 1920s South Asia Eastern Europe Soviet Asia First World War Housing 1922 Print Media Trade Unions Minutes Registers Correspondence Miners Irish Home Rule Unemployment Pensions Child Labour Treaty of Versailles German Reparations Russian Famine Healthcare Workers Working Women James Ramsay MacDonald John Robert Clynes

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.

Pages:42
Date:1923-1923
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-03
Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe 1920s Eastern Europe Soviet Asia 1923 Print Media Trade Unions Minutes Correspondence Mining Irish Home Rule Unemployment Child Labour May Day James Ramsay MacDonald

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.

Pages:58
Date:1924-1924
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-04
Europe Northern Europe Western Europe 1920s 1924 Print Media Minutes Reports Mining Unemployment By-elections General Election James Ramsay MacDonald George Lansbury

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...

Pages:63
Date:1925-1925
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-05
Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe 1920s Eastern Europe Soviet Asia East Asia Middle East & North Africa (MENA) 1925 Print Media Trade Unions Minutes Reports Correspondence Miners Irish Home Rule Unemployment Pensions Collective Security Political Prisoners James Ramsay MacDonald William Adamson

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...

Pages:73
Date:1926-1926
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-06
Europe Northern Europe Western Europe 1920s Africa First World War East Africa 1925 1926 Minutes Miners Unemployment Propaganda Political Prisoners James Ramsay MacDonald

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

Pages:74
Date:1927-1927
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-07
Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe 1920s South Asia Eastern Europe Soviet Asia East Asia 1927 Trade Unions Minutes Reports Registers Clement Attlee Miners Unemployment Disarmament James Ramsay MacDonald George Lansbury

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...

Pages:103
Date:1928-1928
Contributor:Labour History Archive and Study Centre
Identifier:73259C-08
Europe Asia Northern Europe Western Europe 1920s South Asia Africa Middle East Soviet Asia North Africa Western Asia Transport 1928 Print Media Minutes Reports Registers Clement Attlee Miners By-elections Political Prisoners Zinoviev Letter Bengal Ordinance Egyptian Independence James Ramsay MacDonald Earl Douglas Haig Stanley Baldwin Saad Zaghloul