Showing 11 results

The collection comprises correspondence and papers, 1982-1998, relating to the activities of the Campaign for a Welsh Assembly, later the Parliament for Wales Campaign. They consist of minutes of meetings, strategy documents, press statements, press releases, discussion documents and press cuttings.

Papers relating to a council meeting of the Parliament for Wales Campaign held in October 1997, including agenda and a breakdown of the 'Referendum Leafleting Campaign'; together with a press release and a briefing paper concerning the Government of Wales Bill.

Papers relating to the proposed Government for Wales Bill, comprising mainly correspondence from Judge Dewi Watkin Powell, Chairman of the working party, and numerous drafts, amended and revised, of the measure. Among the other correspondents are Tom Ellis and Professor Keith Patchett.

Papers, including correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports and research documents, relating to a working party created to prepare a draft Government for Wales Bill for a Welsh Parliament within the constitutional framework of the United Kingdom.

Papers, 1990-2, including correspondence, minutes, press releases and newspaper cuttings. Much of the correspondence relates to applications for financial assistance, requests for support and invitations to individuals to serve on the steering committee. The correspondents include Gwynfor Evans, Peter Hain MP, Jan Morris, Paul Murphy MP, Siân Wheldon and Dafydd Wigley MP. There is also a paper produced by the Campaign in response to a Welsh Office consultation paper on 'The Structure of Local Government in Wales', 1991; and a paper by Eleri Carrog, Chair of Charter Wales, entitled 'The Position in Wales after the General Election', July 1992.

Papers, including correspondence, minutes, discussion documents and press releases. Some of the material relates to a petition for a Welsh Parliament and the decision to change the name of the organization to the Campaign for a Welsh Parliament. Among the correspondents are Lord Gwilym Prys-Davies, Peter Garbett-Edwards and Lord Hooson. There are also issues of the Campaign's Newsletter.

Papers comprising mainly correspondence and minutes, including letters from Ron Davies MP, Meredith Edwards, Tom Ellis, Gwynfor Evans, David Hanson MP, Ieuan Wyn Jones MP, Roger Laidlaw, Elfyn Llwyd MP, Rhodri Morgan MP, Judge Dewi Watkin Powell and Dafydd Wigley MP.

Papers, comprising mainly correspondence, minutes and Campaign bulletins, including letters from Alex Carlile QC, MP and Rhodri Morgan MP, together with a contact list of the names and addresses of individuals, organizations and media agencies.

Papers, including correspondence, minutes of meetings, strategy documents, a draft constitution, press statements and newspaper cuttings, relating to the establishment, launch conference and early activities of the Campaign for a Welsh Assembly, together with material concerning the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Campaign for a Scottish Assembly.

A paper by John Osmond entitled 'The Welsh Assembly 1979 and 1997', given by the author at a number of venues, including the University of Tubingen Welsh Studies Conference at Freudenstadt in 1997; together with details of a conference on the 'National Assembly's Policy Agenda' held at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, in June 1998.

Papers, including letters, 1982-6, from Tom Ellis, Gwynfor Evans, Dafydd Elis Thomas, Dafydd Wigley, Gwyn Alf Williams and Raymond Williams; publicity material concerning a democracy conference organized by the Campaign in 1994; a summary of the Parliament for Wales Bill, which was presented to the House of Commons by John Marek MP in 1996; a list of Campaign officers, 1996; and printed material including three issues of the Welsh Democracy Review, 1995-6, and two pamphlets, both edited by John Osmond, entitled Agreeing an Assembly for the 1990s, 1989, and Why we need a Parliament for Wales: 10 Questions and Answers, 1994.