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Material relating to Don Touhig's political career following his 1995 by-election victory as MP for Islwyn. Material includes diaries kept by Mrs Jennifer Touhig, wife of Don Touhig, 1998, 2001-2010, 2013; election campaign material; constituency reports and statistics; Islwyn Constituency Labour Party meeting agendas and minutes; press releases; press cuttings; and correspondence, which includes numerous letters and cards to Don Touhig from Islwyn constituents expressing thanks for their recent visit to the Houses of Parliament and for services rendered and to offer congratulations following his elevation to the peerage and on his retirement.

Speech notes and programme notes relating to the Mynyddislwyn Male Voice Choir Annual Concert held 27 September 2012.

Letters, cards, notes and emails, 1994-2012 + n.d., to Don Touhig not included under other categories, including letters from organisations supported by Touhig, communications from children sponsored by Touhig at Premananda Orphanage Centre, Ongole, India and a letter from Edwina Hart, Assembly Member for Gower, on Touhig's retirement in 2010.

Speech notes relating to a Children in Need appeal.

Speech notes relating to the opening of Cwmcarn High School bridge.

Speech notes relating to the Co-operative Party's 'People before Profit' ethos.

Speech notes and printed programme relating to the Mynyddislwyn Male Voice Choir Annual Concert held 23 September 2010.

Speech notes, schedule and Holocaust Educational Trust literature relating to Don Touhig's visit to Blackwood Comprehensive School in February 2010.

Speech notes relating to the St David's Day debate of 1 March 2010.

Material relating to Don Touhig's political career in Westminster following his 1995 Islwyn by-election victory, incorporating his post as Under Secretary of State for Wales and as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the then Chancellor Gordon Brown. Material includes parliamentary diaries, 1996, 2000-2004, 2006-2008; parliamentary reports; general election literature; newsletters; press releases; material relating to the 1998 resignation of Ron Davies as Secretary of State for Wales and his succession by Alun Michael; and correspondence, which includes messages of congratulations to Don Touhig on his elevation to the peerage and letters to/from the Home Office concerning the British naturalisation process of the Welsh Labour MP Leo Abse's Polish wife Anja.

Speech notes relating to Don Touhig's decision to stand down from active politics in 2010.

Speech notes relating to an address delivered at Cwmcarn High School, 22 January 2010.

Speech notes of uncertain provenance, some of which are incomplete/fragmented.

Tribute address speech notes and printed order of service relating to the funeral of John 'Emrys' Watkins which took place at St Augustine's Church, Pontllanfraith, 23 February 2009.

Speech notes, printed programme and song sheets relating to the Cancer Care Line 10th anniversary service held at Blackwood, Caerphilly, 1 November 2009.

Speech notes and printed programme relating to a concert given by Mynyddislwyn Male Voice Choir and Cefn Fforest Primary School Choir in aid of Everyone's Child Romania, 19 November 2009.

Speech notes relating to a debate concerning the 2009 National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language) Order.
Speech notes date-stamped 18 December 2009.

Speech notes relating to an open day held at Newbridge Memorial Hall.

Speech notes relating to the UK energy policy debate held 16 March 2009.

Speech notes and printed programme relating to the Mynyddislwyn Male Voice Choir Annual Concert held 24 September 2009.