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Westminster

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.

Post-1995 political career

Material relating to Don Touhig's political career following his 1995 Islwyn by-election victory, both as MP for Islwyn and as Under Secretary of State for Wales and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the then Chancellor Gordon Brown.

Armed Forces Act 2006 (Amendment)

Speech notes, correspondence, reports and press cuttings relating to the amendment made to the Armed Forces Act of 2006, which granted posthumous pardons to armed forces personnel executed for 'cowardice' and/or 'desertion' during the First World War. Speech notes dated 7 November.

Lord Touhig Papers

  • GB 0210 TOUHIG
  • Fonds
  • 1973-2013

Papers of former Welsh Labour & Co-operative politician Don Touhig, Baron Touhig, comprising material relating to his political career both before and after his 1995 Islwyn by-election victory, and including campaign publicity; speech notes; parliamentary reports; diaries; and correspondence.

Touhig, Don, 1947-

Miscellaneous material

Miscellaneous parliamentary material, not directly related to Don Touhig, including list of Prime Minister's Questions; reports; invites; correspondence; and printed information regarding the House of Commons, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Speaker's House and 11 Downing Street.

General correspondence

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.

Islwyn constituency: Miscellaneous material

Miscellaneous material relating to Don Touhig's south-east Wales constituency of Islwyn but not directly relating to political issues or election campaigns, including printed information booklets and plans, reports and minutes of meetings relating to local health and the health board. Some of the information contained in this material was utilised by Don Touhig during his maiden speech in the House of Commons.

Prime Minister's minutes

Minutes sent from the then Prime Minister Tony Blair to the Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State John Prescott, April 2004.

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