Series UR-SF 63/2/1 - Reports and newspaper cuttings

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UR-SF 63/2/1

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Reports and newspaper cuttings

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  • 1945-1998 (Creation)

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(1927-2010)

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Scotland Votes, General Election', by Ian Clark, and John Berridge. An analysis of voting and election patterns, including UK and regional statistics, candidates, and election results, prepared for a predicton of the 1997 election outcomes, 1998 'Scotland Votes, General Election', by Ian Clark, and John Berridge. An analysis of voting and election patterns, including Scottish statistics covering the dates 1987-1992; candidates, and election results, prepared by the University of Dundee to predict the outcome of the 1992 election outcomes. Includes correspondence from Tony Benn, MP, 1991 and 1992. 'Scottish Constitutional CTTE'. Folder containing various handwritten notes, as well as legitimate statistics concerning the machinery of the developing Scottish Government. Includes topics such as 'Scottish Legislation from 1945', 'Table Showing Party Representation in Scotland', and 'Various Interpretations of the Regional Concept', 1945-70 'Standing Committees (Misc. Papers)'. Folder mostly containing handwritten notes calculating the number of seats necessary in Government and Parliament for cities like Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aberdeen, 1970-1976 'Devolution Slides & Notes', folder contains newspaper articles from papers such as 'Newsletter of Scotland', and 'the Times' where the topic of devolution was being discussed. Additionally, the folder contains notes of the possible structure of the 'Scottish Assembly', 1948-1978 'Notes on Various Countries'. Folder containing notes on the structure of Government of other countries, such as New Zealand, Australia, and France. Also, it adresses how other countries like Holland and Germany, use different methods of raising finance, 1972-1974 'Releases Relating to Declaration of Perth', this folder analyses the contemporary structure of the Scottish Government in order to understand how Scotland was being governed and represented. It also contains speeches, most notably of the opposition in the form of the Conservative Party and Eward Heath, 1968 'Study Group: Government of Scotland', folder containing newspaper articles from the 'Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly', as well as various other articles discussing 'Swedish Legislation on Local Administration'. Also contains feedback sheet from people such as Alex Fletcher, 1967-68 'Press Cuttings, Constitutional Committee', folder containing newspaper cuttouts from papers like 'the Guardian', and 'the Scotsman' in the year 1970. Folder also contains an email from J.T Ward reporting that several journals have commented on a report sent by the Scottish Consitutional Committee, 1970-1972 'Newspaper Cuttings', folder contains newspaper cutting about the Scottish Assembly in the year 1970. Additionally, many of the newspaper cutouts concern the Conservative Government's debate whether or not to pass voting reform as reported by journals such as 'the Scotsman', 'the Daily Express', and 'the Guardian', 1970-1976 'Newspaper Cuttings', contains several newspapers like 'the Guardian', 'the Scotsman', 'the Glasgow Herald', 'Daily Record', 'the Scottish Daily Express' etc., report the development concerning the story of the Home Rule Bill, 1970

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Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

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UR-SF 63/2/1

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Description compiled in line with the following standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) General International Standard Archival Description; International Council on Archives, ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

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  • English

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