PAGE LAYOUT/FA/HIGH RES 18/12/2000 3:06 pm Page 1 HOUSE of LORDS RECORD OFFICE Archives The Parliamentary The Parliamentary Annual Review 1999 – 2000 PAGE LAYOUT/FA/HIGH RES 18/12/2000 3:06 pm Page 2 Cover illustration: The Roof of Westminster Hall, by Sir Frank Baines, c1923. (HLRO, HC Lib. MS. 114) PAGE LAYOUT/FA/HIGH RES 18/12/2000 3:06 pm Page 3 HOUSE of LORDS RECORD OFFICE Archives Annual The Parliamentary Review 1999 – 2000 London:The Stationery Office PAGE LAYOUT/FA/HIGH RES 18/12/2000 3:06 pm Page 4 By writing: House of Lords Record Office How to (The Parliamentary Archives) contact the London SW1A OPW Parliamentary By telephone: 020 7219 3074 Archives By fax: 020 7219 2570 By e-mail:
[email protected] By the internet: www.parliament.uk LOCATION MAP St.James’s Park River Thames WHITEHALL PARLIAMENT BIRDCAGE WALK WESTMINSTER BR. SQUARE • Houses of Westminster Parliament Abbey ENTRANCE ☛ VICTORIA STREET Victoria GREAT PETER STREET Tower Gardens MILLBANK ENTRANCE ☛ PAGE LAYOUT/FA/HIGH RES 18/12/2000 3:06 pm Page 5 ecord Office 5 y Archives) PW Looking back … … looking to the future Archives THIS REVIEW OF THE WORK of the House of Lords Record Office (The k Parliamentary Archives) covers the year that ended on 31st March 2000. It shows, The Parliamentary as we enter the 21st century, how we are building on past achievements to k provide modern services fitting the needs of both Houses of Parliament and all our external users. In this Millennium year it is striking to recall that the Record Office was founded only as recently as 1946 though its holdings date back to 1497.