U DMH Records of Frank Hooley MP 1948-1970

Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP

Accession number: 1971/11

Biographical Background: Frank Oswald Hooley was born in Birmingham in November 1923. He attended Birmingham University, then began a career as an administrator in higher education. He was an Administrative Assistant at the University of Birmingham (1948-1952), and Assistant Registrar and then Senior Assistant Registrar at the University of Sheffield (1952-1966). He contested the Skipton constituency for Labour in 1959 and then Sheffield Heeley in 1964, a seat which he subsequently won in March 1966 and held until June 1970. He then resumed his administrative career as Senior Administrative Assistant at Manchester Polytechnic (1970-1971) and Chief Administrative Officer at Sheffield City College of Education (1971- 1974). He was re-elected to Sheffield Heeley in February 1974, and remained MP there until 1983, when he contested and lost Stratford-upon-Avon. He was particularly interested in environmental matters, and foreign affairs, especially in relation to developing countries, and was at one time a member of the executive of the United Nations Association. Frank Hooley died on 21 January 2015.

Custodial history: Donated by Frank Hooley in 1971

Description: This small collection contains files relating to Frank Hooley's period as MP for Sheffield Heeley (1968-1970) and to his work with the United Nations Association.

Arrangement: U DMH/1-6 General correspondence, 1968-1970 U DMH/7-11 Cases, 1968-1970 U DMH/12-19 United Nations Association, 1948-1970 U DMH/20-21 Overseas Aid, 1969-1970 U DMH/22-42 General Topics, 1963-1970

Extent: 2 linear metres

Related material: Later papers are held at Sheffield Archives (Ref MPB) and include correspondence files (1977-1983), case papers (1976-1983) and subject files (1976-1983).

Finding aids: Entry in Modern political papers subject guide

Access conditions: Some of the records in this collection contain sensitive personal information. In accordance with data protection legislation, records containing sensitive personal information are not available for public inspection for 75 years if the information relates to adults, or 100 years if the information relates to children. In some circumstances access may be granted for research purposes. To request access or for further information please contact [email protected].

Access to all other material will be granted to any accredited reader.

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Language: English

U DMH/1 File. General Correspondence Jan-Jun Contains correspondence from various correspondents, 1968 including constituents, relating to subjects including housing, the Race Relations Bill, selling arms to Nigeria, the Transport Bill, divorce law, prescription charges, invitations to events, the national lottery, requests to visit the Houses of Parliament, chemical and biological warfare, the postal service, Gibraltar, Labour Party policy, the National Coal Board, derelict land, pensions, overseas aid, nursery education, the Sunday Entertainments Bill, the Sunday Trading Bill, welfare benefits, the United Nations Parliamentary Group, immigration, the UK- USA relationship, the United Nations Association, the Child Poverty Action Group, mortgage rates, employment issues, taxes, traveller sites, the Matrimonial Causes Rules 1968, the telephone network, public transport, hare coursing, price increases, location of government offices, civil defence, the Countryside Bill, the police, the Vietnam war, Stansted Airport, student grants, wages and salaries, selling arms to South Africa, British Standard Time, the Finance Bill, staff recruitment at universities, the Society for International Development, the Gaming Bill, television, mercenaries, trade unions, fuel policy, the Local Authorities Mutual Investment Trust Bill, the Road Safety Act, work permits, Palestine, the economy, and government expenditure. 1 file

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page 2 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/2 File. General Correspondence Jul-Nov Contains correspondence from various correspondents, 1968 including constituents, relating to subjects including overseas aid, welfare benefits, invitations to events, consumer complaints, Israel, Kosher and Halal meat, overseas students, requests to visit the Houses of Parliament, an inquest into deaths at the Broomhall Development Site, the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Bill, the education system, immigration, wages and salaries, pensions, the Medical Commission on Accident Prevention, Rhodesia, the Vietnam war, riots in London, employment issues, industrial accidents, price increases, university building projects, South Africa, domestic rubbish disposal, race relations, housing, job references, electoral reform, the Town and Country Planning Bill, the Sheffield International Centre, taxes, the Pollution of Rivers Act, Nigeria, the United Nations, the Commonwealth, nationalised industries, Yorkshire Television, consumer credit, the Meat and Livestock Commission Levy, decimal currency, Greece, computerisation in libraries, defence expenditure, the national lottery, prescription charges, and the Transport Bill. 1 file

page 3 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/3 File. General Correspondence Nov 1968- Contains correspondence from various correspondents, Mar 1969 including constituents, relating to subjects including Sheffield Rolling Mills Ltd, road improvements, dispersal policy, arms sales to Nigeria, the United Nations Association, invitations to events, the Vehicles Licensing Bill, Southern Sudan, the steel plant making industry, South Africa, school education, the Middle East, policing, teachers' salaries, welfare benefits, Direct Works Departments, the RSPCA, Mozambique, drug addiction, decimal currency, the Education Act, the Sunday Entertainments Bill, housing, food hygiene, microwaves, industrial diversification, waterways transport, medical care, electricity supply, taxes, requests to visit the Houses of Parliament, Sheffield Fruit Market, price increases, student accommodation, trade unions, the BBC, industrial development, Blind Workshops, overseas aid, Zambia, unemployment, the Post Office, public transport, transport facilities, the Matrimonial Property Bill, the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Bill, the Urban Programme of Expenditure, slaughter of animals for meat, the National Trust, industrial safety, the Representation of the People Bill, UN Peacekeeping, immigration, riots in London, British Standard Time, Scientology, Greece, Rhodesia, divorce reform, war and defence, House of Lords reform, and Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. 1 file

This item contains personal sensitive information and is not available for public inspection for 75 years until Jan 2045. This is in accordance with data protection legislation. If you have a query about access to this record please contact [email protected].

page 4 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/4 File. General Correspondence Apr-Jul Contains correspondence from various correspondents, 1969 including constituents, relating to subjects including the prison system, overseas aid, welfare benefits, medical care, national productivity, taxes, public expenditure, fluoridation of water supplies, the Parliamentary Boundaries Commission, immigration, invitations to events, requests to visit the Houses of Parliament, international trade, school education, Amnesty International, unemployment, public transport, Sunday sport, capital punishment, South Africa, the motor industry, Rhodesia, road improvements, the Monopolies Commission Report relating to beer, National Insurance, trade unions, the Pet Animals Bill, disability issues, race relations, Government Training Centres, school education, planning applications, housing, the United Nations, the Sunday Entertainments Bill, universities, local government reform, school fees, technology development, pensions, Greece, Sudan, Nigeria, the Middle East, divorce reform, derelict land reclamation, the Anti- Discrimination Bill, the Customary Holidays Bill, electoral reform, Ireland, the Cruelty to Animals Act (1876), the Labour Party, the Children and Young Persons Bill, local radio, decentralisation of government departments, community associations, Yorkshire Television, and religious education. 1 file

page 5 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/5 File. General Correspondence Aug-Dec Contains correspondence from various correspondents, 1969 including constituents, relating to subjects including South Africa, capital punishment, national insurance, the Common Market, prices and incomes, prescriptions, invitiations to events, the United Nations, salaries, the Vietnam War, Yorkshire and Humberside Clean Up Campaign, Tanzania, Kenya, pensions, right to demonstrate, decimal currency, blood sports, sale of cigarettes, the National Railway Museum, teachers, the electoral register, Nigeria, conservation areas, requests to visit the Houses of Parliament, Rhodesia, housing, overseas aid, taxes, NATO, hospital services, Workshops for the Blind, religious education, recreation facilities, Mozambique, Northern Ireland, the Entertainment Employment Agencies Bill, the Middle East, hall-marking of gold and silver, Party donations, world poverty, registration of chiropodists, the Seebolm Report, charges for overseas students, nuclear exports, animal welfare codes, the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968, industrial safety, Yorkshire Derwent Water Bill, use of cyclamates in soft drinks, violent crime, education, Sheffield theatres, civil service reform, local government reform, roads, gender equality, marine pollution, racial discrimination, price increases, pedestrian crossings, and fluoridation of water supplies. 1 file

page 6 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/6 File. General Correspondence Apr-May Contains correspondence from various correspondents, 1970 including constituents, relating to subjects including university fees, requests to visit the Houses of Parliament, the United Nations, trade unions, West Africa, South Africa, Rhodesia, voting, the Sheffield Lyceum Theatre, invitations to events, blind workshops, general election campaign, job applications, the NHS, students, the Local Authority Social Services Bill, gas supplies, public transport, overseas aid, European policy, telephone charges, smokeless fuel, housing, taxes, military aircraft expenditure, industrial development, market rents and tolls, Zambia, the justice system, camping, regional development, pollution, the nationalisation of the Manchester Ship Canal Company, the Middle East, water supplies, a bill on voluntary euthanasia, pensioners, welfare benefits, fire prevention, and interest rates. 1 file

This item contains personal sensitive information and is not available for public inspection for 75 years until Jan 2046. This is in accordance with data protection legislation. If you have a query about access to this record please contact [email protected].

U DMH/7 File. Cases completed (No.8) Jul 1968- Contains correspondence concerning constituents' cases Apr 1969 relating to various subjects including pensions, housing, international trade, welfare benefits, national insurance, public transport, the police, consumer complaints, visas, air travel, research on animals, parking regulations, rent charges, sports facilities, medical care, working conditions, the Seebohm Report, pilot training, envelope standardisation, employment issues, South Sudan, decimal currency, salaries, taxes, university teaching, school education, redundancy pay, inland waterways, Nigeria, and divorce costs. 1 file

page 7 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/8 File. Cases completed (No.9) Aug 1968- Contains correspondence concerning constituents' cases Jul 1969 relating to various subjects including welfare benefits, housing, the postal service, relatives in detention abroad, violent films, concessionary fares, immigration, citizenship, army service, camping, door-to-door charitable collections, doctors in rural areas, bullying at work, legal aid, the BBC, international trade, agriculture, the justice system, issue of vehicles to disabled individuals, pedestrian crossings, national insurance, premises for play-groups, and redundancy. 1 file

U DMH/9 File. Cases completed (No.10) Mar 1968- Contains correspondence concerning constituents' cases Nov 1969 relating to various subjects including pensions, welfare benefits, housing, taxes, consumer complaints, sports facilities, employment issues, overseas students fees, the Vehicle Licensing Bill, child custody, financial difficulties, insurance, licence evasion, citizenship, public grants, eyesight screening, the justice system, medical research, British Standard Time, price increases, pedestrian crossings, police complaints, entry of women to medical schools, and industrial safety. 1 file

page 8 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/10 File. Cases completed (No.11) Jun 1969- Contains correspondence concerning constituents' cases Mar 1970 relating to various subjects including the justice system, hearing aids, pensions, financial difficulties, education provision for disabled children, British Standard Time, welfare benefits, industrial disputes, housing, employment issues, taxes, education, consumer complaints, local government reform, school transport, National Insurance, noise complaints, the police, medical care, cigarette vending machines, public transport, agriculture, political prisoners in Greece, and use of seat belts. 1 file

U DMH/11 File. Cases completed (No.12) May 1969- Contains correspondence concerning constituents' cases May 1970 relating to various subjects including housing, parking issues, welfare benefits, salaries, the justice system, nuisance complaints, price increases, private employment agencies, taxes, fishing permits, unsolicited goods, pensions, the Peak District National Park, visa applications, medical care, children's playgrounds, education, overseas aid, estate agents' charges, redevelopment projects, the Manchester Ship Canal Company, and the National Health Service. 1 file

U DMH/12 File. United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern 1968 Ireland. Executive Committee papers Includes minutes of the United Nations Association Executive Committee, with related agenda, circulars, correspondence, committee papers and reports, and newletters. 1 bundle

U DMH/13 File. United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern 1969 Ireland. Executive Committee papers Includes minutes of the United Nations Association Executive Committee, with related agenda, circulars, correspondence, committee papers and reports, and newletters. 1 bundle

page 9 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/14 File. United Nations Association. Finance and General 1968 Purposes Committee papers Includes minutes of the United Nations Association Finance and General Purposes Committee, with related agenda, circulars, correspondence, committee papers and reports, and newletters. 1 bundle

U DMH/15 File. United Nations Association. Correspondence 1966-1967 Contains correspondence relating to the United Nations Association (UNA) and its work on various subjects including the UNA membership campaign, UNA meetings, UNA members and staffing, UNA internal disputes, UNA committees, UNA events, UNA regions and branches, UNA finances, United Nations Student Association, Human Rights Year, UNA publications, disarmament, the Middle East, fundraising, visit to the Soviet Union, education in world citizenship, 'New World' publication, UNA charitable status, and the UNA Trust. 1 bundle

U DMH/16 File. United Nations Association. Correspondence 1967-1969 Contains correspondence relating to the United Nations Association (UNA) and its work on various subjects including the UNA membership campaign, UNA conferences and meetings, UNA members and staffing, UNA complaints procedure and internal disputes, UNA committees, UNA events, UNA regions and branches, UNA finances, the Middle East, the Czech Relief Fund, UNA fundraising, inter- Commonwelath migration, UNA manifesto, press releases, UN base at Singapore, overseas travel by staff members, the Soviet UNA, a visit to the Soviet Union, and UN peacekeeping; with Frank Hooley's UNA Certificate of Sustaining Membership (Sep 1967), and a press cutting from the UNA publication 'New World' (Jan 1969) relating to UNA publications, UNSA and Rhodesia. 1 bundle

U DMH/17 File. United Nations Association. Correspondence 1969 Contains correspondence relating to the United Nations Association (UNA) and its work on various subjects including the Middle East, UNA conferences and meetings, UNA members and staffing, UNICEF, Rhodesia, UNA complaints procedure and internal disputes, UNA committees, UNA events, refugees, UNA membership campaign, press leaks, Cyprus, UNA Trust, UNA branch activity, human rights, UNA finances, teaching about the UN in schools, UNA ballots and elections, UNA national councils, fundraising, expenses claims, and the UNA Czech Fund. 1 bundle

page 10 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/18 File. United Nations Association. Youth Committee Jul 1969- Includes minutes, agenda, newsletters, papers, reports and Apr 1970 circulars of the National Youth Committee (1969-1970); minutes of the 24th Annual General Meeting of the United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1969); and a leaflet entitled 'If You Knew...' published by the Friends Peace & International Relations Committee. 1 bundle

U DMH/19 File. United Nations Association. Security Council 1948-1968 Includes copies of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 42-44, 46, 48-49, 50, 53-54, 56-57, 59-62, 66 (1948), 72-73 (1949), 89 (1950), 92-93, 95 (1951), 100-101 (1953), 106-108 (1955), 111, 113-114 (1956), 127 (1958), 162 (1961), 171 (1962), 228 (1966), 233-237, 240, 242 (1967), 248, 250-252, 256, 258-259 (1968); copies of United Nations General Assembly Resolutions 181 III (1948), 303 IV (1949), 619 VII (1952), 2252-2254 (1967) relating to Palestine, Israel and the Middle East; copies of United Nations Security Council papers relating to Palestine and Israel (1968); and a leaflet entitled 'United Nations Day 24 October 1968: International Year for Human Rights, 1968'. 1 bundle

U DMH/20 File. Select Committee on Overseas Aid 1969-1970 Includes copies of printed reports, papers, memoranda and submissions to the House of Commons Select Committee on Overseas Aid, with some related correspondence. 1 bundle

U DMH/21 File. Select Committee on Overseas Aid 2-15 Feb Includes correspondence, notebook, reports on aid received by 1970 visited countries, briefs and arrangements for tour members, and itineraries relating to House of Commons Select Committee on Overseas Aid visits to Lebanon, Turkey, Iran, Jordan and Cyprus. 1 bundle

page 11 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/22 File. Unemployment 1963-1969 Includes national unemployment statistics and unemployment statistics for the Sheffield Area; copies of written replies from the Department of Employment and Productivity in response to questions raised by Frank Hooley MP and other members of parliament; press cuttings; correspondence relating to unemployment, industrial disputes, and industrial safety; paper by the Sheffield and District Employment Committee entitled 'Examination of the Needs of the Employment Committee Area In Relation to Further Re-Training Facilities'; minutes of the Joint Trade Union Committee for Industrial Safety (Sheffield Area) (27 Oct 1969); correspondence between Frank Hooley MP and Barbara Castle MP; a leaflet entitled 'The Associaiton of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs: The University Technicians' Case'; copies of 'Talking Points' (20 Feb 1969, May 1968) published by the Labour Party; printed response by the Davy-United Joint Shop Stewards Confed. Committee to the goverment white paper 'In Place of Strife'; a copy of 'A Report by the Yorkshire and Humberside Economic Planning Council: Employment Prospects in the Yorkshire Coalmining Areas'; a leaflet entitled 'Help yourself: NBPI Productivity Guide'; a Department of Employment and Productivity publication entitled 'Changes in rates of Wages and Hours of Work' (May 1968); a report of the Joint Committee on Professional Manpower entitled 'Engineers, Technologists and Scientists in the National Economy' ([1967]); 'Report on Employment Patterns in Sheffield' by the Sheffield Junior Chamber of Commerce Business and Economic Affairs Committee (Jan 1968); a booklet published by the Labour Party entitled 'Strikes' (1967); and reports of meetings between trade union officers and Sheffield members of Parliament (22 Oct, 18 Nov 1967). 1 file

page 12 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/23 File. Labour Party 1965-1970 Includes correspondence relating to Labour Party canvassing and electioneering, local and regional Labour Party activities, review of constituency boundaries and organisation of Labour Party events; leaflets relating to the Labour Party Annual Conference (1970); list of constituency meetings (1969-1970); Labour Party election leaflets and flyers; a leaflet entitled 'Britain: Progress and Change - A Statement presented by the National Executive Committee to the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, Blackpool, 1968'; correspondence and programmes relating to local Labour Party meetings; copy of the Labour Party code of conduct (1968); report of a public inquiry in Sheffield relating to the provisional recommendations made by the Boundary Commission for England (26 Jan 1968); a copy of the Labour Party manifesto for the 1966 General Election; a copy of the Parliamentary Labour Party Benevolent Fund Ninth Annual Statement of Accounts and Trustees' report (31 Mar 1967); and Labour Party candidate nomination forms for Heeley (Sheffield) Constituency (1965). 1 file

U DMH/24 File. Reform of Parliamentary Procedure 1966-1969 Includes memoranda and notes relating to proposed reforms to the House of Commons by the Procedure Committee; a copy of the Labour Party publication 'Talking Points' (Nov 1968) relating to House of Lords reform; a paper entitled 'This All- Party Group of Back-Bench Members, convened to review the facilities and resources necessary to enable Members to carry out their various duties effectively, notes that:'; correspondence and related extracts from Hansard; a copy of the Parliamentary Labour Party Parliamentary Reform Group 'Report on Questionnaire on Services, 1968'; press cuttings; membership lists of House of Commons Select Committees relating to Public Matters (1966); and written responses to questions by MPs. 1 file

page 13 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/25 File. Social Security 1966-1970 Includes correspondence concerning social security and other related welfare issues; official responses to the Local Authority Social Services Bill 1970 and the Children and Young Persons' Bill; press releases by the Department of Health and Social Security; papers entitled 'Abuse of Social Security Benefits', 'Problems Facing the Nottingham Medical School', 'National Insurance (No.2) Bill: Background Notes', 'Disablement Income Group (D.I.G.) - Its history and aims', 'The Cost of the Social Services: Some statistical notes to accompany a lecture' and 'Some Information about Occupational Pension Schemes'; Labour Party press releases; written responses to questions asked by MPs and extracts from Hansard; copy of the National Trust for the Welfare of the Elderly Third Annual Report to the Patron Members of Parliament; a review by the Abortion Law Reform Association entitled 'The First 18 Months of the Abortion Act'; a copy of the Association of Psychiatric Social Workers 'Employment of Social Workers in the Mental Health Services: Statement to the Department of Health and Social Security' (27 Oct 1969); copies of the Industrial Advisers to the Blind Ltd newsletter 'Forum' (Oct, Dec 1969); a Department of Health and Social Security leaflet entitled 'Changes in Social Security Contributions and Benefits from November 1969' (Sep 1969); a New Society pamphlet entitled 'The Seebohm Report'; a copy of the Methodist Church Department of Christian Citizenship 'Drug Addication Working Party Report' (1968); Labour Party publication 'Talking Points' (Jul 1968); Child Poverty Action Group leaflet 'Protecting the Poorest' (Mar 1968); DIG leaflet 'The Economics of Disability' (Apr 1968); memorandum, papers and correspondence relating to the Divorce Reform Bill; copies of Ministry of Social Security leaflets relating to claiming supplementary benefits; press cuttings; and printed notes by the Ministry of Social Security entitled 'Comparative Social Security Tables'. 1 file

page 14 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/26 File. Science and Technology 1966-1970 Includes printed notes relating to [publicly] funded research projects across the Science and Technology Sector with details of research establishment, the research being undertaken, budget, number of personnel, and type of personnel (graduate or qualified); a copy of the Imperial College of Science and Technology 'Computer Appreciation Course for Sub-Committee D of the Select Committee on Science & Technology' (Jan 1970) with handwritten notes by Frank Hooley MP; the National Industrial Space Committee publication 'The Case for a U.K. Space Programme'; a copy of the National Research Development Corporation booklet 'A Service to Industry'; a copy of the Culham Laboratory Fifth Annual Report (1966- 1967); and a copy of the National Industrial Space Committee paper 'The Exploitation of Space Technology in the United Kingdom' (Feb 1970). See also U DMH/41. 1 file

page 15 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/27 File. Reference file - Administration 1966-1970 Includes a copy of a speech by Harold Wilson MP at a May Day Rally relating to the recent Budget (3 May 1970); letter relating to the Batemoor and Jordanthorpe Community Association; copies of Claim Forms for An Allowance for Secretarial Assistance to Members of Parliament and related circulars; list of Hallamshire Historic Buildings Society officers; lists of G.V.T.A. Committee Members; lists of Officers of State, other ministerial and secretarial positions; list of Parliamentary Labour Party Subject Group Officers; House of Commons booklet 'The Refreshment Department: Information and Regulations'; circular relating to various administrative issues and benefits available to MPs; list of Atlantic Trade Study publications; list of Batemoor & Jordanthorpe Community Association council members; correspondence relating to the Seebohm Report, publication of press articles and papers by MPs, and taxes; Labour Party publication 'Talking Points' (Dec 1968); notes relating to income tax expenses for MPs; list of House of Commons members; House of Commons Library bulletin relating to the 'Library Computer Experiment' (24 Oct 1968); press cuttings lists of Labour Party officers; House of Commons Order of Business information sheet; list of Government Whips; notes and guides relating to Line of Route for Members' Parties; correspondence relating to House of Commons procedure; paper entitled 'Notes on Press Relations' (20 Jun 1966); list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries; booklet entitled 'Information for New Members of the Parliamentary Labour Party'; rules of the United Kingdom Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, and the Parliamentary Labour Party Benevolent Fund; leaflet entitled 'Inter-Parliamentary Union: Aims, Structure, Activities'; an explanatory leaflet entitled 'Members' Contributory Pension Fund'; a handbook entitled 'The Library of the House of Commons'; and a copy of the Standing Orders of the Parliamentary Labour Party adopted 13 Dec 1961 and amended 1 Dec 1964. 1 file

page 16 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/28 File. Tanzania 1966-1970 Includes an information booklet entitled 'Who-What-Where in Tanzania'; correspondence relating to a visit to Tanzania by Frank Hooley MP, and trade between Britain and Tanzania; handwritten notes by Frank Hooley relating to his visit to Tanzania; briefing papers on Tanzania for the official visit; visit itinerary; list of Tanzania National Assembly members; copy of the Tanzania 'Government's proposals on uniform law on marriage' (1969); copies of speeches by the Honourable the Minister for Finance (Tanzania) 'Introducing the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure' (1968-1969, 1969-1970); and a booklet entitled 'Principles and Development: A Memorandum by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, and President of Tanu, June, 1966'. 1 file

page 17 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/29 File. Education 1966-1970 Includes copies of press releases by the Department of education and Science; correspondence and circulars relating to general educational issues, student fees, educational facilities, school leaving dates, postgraduate awards, and student grants; a memorandum from the Association for Religious Education for Teachers and Lecturers regarding 'Religious Education and the Proposed New Education Act'; Department of Education and Science 'Reports on Education (No. 29 Feb 1966, No. 53 Feb 1969, No. 54 Mar 1969, No. 59 Dec 1969); papers entitled 'Proposals for the curriculum and examinations in the sixth form' and 'The Influence of the Curriculum up to 16 on Developments in the Sixth Form' by The Standing Conference on University Entrance, the Schols Council Joint Working Party on Sixth Form Curriculum and Examinations, and the Schools Council''s Second Working Party on the Sixth Form Curriculum and Examinations; an untitled paper relating to the new Education Bill (18 Jul 1969); written replies from government ministries in relation to questions asked in the House of Commons by Frank Hooley MP, with related extracts from Hansard; press release by the Open University relating to staff appointments; statistics relating to expenditure by Local Education Authorities in England and Wales and by Education Authorities in Scotland (1963-1968); press cuttings relating to education in the Sheffield area; a paper entitled 'City of Sheffield: Educational Priority Areas' (9 Nov 1967); Labour Party booklets and leaflets entitled 'Action: Education', 'The Plowden Report', 'Education: Robbins Report', 'Education: The Newsom Report', 'Fair Deal for Kids: Why Labour Believes in Comprehensive Schools', 'Another 2 Million to Teach' and 'The Importance of Education'; copy of 'Comprehensive Education The Sheffield Plan as accepted by the City Council April 7th 1965'; a paper entitled 'Council for Education in the Commonwealth: Observations on a background note by the Secretary of State for Education and Science' (21 Feb 1967); paper by Frank Hooley entitled 'Overseas Students Fees for Higher Education: Objections to a differential charge'; and statistics relating to overseas students in Britain (1965-1966). 1 file

page 18 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/30 File. General reference file 1967-1970 Includes a paper by the Central Office of Information entitled 'Some Recent Advances and Developments in Britain: No. 12' (Jan 1970); Labour Party publications entitled 'Government Achievements', 'Time for Reform', 'The Conservative Party', 'Labour's First Three Years', 'Tories in Opposition' and 'Labour's Social Services Programme'; a copy of 'Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to Both Houses of Parliament' (31 Oct 1967); a copy of the Public Bill List Session 1966-67 (29 Jul 1967); a paper entitled 'A Proud Record' relating to [the Labour Government's] economic policy, social and home affairs, and international affairs; a published memorandum by the Joint Committee of the Assay Offices of Great Britain for the Board of Trade entitled 'The Case for the Continuation of Compulsory Assay and Hallmarking' (1969); and a booklet entitled 'Report of the Royal Commission on Local Government in England: Observations of the Urban District Councils Association' (Oct 1969). 1 file

U DMH/31 File. Industrial Dereliction 1967-1970 Includes correspondence, statistics, written answers to questions asked in the House of Commons by Frank Hooley, extracts from Hansard, press cuttings and articles relating to derelict land, industrial dereliction and the reclamation of derelict land; papers entitled 'A National Land Reclamation Agency'; a booklet by the Naitonal Coal Board Opencast Executive entitled 'Opencast Coal: A Tool for Landscape Renewal' (1967); and a copy of the Chairman's Address at the Annual Conference of the National Housing and Town Planning Council' (30 Oct 1968). 1 file

U DMH/32 File. Transport 1967-1970 Includes correspondence, written answers to questions asked in the House of Commons by Frank Hooley relating to public transport services, the Trans-Pennine Highway, roads, railway services between Sheffield and London, and other transport issues; a Labour Party Research Department Information Papers entitled 'Grant-Aided Passenger Railway Services' (No. 28 Feb 1969) and 'The Transport Bill' (No. 10 Apr 1968); correspondence, notes, press releases, and papers relating to the Transport Act (1968); and a list of Labour Party Research Department Information Papers (1965-1968). 1 file

page 19 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/33 File. Immigration 1968-1969 Includes correspondence, statistics, press cuttings, published articles, and extracts from Hansard relating to immigration and race relations; a paper entitled 'Catch 22' relating to the Commonwealth Immigration Act (1968); publications by the Runnymede Trust entitled 'The Runnymede Trust', Race Relations Bulletin (Nos. 3-4), 'How the Race Relations Act Affects Personnel' and 'How to Calculate Immigration Statistics'; papers by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants entitled 'London Asians Overseas' (17 Feb 1970), 'Entry Certificates: report on visit to India and Pakistan in August, and September by Mrs Mary Dines' (Sep 1969) and 'Commonweath Immigration: Advice for Dependents Overseas'; press release by The Committee on United Kingdom Citizenship relating to the need for a Select Committee on race relations and immigration; papers relating to work by the United Nations Association on race relations in Britain; handwritten notes by Frank Hooley with related papers on immigration policy; a copy of the annual report of the Sheffield Committee for Community Relations (1968-1969); a paper by The Committee on UK Citizenship entitled 'Background Information: British MPs Plan New Deal for Kenyan Asians, Three-Point Plan to Amend Immigration Act', with related publication, and paper by the Association of British Citizens; Labour Party publication 'Talking Points' (No. 3 Apr 1968, No. 21 Dec 1968) entitled 'Race Relations' and 'Immigration'; leaflet prepared for the Methodist Conference entitled '20 Questions on Race'; a paper entitled 'Everyman's Guide to the Race Relations Bill, 1968'; a report by the Committee on United Kingdom Citizenship (12 Jul 1968); Labour Party Research Department Information Paper No. 18 'Notes on Immigration/Race Relations' (May 1968); a copy of the Prime Minister's Birmingham Speech on 'Race Relations' (10 May 1968); a copy of the United Kingdom Committee for Human Rights Year 'Briefing Paper on the Race Relations Legislation'; a copy of a speech by The Rt. Hon. J. Enoch Powell, M.P. to the Annual General Meeting of the West Midlands Area Conservative Political Centre (20 Apr 1968); Labour Party booklet entitled 'Racial Discrimination' (1967); a summary of the PEP report on 'Racial Discrimination'; United Nations Association leaflets relating to human rights; and a National Committee for Commonwealth Immigrants booklet entitled 'Summary of The Street Report: Anti-Discrimination Legislation' (Nov 1967). 1 file

page 20 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/34 File. Steel 1968-1969 Includes correspondence and press cuttings relating to the British steel industry and the Sheffield Rolling Mills; a paper entitled 'Borrowing Powers and Capital Requirements of the British Steel Corporation' (1969); copy of the 'Text of announcement to be made to all works and staff employees engaged in the companies and parts of companies concerned in S.R.M. merger, and as a statement at a meeting with trade union officials'; a copy of a joint press announcement by the British Steel Corporation, Balfour & Darwins Limited and James Neill Holdings Limited (19 Sep 1968); a press release by the British Steel Corporation entitled 'Sheffield Rolling Mills Ltd'; typed notes on a conversation between Roy Mason, Minister of Fuel and Power, and John Mandelson and Frank Hooley (24 Oct 1968) relating to Sheffield Rolling Mills Limited; a Ministry of Power press briefing entitled 'British Steel Corporation Participation in Sheffield Rolling Mills Ltd.: Rationalisation of Alloy and Carbon Rod Production in Sheffield' (18 Sep 1968); and a 'Note by the Minister of Power on the formation of Sheffield Rolling Mills Limited' (11 Nov 1968). 1 file

page 21 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/35 File. Economic 1968-1970 Includes correspondence, statistics, press cuttings, articles, written answers to questions asked in the House of Commons by Frank Hooley MP, and extracts from Hansard relating to consumer spending, incomes, exports and imports, industry, government borrowing and investments, and other general economic issues; a press release by the Atlantic Trade Study entitled 'British Policy Should Encourage Participation in Multinational Firms' (3 Nov 1969); a list of members of the Committee on Invisible Exports; Labour Party publications 'Talking Points' (No. 5 May 1968, No. 22 Dec 1968) entitled 'The Prices and Incomes Bill' and 'The Tories and the Economy'; a leaflet entitled 'The World's Trading Groups'; a press release by Frank Hooley on the Prices and Incomes Bill (20 May 1968); a paper by the British Board of Trade entitled 'Government Export Promotion Activities' (May 1968); a Department of Education and Science flyer entitled 'Facts about Decimal Currency' (Feb 1968); a leaflet by the Decimal Currency Board entitled 'Decimal Currency: Expression of Amounts in printing, writing and in speech'; an annotated copy of the paper 'Industrial Expansion' presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and the Minister of Technology (Jan 1968); copy of the report 'Public Expenditure in 1968-69 and 1969-70' presented to Parliament by the Prime Minister (Jan 1968); Department of Economic Affairs publication 'DEA progress report' (No. 35 Dec 1967) entitled 'Economic' and 'Industrial and Regional'; Labour Party Research Department Information Paper No. 64 'What Devaluation Means' (Nov 1967); a paper entitled 'Wages and Salaries'; Labour Party publications entitled 'Labour's Export Plan' (1966) and 'Winning the Battle: Prices' (1967); copies of Labour Party papers entitled 'The Common Market - Information Document: Free Movement of Labour' (3 Apr 1967), 'The Common Market - Information Document: Voting in the E.E.C. Council of Ministers' (4 Apr 1967), 'The Common Market - Information Document: Institutions of the EEC' and 'The Common Market - Information Document: Political Implications' (3 Apr 1967); and speaking notes relating to 'Prices and Incomes: Policy after June 1967'. 1 file

page 22 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/36 File. Banaban people 1968-1970 Includes correspondence and written answers to questions asked in the House of Commons by Frank Hooley MP relating to the exploitation of phosphates on Ocean Island in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, former home of the Banabans, now living on Rabi Island in the Fiji group; a Foreign and Commonwealth Office booklet entitled 'The Ocean Island Phosphates Discussions' (Oct 1968); a report entitled 'The Ocean Islanders'; a report by the Rabi Island Council entitled 'Submissions presented to Her Majesty's Government at negotiations in London, U.K.' (Jun 1968); and a copy of a paper by Rev. Dr. Kenneth Greet entitled 'The Banaban People of Rambi Island in the Pacific'. 1 file

U DMH/37 File. Housing 1968-1970 Includes correspondence, press cuttings, statistics, extracts from Hansard, and written answers to questions asked in the House of Commons by Frank Hooley relating to historic buildings, house building, urban programme, council housing, housing in Sheffield, and other general housing issues; an article entitled 'Housing in the 1970s' by Harry W. Richardson and Joan Vipond; minutes of Hallamshire Historic Building Society (2 Mar 1970); correspondence relating to the Yorkshire Derwent Water Bill, financial status of Sheffield Hospitals, school building, local government, homelessness, water supply to the Mosborough Area, and local employment; a paper entitled 'The Government's Housing Record'; draft paper by the National Council for Civil Liberties entitled 'Parliamentary Civil Liberties Group - Police Complaints Procedure'; papers by the City of Sheffield Social Care Department entitled 'Homes for the Elderly'; a paper by the City of Sheffield Council entitled 'Housing Finance'; Labour Research Department Information Paper No. 15 entitled 'Council House Rents'; paper entitled 'Promises Fulfilled: Labour's Record in Housing and Local Government' (6 Aug 1968); Ministry of Housing & Local Government papers entitled 'Leasehold Reform Bill', 'Help Towards Home Ownership' and 'The Housing Programme 1965 to 1970'; a Housing and Local Government Group paper entitled 'New Towns'; Labour Party leaflets and booklets entitled 'Your Home?', 'Rates problem', 'Housing', and 'Labour's plan for old houses'; and a Ministry of Housing and Local Governent booklet entitled 'The 1965 Rent Act and You: 156 Questions Answered for Tenant and Landlord'. 1 file

page 23 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/38 File. Regional Problems 1968-1970 Includes correspondence and agenda relating to the Sheffield & District Trade Union Industrial Development Committee; extracts from Hansard relating to intermediate areas, and to industrial development, business mergers, economic planning and regional issues in the Sheffield and Doncaster areas; an advertising leaflet for The Doncaster and District Development Council; a paper entiteld 'The Case for the Inclusion of Sheffield as an Intermediate Area'; correspondence and written answers to questions asked in the House of Commons by Frank Hooley MP relating to the relocation of government departments from London; a paper by the Parliamentary Labour Party Yorkshire Group entitled 'Industrial Developments in the Yorkshire-Humberside Region: A policy statement by the region's Labour M.P.s' (19 Feb 1969); a paper entitled 'A Review of Yorkshire and Humberside: The Government's Views' (1967); agenda and minutes of the Sheffield Regional Liaison Committee on Industrial Development (26 Sep 1968); a copy of the 'Representations and Evidence to the Hunt Committee on Intermediate Areas by the Trade Union Industrial Development Committee'; papers and correspondence relating to a proposed Goole/Thorne Regional Airport; a report by the Yorkshire and Humberside Economic Planning Council entitled 'Employment Prospects in the Yorkshire Coalmining Areas'; related press cuttings; a map of the Yorkshire Coalfield and Notts-Derbys Coalfield Intermediate Areas and Employment Exchanges; and a map of Sheffield intermediate areas (Oct 1969). 1 file

U DMH/39 File. Water 1969-1970 Includes a booklet entitled 'Water Resources in the North: Report by the Water Resources Board' (1970); a copy of 'Note for Members in support of the Bill on Second Reading' of the Yorkshire Derwent Water Bill (1970); and a booklet by the Yorkshire Ouse & Hull River Authority entitled 'The Derwent Development Scheme: A General Description, August 1969'. 1 file

U DMH/40 File. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and 1969-1970 Development Includes booklets entitled 'UNDP Action Times 10: Part I Years of Challenge and Response' and 'UNDP Action Times 10: Part II The Ploughshare Armies', and copies of documentation submitted by various countries on the subject of tariff preferences for developing countries to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 1 file

page 24 of 25 Hull History Centre: Records of Frank Hooley MP U DMH/41 File. Select Committee on Science and Technology 1969-1970 Includes copies of papers and evidence submitted to the Select Committee on Science and Technology relating to an inquiry into population growth and population control. 1 file

U DMH/42 File. Council for the Advancement of Arab-British 1970 Understanding Includes minutes and agenda, with related correspondence and papers, of the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) International Interests and Refugees Sub-Committee (24 Feb, 13 Apr 1970), CAABU Finance and General Purposes Committee (4 Mar, 21 Apr 1970), CAABU Meetings and Special Projects Sub-Committee (5 Feb, 26 Feb, 11 Mar, 1 Apr 1970), CAABU Information and Publications Sub-Committee (23 Feb, 24 Mar 1970) and the CAABU Executive Committee (22 Jan, 23 Mar 1970); a CAABU booklet entitled 'The Churches and Palestine' by Michael Adams; a suggested reading list on the Middle East; a list of pamphlets for sale at CAABU office; and a copy of an 'Appeal from President Gamal Abdel Nasser to President Nixon on the 1st of May'. 1 file

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