Catalogue description Welsh Office: Bill Papers, Registered Files (B Series)

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Reference: BD 70
Title: Welsh Office: Bill Papers, Registered Files (B Series)
Description:

This series contains papers, early drafts, correspondence with other government departments and the public, and notes of meetings, concerning a number of Bills passing through Parliament. The most important Bills covered by the series are the Scotland and Wales Bill, and the Wales Bill, the legislation covering the establishment of a Welsh Assembly and the introduction of devolution in the 1970s.

Date: 1966-1978
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: B file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 149 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 2001 National Assembly for Wales

Selection and destruction information: The following criteria was used in selecting files for this series - files were only selected if the Bill concerned was a purely Welsh Bill or though led by the appropriate English department, had a substantial Welsh element. Files containing only copies of Hansard and printed bills were not selected.
Accruals: No future accruals expected

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