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House of Commons Office correspondence file, February 2005-December 2011

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 25
Reference code: 467/1/4/2/1

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with MPs, ministers and organisations on a wide variety of subjects of both national and local importance, mainly dating from 2011. Includes: Blunkett's continued use of a government car and security as revealed in a Freedom of Information request, 2008; submission to the Committee on Standards in Public Life, April 2009; letter from Thomas Legg QC to Blunkett concerning ACA payments made to Blunkett, December 2009; letter from Blunkett to Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party, concerning the direction of the party, October 2011; to the Clerk of the House concerning Blunkett's vote not being registered in a parliamentary vote in April 2011 due to the fact he exited the No Lobby before the tellers were in place; and correspondence with Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC concerning an edition of the programme 'Peston and the Money Men' which dealt with the controversy surrounding Blunkett's resignation as Home Secretary in 2004.

Dates

  • Creation: February 2005-December 2011

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Extent

1 Folder(s)

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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