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Correspondence file: Department of Trade & Industry, November 1987-September 2006

 File — Box: Blunkett Box 10
Reference code: 467/1/1/12

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with constituents and businesses in Sheffield where Blunkett has taken up the subject with the Department of Trade & Industry. Subjects include: correspondence with Margaret Thatcher regarding protection for British companies against foreign takeover bids, 1989; exemption of dolls' house furniture from the proposed Food Imitations Safety Regulations (correspondence with Clutterbuck's of Sheffield), 1989; Anti-Dumping Review Procedure in the United States and its impact of forged steel crankshafts exports by United Engineering Steels Ltd of Sheffield, 1990; the impact of high interest rates enforced by membership of the ERM on the manufacturing sector (correspondence with Barworth Flockton Ltd of Sheffield), including letter sent from the Treasury on Black Wednesday (16 September 1992) 1991-2; Sunday Trading, 1993; anti-dumping duties on imports of unbleached cotton fabrics from India (correspondence with JH Mudford & Sons of Sheffield), 1996-1997; coal health claims, 2002; proposed closure of Maltby Colliery, 1997; and redundancies at Outo Kumpu, 2005.

Dates

  • Creation: November 1987-September 2006

Creator

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Extent

3 Folder(s) (44 items)

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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