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Correspondence with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy relating to Blunkett's role as a parliamentary adviser to the Society, as well as in his capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Health. Subjects include: the Tomlinson report; the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill; VAT on children's shoes; VAT on TENS machines; and reduction in physiotherapist services at Manchester Central Hospitals.

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Includes correspondence with Ros Hepplewhite, Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency.

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Correspondence mainly with members of the public concerning Blunkett's submission to the Commission on Social Justice relating to voluntary community service.

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Correspondence concerning electoral reform, with both members of the public and with the Labour Campaign for Electoral reform. Includes submission to the NEC by the Working Party on Electoral Systems, April 1991.

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Correspondence with representatives of the Fabian Society on a range of issues including the Society's Committee of Inquiry into the Labour Party constitution, 1992; and Blunkett's objections to an article published in the Fabian Review relating to Labour's 'Health 2000' policy, 1994.

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Mainly contains correspondence with the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, but also contains one item relating to the Geographical Association. Mainly concerns Blunkett's guide dogs, Offa and Lucy, and his attendance at council meetings and events of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.

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Mainly contains correspondence with members of the public who witnessed the Hillsborough disaster of 15 April 1989, including eye witness accounts of the tragedy.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers concerning a Parliamentary Labour Party Review Committee on the Reform of the Commons, and how working hours and the summer recess could be changed to facilitate a better work life balance for MPs. Includes correspondence concerning Blunkett's article in The Guardian newspaper, 26/03/1990 entitled 'Hard Times for MPs in Bleak House' concerning need to modernise accommodation and procedures of Parliament; a proposal for a 'Dispatches' documentary on parliamentary...