Series
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: Miscellaneous Parliamentary Bills: Volumes
Catalogue reference: AM 2
What's it about?
AM 2
These leather-bound volumes contain printed Parliamentary Bills and amendments, together with weeded documentation including drafting notes, significant correspondence relating to the preparation of the legislation, opinions and memoranda. Each...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AM 2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: Miscellaneous Parliamentary Bills: Volumes
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1832-1947
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Description (What the record is about)
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These leather-bound volumes contain printed Parliamentary Bills and amendments, together with weeded documentation including drafting notes, significant correspondence relating to the preparation of the legislation, opinions and memoranda. Each volume contains a number of smaller Bills that were not bound individually.
The contents of the series reflect the translation of policy into legislation and give a valuable historical insight into the process at the highest level. Individual sponsoring government departments when considering further legislation often need to consult the original Office of the Parliamentary Counsel records when they have not retained or transferred their own records on legislation that they sponsored.
Some pieces contain indexes.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, 1869-1969
- Parliamentary Counsel, 1769-1841
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 320 volume(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- Volumes vary in size
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2013 Cabinet Office, Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- The older volumes are in a condition commensurate with their age. Generally the more recent the volume, the better the condition.
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- OPC has retained all these records since inception (see Lord Chancellor's Instrument No 76).
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13374014/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AM
Records of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
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Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: Miscellaneous Parliamentary Bills: Volumes