1 10 668 https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/be7bd619c6eb198938a8414ba355152d.pdf b851076387088651a21e4bf4a11fa8f0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The End of the Home Office's Administrative Role Description An account of the resource The early 21st century saw the Home Office's traditional role in the preparation of Letters Patent and Royal Warrants transferred elsewhere, first to the Lord Chancellor and then to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs/Justice. Miscellaneous This is used for instruments that don't fit any other categories. Transcript A transcript of the document. Page 1 CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL For the Minister: Home Office note CHANGES TO THE HOME OFFICE The Home Office is being reorganised with two main aims: to establish a single department with end-to-end responsibility for the criminal justice system, and to streamline its business so as to enable its Ministers to focus on the reduction of crime. This is being achieved by the transfer to the Home Office of the Court Service and associated functions from the Lord Chancellor’s Department and the transfer elsewhere of a number of non-core traditional Home Office functions. The Department will have the lead in implementing the Auld Review and the Halliday report on sentencing policy. Ministers A Ministerial team of six Ministers [or seven?] Home Secretary Three Ministers of State Two Parliamentary Secretaries, (one in the Lords) Responsibilities The Home Office will retain its present responsibilities for criminal justice policy, crime reduction, prisons, police, asylum, immigration, nationality and passports (approximately 9,500 staff plus a further 44,000 staff in the Prison Service and other agencies). In addition it will take on: i. Court Service from the LCD (c10,000 staff); ii. Magistrate’s Courts from the LCD (c8000 full-time and 2500 part-time staff) iii. LCD’s Directorate of Criminal Justice Courts and Criminal Policy comprising a Magistrates’ Courts Division, Magistrates’ Courts IT division, Criminal Justice Division and a Criminal Planning and Resources Division; iv. UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordination Unit from the Cabinet Office (23 staff plus two expert special advisers, Keith Hellawell and Mike Trace). v. Work Permits UK (administration of the Work Permits arrangements for the UK; representing employment policy interests in wider immigration policy and free movement of workers) from the DfEE. CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div> Page 2 CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL At the same time it will lose a number of miscellaneous, mostly small-scale, responsibilities with their associated non-departmental public bodies: i. freedom of information openness and data protection (13 staff) to the LCD; ii. electoral law (7 staff) and the Electoral Commission to the DETR; iii. human rights (6 staff) to the LCD; iv. Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (8 staff) to the LCD; v. Royal, Church of England and hereditary matters (7 staff) to the LCD; vi. Fire Service (124 staff) to the DETR; vii. burial and cremation law, war memorials to DETR; viii. byelaws (3.5 staff) to DETR and DCMS; ix. gambling, liquor licensing and horseracing (33 staff) plus the Gaming Board, Horserace Betting Levy Board, Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal, National Stud and the Tote to DCMS; x. censorship and video classification (up to 3 staff) to DCMS but policy on obscenity stays; xi. Active Community Unit to Cabinet Office; xii. planning for the Golden Jubilee (11 staff) to the DCMS; xiii. animal welfare including the Hunting Bill (8.5 staff) to the DRA (nb. but vivisection remains with the Home Office); xiv. Sunday trading, Summertime and fixed Easter (1 staff) to DTI. 8 June 2001 CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. The reference to "fixed Easter" is probably a reference to section 1 of the <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/18-19/35/contents">Easter Act 1928</a> which sought to fix Easter as the first Sunday after the second Saturday of April. However, it has never been brought into force. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ancillary Material - Post-Reshuffle Note for the Home Secretary [2001-06-08] Subject The topic of the resource Ministerial Appointments Description An account of the resource Note for David Blunkett on his responsibilities as Home Secretary after the June 2001 reshuffle. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard Wilson (?) (Secretary to the Cabinet) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PREM 49/2706/05 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-06-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/212">Prime Minister's speaking note for the Home Secretary</a> Home Secretary Ministerial Appointments Prime Minister https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/b866ca8039b0a0c2764a526c178087bc.pdf f08c78db61d0c4bad186d34212883987 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The End of the Home Office's Administrative Role Description An account of the resource The early 21st century saw the Home Office's traditional role in the preparation of Letters Patent and Royal Warrants transferred elsewhere, first to the Lord Chancellor and then to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs/Justice. Miscellaneous This is used for instruments that don't fit any other categories. Transcript A transcript of the document. CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL For the Minister: Lord Chancellor's Department Note CHANGES TO LORD CHANCELLOR’S DEPARTMENT The responsibilities of the Lord Chancellor’s Department (LCD) for the Court Service, the Magistrates’ Courts and associated policy functions are being transferred to the Home Office to enable accountability for the running of the criminal justice system to be located in one department. Ministers A Ministerial team of four (or three given the reduced workload?) Lord Chancellor Three Parliamentary Secretaries, one in the Lords Responsibilities The LCD will retain responsibility for judicial appointments and other judicial matters, legal aid and the Criminal Defence Service and will continue as now to administer some tribunals including the immigration appeals tribunals. The responsibilities of the Department for civil justice policy, civil rights and constitutional matters will be strengthened by the inward transfer of many of the Home Office’s constitutional responsibilities including Freedom of Information, human rights, the Channel Islands, and Royal and Church matters (see note 3). 8 June 2001 CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ancillary Material - Post-Reshuffle Note for the Lord Chancellor [2001-06-08] Subject The topic of the resource Ministerial Appointments Description An account of the resource Note for Lord Irvine of Lairg on his responsibilities as Lord Chancellor after the June 2001 reshuffle. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard Wilson (?) (Secretary to the Cabinet) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PREM 49/2706/05 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-06-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/194">Prime Minister's Speaking Note</a> Lord Chancellor Ministerial Appointments Prime Minister https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/52af019d6c6c140259c799acdf60fb00.pdf ee449662435b0e58a9fab9b613374b81 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The End of the Home Office's Administrative Role Description An account of the resource The early 21st century saw the Home Office's traditional role in the preparation of Letters Patent and Royal Warrants transferred elsewhere, first to the Lord Chancellor and then to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs/Justice. Miscellaneous This is used for instruments that don't fit any other categories. Transcript A transcript of the document. Page 1 CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL PM Speaking Note 3 HOME OFFICE Appointment: Want you to be Home Secretary. Crucial post. Accommodation: Continue to have the use of South Eaton Place. Salary: Richard Wilson has asked permanent secretaries to assume that all Cabinet Ministers will draw their full salary unless an individual Minister decides otherwise. Not going to make a big song and dance about it: just do it. Structural changes: Making important changes to structure immediately. Announcing today. Important that key partners are consulted. Lord Chancellor is seeing the judiciary. Action: i. You should talk to the police through ACPO, and perhaps also the probation service, so that they understand what is going on. ii. You or someone on your behalf should talk to the authorities in Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man to explain to them the changes which are being made. Aim of changes: to give Home Office end-to-end responsibility for criminal justice system, and to slim down business to enable you to concentrate on reducing crime. Key features: Detail summarised in note. Hand over note. Court Service and associated policy functions being transferred from the Lord Chancellor’s Department (LCD) to the Home Office, plus the Drugs Unit from the Cabinet Office. But Lord Chancellor remains responsible for judicial appointment, civil law etc. No question of undermining the independence of the judiciary. Work permits also being transferred from the DfEE because of close link with immigration work. Many minor Home Office functions being transferred to the LCD (eg. freedom of information, Channel Isles, human rights), DCMS (eg. gambling, horseracing, video classification), DETR (Fire Service, electoral law), DTI (Summertime etc), Cabinet Office (Active Community Unit) and new Department of Rural Affairs (animal welfare including the Hunting Bill but not vivisection). CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div> Page 2 CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL For use if needed: Reducing crime is the key priority. Delivering results over the lifetime of this Parliament is essential. Present structure is too heavy to enable Home Secretary to concentrate on the main priorities. Too many distractions blowing up out of a clear blue sky which require the attention of the Home Secretary at present (eg. mad dogs, Royal Jubilee issues) These transfers make more sense in the context of the work of these other departments: eg. LCD must get something in return for what they are giving up. Liquor licensing: needs to be seen in the context of tourism and leisure industries. Policy goes much wider than the criminal law. Criminal law still a matter for you. Electoral law: nothing to do with crime. Makes sense to handle it alongside local government elections. Special Advisers: You will be getting UK Anti-Drugs Coordination Unit from the Cabinet Office. Keith Hellawell and Mike Trace are special advisers and their contracts formally lapse today. You will need my formal permission to reappoint them - as with your other special adviser appointments - but I will regard them as being additional to your normal limit. Contract: Want to agree with you the main objectives which we shall be driving through in this Parliament. Here is a draft of what that contract will be. Will want to discuss it and agree it with you in next few weeks when you have had a chance to consider it. New Delivery Unit in Cabinet Office reporting to me through Charlie Falconer, will be in charge of supporting your department in delivering this contract, ensuring any problems are tackled and reporting progress. Management team. You will want to be sure that your department’s Management Board has the skills which it needs to deliver this contract. Richard Wilson has asked permanent secretaries to make sure that they have the skills which they need in their top team. Grateful if you would take a close interest in this. 8 June 2001 CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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(Secretary to the Cabinet) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PREM 49/2706/05 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-06-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Home Secretary Ministerial Appointments Prime Minister https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/2a93a62bec4526f9525a77e29eb1b5e0.pdf 2b4b09bbcbf582907c329bed85421916 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The End of the Home Office's Administrative Role Description An account of the resource The early 21st century saw the Home Office's traditional role in the preparation of Letters Patent and Royal Warrants transferred elsewhere, first to the Lord Chancellor and then to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs/Justice. Miscellaneous This is used for instruments that don't fit any other categories. Transcript A transcript of the document. Page 1 CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL PM Speaking Note 2 LORD CHANCELLOR’S DEPARTMENT Appointment: Want you to be Lord Chancellor. Accommodation: You will of course have the Lord Chancellor’s flat as Speaker of the Lords. nb. i. could lose flat if Lord Chancellor ceased to be Speaker; ii. no need to mention salary; already draws it in full. Special Adviser: Understand you wish to reappoint Gary Hart [marginal note: A peer?]. Am prepared exceptionally to agree this now without a letter (Sir H. Phillips will formally record). Cabinet Committees: Want you to take over the chairmanship of CRP Committee from me. Also to chair: Human Rights Committee (CRP(EC)) Freedom of Information Committee (CRP(FOI)) House of Lords Reform Committee (CRP(HL)) Structural changes: Important changes to LCD and Home Office, summarised in note, with immediate effect. Court Service: Have decided to bring the Court Service and Magistrates’ Courts together with rest of criminal justice system under Home Secretary. You will however remain responsible for judicial appointments and other judicial matters, legal aid, Criminal Defence Service and will continue to administer some tribunals uncluding immigration appeals tribunals. Constitution etc from Home Office: Have also decided to transfer many of Home Office’s constitutional responsibilities to LCD. These include Freedom of information, data protection, Human Rights, Channel Islands, Royal, Church of England and hereditary matters. Arguments for what is proposed: i. Improving the performance of the criminal justice system is a top priority for this Parliament. [marginal note: ?] Action required: Crucial to have your support. Know that the judiciary will be worried. Essential that you see the Lord Chief Justice and Master of the Rolls CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div> Page 2 CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL today to reassure them. Independence of the judiciary not affected. Judicial appointments, Legal Aid and Criminal Defence Service remain with Lord Chancellor. Next steps: Planning announcement of changes at [time]. Your permanent secretary Hayden Phillips has been briefed and is ready with the details. 8 June 2001 CONFIDENTIAL & PERSONAL Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ancillary Material - Prime Minister's Speaking Note for the Lord Chancellor [2001-06-08] Subject The topic of the resource Ministerial Appointments Description An account of the resource Speaking note for Tony Blair to use with Lord Irvine of Lairg. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard Wilson (?) (Secretary to the Cabinet) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived PREM 49/2706/05 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-06-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Lord Chancellor Ministerial Appointments Prime Minister https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/b5815911260670baada7d50800e9b486.pdf ced6e0d2d0d01be4a216f1ee59162990 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Monarch and the Westminster Parliament Subject The topic of the resource Parliament Description An account of the resource Material relating to the Monarch's dealings with Parliament. Cabinet Paper A paper submitted to the Cabinet. Transcript A transcript of the document. Page 1 CONFIDENTIAL THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. C. (62) 176 2nd November, 1962 COPY NO. 45 CABINET APPOINTMENT OF THE SERJEANT AT ARMS Note by the Acting Secretary of the Cabinet On 1st November the Cabinet discussed the two Questions addressed to the Prime Minister standing in the name of Mr. Charles Pannell, M.P., about the appointment of the Serjeant at Arms (C.C. (62) 65th Conclusions, Minute 1). Later the same day the Prime Minister, together with the First Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, discussed this matter with The Queen’s Private Secretary. I annex for the information of the Cabinet a note of this discussion. (Sgd.) A. L. M. CARY Cabinet Office, S.W.1. 2nd November, 1962. ——— APPOINTMENT OF THE SERJEANT AT ARMS The Prime Minister, together with the First Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, discussed this question with Sir Michael Adeane, The Queen’s Private Secretary, after the meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday, 1st November. It was confirmed that as a matter of long-standing tradition The Queen had appointed the Serjeant at Arms under the prerogative and without formal advice. The Palace of Westminster was a royal palace and the Serjeant at Arms was appointed by The Queen, as for other royal palaces, to maintain good order; in the particular case of the Palace of Westminster his services were in this capacity lent to Mr. Speaker, but this in no way affected his position as a member of the Household. <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div> Page 2 While this was the formal position, in practice The Queen’s Private Secretary consulted Mr. Speaker on an informal basis before any new appointment was made; in the present case Sir Michael Adeane had written to Mr. Speaker earlier in the year about the general requirements for a successor to the late General Hughes—who had already made known his wish to retire—and had subsequently exchanged letters with Mr. Speaker about the suitability of the present incumbent. There was also a recent precedent, and another in the time of Disraeli, for conveying to The Queen the feelings of the House about the claims of a particular individual. In these two cases The Queen had exercised the prerogative in accordance with the wishes expressed. After a short discussion, it was agreed that the Prime Minister’s reply to Mr. Charles Pannell should rehearse the traditional and historical background to the appointment, and should refer openly to the fact that there had on this occasion been informal consultation with Mr. Speaker; but should add that it was the general wish of the House that the Prime Minister would be ready to convey to Her Majesty the sense of the House where it was obviously placed on considering the question whether on future occasions the views of the House should be conveyed to Her in some more formal way before she exercised the prerogative. The Prime Minister said that he would circulate the draft of a statement on these lines to those concerned and would also discuss it with Mr. Speaker during the course of the evening. The stage would then be set, if the House so agreed, for further discussion of the precise method of consultation which it might be appropriate to adopt; there would be advantage in associating the Leader of the Opposition with these discussions. November, 1962 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cabinet Paper - Appointment of the Commons Serjeant-at-Arms [1962-11-02] Subject The topic of the resource Royal Household House of Commons Description An account of the resource Note by the Michael Cary summarizing a discussion between the Prime Minister, the First Secretary of State, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Queen Elizabeth II's Private Secretary regarding the appointment process for the Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michael Cary (Acting Secretary to the Cabinet) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAB 129/111/26 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1962-11-02 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Cabinet House of Commons Monarch Procedure Royal Household Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Monarch and the Westminster Government Subject The topic of the resource Monarch Description An account of the resource These documents illustrate the relationship between the Monarch and the Government at Westminster. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Cabinet Paper A paper submitted to the Cabinet. Transcript A transcript of the document. THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET. C.P. 150 (25). CABINET. SUBMISSIONS TO THE KING ON BEHALF OF A MINISTER WHO HAS LEFT THE COUNTRY. The accompanying copy of a letter from Lord Stamfordham is circulated to the Cabinet by direction of the Prime Minister. (Signed) M. P. A. HANKEY, Secretary to the Cabinet. 2, Whitehall Gardens, S.W.1. March 12th, 1925. .................... BUCKINGHAM PALACE. March 5th, 1925. Dear Waterhouse, The King wishes the Cabinet to be informed that in the event of a Cabinet Minister leaving this country, if he is a Secretary of State all submissions to His Majesty should be made on his behalf by another Secretary of State. In the case of the Minister not being a Secretary of State, the submissions should be made by another Cabinet Minister; unless in the latter case the Under-Secretary of the Department in question is a Privy Councillor. Yours very truly, (Signed) STAMFORDHAM. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir R. Waterhouse, K.C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O., 10, Downing Street. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Lord Stamfordham's letter was addressed to Sir Ronald Waterhouse, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cabinet Paper - Submissions to the King on Behalf of Absent Ministers [1925-03-12] Subject The topic of the resource Monarchy Procedure Ministers of the Crown Description An account of the resource Note by Maurice Hankey covering a letter from Lord Stamfordham regarding submissions made on behalf of absent ministers. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Maurice Hankey (Secretary to the Cabinet) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived CAB 24/172/50 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1925-03-12 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Cabinet Cabinet Secretary Monarch Private Secretary to the Monarch Procedure https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/aa2b91fd593bdd66d34b2230e9079a3c.pdf d75bc7e4e0c3c7b9cca9f65fc1b68269 Letters Patent Letters Patent are sealed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Transcript A transcript of the document. <div style="text-align:right;">(pencil) double Warrant headings only</div> <div style="text-align:right;">+ 2 carbons (pen) double spacing</div> <div style="text-align:right;">probably better to allow</div> <div style="text-align:right;">allow space for sealing</div> To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas We did lately for divers difficult and pressing affairs concerning Us the state and defence of Our Unite Kingdom and the Church ordain this Our Present Parliament to begin and be holden at Our City of Westminster the fifteenth day of June in the thirty-second year of Our Reign on which day Our said Parliament was begun and holden and is there now holden And Whereas We have been informed that the Lower House of Our said Parliament have lately made choice of Our beloved and faithful Counsellor Bruce Bernard Weatherill in the room of Our beloved and faithful Counsellor George Thomas to be Speaker of the said Lower House of Our said Parliament of which choice We are graciously pleased to approve and to allow and confirm the same And forasmuch as for diverse causes and considerations We cannot conveniently at this time be present in Our Royal Person in Our said Parliament Know Ye that We trusting in the fidelity and care of Our most dear and entirely beloved Son and most faithful Counsellor Charles Philip Arthur George PRINCE OF WALES [above: Prince of Wales] – the Most Reverend Father in God and Our faithful Counsellor Robert Alexander Kennedy Archbishop of Canterbury Primate of All England and Metropolitan – Our well beloved and faithful Counsellors Quintin McGarel Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone Chancellor of Great Britain – Morys George Lyndhurst Lord Aberdare – John Julian Lord Belstead – Charles Franck Lord Byers – Cledwyn Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos – and other Lords of Our Privy Council by the tenor of these Presents do give and grant to them or any three or more of them full power in Our name to declare and notify Our Royal Approbation of the choice of the said Bruce Bernard Weatherill to be Speaker of the said Lower House of Our said Parliament and to allow and confirm the said Bruce Bernard Weatherill to be Speaker of the said Lower House and to do all things in Our said Parliament that may be necessary for declaring Our said Royal Approbation allowance and confirmation of the said Bruce Bernard Weatherill to be Speaker of the said Lower House of Our said Parliament In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the sixteenth day of June in the thirty-second year of Our Reign BY THE QUEEN HERSELF – SIGNED WITH HER OWN HAND OULTON Warranty The authority for passing the document under the Great Seal. Sign Manual Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. This is a draft of the document. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Although the capitalized "PRINCE OF WALES" is struck through and replaced with "Prince of Wales," it's all capitalized in the final version. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Draft Letters Patent - Commission for Royal Approbation of Bernard Weatherill [1983-06-16] Subject The topic of the resource Speaker of the House of Commons House of Lords Delegating Powers Description An account of the resource Draft Commission of Queen Elizabeth II empowering certain peers to signify her approbation of Bernard Weatherill as Speaker of the House of Commons. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LCO 6/4383 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983-06-16 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Delegated Powers Monarch Procedure Royal Prerogative Speaker of the House of Commons https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/a38db90ecfcb1d059cee5a35b517b2de.pdf 6b34b7a8cbc1dee2dd8399c7d92b3663 Letters Patent Letters Patent are sealed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Transcript A transcript of the document. Draft of an Exemplification of the Australian Constitution Act [Royal Sign Manual] ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith. To all to whom these Presents shall come, GREETING: WHEREAS by the desire and at the request of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia We have inspected a certain Act passed in the Parliament held in the sixty-third and sixty-fourth years of the Reign of Our Royal Predecessor Queen Victoria and in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and recorded in the Rolls of Our Chancery entitled AN ACT TO CONSTITUTE THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA NOW KNOW YE THAT We have seen fit to exemplify the said Act of Parliament and do by these Presents certify the Act hereunto annexed to be a true and perfect exemplification of the Act hereinbefore referred to and We have caused these Our Letters Patent to be made and have signed them AND WE WILL AND COMMAND Our well beloved and faithful Counsellor James Peter Hymers Lord Mackay of Clashfern Chancellor of Great Britain to seal these Our Letters with the Great Seal of Our Realm In Witness whereof We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the ................. day of ................. in the ...................... year of Our Reign By The Queen Herself Signed with Her Own Hand OULTON Warranty The authority for passing the document under the Great Seal. Sign Manual Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. This is a typewritten draft. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. The Australian Constitution was originally enacted by an Act of the British Parliament entitled the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900. As is customary, copies of the statute were lodged with the House of Lords Record Office and the Public Record Office as official records. Multiple copies were also sent to Australia. In 1984, the Australian government asked the House of Lords Record Office and the PRO if one of their copies of the Constitution Act could be sent to Australia but were rebuffed. The matter was subsequently raised with the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who also declined to grant the request However, the PRO would lend their copy of the Act to Australia so it could be displayed during the country's bicentennial celebrations in 1988. The Australians continued to press the matter, but the British government was unmoved. To break the impasse, the British decided to offer the Australians a certified copy of the Act accompanied by Letters Patent certifying that it was a "true and perfect exemplification" of the original. The Letters Patent would have been signed by Queen Elizabeth II and bound to the facsimile of the Act with cords in the Australian national colors. The British government would also have paid for the Letters Patent to be illuminated by an artist suggested by the Australian government. Ultimately, this instrument was never issued. The British Parliament passed the <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/17/contents">Australian Constitution (Public Record Copy) Act 1990</a> to allow the PRO's copy of the 1900 Act to be given to Australia. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Draft Letters Patent - Exemplification of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 [1989-04] Subject The topic of the resource Foreign Affairs Public Records Great Seal Description An account of the resource Draft Letters Patent of Queen Elizabeth II exemplifying the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lord Mackay of Clashfern (Lord Chancellor) and Geoffrey Howe (Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FOI request Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated, but it's attached to a minute from the Lord Chancellor and Foreign Secretary that was sent to the Prime Minister in early April 1989. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/63-64/12/contents/enacted">The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Australia Acts of Parliament Australia Drafts Foreign Affairs https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/a99f9fc7532fd4300af127207685ca5f.pdf 097bccbd61824ae46668f7836d6527b4 Royal Warrant These can be purely administrative in nature (e.g., Warrants authorizing the use of the Great Seal) or they can be substantive instruments (e.g., Warrants of appointment). They are signed by the Monarch and (usually) countersigned by a Minister of the Crown. Transcript A transcript of the document. well beloved Counsellor Gerald Austin Baron Gardiner ELIZABETH THE SECOND by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting Whereas We did by Our Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Our Realm bearing date at Westminster the twenty-first [nineteenth] day of October in the twelfth [fourteenth] year of Our Reign constitute and appoint Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd Member of Our Order of the Companions of Honour Commander of Our Most Excellent Order of the British Empire upon whom has been conferred the Territorial Efficiency Decoration Honorary Brigadier in Our Army one of Our Counsel learned in the law [Francis Aungier Baron Pakenham] to be Keeper of Our Privy Seal during Our Pleasure Now Know Ye that We trusting in the wisdom and fidelity of Our right trusty and well beloved Counsellor [SIR FRANK SOSKICE Knight one of Your Majesty’s Counsel learned in the Law Honorary Major in Our Army] of Our especial Grace Do by these Presents constitute and appoint him to be KEEPER OF OUR PRIVY SEAL to hold and exercise the said Office during Our Pleasure Together with all salaries fees authorities and advantages due and of right belonging thereto In Witness &c. appoint [Major] the Right Honourable Francis Aungier Baron Pakenham [Sir Frank Soskice, Knight, one of Your Majesty's Counsel learned in the law,] to be Keeper of Your Majesty’s Privy Seal the First Lord of Your Majesty’s Treasury Countersigner The individual who countersigned the Warrant. None Seal Affixed Some Warrants bear a seal. None Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Document is typed with handwritten emendations in red ink. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Draft is based on the Letters Patent appointing Lord Pakenham to be Lord Privy Seal. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Draft Royal Warrant - For Letters Patent appointing the Lord Privy Seal [c. 1965-12-23] Subject The topic of the resource Great Seal Ministerial Appointments Description An account of the resource Draft of a Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II appointing Sir Frank Soskice to be Lord Privy Seal. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LCO 6/2757 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated, but a Gazette notice under the Ministers of the Crown Act 1937 states that <a href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/43851/page/12173" title="he was appointed on 1965-12-23">he was appointed on 1965-12-23</a>. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource T. Onslow Relation A related resource <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/47-48/30/section/2" title="Great Seal Act 1884">Great Seal Act 1884</a> but the resulting Letters Patent are a prerogative instrument. Discontinued Instruments Drafts Great Seal Lord Chancellor Lord Privy Seal Monarch Prime Minister Statutory Power https://cbaionline.org/corpus/files/original/5e63f58e247976d847d8e6d402bf8cec.pdf 2af27c1608cbf3f2d9288556c8d1fdec Royal Warrant These can be purely administrative in nature (e.g., Warrants authorizing the use of the Great Seal) or they can be substantive instruments (e.g., Warrants of appointment). They are signed by the Monarch and (usually) countersigned by a Minister of the Crown. Transcript A transcript of the document.  <div class="page"> <div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.5em;">Page 1</div> ELIZABETH THE SECOND BY THE GRACE OF GOD of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories Queen Head of the Commonwealth Defender of the Faith TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETING. WHEREAS in and by an Act of Parliament made at Westminster in the five and twentieth year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth it was enacted that neither the Clergy nor any of them from thenceforth should enact promulge or execute any Canons Constitutions or Ordinances Provincial by whatsoever name or names they might be called in their Convocations in time coming which always should be assembled by authority of the King’s Writ unless the same Clergy might have the King’s Most Royal Assent and License to make promulge and execute such Canons Constitutions and Ordinances Provincial or Synodal AND FURTHER by the said Act it is provided that no Canons Constitutions or Ordinances should be made or put into execution within this Realm by authority of the Convocation of the Clergy which shall be contrariant or repugnant to the King’s Prerogative Royal or the Customs Laws or Statutes of this Realm anything contained in the said Act to the contrary notwithstanding. KNOW YE that whereas Our faithful subjects the Archbishop Bishops and Clergy of the Province of Canterbury in Convocation for this present Parliament assembled in obedience to the Royal Writ of Our Father King George the Sixth of glorious memory having considered certain difficult and urgent affairs concerning US the Security and Defence of the Church of England and the Peace and Tranquillity public good and defence of Our Kingdom and Our subjects of the same and more particularly the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical of the Church of England now existing have PETITIONED US humbly representing that it appeareth to them as well as of their own experience </div>  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div>  <div class="page"> <div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.5em;">Page 2</div> as by the testimony of devout and learned persons as well of the Laity as of the Clergy as from the said Petition doth more fully appear that by reason of the effluxion of time and divers changes of circumstances the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiastical of the Church of England now existing are neither so well known nor so well observed and held in reverence as is meet and that some things therein are in these later times neither necessary nor convenient whereby many doubts have arisen and do arise to the hindrance of the work of the Church of England and no remedy for such doubts can be had unless they might have Our Most Royal License to confer together agree upon and subject to Our Most Royal Assent thereto thereafter given make promulge and execute new and amended Canons and to amend and repeal those of the existing Canons as may be necessary for the removal of the said doubts and that moreover as divers matters concerning the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England and the government thereof are at this present time provided for by certain Statutes and by rules of the Common Law of this Realm it appeareth to them the said Archbishop Bishops and Clergy of the said Province in Convocation for this present Parliament assembled that it may be that no such complete remedy for the doubts aforesaid as were to be desired can be had unless by and with the advice and consent of Our High Court of Parliament and by the authority of the same WE should be graciously Pleased to enact some amendments of the Statutes or Common Law of this Realm and moreover their humble opinions and desires touching and concerning all the matters aforesaid cannot be so certainly and fully known unto US or to Our High Court of Parliament concerning the altering amending or repealing of any Statute or Statutes or rules of the Common Law of this Realm as seemeth to them the said Archbishop Bishops and Clergy of the </div>  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div>  <div class="page"> <div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.5em;">Page 3</div> said Province in Convocation for the present Parliament assembled most fit meet and to be desired unless they might first have Our Most Royal License to confer together and agree of and upon all such new or altered Canons as might seem to them to be necessary fit and convenient in the course to be made and executed subject always to Our Most Royal Assent thereunto and to set the same down in writing in such manner and form as hath heretofore been accustomed wherefore they have humbly Petitioned US that they may have Our Most Royal License to confer together and agree upon all such new and altered Canons as may seem to them necessary and convenient and to exhibit the same in writing unto US to the end that if thereafter WE shall be graciously Pleased to grant Our Most Royal Assent thereto such new or altered and amended Canons may thereupon be made promulged and executed provided always that they the said Archbishop Bishops and Clergy of the said Province in Convocation assembled presume not at any time to exhibit unto US any new or altered and amended Canons in any wise contrary to the Statutes and Common Law of this Realm WE THEREFORE having taken the said Petition into Our Royal consideration and for divers urgent and weighty causes and considerations thereunto specially moving US of Our Prerogative Royal and Supreme authority in Causes Ecclesiastical have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant full free and lawful liberty license power and authority unto the Most Reverend Father in God Our Right Trusty and Well Beloved Counsellor Geoffrey Francis Archbishop of Canterbury President of this present Convocation of the Clergy of the Province of Canterbury for this present Parliament now assembled and to the Bishops of the said Province and to all Deans of the Cathedral and Collegiate Churches Archdeacons Chapters and Colleges and the whole of the Clergy of every diocese within </div>  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div>  <div class="page"> <div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.5em;">Page 4</div> the said Province That they the said Archbishop of Canterbury President of the said Convocation and the Bishops of the said Province or the greater number of them Whereof the said President of the said Convocation to be one and the Clergy of this present Convocation within the said Province of Canterbury or the greater part of them shall and may from time to time during this present Parliament confer together and agree upon such new or altered and amended Canons as they the said Archbishop President of this present Convocation of Clergy of the said Province for this present Parliament now assembled and the Bishops of the said Province and the Clergy of this present Convocation within the said Province shall think necessary and convenient for the removal of the said doubts and for the honour and service of Almighty God the good and quiet of the Church and the better Government thereof and to set the same down in writing in such manner and form as hath heretofore been accustomed and WE do also by these presents give and grant unto the said Archbishop of Canterbury President of the said Convocation and to the Bishops of the Province of Canterbury and unto all Deans of Cathedral and Collegiate Churches Archdeacons Chapters and Colleges and the whole Clergy of the several Dioceses within the said Province in Convocation for this present Parliament assembled full free and lawful liberty license power and authority to exhibit and deliver or cause to be exhibited and delivered the same so set down unto US to the end that WE upon mature consideration by US to be taken thereupon may allow approve confirm and ratify or otherwise disallow annihilate and make void the whole or any part of the said Canons so set down and exhibited and delivered unto US as WE shall think it requisite and convenient. PROVIDED ALWAYS AND Our express will and pleasure and command is that none of the said new or altered and amended </div>  <div style="border-top:2px solid #000;margin:2em 0;"></div>  <div class="page"> <div style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.5em;">Page 5</div> Canons so set down in writing and exhibited and delivered unto US as aforesaid shall be of any force effect or validity in the law but only so much thereof and after such time as WE by Our Letters Patent under Our Great Seal shall hereafter allow approve and confirm the same anything before in these presents contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding PROVIDED ALSO and Our express will pleasure and command is that no such new or altered and amended Canons shall be exhibited and delivered unto US which are in any wise contrary to the Statutes or Common Law of this Realm anything before in these presents contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.  (pencil: In) WITNESS (pencil: &c WITNESS &c) OURSELVES at this day of 19 and in the year of Our Reign.  <blockquote> — grant Your Majesty’s Royal Licence and Authority to the Archbishop Bishops and Clergy of the Province of Canterbury in Convocation assembled to confer together and agree upon such new or altered Canons as they shall think necessary for the furtherance of the work of the Church of England. Secretary Sir David Maxwell Fyfe </blockquote> </div> Ornamentation Describe any ornamentation. Document is typewritten. Royal name and incipits are capitalized. Special Features This is a place to enter any distinguishing features. Handwritten draft of the docquet. Countersigner The individual who countersigned the Warrant. None Seal Affixed Some Warrants bear a seal. None Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Draft Royal Warrant [?] - For the Royal License and Authority for the Convocation of Canterbury [1954-04] Subject The topic of the resource Great Seal Convocations of the Clergy Legislation Description An account of the resource Draft Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II for Letters Patent authorizing the Convocation of Canterbury to discuss new or amended canons with a handwritten docquet at the end. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Queen Elizabeth II Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived LCO 6/2453 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated, but a Giving Effect in the file is dated 1954-04-21. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Jason Loch Relation A related resource <a href="https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/286">Giving Effect letter from the Home Office</a> <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/47-48/30/contents" title="Great Seal Act 1884">Great Seal Act 1884</a> <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Hen8/25/19/section/I." title="Submission of the Clergy Act 1533">Submission of the Clergy Act 1533</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Church of England Church of England Convocations of the Clergy Ecclesiastical Law Great Seal Monarch Statutory Power