Group of personal correspondence and memoranda relating to Parliamentary affairs, including:

• Memoranda and tables prepared for David Owen by Parliamentary Secretary Sue Robertson reporting on SDP and David Owen's voting records in specified periods of Parliamentary sessions, and listing occasions on which David Owen spoke, May 1983-May 1987.
• Transcript of Robert Maclennan's response to the recommendations of the Peacock Committee on the financing of the BBC
• Draft copies, with MS annotations by David Owen and others concerning joint Liberal Party and SDP motion on defence and nuclear weapons policy, including letter from Stephen Ross discussing Liberal Party difficulty in accepting a commitment to Polaris, 26 Feb 1981
• Correspondence concerning SDP nomination of Richard Crawshaw for a peerage, and the question of whether SDP and Liberal Party nominations should be submitted separately or jointly, includes letters from David Owen, David Steel and Margaret Thatcher, Jun-Jul 1983
• Copies of David Owen's letters concerning possible SDP Benevolent Fund assistance to cover hospital treatment for colleague
• Letter from House of Commons Fees Office concerning SDP claims for financial assistance for opposition parties, 19 Aug 1988