British Parliament papers, Hansard and committee evidence

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	parliamentary debates
Producer	UK Parliament
Coverage	1835-1991
Works using it	6

Debates

Debate	Works
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement	3
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War	2
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	1
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion	1
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	1
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation	1
Unemployment: causes, measurement and labour market institutions	1
Black trade unions: growth, wage effects, Wiehahn and strategy	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Barber (1991)	House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, 'UK policy towards South Africa and other states of the region', 14 Feb. 1991, vol. 2 (evidence and testimony of Hurd, Chalker, others)	1991	Supplies ministerial statements (Hurd, Chalker) on British policy, aims, aid, and economic interests, plus the Spies cost estimate and Montgomery's remark.
Cope (1989)	British Hansard, 3rd series (speeches of Carnarvon, 1875-1879; debates on South Africa)	1875-1879	Carnarvon's public statements on Natal control and confederation, and evidence of widespread comment that Africans were not dying out.
Gould (1981)	British Secretary of State for Trade summary of company reports under the EEC Code (Written Parliamentary Reply, Feb. 1979/1980 period) and UK Guidelines, Cmnd. 7233	1978-1979	Shows few firms recognized black unions and most used liaison committees.
Harvey (1974)	Parliamentary Sub-Committee/Expenditure Committee evidence on wages of African workers employed by British firms (HMSO, 1973)	1973	Evidence that firms raised wages (April) after Guardian publicity and cited PDLs; the author did not systematically analyse it.
Johnstone (1971)	Parliamentary Papers, Cd. 1892 (London, 1904): Further correspondence relating to the Affairs of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony; Transvaal Labour Importation Ordinance Schedule I; Farrar speech at Benoni 1903	1903-1904	Documents the Chamber's initiative in securing job colour bar provisions in the 1904 ordinance, showing accommodation to the job bar.
Theal (1905)	Select Committee of the House of Commons on aborigines (evidence of Dr Philip and Stockenstrom)	c.1835-36	Used to claim missionary opinion outweighed experienced officers' evidence.