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| Description | Page 7 contains:
- A letter to School Governor's dated 18 Feb 1988 from Tom Gretton and Diana Simpson, Chair and Treasurer of the campaign, regarding the ballot and asking for Governors to help organise events in their school. Also asks them to encourage parents to debate about the issues and get involved in the ballot.
- A letter to Division 2 Head Teachers (no date) from Tom Gretton and Diana Simpson, Chair and Treasurer of the campaign asking for the distribution of the 'pack' of documents included with the letter and for co-operation in the provision of students' addresses.
- Four sheets attached together loose between pages 6 and 7 containing two letters, one addressed to Kenneth Baker, Secretary of State for Education and Science, dated 10 Feb 1988, and the other to Lord Beloff, dated 25 April 1988. The first is from Tom Gretton and Diana Simpson, Chair and Treasurer of the campaign, regarding the ballot and requesting Kenneth Baker to provide 'a statement of not more than 200 words outlining your reasons for thinking that the abolition of ILEA is a sound policy'. The second letter to Lord Beloff from Tom Gretton, Chair and Nicole Shelton, Treasurer, refers to Lord Beloff's piece in the Times, which suggested that the London Parents' Ballot Campaign was 'an improper enterprise to undertake' and was 'questionable'. The reasons behind the ballot are explained.
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