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Papers and correspondence with and re HSE consultative document for revised Asbestos Regulations and an Approved Code of Practice (CD 205), in particular re the proposal to remove asbestos-containing textured decorative coatings from the licensing regime. Includes

• extensively annotated copy of Kevin Walkin and Geoff Lloyd (2006) 'A comparison of risks from different materials containing asbestos'
• copy of response to CD 205 by Adrian K Watson
• copy of summary of responses to CD 205 received
• copy of Asbestos Removal Contractors Association (ARCA) document 'Questions raised and HSE's response following consultation on the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006'
• summary of responses to CD 205 to be discussed at a stakeholder meeting on 4 April 2006
• Nancy Tait's comments and response to CD 205
• minutes of meeting of the All Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health Asbestos Sub-Committee, 22 November 2005
• various versions of minutes of stakeholder meeting to discuss HSE proposals to implement the amendments to the Asbestos Worker Protection Directive (AWPD), 11 August 2005
• Nancy Tait's comments on the stakeholder meeting of 11 August 2005

Correspondence (including telephone memoranda) and papers, among them press releases, press coverage, articles, etc. In alphabetical order by name of union. Includes copies of

• Tony O'Brien [2001] 'The fight to ban asbestos 1995-2000: construction safety campaign'
• T & G (1998) 'Canadian asbestos kills: ban all asbestos'
• Martin Stott (1983) ‘Fit as a fiddle? Case studies on international industrial health hazards’ (Trade Union International Research and Education Group)

Constitution; general meeting and committee minutes; report on management policy; committee correspondence and papers; leaflets about the Club; newsletters; staff circulars; annual dinner and dance menus; concert programmes; notices of exhibitions; verses used in president’s address at annual dinner; Burns supper programmes and speeches; wine list; lunch talks programmes and reports; calendar of events.

Documentation relating to Nancy Tait's:

• MBE (1996); includes a copy of ‘ACADemy: the journal of ACAD – TICA Asbestos Control and Abatement Division’, issue 10 (winter 1996-1997), containing a 2-page article honouring Nancy Tait's achievements
• nomination for a Beacon Prize 2003 in the category lifetime achievement, in which Nancy Tait was awarded a high commendation
• Nationwide award for voluntary endeavour 2004 and 2005
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Sypol Lifetime Achievement Award, 16 November 2005; the award honours individuals who have furthered the status and practice of occupational health and safety
• correspondence and papers re Tait being selected as a woman of achievement by a member of the Nominating Council of the Woman of the Year Lunch, 2006

Tait also won a fellowship from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust in 1976 and the Andrew Lees Memorial Award, 2001, for fighting "a lonely battle with extraordinary persistence and grace to bring about a Europe-wide ban on asbestos". Andrew Lees (1949-1994) was a former Friends of the Earth Campaigns Director.

In 1987 Tait was invited to the 'Women of the Year Luncheon'.

Correspondence and papers re the production of Nancy Tait (2000) 'Asbestos facts'. Includes

• correspondence with compensation lawyers re the content of relevant sections in the publication
• drafts in various stages
• copy of finished product
• notes relating to updates of the 2000 edition
• flyer for 'Asbestos facts'
• circular letter from Nancy Tait, announcing that the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) report reviewing the prescription of diseases attributable to asbestos, Cm 6553, will be laid before Parliament on 14 July 2005

In reverse chronological order.

Correspondence and papers re the IIAC report reviewing the prescription of asbestos-related diseases (ADR), Cm 6553. Presented to Parliament in February 2005 and published in July 2005, the report admitted that asbestos can lead to lung cancer without asbestosis being present. It was taken to signal UK Government changes to the compensation scheme for asbestos-related lung cancer.

Structured as follows:
-‘IIAC after publication’: correspondence arising (with lawyers, trade unionists, representatives of victims support groups), including congratulatory letters and local press coverage celebrating Nancy Tait for her campaign work

• ‘Media inc Rory O’Neill’: correspondence re errors in graphs used in the report
• ‘LKA Henderson’: correspondence with Laurie Kazan-Allen and a much annotated copy of D W Henderson et al. (2004) ‘After Helsinki: a multidisciplinary review of the relationship between asbestos exposure and lung cancer, with emphasis on studies published during 1997-2004'
• ‘Ministers’ and ‘MPs’: a few press clippings and some incoming correspondence
• ‘Before publication’: correspondence chiefly re delays in the production and publication of the report, January-July 2005. Includes correspondence with Prof A J Newman Taylor (chairman of the IIAC) and a number of MPs, as well as a draft of the IIAC report dated January 2005
• ‘Hugh Robertson’: correspondence with Robertson, Owen Tudor's successor as senior health & safety policy officer of the TUC. Includes draft of the report dated November 2004
• ‘N Tait’: materials from Nancy Tait's mailshots in October 2002 and spring 2004

Also includes copies of

• IIAC ‘Annual report', 2003/4, 2004/5, 2005/6
• Cm 6553 with manually inserted corrected graphs