This series consists of two brown visidex folders with blue spine labels bearing the title: "First Holt Ministry. Cabinet decisions" and the volume number and range of contents. Volume 1 contains decisions 1(M) - 350(M)(26 Jan 1966 to 19 Jul 1966) and volume 2, 351(M)-678 (19 Jul 1966 to 9 Dec 1966).
Decisions are arranged in a single number sequence, one per page per decision (or more if necessary). A suffix is added to the decision number to distinguish between the three categories of the decision making operative at that time.
- The First category was The Ministry which was the broadest
category, comprising all ministers, and its decisions bear
an "M" suffix.
- The second category was an inner Cabinet of senior
Ministers, with occasional co-options. There was no letter
suffix added to its decisions numbers.
- The third category was the Committees of the Cabinet -
groups of Ministers who dealt with matters affecting
their portfolios.
The letter symbol for the Committee is added to the Decision
Number to identify its decisions eg. (LEG) for Legislation
Committee.
Cabinet Committee Abbreviations:
B Budget Committee
EX Ex Servicemen's Committee
FAD Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee
GA General Administrative Committee
HOC Ad Hoc Committee
HS Higher Salaries Committee
LEG Legislation Committee
M Ministry
Each decision bears the number, title, submission number where applicable and text of the decision. It is stamped as a certified true copy with astamp of the Secretary to Cabinet's signature.
Note that no Decisions were numbered 498, 499 and 674 as these numbers were not used.
No parallel series of submissions was maintained contemporaneously. Submissions were placed on files in CRS A4940, Cabinet files, 'C' single number series, 1958-1967 and copies from these files have been assembled by the Cabinet Office into two artificial sets registered as CRS A5841.
Quantity in agency custody
0.16m (2 vols) held by CA1472, Cabinet Office