Form of Petition enclosed [not present] for both Houses of Parliament. A committee of the house of Commons has three Catholic Members - expedient to use the petition to strengthen their position in the name of our cause. Send before Easter, as the question will come soon after.

Enjoyed his visit to Huntingdon and that with John and Norma Major [MP, Huntingdon]. Passed invoice for your studies for payment.

Current Parliamentary Business - list of Bills coming before House of Commons or the House of Lords in the current sitting.

Part 1 - words of the petition; then signatures
Part 2 - Directions on creating and presenting a petition
manuscript annotation: "The Petition from Cossey was signed by myself [Husenbeth] and 82 men and grown up boys"

Programme for Visitation on 28 November. Opportunity to have tea with John Major MP. Social arranged to meet the parishioners. Concern about access to catholic education in the locality; also, running a "key catechist" programme at distant venues (nearest being at Thetford, is hard for people with work and family commitments.

Cover note for two letters from MPs: Mr Christie (MP, Conservative, Wymondham) and Mr Taylor (MP, Labour, Dereham). The former voted for an amendment proposed by Mr Scurr (MP, Labour, Mile End London) being debated in the House of Commons, the latter against.

Acknowledge the letter from Fr Phillips. Great pleasure to support Mr Scurr's amendments and participate in his success. Government has had a pretty good lesson and will treat the religious side of Education with more consideration in future.

Parish address embossed on front cover
748: Notanda: Collections, Extraordinary Confessors, Easter Communion, Quarant Ore, Holy Oils
749-757: Lent Pastoral letter - 14 February, King Edward VII opening Parliament made a Declaration against Transubstantiation, Duke of Norfolk and 30 other peers issued a letter of Protest (750-751) to the Lord Chancellor, other protests from around the world; descibes the objetctions and the response by Lord Salisbury
758: Dispensations for Lent 1902
759-760: Notanda continued: Peter's Pence, Ecclesiastical Fund and Poor School Fund, Poor School Committee, Teachers Superannuation Fund, Infirmaries, Collections for 1902
761-767: Confraternity of St Peter's Pence / Ecclesiastical Education Fund / Diocesan Poor Schools - receipts for year 1901

Objects to the undermining of the institution of marriage. Indeed the "M" word seems to be removed by the government in an "Orwellian revision of social history". Five paragraphs argue that this has to stop and that marriage provides a stable environment for nurturing a child. Requests MPs to pay heed and follow CWL members' example.

".. cooperated with my friend Scurr, throughout, until the final vote against the pledge of the Premier to implement the provisions required made the situation a test of loyalty which while not endangering your requirements, retained my loyalty to the Prime Minister. You saw I was a signatory for your requirements earlier."