Correspondence with constituents, local businesses and others where Blunkett has taken up the subject with the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Subjects include: MOD choice of attack helicopters, 1995; Cassini Space Probe and its use of plutonium dioxide as a power source, 1997; and the campaign to establish a medal for those who served on the Arctic Convoys during the Second World War (the Arctic Star), 2004. Also includes briefing note for the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) concerning defence estimates, 1988; and circular letters sent to MPs regarding the Gulf War, 1991.