Minutes of the Administrative Council which took place on 30 Sept 1981 principally concerning: motion regarding filling of vacant seats in the European Parliament; national collection returns; attitude of the British Labour Party to the European Economic Community; and party finances. Minutes signed by Senator Michael Ferris, Acting Chair. Also includes: agenda an text of motions; correspondence from Joe Higgins to Seamus Scally, General Secretary, placing a motion on the agenda; list of branch an constituency council motions forwarded to the Administrative Council; finance committee report; income and expenditure account Jan – Aug 1981; list of payments to Headquarters made by constituency councils, 1980; list of payments to Headquarters made by constituency councils, 1981; organisation committee report; copy of motion in the name of Joe Higgins presented to the Jul 1981 meeting of the Administrative Council concerning provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoners in Her Majesty's Prison Maze, ‘H-Block’, Belfast, Northern Ireland; administrative committee report; national youth committee report; Labour Women’s Council report; text of motion concerning economic policy proposed by [Joe Higgins]; and list of correspondence received. (25 pp)