The newsletters, of which there are 17 are addressed to Houghton Branch members (of the United Party) and consist of succinct accounts of what has been going on in parliamentary sessions; the first was sent out 3 weeks after Helen Suzman took her seat in July 1953. Topics covered include the South Africa Act Amendment Bill, her first few weeks in parliament, rifts in the UP, February 1954 no-confidence debate, the Native Land and Trust Amendment Bill, the Natives Resettlement Bill, the Coloured Franchise Bill, the 'Locations in the Sky' bill, maladministration of SA Railways & Harbours, the Appellate Division Quorum Bill, various budgets, the Industrial Conciliation Bill, the Separate University Education Bill / the University Apartheid Bill, the National Anthem, the Bantu Investment Corporation Bill.