In the 1970s Cliff became a Senior Lecturer in Sociology in London University specialising in the Sociology of Religion.
He also became an advisor for the Home Office on Inner-City and Race Relations issues.
He held the post of Convener of the cross-party Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection Group for 25 years, until 2015. Through this group he led many sociological studies and presented a number of reports to Parliament on family breakdown, plus a wide analysis of social structural changes in the past century.
C&M has many archival documents relating to these subjects. These are gradually being digitalised and will be added here when available.