1979 May 7 - 1984 Nov 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1173
Cabinet (Cabinet collective responsibility)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Restricted |
| Page count: | 20 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| 79 May 7 Mo | Major | Cabinet: No.10 briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Tuesday 8 May") ["Points to Make": Cabinet Government; Administration/reducing waste; Cabinet Committees; the Queen's Speech; Ministerial procedure; press interviews; "We must be absolutely clear about our philosophy and strategy. All the pressures will be aimed at diverting us from it... We must stick to our guns"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 79 May 9 We | Major | Cabinet: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet") [lines to take "about mutual trust between colleagues and also between Ministers and their senior Advisers: and additionally... about diaries"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Nov 2 Fr | Major | Cabinet: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Attribution in Cabinet and Cabinet Committee Minutes") ["given the prevalence of leaks, it is clearly important to interpret the rules strictly"; MT concerned that aspects of current guidance "go flatly against collective responsibility" - requests meeting with Armstrong to discuss] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Nov 9 Fr | Major | Cabinet: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Robert Armstrong) ["Attribution in Cabinet and Cabinet Committee meetings"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Nov 12 Mo | Major | Cabinet: Cabinet Office minute (internal): Armstrong to Secretariat ("Attribution of Views to Individuals in Minutes of Meetings") [guidance] [declassified Jan 2014] |