Monday 3 November 1980
0830 Hair
1000 OD [Willie Whitelaw, Lord Carrington, Sir Geoffrey Howe, Lord Soames, Lord Hailsham, Francis Pym, John Nott, Sir Ian Gilmour]
1045 Meeting of Ministers re Firemen’s pay
1100-1215 Chief Whip [Michael Jopling], Chairman [Lord Thorneycroft] and Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw]
1220 Interview with Patrick Sergeant of the Daily Mail
1300 Lunch at Carlton Club +IG [Ian Gow] [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [Lord Boyd-Carpenter].]
1500 Mr. Roy Jenkins
1630-1715 Meeting of Ministers re Patriation of Canadian Constitution [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: [Home Sec (Willie
Whitelaw), Lord Chancellor (Lord Hailsham), Chancellor/Duchy (Norman St John-Stevas), LPS (Sir Ian Gilmour) & Chief Whip (Michael Jopling) & RTA (Sir
Robert Armstrong) & Mr Nicholas Ridley MP. For/Sec (Lord Carrington) away].]
1715 Chief Secretary [John Biffen] re Lord Mayor’s speech
1730-1830 Rayner Scrutiny of Unemployment Benefits
1830 Sir Derek Rayner (private chat) [Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: general chat re his future. [Sec. Lynne Holmes].]
1930 Mr. Whitmore (Honours)
2030 Mrs. Crawford re Christmas
[Material from handwritten original of the 1980 appointment diary: PM paired all day.]
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