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PDF 83 Nov 28 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Your Meeting with Lord Whitelaw - this Wednesday, 30th November at 11.00 AM") [responsibility for coordinating the presentation of Government policy] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 83 Nov 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Ministerial Responsibility for Coordinating the Presentation of Government Information") [meeting with Lord Whitelaw to discuss proposed transfer of remit from Lord Privy Seal to Lord President] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 83 Nov 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Presentation of Government Policies") [handling of announcement to Cabinet of transfer of remit from Lord Privy Seal to Lord President] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 83 Nov 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversations (MT, Whitelaw; MT, Biffen) ["Ministerial Responsibility for Coordinating the Presentation of Government Policies"] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 83 Dec 1 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Robin Butler minute to Ingham ("Speaking Note for the Lobby: Friday, 2 December") [presentation of Government policies: transfer of remit from Lord Privy Seal to Lord President] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 83 Dec 7 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Media Meetings") [extent of MT's participation, following transfer of responsibility for presentation of Government policies from Lord Privy Seal to Lord President] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 83 Dec 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Whitelaw PS letter to No.10 ("Presentation of Government Policy") [PQ reply clarifying Lord President's new responsibilities] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 84 Mar 12 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Whitelaw PS letter to Treasury ("Co-ordination of the Presentation of Government Policy: Parliamentary Questions") [clarification of the Lord President's role] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Feb 7 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Tebbit minute to MT (presentation of policy) [concern about "blurring of lines between Parliamentary and Government activities"] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Aug 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Presentation") [advocates need for MT to make more proactive use of Parliament for putting across Government policy] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 13 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ingham minute to MT ("Presentation of Policy") ["The problem throughout this Government's life... has been that it has been strong on policy and weak on presentation"; proposals] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Tebbit, Ingham, Sherbourne, Alison) ["Presentation": remits for action on Government policy] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Sep 25 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Presentation of Government Policies") [MT requests oral rather than written outline from Ministers on presentational aspects of their Departmental policies for Cabinet meetings] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Oct 1 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Tim Flesher minute to Nigel Wicks (Prime Minister's participation on Parliamentary Debates) [follow-up to conversation with MT's conditional agreement to participate in some forthcoming debates] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Oct 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Whitelaw letter to Hailsham (improving presentation of Government policies) [strategies & procedure] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Nov 9 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Lord Stockton") [asked Lord President to find elder statesman to rebut Stockton's criticisms of Government] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 85 Dec 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Presentation of Government Actions") [approval of letter to issue from Cabinet Office to Private Secretaries outlining measures for improvement] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Feb 20 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ingham minute to MT ("Language/Vision") [her "astonishingly rapid restoration from Westland"; thoughts on strategy in run-up to next General Election] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Mar 4 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ingham minute to Whitelaw ("Improving Presentation") [overview of Departmental replies to request for outline of each Deparment's broadcasting efforts, and consideration of next steps] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Mar 5 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Stepping up the Momentum") ["a systematic campaign to project the Government's policies and attack the Opposition's"] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Mar 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ingham minute to Nigel Wicks ("Stepping up the Momentum") [proposals] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Mar 14 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("NHS Publicity") [proposals for improving image & addressing core problems] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Mar 24 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT (Ministers on duty over Easter) [MT request conveyed to Private Secretaries] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Apr 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Whitelaw letter to Hailsham (presentation of the Government's policies) ["main conclusions drawn from our experience over the last few months"] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Apr 18 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Tebbit PS letter to No.10 (presentation of the Government's policies) ["guidelines... concerning notification to this office of the Prime Minister's engagements"] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Apr 29 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Wakeham letter to Whitelaw ("Circulars from Ministers Relating to Government Policy") [procedure & the role of Government Whips] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 May 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ingham minute to MT ("Presentation Post By-Elections") ["what needs to be done... to improve the Government's performance and how it is perceived by the electorate"] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 May 14 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ingham briefing for MT ("Presentation - Cabinet") [strategic advice, post-by-elections] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 May 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Lord Young minute to MT (Government announcements on employment & welfare and the relationship between DHSS and the Department of Employment) [complaint about not being consulted in advance of announcement, and need for effective inter-Departmental coordination] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 May 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: MT minute to Whitelaw (interDepartmental clearance of announcements) [emphasis on need for clearance, in wake of DHSS failure to clear announcement on mortgage interest & supplementary benefits with Department of Employment] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 May 29 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 briefing for MT (meeting with Norman Fowler) [Health: background & proposed action for MT] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 May 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ingham minute to MT ("Presentation") [review of machinery for coordinating presentation of Government policy] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jun 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 letter to Fowler PS ("Presentation of the NHS") [Bernard Ingham note; policy initiatives] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jun 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Lord President") [presentation of Government policy] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jun 9 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Wakeham minute to MT (securing a third term in Government) [proposals] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jun 13 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Cabinet Office letter to Private Secretaries ("Statements and Briefings on Government Policies for Members of Parliament") [conveys MT reminder of correct procedure] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jun 24 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ingham briefing for MT ("Cabinet - Presentation") [first meeting of Strategy Committee on public presentation of Government policy] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jun 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 letter to Fowler PS ("Presentation of the NHS") [request for policy initiatives to buttress presentational aspects in advance of MT meeting with key Ministers to discuss public presentation of Government's achievements] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jun 30 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Lord President") [public presentation of Government policy: Chairmanship of MIO] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jul 2 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 briefing for MT (public presentation of Government policy) [update on work of Strategy Group as background for MT "pep talk" to Cabinet] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jul 3 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Fowler minute to MT ("Presentation of the NHS") ["action already taken, action in hand and action planned... We have been seeking to shift the debate from inputs into the NHS to outputs"] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jul 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("NHS Presentation") [key issues] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jul 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: Ingham minute to Whitelaw ("MIO - Tightening Up Presentation") [Ingham report on his conveyance to MIO of MT's/Whitelaw's concerns] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jul 8 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Presenting the NHS") [papers; attendees; key issues] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jul 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: MT minute to Ministers in Charge of Departments ("Presentation of Policy During the Recess") [requirements & expectations] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jul 9 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Fowler, Tebbit, Wakeham, Ingham, Kenneth Clarke, Barney Hayhoe, David Willetts) ["The Presentation of the National Health Service"] [released Jul 2015]
PDF 86 Jul 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Government Machinery: MT minute to Paul Channon ("Regional Briefing for Ministers") [requests that Channon's Department takes lead in coordinating, as originally proposed by Channon] [released Jul 2015]
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