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1981 Mar 31 - 1982 Oct 4
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/830
Local government (The water industry: structural change; constitution of Welsh Water Authority; review of land drainage and flood protection) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 240
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Date Value Title
81 May 11 Mo Major Local government: Heseltine letter to MT (“Water Industry Structure”) [local authority membership on water authorities] [declassified 2012]
81 May 13 We Minor Local government: Heseltine letter to MT (Water Space Amenity Commission) [abolition] [declassified 2012]
81 Jul 10 Fr Major Local government: Heseltine letter to Pym (“National Water Council”) [announcement of reform Bill] [declassified 2012]
81 Jul 23 Th Major Local government: Edwards PS letter to Joseph PS (“Reorganisation of the Welsh Water Authority”) [consultation paper and Parliamentary Answer] [declassified 2012]
81 Nov 30 Mo Major Local government: Edwards PS letter to No.10 (“Reorganisation of the Welsh Water Authority”) [statement to Parliament] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 2 Fr Major Local government: Tom King minute to MT (“Relations with Nationalised Industries Follow up to the CPRS report: BWB and the Water Industry”) [“intend to legislate the… (NWC) out of existence”] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 15 Th Major Local government: Tom King PS letter to No.10 (“Water Industry Objectives”) [controversial reorganisation] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 16 Fr Major Local government: Tom King letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (Public Sector Monitoring Report) [special water negotiations] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 16 Fr Major Local government: Heseltine letter to Brittan (“Private Sector Finance for the Water Industry”) [Heseltine and Brittan dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 23 Fr Minor Local government: Heseltine letter to Brittan (British Waterways Board) [“fundamental restructuring”] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 29 Th Major Local government: Wyn Roberts letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Welsh Water Authority”) [vigorous defence of “bland” Welsh Office measures] [declassified 2012]
82 Aug 5 Th Major Local government: Lord Privy Seal letter to Walker (“Interdepartmental Review of Land Drainage and Flood Protection”) [Walker and Brittan dispute] [declassified 2012]
82 Sep 22 We Major Local government: Tom King letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Water Authority Objectives”) [“should give [us] a measure of control over… pay negotiations”] [declassified 2012]