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1983 Feb 15 - 1984 Mar 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1311
Manpower (Strategy for industry and employment; reducing the burden of regulation on the economy; Chequers seminar on employment) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 339
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83 Sep 6 Tu Key Manpower: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Joseph, Walker, Jenkin, Tebbit, Parkinson, Cockfield, Lord Young, Walters, Mount, Armstrong) ["Employment Strategy Meeting at Chequers on 6-7 September"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 7 We Major Manpower: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Employment Seminar") ["checklist of conclusions and points for follow-up action"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 12 Mo Major Manpower: Michael Scholar minute to MT (Seminar on Industry & Employment) [Young's thoughts on monitoring progress and follow-up; request to meet MT to discuss overlap between Environment and DTI] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 14 We Major Manpower: No.10 letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS (Seminar on Industry & Employment) ["checklist of conclusions and matters to be followed up"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 23 Fr Major Manpower: No.10 letter to Department of Health and Social Security (Cohort Study of Unemployed Men) [summary of findings] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Sep 30 Fr Major Manpower: No.10 letter to Fowler PS ("Redundancy Payments and Supplementary Benefit") [MT request for Fowler advice on case for review] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 4 Tu Major Manpower: Robin Butler minute to Andrew Turnbull (follow-up to Seminar on Industry and Employment) [target dates for actions; date for meeting; Keith Joseph query about record of the Seminar] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Oct 5 We Major Manpower: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Follow-up to Seminar on Industry and Employment") ["arrangements for chasing up action": proposals] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 2 Fr Major Manpower: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 Policy Unit ("Follow up to Chequers Seminar on Industry and Employment") [progress report on remits given to Treasury by MT in September] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 6 Tu Major Manpower: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Seminar on Industry and Employment: Follow-Up Meeting") [proposed structure; agenda; papers; attendees] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 8 Th Major Manpower: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to Lord President PS ("Changing Employment Patterns: NEDC Paper") [Lawson paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 9 Fr Major Manpower: No.10 letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS (Employment & Industry Seminar: follow-up meeting) [request for oral reports from Ministers; key areas for discussion] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 13 Tu Major Manpower: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Employment Seminar: Burden of Regulations on Small Firms") [scrutiny proposals] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 15 Th Major Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("The Follow-Up Meeting") [follow-up to Seminar on Industry & Employment; thoughts on barriers to employment] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 16 Fr Major Manpower: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Burden of Regulation: Transport") [Department of Transport report] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 16 Fr Major Manpower: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Keith Joseph, Walker, Jenkin, Tebbit, Tom King, Cockfield, Lord Young, Alan Walters, Mount, Redwood, Armstrong) ["Seminar on Industry and Employment: Follow Up Meeting"] [declassified Jan 2014]
83 Dec 21 We Major Manpower: No.10 letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS (Seminar on Industry & Employment: Checklist of Conclusions) [MT "would be grateful if the Ministers indicated could take the action attributed to them"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jan 9 Mo Minor Manpower: No.10 minute to Department of the Environment (Dr. Alice Coleman) [reply to letter about Dr. Coleman's work] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Feb 24 Fr Major Manpower: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT (article on world economy by GATT Director of Economic Research) [Policy Unit analysis] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Mar 2 Fr Major Manpower: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Andrew Turnbull (Ministerial seminar on employment) ["some ideas for an agenda"] [declassified Jan 2014]