1981 Jun 16 - 1984 Jan 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1398
Transport (Merger of British Rail Hovercraft and Hoverlloyd (hovercraft operators) to form Hoverspeed in 1981; financial difficulties of Hoverspeed)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 34 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| 81 Jul 3 Fr | Major | Transport: MT letter to Jonathan Aitken MP (merger between British Rail Hovercraft and Hoverlloyd) ["You asked me in the House... [if] I would use my influence to ensure that the merger was delayed no further"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 82 Nov 4 Th | Major | Transport: Howell letter to Lord Cockfield (Hoverspeed ferry company) [cash flow problems: BR guarantee] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 82 Dec 21 Tu | Major | Transport: Howell letter to Lord Cockfield (Hoverspeed ferry company) [cash flow problems: BR guarantee] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jan 26 Th | Major | Transport: Ridley minute to MT (Hoverspeed ferry company receivership) ["if the company closes there will, regretfully, be a loss of some 600 jobs... [but] privatised companies must stand or fall by their own efforts"] [declassified Jan 2014] |