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1979 Jul 6 - 1985 Mar 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1422
Broadcasting (Television licence fees: finances of BBC; pay in the BBC; review of external services) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 407
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Date Value Title
83 Aug 31 We Major Broadcasting: John Biffen minute to Cecil Parkinson (TV licences and hotels) [begin from standpoint that existing law should apply unamended] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Sep 22 Th Major Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Peter Rees ("BBC External Services: The Pay Problem") [subjection to cash limits] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Oct 3 Mo Major Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute to Geoffrey Howe ("BBC External Services: The Pay Problem") [proposed changes could be difficult to defend] [declassified Dec 2014]
83 Nov 14 Mo Major Broadcasting: Peter Rees minute to Geoffrey Howe ("BBC External Services: The Pay Problem") [should rigorously scrutinise BBC spending plans] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 12 Su Major Broadcasting: Rees PS minute to Howe PS ("Proposed Review of the BBC External Services") [review of efficiency and effectiveness] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 15 We Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Clive Derby (TV licences and hotels) [unease about present arrangements] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 28 Tu Major Broadcasting: John Redwood minute to MT ("BBC External Services") [not his impression that the review would be kept secret] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Feb 29 We Major Broadcasting: MacInnes minute to Howe PS ("Possible Review of BBC External Services") [cash limits, pay] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Mar 1 Th Minor Broadcasting: John Coles minute to Howe PS ("Review of BBC External Services") [public handling of review] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Mar 9 Fr Major Broadcasting: Howe PS minute to John Coles ("Proposed Review of BBC External Services") [MT believes review will raise alarms] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 2 Mo Major Broadcasting: Howe PS minute to Rees PS ("Proposed Review of the BBC External Services") [public presentation, terms of reference] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 19 Th Major Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute to Norman Tebbit (TV licences and hotels) [installation TV sets in multiple rooms on payment of a single fee] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Apr 19 Th Major Broadcasting: Brittan PS minute to Tebbit PS (TV licences and hotels) [additional fee structure] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 18 Fr Major Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Leon Brittan ("TV Licences for Hotels") [formula for coverage of additional rooms] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 18 Fr Major Broadcasting: David Barclay note to MT (licence fee in hotels) [fees for additional rooms] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 May 29 Tu Major Broadcasting: Efficiency Unit minute to FCO ("Review of the BBC External Services") [present review as something normal and not a backdoor way of cutting down the External Services] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jun 5 Tu Major Broadcasting: Howe PS minute to John Coles ("Proposed Review of the BBC External Services") [terms of reference, correspondence with BBC] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jun 7 Th Major Broadcasting: Efficiency Unit minute to John Coles ("Proposed Review of the BBC External Services") [fraught with political overtones] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jun 21 Th Major Broadcasting: Howe PS minute to Charles Powell ("Proposed Review of the BBC External Services") [terms of reference, review team] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Jun 25 Mo Major Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute to Norman Tebbit ("TV Licensing: Hotels and Self-Catering Establishments") [have reached a satisfactory outcome of this irksome problem] [declassified Dec 2014]