1983 Nov 24 - 1985 Sep 18
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1461
Economic policy (Financial services: position of Stock Exchange, including future changes to structure and membership; Gower Report on Investor Protection; securities regulation; commercial fraud) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 351 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 83 Nov 24 Th | Major | City: DTI to Treasury (“Gower Report on Investor Protection”) [proposes to put report out for consultation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Jan 13 Fr | Major | City: DTI to Treasury (“Gower Report on Investor Protection”) [circulates proof & press release; comments by end April 1984] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Jan 19 Th | Major | City: “Gower urges sweeping new powers to supervise City” [publication of report] |
| 84 Apr 10 Tu | Major | City: No.10 letter to DTI (“The Stock Exchange & the Gower Report”) [“concerned about the proposals in the Gower Report”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 May 4 Fr | Major | City: No.10 notes for DTI (“Investor Protection”) [“three key flaws in the Gower approach”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 May 10 Th | Major | City: Governor Bank of England to MT (“Securities Regulation”) [proposes senior City figures form an advisory group to give him their views] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 May 11 Fr | Major | City: Tebbit minute to MT (“Regulation of Securities Industry”) [approves Governor’s initiative; closes no options for government] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 May 11 Fr | Major | City: Redwood minute to MT (Governor’s proposed group) [welcome, but avoid associating government with it] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 May 11 Fr | Major | City: Turnbull minute to MT (“Securities Regulation”) [“I detect some ill feeling in the Treasury about this letter … a deal between the Bank and DTI without bringing them in”] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 May 18 Fr | Major | City: MT to Governor Bank of England (his proposed group) [notes he has agreed with DTI and Treasury that group should not bind government] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Jun 12 Tu | Major | City: Redwood minute to MT (dinner with Stock Exchange chairman & council) [still somewhat divided on its future] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Jun 29 Fr | Major | City: Lawson minute for MT (“Commercial Fraud”) [proposed Fraud Investigation Group] [released 2014] |
| 84 Jun 29 Fr | Major | City: Redwood & Willetts minute to MT (“The City”) [overview of policy] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Jul 3 Tu | Major | City: Tebbit letter to Lawson (“Commercial Fraud”) [supports Fraud Investigation Group but concerned at delay] [released 2014] |
| 84 Jul 10 Tu | Major | City: DTI letter to Treasury (“Financial Services”) [background paper for Lawson, Tebbit & Goodison meeting tomorrow] [released 2014] |
| 84 Jul 12 Th | Major | City: Tebbit minute to MT (“Financial Services Debate”) [policy agreed at meeting with Lawson & Governor] [released 2014] |
| 84 Jul 12 Th | Major | City: Conservative Research Department briefing (debate on Gower Report) [backgound] [released 2014] |
| 84 Oct 9 Tu | Major | City: Tebbit minute to MT (“Financial Services”) [has decided “self-regulation within a statutory framework is my preferred approach”] [released 2014] |
| 84 Oct 10 We | Major | City: Willetts minute to MT (“Financial Services”) [explains Tebbit plan; suggests MT ask reassurance on five points] [released 2014] |
| 84 Oct 11 Th | Major | City: No.10 letter to DTI (“Financial Services”) [MT seeks reassurance on five points] [released 2014] |