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1984 Jun 4 - 1985 Jan 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1584
Nationalised Industries (Nationalised industry legislation: investment and financing review; privatisation; report on state monopolies) (Part 9)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 299
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Date Value Title
84 Oct 4 Th Major Nationalised Industries: FCO letter to No.10 ("British Shipbuilders: Disposal of Brooke Marine") [FCO supports Department of Trade & Industry decision not to sell majority stake to Omani Government] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Oct 9 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: MOD letter to No.10 ("British Shipbuilders: Disposal of Brooke Marine") [MOD opposes sale of majority stake to Omani Government] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Oct 15 Mo Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to Department of Trade & Industry ("British Shipbuilders: Disposal of Brooke Marine") [MT agrees 'that the Omani Government should be allowed to acquire a minority stake in Brooke Marine'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Oct 29 Mo Major Nationalised Industries: Policy Unit minute to No.10 ("Cammell Laird") [Type 22 Frigate orders should not be given to Cammell Laird] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 16 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: Department of Trade & Industry letter to No.10 ("British Shipbuilders: Disposal of Brooke Marine") [comment on risk of strike action if minority stake sold to Omani Government] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 4 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: Policy Unit minute to No.10 ("Type 22 Frigates") ['Heseltine would like to give one of the two orders as a sop to Cammell Laird...This makes no sense'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 18 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: Heseltine minute to MT ("Type 22 Frigates") [Heseltine argues that one Frigate order should be placed with Cammell Laird; MT: 'The courage should by the C-L workers in going through picket lines...must be recognised'] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 21 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: Tebbit minute to MT ("Cammell Laird and Type 22 Frigates") [opposes Heseltine's position on proposed award of Frigate contract to Cammell Laird] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 23 Su Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to MOD ("Type 22 Frigates") [Heseltine's proposal to award Frigate contract to Cammell Laird: MT suggests further Cabinet discussion but agrees that 'courage' of Cammell Laird workers 'must be recognised'] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 18 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Type 22 Frigates") [arrangements for Cabinet discussion of Heseltine's proposal to award Frigate contract to Cammell Laird] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 22 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: Tebbit minute to MT ("Austin and Pickersgill") [British Shipbuilding to make 675 Austin and Pickersgill workers redundant] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 23 We Major Nationalised Industries: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Type 22 Frigates (C(85) 3)") [Cabinet discussion of Heseltine proposal to award Frigate contract to Cammell Laird] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 23 We Major Nationalised Industries: Policy Unit minute to MT ("Type 22 Frigates") [comment on Heseltine proposal to award Frigate contract to Cammell Laird; recommends that both orders go to Swan Hunter] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 24 Th Major Nationalised Industries: Armstrong minute to MT ("Orders for Frigates") [record of proposal agreed at Cabinet: frigate orders to Swan Hunter and additional help for Cammell Laird] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 25 Fr Major Nationalised Industries: Butler minute to Armstrong ("Orders for Frigates") [amendments to Armstrong's record of proposal agreed at Cabinet] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 29 Tu Major Nationalised Industries: Armstrong minute to MT ("Orders for Frigates") [report to Cabinet on resolution of dispute between Heseltine and Tebbit over frigate orders] [declassified Dec 2014]