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1983 Apr 12 - 1985 May 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1593
Parliament (House of Commons procedure: election of Speaker; appointment of Departmental Select Committees; Government reply to Public Accounts Committee; rules on release of documents and disclosure of information to Select Committees) (Part 6)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 367
Any docs withheld? 1

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81 May 8 Fr Minor Parliament: House of Commons Journal Office circular ("Select Committee on Procedure") [arrangements for publication of 'Public Bill Procedure' Report] [released Dec 2014]
83 Apr 12 Tu Major Parliament: Lord Chancellor PS letter to Cabinet Office ("Select Committee on Education, Science and Arts: Inquiry into Public Records") [role of Lord Chancellor in relation to Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act on retention of records] [released Dec 2014]
83 Apr 13 We Minor Parliament: Tom King letter to Brittan ("Select Committees: Departmental Memorandum on Main Estimates") [improving the presentation of local authority expenditure] [released Dec 2014]
83 Apr 19 Tu Major Parliament: Biffen minute to MT ("Reply to the Liaison Committee's Report on the Select Committee System") [proposed Government reply] [released Dec 2014]
83 Apr 20 We Major Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("Liaison Committee Report on the Select Committee System") [Government response to Du Cann, resisting further developments in the system] [released Dec 2014]
83 Jun 13 Mo Major Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("Speaker") [candidates & procedure; possible Pym candidature mentioned] [released Dec 2014]
83 Jul 12 Tu Major Parliament: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Treasury Minute Replying to Reports of the Public Accounts Committee") [contents; clearance; publication] [released Dec 2014]
83 Jul 22 Fr Major Parliament: No.10 minute to MT (Labour request for debate on public expenditure) [Opposition request for a statement following refusal of debate: Lawson opposed, MT concurs] [released Dec 2014]
83 Aug 1 Mo Minor Parliament: No.10 note for the record ("A Change of Speaker") [procedure; retirement of George Thomas MP] [released Dec 2014]
83 Aug 11 Th Minor Parliament: Law Officers' Department letter to Brittan PS ("Liaison with Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee") [clarification of the rules] [released Dec 2014]
83 Sep 28 We Minor Parliament: Lord Gowrie PS letter to Heads of Divisions ("Liaison with Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee") [arrangements] [released Dec 2014]
83 Oct 31 Mo Minor Parliament: Alex Fletcher letter to Biffen ("European Economic Interest Groupings") [House of Lords EC Scrutiny Committee involvement in consultation] [released Dec 2014]
83 Dec 14 We Minor Parliament: Biffen letter to Whitelaw ("Departmental Select Committees") [membership] [released Dec 2014]
84 Feb 24 Fr Minor Parliament: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Treasury Minute Replying to Reports of the Public Accounts Committee") [content; clearance; publication] [released Dec 2014]
84 Mar 2 Fr Minor Parliament: Biffen letter to Whitelaw ("House of Commons Committee on Procedure") [setting up] [released Dec 2014]
84 Mar 12 Mo Major Parliament: Cabinet Office minute to MT (Special Adviser to the Select Committee on Defence) [MT shares Heseltine's concerns about appointment of a working journalist] [released Dec 2014]
84 Mar 13 Tu Major Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Heseltine, Biffen, Wakeham, Robert Armstrong) [concern at appointment of a working journalist as an adviser to Select Committee on Defence] [released Dec 2014]
84 Mar 13 Tu Major Parliament: Biffen PS letter to Howe PS ("Select Committee on European Legislation") [Parliamentary scrutiny of EC documents] [released Dec 2014]
84 Apr 9 Mo Major Parliament: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Treasury Minute Replying to the 10th, 11th and 12th Reports of the Public Accounts Committee, 1983-84") [publication; background note; clearance] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jun 6 We Minor Parliament: Biffen PS letter to Brittan PS (applications for emergency Debates under Standing Order No.10) [review of procedure] [released Dec 2014]