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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)

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

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84 Jun 11 Mo Major Parliament: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Lord Hailsham ("Treasury and Civil Service Committee: Long Term Trends Enquiry") ["They raise some awkward issues, and we need to consider carefully how to respond"] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jul 24 Tu Major Parliament: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Treasury Minute Replying to the 13th to 18th Reports of the Public Accounts Committee 1983-84") [clearance; publication arrangements; background note] [released Dec 2014]
84 Aug 1 We Major Parliament: Biffen letter to Brittan (Rules and Conventions Governing the Release of Documents to Select Committees) [review proposals] [released Dec 2014]
84 Aug 2 Th Major Parliament: No.10 minute to MT (Rules and Conventions Governing the Release of Documents to Select Committees) [review] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 5 We Major Parliament: Tebbit letter to Biffen ("Rules and Conventions Governing the Release of Documents to Select Committees") [review] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 6 Th Major Parliament: Howe minute to Biffen (Disclosure of Information to Select Committees) [review of rules & conditions] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 20 Th Major Parliament: Kenneth Clarke letter to Biffen (Disclosure of Information to Select Committees) [review of rules & conditions] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 28 Fr Major Parliament: Younger letter to Biffen ("Documents for Departmental Select Committees") [review of rules and conventions] [released Dec 2014]
84 Sep 28 Fr Major Parliament: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Biffen ("Disclosure of Information to Select Committees") [review of rules & conditions] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 10 We Major Parliament: Hurd PS letter to Biffen PS ("Ministerial Statements") [bids for Oral Statements in period following summer recess; RUC inquiry into death of Sean Downes] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 15 Mo Major Parliament: Treasury letter to No.10 ("Treasury Minute Replying to the 19th to 23rd and 26th to 36th Reports of the Public Accounts Committee 1983-84") [publication of Government response; background note] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 26 Fr Major Parliament: Biffen minute to MT ("House of Commons Select Committee on Procedure") [Government evidence for Committee's general enquiry into Public Bill procedure] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 26 Fr Minor Parliament: Biffen letter to Whitelaw (First Report from Select Committee on Procedure: Short Speeches) [debate to be held on proposals] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 30 Tu Major Parliament: Biffen minute to MT ("Release of Documents to Select Committees") [review of rules & conventions; Tebbit agrees reluctantly to Biffen proposals, following recent disagreement between Govt and Committee over release of British Shipbuilders documents] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 30 Tu Major Parliament: Lord Hailsham minute to MT ("House of Commons Select Committee on Procedure") [review of evidence submission procedure] [released Dec 2014]
84 Oct 30 Tu Major Parliament: Wakeham PS letter to No.10 (Government precedence for opening Debates on Government days) [MT concern about Labour opening recent debate on unemployment] [released Dec 2014]
84 Nov 27 Tu Major Parliament: Fowler PS letter to Brittan PS ("Ethnic Question in the Census") [publication of Government Reply to second Report of the Home Affairs Committee] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 11 Tu Minor Parliament: Biffen PS letter to Home Office Parliamentary Clerk ("Government Announcements Before the Christmas Recess") [request to avoid potentially controversial Answers] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 13 Th Major Parliament: Heseltine PS letter to No.10 (House of Commons Defence Committee Report: 'The Physical Security of Military Installations in the United Kingdom') [draft Government Observations; arrangements for publication; clearance] [released Dec 2014]
84 Dec 17 Mo Major Parliament: MT letter to Lord Diamond (Eighth Report from the Treasury and Civil Service Committee on the Acceptance of Outside Appointments by Crown Servants) [Report's recommendations: letter of thanks for the views of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments] [released Dec 2014]