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1983 Mar 16 - 1986 Oct 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1767
Government Buildings (The building of an international conference centre on the Broad Sanctuary site and the redevelopment of the Bridge Street and Richmond Yard sites) (Part 2)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2015 Jul 16
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 289
Any docs withheld? 6

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83 Mar 24 Th Major Government Buildings: No.10 minute to MT (Services Committee reports) [costs: new Parliamentary building and Bridge Street site development] [released Jul 2015]
83 Apr 18 Mo Major Government Buildings: No.10 minute to Tom King PS (House of Commons Services Committee: report on the development of the Bridge Street site) [No.10 corrects Department of Environment's impression that MT has approved development regardless of public expenditure implications] [released Jul 2015]
83 May 9 Mo Major Government Buildings: Leon Brittan letter to Tom King ("Bridge Street") [refuses to agree to additional funding & development, pending scrutiny] [released Jul 2015]
83 Sep 27 Tu Major Government Buildings: No.10 minute to MT ("The Bridge Street Site") [history of the project, and of the funding dispute between Treasury & Environment, summarised; MT calls for meeting] [released Jul 2015]
83 Oct 20 Th Major Government Buildings: Patrick Jenkin minute to MT (proposed redevelopment of Bridge Street Site) [main points for consideration] [released Jul 2015]
83 Oct 24 Mo Major Government Buildings: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Patrick Jenkin, Biffen, Rees, Wakeham) [proposed redevelopment of Bridge Street site] [released Jul 2015]
83 Nov 9 We Major Government Buildings: No.10 minute to MT ("Bridge Street Site") [update on proposed redevelopment; Parliamentary Debate; MT agrees to visit exhibition of the proposals] [released Jul 2015]
83 Nov 18 Fr Major Government Buildings: George Young letter to MT ("International Conference Centre: Broad Sanctuary") [MT not satisfied with response to her request that Young address press allegations of rising cost of construction] [released Jul 2015]
83 Dec 13 Tu Major Government Buildings: George Young letter to MT ("International Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary: Naming") [MT agrees to 'Queen Elizabeth II', subject to the Queen being consulted] [released Jul 2015]
84 Jun 14 Th Major Government Buildings: Department of the Environment briefing for MT ("International Conference Centre: Prime Minister's Visit") [presentation & exhibition] [released Jul 2015]
84 Jun 28 Th Major Government Buildings: George Young letter to MT ("Marlborough House") [response to MT query made during her visit to the new International Conference Centre; Commonwealth Secretariat to be moved out] [released Jul 2015]
84 Aug 22 We Major Government Buildings: No.10 minute to MT ("International Conference Centre") [viewing of furniture for the new building; MT alerted to her busy schedule] [released Jul 2015]
84 Oct 26 Fr Major Government Buildings: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Robert Armstrong) ["Richmond Terrace": needs of No.10/Cabinet Office/MoD to be prioritised over FCO] [released Jul 2015]
84 Nov 6 Tu Minor Government Buildings: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Richmond Terrace") [No.10 staff overspill accommodation requirements] [released Jul 2015]
84 Nov 14 We Major Government Buildings: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Howe) ["Richmond Terrace": MT makes clear that she has made no final decision yet on go-ahead for FCO staff to be based in the building] [released Jul 2015]
85 Apr 29 Mo Major Government Buildings: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 ("Richmond Terrace") [response to No.10 request for note on restoration progress] [released Jul 2015]
85 Jun 17 Mo Major Government Buildings: Howe minute to Rees (International Conference Centre (ICC)") [objects to FCO/Defence covering the difference between running costs and commercial income, following controversy over mushrooming costs] [released Jul 2015]
85 Jul 19 Fr Major Government Buildings: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("International Conference Centre") ["Ministers are now exchanging polite insults about the responsibility for this fiasco"; recommendations] [released Jul 2015]
85 Oct 15 Tu Major Government Buildings: Howe minute to Kenneth Baker ("International Conference Centre") [endorses proposals to bring in private sector, to maximise income, while noting concerns] [released Jul 2015]
85 Oct 24 Th Major Government Buildings: No.10 minute to MT ("International Conference Centre") [MT agrees to No. 10 writing to Kenneth Baker "wholeheartedly supporting the need for a radical and thorough review" to prevent Centre being drain on taxpayer] [released Jul 2015]