1983 Nov 28 - 1986 Jul 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1775
Government Machinery (Ministerial responsibility for coordinating the presentation of government policies)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2015 Jul 15 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 310 |
| Any docs withheld? | 1 |
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| Date | Value | Title |
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| 83 Nov 28 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Your Meeting with Lord Whitelaw - this Wednesday, 30th November at 11.00 AM") [responsibility for coordinating the presentation of Government policy] [released Jul 2015] |
| 83 Nov 30 We | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Ministerial Responsibility for Coordinating the Presentation of Government Information") [meeting with Lord Whitelaw to discuss proposed transfer of remit from Lord Privy Seal to Lord President] [released Jul 2015] |
| 83 Nov 30 We | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 briefing for MT ("Presentation of Government Policies") [handling of announcement to Cabinet of transfer of remit from Lord Privy Seal to Lord President] [released Jul 2015] |
| 83 Nov 30 We | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversations (MT, Whitelaw; MT, Biffen) ["Ministerial Responsibility for Coordinating the Presentation of Government Policies"] [released Jul 2015] |
| 83 Dec 1 Th | Major | Government Machinery: Robin Butler minute to Ingham ("Speaking Note for the Lobby: Friday, 2 December") [presentation of Government policies: transfer of remit from Lord Privy Seal to Lord President] [released Jul 2015] |
| 83 Dec 7 We | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Media Meetings") [extent of MT's participation, following transfer of responsibility for presentation of Government policies from Lord Privy Seal to Lord President] [released Jul 2015] |
| 83 Dec 21 We | Major | Government Machinery: Whitelaw PS letter to No.10 ("Presentation of Government Policy") [PQ reply clarifying Lord President's new responsibilities] [released Jul 2015] |
| 84 Mar 12 Mo | Minor | Government Machinery: Whitelaw PS letter to Treasury ("Co-ordination of the Presentation of Government Policy: Parliamentary Questions") [clarification of the Lord President's role] [released Jul 2015] |
| 85 Feb 7 Th | Major | Government Machinery: Tebbit minute to MT (presentation of policy) [concern about "blurring of lines between Parliamentary and Government activities"] [released Jul 2015] |
| 85 Aug 19 Mo | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Presentation") [advocates need for MT to make more proactive use of Parliament for putting across Government policy] [released Jul 2015] |
| 85 Sep 13 Fr | Major | Government Machinery: Ingham minute to MT ("Presentation of Policy") ["The problem throughout this Government's life... has been that it has been strong on policy and weak on presentation"; proposals] [released Jul 2015] |
| 85 Sep 24 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Tebbit, Ingham, Sherbourne, Alison) ["Presentation": remits for action on Government policy] [released Jul 2015] |
| 85 Sep 25 We | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Presentation of Government Policies") [MT requests oral rather than written outline from Ministers on presentational aspects of their Departmental policies for Cabinet meetings] [released Jul 2015] |
| 85 Oct 1 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: Tim Flesher minute to Nigel Wicks (Prime Minister's participation on Parliamentary Debates) [follow-up to conversation with MT's conditional agreement to participate in some forthcoming debates] [released Jul 2015] |
| 85 Oct 2 We | Major | Government Machinery: Whitelaw letter to Hailsham (improving presentation of Government policies) [strategies & procedure] [released Jul 2015] |
| 85 Nov 9 Sa | Major | Government Machinery: Charles Powell minute to MT ("Lord Stockton") [asked Lord President to find elder statesman to rebut Stockton's criticisms of Government] [released Jul 2015] |
| 85 Dec 18 We | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Presentation of Government Actions") [approval of letter to issue from Cabinet Office to Private Secretaries outlining measures for improvement] [released Jul 2015] |
| 86 Feb 20 Th | Major | Government Machinery: Ingham minute to MT ("Language/Vision") [her "astonishingly rapid restoration from Westland"; thoughts on strategy in run-up to next General Election] [released Jul 2015] |
| 86 Mar 4 Tu | Major | Government Machinery: Ingham minute to Whitelaw ("Improving Presentation") [overview of Departmental replies to request for outline of each Deparment's broadcasting efforts, and consideration of next steps] [released Jul 2015] |
| 86 Mar 5 We | Major | Government Machinery: No.10 minute to MT ("Stepping up the Momentum") ["a systematic campaign to project the Government's policies and attack the Opposition's"] [released Jul 2015] |