1981 Dec 7 - 1986 Oct 22
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1778
Government Machinery (Departmental responsibility for national standards and international trade)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 215 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 28 of 28
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 82 Oct 19 Tu | Minor | Government Machinery: Treasury record of conversation (“Standards: meeting EDC/SWP Chairmen on 19 October”) [Lawson, Heseltine, Lamont, EDC/SWP Chairmen] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Oct 20 We | Minor | Government Machinery: Lord Cockfield minute to MT (“Standards”) [“Standards are not an end in themselves. They are a means of improving quality, which is what sells goods in world markets today”] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Oct 21 Th | Minor | Government Machinery: Lord Cockfield letter to Jenkin (“Standards”) [inter-departmental co-ordination and funding the costs of White Paper proposals] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Nov 8 Mo | Minor | Government Machinery: Jenkin minute to MT (“Departmental Responsibility for Standards”) [Jenkin happy to let Dept of Trade have lead responsibility as Cockfield implements White Paper] [declassified 2014] |
| 82 Nov 18 Th | Minor | Government Machinery: Heseltine minute to MT (standards, quality and international competitiveness) [“what is now needed is a reinforced and well-aided programme to help British industry”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Apr 18 Mo | Minor | Government Machinery: Lord Cockfield minute to MT (“Standards, Quality and International Trade”) [implementation of White Paper proposals] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Apr 19 Tu | Minor | Government Machinery: Lord Cockfield minute to MT (“National Quality Campaign”) [request for message of support to help launch campaign to strengthen British industrial competitiveness] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Oct 22 We | Minor | Government Machinery: Channon letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Quality Counts”) [improving competitiveness of British industry and commerce] [declassified 2014] |