1981 Jan 6 - 1986 Nov 11
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1826
Legal Procedure (Possible reform of the law on rape)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 151 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 82 Jan 8 Fr | Major | Legal Procedure: Lord Chancellor's Private Secretary letter to No.10 (“R. v. Allen: Rape Case at Ipswich”) [declassified 2015] |
| 82 Jan 20 We | Major | Legal Procedure: Pattison minute for MT (Jack Ashley letter) [pressure for inquiry into law on rape] [declassified 2015] |
| 82 Jan 21 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: Lord Hailsham minute for MT (“The Judge Richards Affair”) [disturbed at Labour motion calling on him to dismiss the judge] [declassified 2015] |
| 82 Jan 22 Fr | Major | Legal Procedure: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Hailsham) [MT urges review of law in light of public concern about law of rape] [declassified 2015] |
| 82 Jan 25 Mo | Minor | Legal Procedure: Ingham minute for MT (“Rape Meeting - Media”) [declassified 2015] |
| 82 Jan 26 Tu | Major | Legal Procedure: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Hailsham-Whitelaw-Havers-Young) [law of rape] [declassified 2015] |
| 82 Jan 27 We | Major | Legal Procedure: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Hailsham-Whitelaw-Dame Rose Heilbron) [public disquiet at law of rape] [declassified 2015] |
| 82 Feb 3 We | Minor | Legal Procedure: No.10 minute for MT (“Law of Rape: Contributory Negligence”) [declassified 2015] |
| 82 Feb 10 We | Major | Legal Procedure: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Attorney General) [MT: "very important that he showed himself to be sensitive and sympatheric to the present public concern" on rape during tv interview] [declassified 2015] |
| 82 Mar 19 Fr | Major | Legal Procedure: Lord Advocate minute for MT (“Glasgow Case”) [rape case: prosecution and hearing] [declassified 2015] |
| 83 Mar 9 We | Major | Legal Procedure: Home Office minute to No.10 (“The Investigation of Offences of Rape”) [revised guidelines for police in England and Wales] [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Mar 14 Fr | Major | Legal Procedure: No.10 minute for MT (“Anonymity in Rape Cases”) [Hurd proposals] [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Mar 24 Mo | Major | Legal Procedure: Tom King letter for Douglas Hurd (anonymity of rape victims) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Apr 30 We | Major | Legal Procedure: Attorney General letter for Douglas Hurd (anonymity of rape victims from the time of complaint) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Oct 2 Th | Major | Legal Procedure: Douglas Hurd letter for Whitelaw (anonymity of rape victims from the time of complaint) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Oct 13 Mo | Major | Legal Procedure: Tom King letter for Whitelaw (anonymity of rape victims from the time of complaint) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Oct 29 We | Major | Legal Procedure: Attorney General letter for Douglas Hurd (protection of rape victims) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Nov 4 Tu | Major | Legal Procedure: Douglas Hurd letter for Attorney General (protection of rape victims) [declassified 2015] |
| 86 Nov 11 Tu | Major | Legal Procedure: Lord Hailsham minute for Douglas Hurd (“Anonymity of Complainants in Rape Cases”) [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Nov 11 Tu | Major | Legal Procedure: Lord Hailsham minute for Douglas Hurd (“Anonymity of Complainants in Rape Cases”) [declassified 2015] |