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1988 Jan 4 - 1988 Sep 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2031
Broadcasting (Television licence fees; subscription television; independent television producers; Broadcasting White Paper) (Part 6)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 494
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88 May 3 Tu Major Broadcasting: Nigel Lawson minute to Douglas Hurd ("ITV Levy for Contract Extension Period") [should move to a straight revenue levy in 1990] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 May 4 We Major Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to MT ("ITV Levy for Contract Extension Period") [Hurd and Lawson in dispute about arrangements] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 May 4 We Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("ITV Levy for Contract Extension Period") [mixed levy or revenue only scheme] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 May 9 Mo Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to John Wakeham ("Concessionary TV Licence Scheme") [accommodation covered by scheme, beneficiaries] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 May 10 Tu Major Broadcasting: Andy Bearpark minute to MT (Concessionary Television Licence Scheme) [MT note: "there can be no question of increasing the general licence fee"] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 May 12 Th Minor Broadcasting: Andy Bearpark minute to Hurd PS ("Concessionary Television Licence Scheme") [general licence should not increase as result of proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 May 13 Fr Major Broadcasting: Nicholas Ridley minute to Douglas Hurd (Concessionary Television Licence Scheme) [definition of qualifying accommodation] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 May 18 We Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to John Moore ("Concessionary TV Licence Scheme") [presentation of fee increase for pensioners] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 May 24 Tu Major Broadcasting: John Wakeham minute to Douglas Hurd ("Concessionary Television Licence Scheme") [timing of announcement] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jun 19 Su Minor Broadcasting: Nigel Wicks minute to Hurd PS (meeting with BBC) [arrangements] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jul 22 Fr Minor Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Meeting of MISC 128: 28 July") [discussion of strategy framework] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jul 27 We Major Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to MT ("MISC 128: Meeting on 28 July") [need to agree basis for work on White Paper] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jul 27 We Major Broadcasting: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Ministerial Group on Broadcasting Services Broadcasting Reforms: The Strategic Framework: MISC 128(88) 9") [coverage of new White Paper] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jul 27 We Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths briefing for MT ("MISC 128 - Broadcasting Reforms: The Strategic Framework") [White Paper to encourage competition] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jul 27 We Major Broadcasting: Chief Scientific Adviser minute to MT ("MISC 128") [strategic framework for broadcasting, infrastructure] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Jul 28 Th Major Broadcasting: Lord Thomson letter to Douglas Hurd ("Levy in the Extended ITV Contract Period") [extension of franchises, IBA view on proposals] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Aug 2 Tu Major Broadcasting: Hurd PS minute to Dominic Morris ("Broadcasting White Paper: Consultation with Interested Departments") [departmental interests] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Aug 19 Fr Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Subscription") [BBC subscription, night hours, licence fee] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Aug 19 Fr Major Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to MT ("Subscription") [BBC subscription, night hours, licence fee - MT annotated] [declassified Feb 2016]
88 Aug 26 Fr Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute for MT ("MISC 128: Subscription and the Night Hours") ["the new proposals by the Home Secretary will strenghten the role of the BBC, weaken the position of ITV companies and bolster the position of BSB among the new entrants to television"] [declassified Feb 2016]