1985 Dec 17 - 1991 Apr 5
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/3496
Prime Minister (Prime Minister's occasional bilateral meetings with various Cabinet colleagues) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2017 Jul 20 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 283 |
| Any docs withheld? | 4 |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 40 of 47
| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 87 Mar 11 We | Major | Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [possible MT meeting with Molyneaux and Paisley; Haughey's return as Taoiseach; security matters] [released Jul 2017] |
| 87 Mar 12 Th | Major | Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT - Tom King) [Haughey Dail statement 'unhelpful'; possible MT meeting with Molyneaux and Paisley; King thought NI opinion "slowly becoming accustomed to the agreement"] [released Jul 2017] |
| 87 Apr 24 Fr | Major | Prime Minister/Environment: Norgrove briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Ridley") ["how to play the Government's future housing and urban policies in the run up to the general election"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 87 Apr 27 Mo | Major | Prime Minister/Environment: No.10 record of conversation (MT - Nick Ridley) [future housing and urban policies in the run up to the general election"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 87 Apr 29 We | Major | Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Northern Ireland Secretary") ["very short meeting ... wants to raise personal matters"] [released Jul 2017] |
| 87 Jun 30 Tu | Major | Prime Minister/Lord President: Wicks briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Lord President: Items for the Agenda") [water privatisation, housing, community charge - plans to counter Conservative opposition] [released Jul 2017] |
| 87 Jul 7 Tu | Minor | Prime Minister/Social Services: Wicks briefing for MT (meeting with John Moore) [wants to talk before holidays about his plans for the department] [released Jul 2017] |
| 87 Jul 10 Fr | Major | Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Defence Secretary: Northern Ireland") [CGS's concerns about army's role in NI and constraints on it; thinks army "may even be losing the battle"] [released Jul 2017] |
| 87 Sep 28 Mo | Major | Prime Minister/Environment: Norgrove briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Ridley") [inner cities, "I suspect to lobby you about the balance between DTI and DOE"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 87 Oct 20 Tu | Major | Prime Minister/Lord President: Wicks briefing for MT ("Meeting with Lord Whitelaw") [response to the "Great Storm"; prisons officers' dispute; Star Chamber; health of Lord Chancellor; party chairmanship] [released Jul 2017] |
| 87 Nov 18 We | Major | Prime Minister/Lord President: Wicks briefing for MT (meeting with Lord Whitelaw) [progress in the legislative programme] [released Jul 2017] |
| 87 Nov 18 We | Major | Prime Minister/Energy: Wicks briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Walker") [NIREX; CEGB chairman's salary] [released Jul 2017] |
| 87 Dec 30 We | Major | Prime Minister: Wicks minute for MT (matter discussed yesterday in her study) [MT might want to discuss "possible dispositions" with senior colleagues, but most ruled out because "they could be in some way involved"] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Jan 26 Tu | Major | Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [John Hume talks with IRA; Stalker/Sampson; contact with the Unionists; redeployment of the army; extradition] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Jan 27 We | Major | Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT - Tom King) [Stalker/Sampson; Sinn Fein/SDLP contacts; contacts with the Unionists; redeployment of the army in NI; extradition with Republic] [released Jul 2017] |
| 88 Apr 19 Tu | Major | Prime Minister/Environment: Gray briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Secretary of State for the Environment: 20 April") ["the state of play on the many balls he has in the air, e.g. Housing Bill, Local Government Bill, reconsideration of Local Authority Capital Controls"] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 May 6 Fr | Major | Prime Minister/Chief Whip: Wicks minute for MT ("Meeting with the Chief Whip") ["possibilities for nipping in the bud, before they arise, future backbench rebellions"; as annotated by MT] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 May 23 Mo | Major | Prime Minister/Home Secretary: Wicks briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Home Secretary") [football hooliganism; Prison Officers' Association; police pay and manpower; Brent and Section 13 grants; broadcasting; Toronto G7 & drugs; General Assembly speech] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 May 23 Mo | Major | Prime Minister/Environment: Gray briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Mr Ridley: 24 May") [Thyssen; housing policy - has reservations about Walker's flexi-ownership scheme] [released Jul 2018] |
| 88 Jul 27 We | Major | Prime Minister/Environment: Gray briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Ridley") ["wants a quick word about the latest state of play on Alice Coleman, the Lyceum and 'one or two other matters'"] [released Jul 2018] |