Tuesday 1 February 1983
0830 Dr. Henderson
0900 Questions briefing team
0930 John Sparrow
1000 Sir Henry Plumb (re general and Euro elections)
1030 E(NI)
1155 Chief Whip [Michael Jopling]
1200 Backbench Committee Officers re urban and new towns + S/S Environment [Tom King]
[Anthony Steen (chairman), Christopher Murphy & John Wheeler
(vice-chairmen), Den Dover & David Bevan (hon secs); Ian Gow - THCR 2/6/2/15 part 5 f52; Tom King in fact absent]
1300 Lunch and Questions briefing
1515 Questions
1600 OD/EM - H/C
1700 Meeting of Ministers re defence and public expenditure - H/C [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [Home Sec (Willie Whitelaw),
Ch/Ex (Sir Geoffrey Howe), S/Defence (Michael Heseltine), Chief Sec (Leon Brittan) & RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong), RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong) + John
Sparrow].]
1800 Meeting of Ministers re overseas students fees - H/C [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [FCS (Francis Pym), S/ Defence
(Michael Heseltine), S/Trade (Lord Cockfield), Chief Sec (Leon Brittan), S/ Ind (Patrick Jenkin), S/ Ed (Sir Keith Joseph)].]
1900 Lord Weinstock - H/C [see THCR 6/2/2/56 f5]
Dined H/C +IG [Ian Gow]
Running three line until
0100 Vote
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