Monday 21 February 1983
0830 Hair
1000-1030 Media
1030 Sir A. Parsons
1100 Meeting of Ministers re water strike [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [S/ Trans (David Howell), Ch/ Ex (Sir Geoffrey Howe),
S/ Scot (George Younger), S/ Wales (Nicholas Edwards), Chief Sec (Leon Brittan), S/ Emp (Norman Tebbit), RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong) & J. Sparrow].]
[Handwritten original has ‘Re Serpell or Water’, with a tick over the latter. It seems contingency prepared for either, but water prevailed.]
1200 Chief Whip [Michael Jopling]
1215 Chief Whip [Michael Jopling], Home Secretary [Willie Whitelaw], Lord President [John Biffen] and Chairman [Cecil Parkinson]
1245 for 1300 Lunch for King Hussein
1500 David Wolfson re Lord Sieff's initiation [?sic: invitation]
1615 Meeting of Ministers re Social Security matters [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: [Home Sec (Willie Whitelaw), Chief Whip
(Michael Jopling), Lord President (John Biffen), S/ DHSS (Norman Fowler), Chief Sec (Leon Brittan), Chairman (Cecil Parkinson), Ch / Ex (Sir Geoffrey Howe),
Peter Gregson].]
1700 Rehearsal for Institute of Directors speech
1730 Chancellor [Sir Geoffrey Howe] + Sir Robert Armstrong re Senior Staff appts.
1800-1915 Meeting and drinks for Junior Ministers
Dine Flat
2200 Vote [Material from handwritten original of the 1983 appointment diary: 3 Line.]
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