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Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1450
Drugs (Drug misuse: prevention; proposed legislation) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 252 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 82 Nov 18 Th | Major | Drugs: Fowler letter to Whitelaw ("Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs: Report on Treatment and Rehabilitation") [draft Government response] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 82 Nov 29 Mo | Major | Drugs: Fowler PS letter to No.10 (Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs: Report on Treatment and Rehabilitation) [draft Government response] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 83 Jan 18 Tu | Major | Drugs: Department of Health and Social Security letter to Statutory and Voluntary Services ("Solvent Misuse ('Glue Sniffing')") [consultation on what futher steps the Government might take to support the work being done by statutory & voluntary agencies] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Jun 12 Tu | Major | Drugs: Leon Brittan letter to Fowler ("Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs: Prevention Report") [draft Parliamentary announcement; proposal for inter-Departmental group] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Jun 21 Th | Major | Drugs: Howe minute to Leon Brittan ("Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs: Prevention Report") [comments on Brittan proposal for inter-Departmental group] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Sep 11 Tu | Major | Drugs: No.10 Policy Unit minute to David Barclay ("Drugs") [media coverage; availability in schools; remedial measures; advises MT to convene meeting of key Ministers in advance of Party Conference debate] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Sep 11 Tu | Major | Drugs: David Barclay minute to MT (drugs abuse campaign) [advice on how to address lack of progress; MT decides on PM letter to Brittan] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Sep 13 Th | Major | Drugs: MT letter to Leon Brittan ("Drug Abuse") ["we urgently need a positive, coherent and effective response"; requests to see Brittan's draft policy statement in advance of Party Conference] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Sep 21 Fr | Major | Drugs: Howe minute to Leon Brittan ("Drug Abuse") ["Any statement at the Party Conference could usefully highlight our present efforts internationally"; summary] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Sep 27 Th | Major | Drugs: Hurd letter to MT ("Drug Misuse") [notes problem less prevalent in Northern Ireland; outlines work being done] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Sep 28 Fr | Major | Drugs: Leon Brittan letter to MT (Drug Abuse) [note summarising action to date & action in hand; proposed announcements for Ken Clarke's speech at Conservative Party Conference] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Oct 1 Mo | Major | Drugs: Keith Joseph minute to MT ("Drug Misuse") [cautions against Brittan's proposal to publicly commit to a publicity campaign in advance of market research findings as to its likely efficacy] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Oct 5 Fr | Major | Drugs: Leon Brittan minute to MT ("Drug Abuse") [request that all Departments 'keep lid' on Government proposals, to maximise impact of announcement at Conservative Party Conference] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 84 Oct 29 Mo | Major | Drugs: David Mellor PS letter to No.10 (Drug Misuse) [copy of 'aide-mémoire' briefing pack] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Feb 18 Mo | Major | Drugs: John Patten PS letter to No.10 ("Prevention of Drug Misuse") ["activities on which DHSS is taking the lead"; MT asks why health education film for young people is only being considered as a "possibility"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 22 Fr | Major | Drugs: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Drug Report") [Ministerial Group Report's ommission of "need for new penalties against drug racketeers"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 22 Fr | Major | Drugs: No.10 minute to MT ("H Committee: Drugs Abuse") ['proceeds of crime' legislation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 22 Fr | Major | Drugs: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Prevention of Drug Misuse") [positive alternatives for young people; gathering intelligence abroad; proceeds of crime] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Mar 27 We | Major | Drugs: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Robert Maxwell) ["Daily Mirror - Drugs"; Maxwell wants "a Ministerial supremo"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Apr 1 Mo | Major | Drugs: Ingham minute to MT ("Robert Maxwell - Drugs") [Maxwell paper, following up meeting with MT, calling for a Drugs Supremo and legislation to confiscate gains] [declassified Dec 2014] |