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1981 Dec 7 - 1986 Oct 22
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1778
Government Machinery (Departmental responsibility for national standards and international trade)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 215
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82 Oct 19 Tu Minor Government Machinery: Treasury record of conversation (“Standards: meeting EDC/SWP Chairmen on 19 October”) [Lawson, Heseltine, Lamont, EDC/SWP Chairmen] [declassified 2014]
82 Oct 20 We Minor Government Machinery: Lord Cockfield minute to MT (“Standards”) [“Standards are not an end in themselves. They are a means of improving quality, which is what sells goods in world markets today”] [declassified 2014]
82 Oct 21 Th Minor Government Machinery: Lord Cockfield letter to Jenkin (“Standards”) [inter-departmental co-ordination and funding the costs of White Paper proposals] [declassified 2014]
82 Nov 8 Mo Minor Government Machinery: Jenkin minute to MT (“Departmental Responsibility for Standards”) [Jenkin happy to let Dept of Trade have lead responsibility as Cockfield implements White Paper] [declassified 2014]
82 Nov 18 Th Minor Government Machinery: Heseltine minute to MT (standards, quality and international competitiveness) [“what is now needed is a reinforced and well-aided programme to help British industry”] [declassified 2014]
83 Apr 18 Mo Minor Government Machinery: Lord Cockfield minute to MT (“Standards, Quality and International Trade”) [implementation of White Paper proposals] [declassified 2014]
83 Apr 19 Tu Minor Government Machinery: Lord Cockfield minute to MT (“National Quality Campaign”) [request for message of support to help launch campaign to strengthen British industrial competitiveness] [declassified 2014]
86 Oct 22 We Minor Government Machinery: Channon letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Quality Counts”) [improving competitiveness of British industry and commerce] [declassified 2014]