1983 May 18 - 1986 Sep 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1792
Home Affairs (Obscenity legislation (video nasties): meetings with Mary Whitehouse)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 266 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Jan 19 Th | Major | Home Affairs: Brittan minute to MT (“Video Recordings Bill”) [certification] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Oct 14 Fr | Major | Home Affairs: Home Office briefing for MT (meeting with Mary Whitehouse: ‘video nasties’) [declassified 2014] |
| 85 Dec 18 We | Major | Home Affairs: Hurd letter to Whitelaw (Winston Churchill M.P.’s Bill to amend the Obscene Publications Act) [recommended approach to handling of the Bill] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Aug 4 Mo | Major | Home Affairs: Hurd minute to MT (meeting with Mary Whitehouse: legislation on obscenity) [“Mrs Whitehouse’s account of our meeting is misleading”] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Feb 24 Mo | Major | Home Affairs: Hurd PS letter to No.10 (Winston Churchill M.P.’s Obscene Publications Amendment Bill) [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Aug 5 Tu | Major | Home Affairs: Judge King-Hamilton letter to MT (Mary Whitehouse Research and Education Trust) [obscenity draft Bill; school exams; income tax] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Dec 12 Mo | Major | Home Affairs: Lord Nugent letter to MT (reform of the Obscene Publications Act 1959) [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Nov 23 We | Major | Home Affairs: Lord Nugent letter to MT (report on child viewing of ‘video nasties’) [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Feb 8 We | Major | Home Affairs: Lord Nugent of Guildford letter to MT (Obscene Publications Act) [follow-up to conversation about draft Bill] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Jul 21 Mo | Major | Home Affairs: Mary Whitehouse letter to MT (meeting with Home Secretary: legislation on obscenity) [“never been more disappointed in any meeting with any Minister”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Jun 23 Th | Major | Home Affairs: Mary Whitehouse letter to MT (obscenity legislation and ‘video nasties’) [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Sep 2 Fr | Major | Home Affairs: Mary Whitehouse letter to MT (obscenity legislation and ‘video nasties’) [“I have felt both unhappy and frustrated since our meeting with the Home Secretary”] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Major | Home Affairs: Mary Whitehouse letter to No.10 (censorship of video releases) [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Oct 19 We | Major | Home Affairs: Mary Whitehouse letter to No.10 (obscenity legislation) [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Jan 30 Mo | Major | Home Affairs: Michael Havers letter to Brittan (“Re: Video Recordings”) [legislation on certification] [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Jul 24 Th | Major | Home Affairs: MT letter to Judge King-Hamilton (legislation on obscenity) [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Jul 4 Mo | Major | Home Affairs: MT letter to Mary Whitehouse (obscenity legislation and ‘video nasties’) [declassified 2014] |
| 84 Feb 3 Fr | Major | Home Affairs: No.10 briefing for MT (Lord Nugent’s proposals for revision of the Obscene Publication Act 1959) [declassified 2014] |
| 86 Aug 29 Fr | Major | Home Affairs: No.10 briefing for MT (present legislation on obscenity) [meeting with Mary Whitehouse] [declassified 2014] |
| 83 Oct 25 Tu | Major | Home Affairs: No.10 briefing for MT (“Home Secretary: Obscenity”) [declassified 2014] |