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Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1881
Parliament (Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons) (Part 1)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2016 Jul 21 |
| Classification: | Confidential |
| Page count: | 243 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| 85 Nov 11 Mo | Major | Parliament: MT letter to Peter Emery MP (Select Procedures Committee review of the format for Prime Minister's Questions) ["... having given further thought to your proposals, I see very considerable difficulties... I believe... [present] arrangements represent the best available balance between the desire of the House to question the Prime Minister and the burdens which the system imposes on the Prime Minister and her staff"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 85 Aug 5 Mo | Major | Parliament: MT letter to Peter Emery MP (Select Procedures Committee review of the format for Prime Minister's Questions) ["... a matter for the House... and I should, of course, be willing to fall in with [its] decisions... For my part, I have no complaint to make about the existing arrangements..."] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 85 Jul 5 Fr | Major | Parliament: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office (Select Procedures Committee review of the format for Prime Minister's Questions) ["... our response to the suggestions made by the... Committee, in addition to the conclusions of... [MT's] meeting... of 17 June"] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 85 Jun 17 Mo | Major | Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Biffen, Wakeham) [Select Procedures Committee review of the format for Prime Minister's Questions] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 85 Jun 14 Fr | Major | Parliament: No.10 briefing for MT ("Procedure Committee") [review of the format for Prime Minister's Questions] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 85 Feb 18 Mo | Major | Parliament: No.10 briefing for MT ("Questions tomorrow") [topics] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 83 Oct 5 We | Major | Parliament: No.10 letter to Biffen PS (Prime Minister's Questions) [stand-in for MT while out of the country] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 83 Feb 1 Tu | Major | Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("Prime Minister's Questions") [proposed changes to format] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 82 Nov 12 Fr | Major | Parliament: No.10 letter to Jenkin PS (Prime Minister's Questions) [request to review standard brief] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 82 Oct 11 Mo | Major | Parliament: No.10 letter to Treasury (Prime Minister's Questions) [request to review standard brief] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 82 Jan 8 Fr | Major | Parliament: No.10 letter to Private Secretaries (improving the presentation of Government policies) [briefing for Parliamentary Statements and Answers] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 80 Apr 23 We | Major | Parliament: No.10 minute to MT (Prime Minister's Questions: procedure) [Speaker statement to the House] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 80 Feb 20 We | Major | Parliament: MT letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons (Prime Minister's Questions: procedure) [Open Questions] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 79 Jul 9 Mo | Major | Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("Prime Minister's Questions") [Institute of Professional Civil Servants industrial dispute: effect on the running of the House] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 79 Jul 5 Th | Major | Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("Prime Minister's Questions") ["... I do think that it would be unwise to move from the present position to giving carte blanche to Members to ask whatever they like..."] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 86 Apr 23 We | Minor | Parliament: No.10 letter to Michael Meacher MP (Prime Minister's Questions) [transfer of Meacher PQs to Fowler] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 86 Feb 28 Fr | Minor | Parliament: No.10 letter to House of Commons (transfer of Prime Minister's Questions) [procedure for handling of interdepartmental Questions] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 86 Feb 26 We | Minor | Parliament: No.10 letter to John David Taylor MP (Prime Minister's Questions) [transfer of Taylor PQ to Welsh Department] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 85 Feb 4 Mo | Minor | Parliament: No.10 letter to Department of Defence (Prime Minister's Questions) [briefing: late submissions] [declassified Jul 2016] |
| 84 Jun 4 Mo | Minor | Parliament: No.10 letter to Cabinet Office (Prime Minister's Question Time) [Commons Procedure Committee] [declassified Jul 2016] |