Economy: Alan Walters diary (budget) [E-committee vote on Trade Union reform only just passes][released 2012]

Document type:	Declassified documents
Source:	Walters MSS (Churchill Archives Centre): WTRS3/1/1
Editorial comments:	Read other entries from this diary. View all Walters documents. The original diary can be studied here
Importance ranking:	Major
Word count:	105
Themes:	Employment, Monetary policy, Trade unions, Trade union law reform

Tuesday 10th November 1981

Clive [Clive Whitmore] thinks PM likes the draft but must check the history with Hugh Thomas. Alfred S [Alfred Sherman] working on it also.

E on TU reform: Agreed to section 14 Immunities - only just. On JH s [John Hoskyns] count it was 8 to 7. Even Whitelaw was against it.

Battling on with draft of L. Mayor s Banquet Speech

JH and DW [David Wolfson] made no impression on PM. Employment measures and SDP - cowards ratted on party, no idea about looming threat of SDP. - JH resign on Jan 1st? DW later? I suspect this will focus her mind.