Thursday, 17 May 1984
0900 Questions Briefing Team
0930 Meeting of Ministers on Education in Liverpool [Material from handwritten original of the 1984 appointment diary: S/Ed (Sir Keith Joseph), Home Sec
(Leon Brittan), Ch/Ex (Nigel Lawson), S/HSS (Norman Fowler), Chief Sec (Peter Rees), LPS (John Biffen), S/Env (Patrick Jenkin), RTA (Sir Robert
Armstrong) & Buckley, Attorney General (Sir Michael Havers), Lord President (Willie Whitelaw) - No. 10]
1000 Cabinet [Viscount Whitelaw, Lord Hailsham, Sir Geoffrey Howe, Leon Brittan, Nigel Lawson, Sir Keith Joseph, Jim Prior, Peter Walker, Michael Heseltine,
George Younger, Nicholas Edwards, Patrick Jenkin, John Biffen, Norman Fowler, Norman Tebbit, Lord Cockfield, Tom King, Michael Jopling,
Peter Rees, Nicholas Ridley, John Wakeham]
1130 Meeting of Ministers on Environmental Pollution [Material from handwritten original of the 1984 appointment diary: S/Energy (Peter Walker), S/Scotland
(George Younger), S/Env (Patrick Jenkin), Mr Lamont, S/Emp (Tom King), Min/Ag (Michael Jopling), Ch/Sec (Peter Rees), S/Transport (Nicholas Ridley),
Mr Waldegrave, RTA (Sir Robert Armstrong), Mr Whitney (FCO), Dr Nicholson]
1300 Lunch and Questions Briefing
1515 Questions
1545-1645 Meeting with 1922 Executive + Chief Whip [John Wakeham] - H/C [+Michael Alison - see Alison diary, 2/6/3/8] [Alison minute for MT, 14 May 1984.
Du Cann wants to raised three topics "Government's general strategy, particularly its relationship with the electorate in respect of farming and the NHS;
Foreign policy, especially East-West relations and Africa; Ulster", 6/2/3/13 f26]
1700-1800 King Hussein
1800 Mr. Coles on South Africa
1830 Minter of Agriculture [Michael Jopling] + AT [Andrew Turnbull] + MA [Michael Alison]
1900 To H/C
Supper H/C + MA [Michael Alison] [handwritten original indicates this took place after next meeting, which makes more sense with the timeline]
1915 Mr. Jim Lester, MP + MA [Michael Alison] + AT [Andrew Turnbull]
Paired all day
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