Thursday 19 July 1984
0830 Hair [Flat – location from handwritten original]
0900 Questions briefing team
0930 Meeting of Ministers re Chairmanship of Agriculture Wages Board [Material from handwritten original of the 1984 appointment diary: of England & Wales]
[+ Minister of Agriculture (Michael Jopling), Secretary of State Wales (Nicholas Edwards) and Robert Armstrong: see engagement card, THCR 5/1/4/78 f3]
0945 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]
[Material from handwritten original of the 1984 appointment diary: Meeting of Ministers]
MISC 7
1300 Lunch and Questions briefing
1515 Questions
Keep free for speech preparation [H/C – location from handwritten original]
1800 Address 1922 Committee - H/C [+Michael Alison - see Alison diary, 2/6/3/8]
1900 2 Line Vote [Motions on Orders and Regulations on Social Security Up-Rating of Benefits and on the Pensioners Lump Sum Payments Order: “Divisions will
take place, and your attendance at 6:30 p.ml for 7:00 p.m. is essential, unless you have registered a firm pair. … It is believed that the Opposition have a three
line whip at 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.” See engagement card, THCR 5/1/4/78 f3]
1935 Depart H/C
1945 Arrive South Bank Studios
[Material from handwritten original of the 1984 appointment diary: Change (refreshments available)]
2010-2130 Record Aspel & Company programme [Michael Aspel] [Afterwards met guests in hospitality suite, including Barry Manilow, who was interviewed on a
separate segment of the programme; John Birt also, as director of programmes at LWT: see 5/2/134 f45] [Material from handwritten original of the 1984
appointment diary: LWT Studios, South Bank]
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