Thursday 27 February 1986
0830
Hair [Flat]
0900
Questions Briefing
0930
MISC 126 + Mr. Norgrove [David Norgrove]
1045
Cabinet [Lord President [Willie Whitelaw], Lord Chancellor [Quintin Hailsham] Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe], Chancellor of the Exchequer [Nigel Lawson], Home Secretary [Douglas Hurd], Secretary of State for Education and Science [Sir Keith Joseph], Secretary of State for Energy [Peter Walker], Secretary of State for Defence [George Younger], Secretary of State for Wales [Nicholas Edwards], Lord Privy Seal [John Biffen], Secretary of State for Health and Social Services [Norman Fowler], [Norman Tebbit], Secretary of State for Northern Ireland [Tom King], Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food [Michael Jopling], Secretary of State for Transport [Nicholas Ridley], Secretary of State for Employment [Lord David Young], Secretary of State for the Environment [Kenneth Baker], Paymaster General [Kenneth Clarke], Chief Secretary Treasury [John MacGregor], Secretary of State for Scotland [Malcolm Rifkind], Secretary of State for Trade and industry [Paul Channon]; also present - Chief Whip [John Wakeham], Financial Secretary [John Moore]; Secretariat – Sir Robert Armstrong, David Williamson (items 2-4), Christopher Mallaby (items 2-4), Brian Unwin (item 6), A.J. Wiggins (item 6), A.J. Langdon (items 1 and 5), R. Watson (items 1 and 5)]
1230
Meeting of Ministers [Northern Ireland] + Mr. Powell [Charles Powell] [ODI +CDP] [PREM19/1811 f26, No.10 conversation record, 27 Feb 1986: Lord President [Willie Whitelaw], Northern Ireland Secretary [Tom King], Foreign Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe], Home Secretary [Douglas Hurd], Defence Secretary [George Younger], Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster [Norman Tebbit], Chief Whip [John Wakeham], Sir Robert Armstrong, Charles Powell]
1310
Lunch and Questions Briefing
1515
Questions H/C
1545-1610
John Heddle MP [Local Government Conference: + Messrs. Alison [Michael Alison] and Sherbourne [Stephen Sherbourne]] H/C
1615
John Hume MP + Secretary of State for Northern Ireland [Tom King] and Mr. Powell [Charles Powell] H/C
1700
Peregrine Worsthorne + Mr. Ingham [Bernard Ingham] H/C
1800-1900
Meeting with Officers of Urban and New Town Affairs Committee + Mr. Alison [Michael Alison] H/C [Den Dover (chairman), Peter Bruinvels (vice-chairman), Christopher Murphy (vice-chairman), David Gilroy Bevan (joint secretary), Kenneth Baker, John Patten, Lord Elton, Sir George Young, Richard Tracey: THCR 2/6/3/25 part 4 f10]
1920
Vote H/C
1950
Return to No. 10
2000
Look in at Peter Joce's farewell party Supper in Flat and change
2120
Depart No. 10
2130
Look in after dinner at Barnet Civic Charity Ball. Black Tie. Dorchester Hotel