Thursday 13 March 1986
0830
Hair [Flat]
0900
Questions Briefing Team
1000
MISC 126
1105
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], 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]; Secretariat – Sir Robert Armstrong, David Williamson (items 2 and 3), Christopher Mallaby (items 2 and 3), A.J. Langdon (item 1), R. Watson (item 1)]
1230
Admiral Lee Baggett: New SACLANT + Mr. Powell [Charles Powell], Chief of Defence Staff [Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse]
1300
Lunch and Questions Briefing
1515
Questions H/C
1545
Sir William Clark MP + Mr. Alison [Michael Alison] H/C
1615
Mr. Neville Trotter MP, Minister of State for Defence [sic: PREM19/1902 f6, No.10 conversation record, 13 Mar 1986, shows that the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Defence Procurement attended, i.e., John Lee], Mr. Norgrove [David Norgrove], Mr. Alison [Michael Alison] [Shipbuilding unemployment]
1705
[c1645]
Return to No. 10
1710
[1700 originally scheduled]
Chancellor [Nigel Lawson] + Mr. Norgrove [David Norgrove]
1825
[1800 originally scheduled]
Sir Ronald Millar
1830
[1815 originally scheduled]
Keep free for Central Council Speech
Working supper in Flat [+Michael Alison: see Alison engagement diary, THCR2/6/3/10]
PAIRED ALL DAY