Thursday 10 April 1986
0800
Hair
0845
Chief Whip [John Wakeham] + Mr. Wicks [Nigel Wicks] (Sunday trading)
0900
Questions Briefing
0929
Buy Geranium at Front Door
0930
E(A) + Mr. Norgrove [David Norgrove] [Implications of lower oil prices: topic and list of attendees in CAB134/4959 f64 – Peter Walker, John Biffen, Norman Tebbit, Tom King, Michael Jopling, Nick Ridley, Lord Young, Kenneth Baker, Kenneth Clarke, John MacGregor, Malcolm Rifkind, Paul Channon; also attending Willie Whitelaw, Sir Geoffrey Howe, Sir Michael Havers, John Wakeham, John Moore, Mark Robinson; Robert Armstrong, Brian Unwin, D.P. Walker]
1030
Cabinet [Lord President [Willie Whitelaw], Lord Chancellor [Quintin Hailsham] Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe], 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 2-3), Christopher Mallaby (items 2-3), D. Jago (item 3), A.J. Langdon (items 1 and 4), M. J. Eland (items 1 and 4)]
1215
Meeting of Ministers [Libya: Foreign Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe], Secretary of State for Defence [George Younger], Mr. Staveley (MOD), Sir D. Myers, Mr. Freeland, Sir P. Cradock [Sir Percy Cradock], Mr. Powell [Charles Powell]
1300
Lunch and Questions briefing
1515
Questions H/C
1545
John Browne, MP + Mr. Alison [Michael Alison] and Mr. Powell [Charles Powell] (South Africa)
1610
Return to No. 10
1615
Meeting of Ministers [Libya: Foreign Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe], Secretary of State for Defence [George Younger], Attorney General [Sir Michael Havers], Mr. Staveley (MOD), Mr. Freeland, Sir D. Myers, Sir P. Cradock [Sir Percy Cradock], Sir R. Armstrong [Sir Robert Armstrong], Mr. Powell [Charles Powell]
1710
[1655]
Return to House of Commons
1715
Meeting of Ministers [BL [British Leyland]: Secretary of State for Trade [Paul Channon], Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster [Norman Tebbit], Lord President [Willie Whitelaw], Chief Whip [John Wakeham], Secretary of State for Transport [Nick Ridley], Mr. Norgrove [David Norgrove]] H/C
1830
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland [Tom King] and Mr. Powell [Charles Powell] H/C
1900
THREE LINE WHIP
Return to No. 10
1915
Change
1940
Depart No. 10
1945
Arrive
1930 f2000
Speaker's Appeal Dinner for St. Margaret's Westminster + Mr. Alison [Michael Alison], and Mr. Thatcher. Black Tie. 12 Great College Street
