Monday 19 May 1986
0830
Hair [Flat]
1000
Diary meeting
[Rehearsal]
1030
University Funding meeting:
Secretary of State for Education and Science [Sir Keith Joseph],
Chief Secretary [John MacGregor],
Chief Whip [John Wakeham],
Lord President [Willie Whitelaw],
Mr. Brian Unwin [Brian Unwin],
Professor Griffiths [Professor Griffiths],
Mr. Wicks [Nigel Wicks]
1115
Lord President [Willie Whitelaw],
Chief Whip [John Wakeham] and
Mr. Wicks [Nigel Wicks]
1230
Chief Whip [John Wakeham],
Lord Privy Seal [John Biffen],
Lord President [Willie Whitelaw] and
chairman [chairman]
1300
Lunch for colleagues
1430
E(A): [Review of mergers and restrictive trade practices policy] [topic and list of attendees in CAB134/4949:
Chancellor of the Exchequer [Nigel Lawson],
Lord Privy Seal [John Biffen],
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food [Michael Jopling],
Chief Secretary, Treasury [John MacGregor],
Secretary of State for Energy [Peter Walker],
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster [Norman Tebbit],
Secretary of State for Employment [Lord Young of Graffham],
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [Paul Channon];
also present – Attorney General [Michael Havers],
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office [Timothy Eggar],
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport [Michael Spicer],
Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Minister for Housing, Urban Affairs and Construction) [John Patten],
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office [Wyn Roberts],
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office [Michael Ancram];
Secretariat – J. B. Unwin, A. J. Wiggins, D. P. Walker]
1630
Foreign Secretary [Sir Geoffrey Howe] and Permanent Under Secretary [Sir Antony Acland] [Senior appointments in the FCO] +
Mr. Powell [Charles Powell]
1700
Lord Sieff [Lord Sieff] [Israel]
1750
To House of Commons
1800
Drinks with Sir Frederic Bennett [Frederic Bennett] and
Members of the Council of Europe
1900c
Return to No. 10
Evening
[K/f for CBI speech if necessary]
Running 3 line whip from 1530.
Working supper in flat: Mr. Wicks [Nigel Wicks], Mr. Norgrove [David Norgrove], Sir Terence Burns [Terence Burns]
