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PDF 79 Jul 6 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Telvision Licence Fees") [timing and size of increases] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Jul 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: John Hoskyns minute to MT ("Telvision Licence Fees") [probably better to do fees on an annual basis] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Jul 10 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Telvision Licence Fees") [proposal for part funding from advertising would be controversial] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Jul 18 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Willie Whitelaw (TV licence fee) [proposed timing of increase] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Sep 26 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Telvision Licence Fees") [timing and size of fee increase] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Sep 28 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw) [MT concern at extravagence of some of BBC's spending] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Oct 17 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Tim Lankester minute to MT ("Meeting with the Chancellor - Thursday 18 October, 0845") [cash limit, licences, NEDC membership] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Oct 19 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Telvision Licence Fees") [effects of a fee increase on RPI] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Oct 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Telvision Licence Fees") [increases of this size can only be justified if they last for at least two years] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Oct 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Whitelaw PS note to Tim Lankester (BBC) [coverage of licence fee] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Nov 5 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Bernard Ingham minute to Tim Lankester ("TV Licence, etc.") [possibility of advertising on the BBC] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Nov 6 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Tim Lankester minute to Whitelaw PS ("Telvision Licence Fees") [shouldn't raise possibility of advertising with BBC at this time] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Telvision Licence Fees") [announcement of fee increase] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 79 Nov 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Willie Whitelaw ("Telvision Licence Fees") [date for announcement on fee increase] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Jan 8 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Home Office briefing (meeting with BBC chairman) [BBC charter, finance, efficiency] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Jun 29 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("B.B.C. Finance") [licence fee increase, efficiency] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Jun 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: MT letter to Lord Vaizey (BBC finances) ["there is room for some improvement"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Jul 1 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Michael Pattison minute to Whitelaw PS (BBC finances) [consider all options before government is met with demands for licence fee increases] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Jul 31 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Whitelaw PS letter to Michael Pattison (BBC finances) [medium term financing, licence fee increases] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Aug 6 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Whitelaw-Howe) [level and timing of BBC licence fee increases] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Oct 13 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Telvision Licence Fee") [BBC application for fee increase] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Oct 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("Telvision Licence Fees") [fee increase, efficiency audit at BBC] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Oct 30 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Michael Scholar minute to Whitelaw PS ("Telvision Licence Fees") [MT content with fee increases agreed] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Nov 3 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Geoffrey Howe ("Telvision Licence Fees") [timing of announcement's impact on winter supplementary estimates] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 81 Nov 26 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Whitelaw PS minute to Howe PS ("Telvision Licence Fees") [draft statement announcing fee increases agreed] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 82 Mar 30 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Willie Whitelaw ("BBC Pay") [proposed increase in basic salaries] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 82 Apr 3 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Geoffrey Howe ("B.B.C. Pay") [BBC have to live within the revenue raised by licence fees] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Feb 4 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Francis Pym minute to Leon Brittan ("BBC External Services' Pay") [subjection to cash limits] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Feb 21 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute toFrancis Pym ("BBC External Services Pay") [cannot accept proposal of removing pay from cash limits] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Francis Pym minute to Leon Brittan (BBC pay) [External Services' pay] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 17 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Michael Heseltine minute to Francis Pym ("BBC External Services Pay") [meeting] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 22 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute toFrancis Pym ("BBC External Services: Pay") [scope for further examination by officials] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Mar 30 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to MT ("B.B.C. Pay") [proposed settlement with unions] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Apr 5 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: John Coles minute to Whitelaw PS ("BBC Pay") [London weighting, differentials between ITV and BBC pay] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Apr 10 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Willie Whitelaw minute to Leon Brittan (BBC External Services Pay) [options available] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Apr 12 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Whitelaw PS minute to John Coles ("BBC Pay") [London weighting, ITV comparison] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Apr 13 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Francis Pym minute to Leon Brittan ("BBC External Services' Pay") [a political point requiring a long-term solution] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Apr 29 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Willie Whitelaw (BBC Pay) [should take "a critical look at the limited amount of BBC expenditure which we can directly control"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Aug 1 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Peter Rees ("BBC External Services") [MT note: "they cannot go on increasing pay like this" and keep an "inefficient operation"] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Aug 10 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Rees minute to Geoffrey Howe ("BBC External Services") [BBC should be told to live within their cash provision] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Aug 31 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: John Biffen minute to Cecil Parkinson (TV licences and hotels) [begin from standpoint that existing law should apply unamended] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Sep 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Geoffrey Howe minute to Peter Rees ("BBC External Services: The Pay Problem") [subjection to cash limits] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Oct 3 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Leon Brittan minute to Geoffrey Howe ("BBC External Services: The Pay Problem") [proposed changes could be difficult to defend] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 83 Nov 14 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Peter Rees minute to Geoffrey Howe ("BBC External Services: The Pay Problem") [should rigorously scrutinise BBC spending plans] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 12 Su Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Rees PS minute to Howe PS ("Proposed Review of the BBC External Services") [review of efficiency and effectiveness] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 15 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Douglas Hurd minute to Clive Derby (TV licences and hotels) [unease about present arrangements] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 28 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: John Redwood minute to MT ("BBC External Services") [not his impression that the review would be kept secret] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Feb 29 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: MacInnes minute to Howe PS ("Possible Review of BBC External Services") [cash limits, pay] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 1 Th Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: John Coles minute to Howe PS ("Review of BBC External Services") [public handling of review] [declassified Dec 2014]
PDF 84 Mar 9 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Broadcasting: Howe PS minute to John Coles ("Proposed Review of BBC External Services") [MT believes review will raise alarms] [declassified Dec 2014]

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