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1980 Oct 20 - 1981 Mar 12
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/542
Nationalised industries (Gas and electricity pricing policy; industrial energy pricing) (Part 3)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 230
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Date Value Title
80 Oct 20 Mo Major Energy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howell-Lamont-Moore-Maitland-Guinness-Hoskyns-Wolfson) [energy pricing] [declassified 2011]
80 Oct 31 Fr Major Energy: Howell minute to MT ("Industrial Energy Pricing") [extensive MT annotations] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 3 Mo Major Energy: No.10 letter to Department of Energy (industrial energy pricing) [MT's comments on Howell's paper] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 4 Tu Major Energy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Industrial Energy Pricing (E(80) 120 and 128)") [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 4 Tu Major Energy: Ibbs minute to Lankester ("Industrial Energy Pricing") [CPRS comments on Howell's paper] [declassified 2011]
80 Nov 21 Fr Major Energy: Howell minute to Lankester ("Energy Prices: CBI Report") [energy-related problems facing British industry] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 10 We Major Energy: Carrington minute to Howell ("Industrial Energy Prices") [energy prices: international aspect] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 22 Mo Major Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Chancellor of the Exchequer-Joseph-Howell-Ryrie-Maitland-Croft-Armstrong-Ibbs) [nationalised industry financing, energy prices, British Steel corporate plan] [declassified 2011]
80 Dec 31 We Major Energy: Howell minute to MT ("Energy Prices") [MT: "What concerns me most is that there is no spur to efficiency on this price basis"] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 6 Tu Major Energy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Energy Prices") [helping industry on energy prices during recession] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 9 Fr Major Energy: Armstrong briefing for MT ("Energy Prices") [briefing for meeting with Howell and Chancellor of the Exchequer] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 9 Fr Major Energy: Ibbs minute to Lankester ("Energy Prices") [need to assist British industry with energy prices; competition with EC and US] [declassified 2011]
81 Jan 12 Mo Major Energy: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Howell-Chancellor of the Exchequer) ["Energy Prices"] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 9 Mo Major Energy: Ingham letter to Ian Gillis, Department of Energy (presentation of fuel price increases) [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 24 Tu Major Energy: Howell minute to MT ("Energy Prices") [interim report on work of NEDO Task Force] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 25 We Major Energy: Howell minute to MT ("ICI: Electricity Costs") [Imperial Chemical Industries complains about UK energy costs compared to those in Germany] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 2 Mo Major Energy: Department of Energy letter to No.10 ("NEDO Task Force on Energy Prices") [final version of Task Force's report] [declassified 2011]