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PREM19/574
Prime Minister (Meeting with Dale Campbell-Savours MP regarding closure of Distington Foundry)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2011 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 198

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Date Value Title
81 Feb 9 Mo Major Steel: Dale Campbell-Savours MP letter to MT (report on Distington Foundry in Workington) [challenge to BSC's decision to close Distington Foundry] [declassified 2011]
81 Feb 13 Fr Major Steel: Dale Campbell-Savours MP letter to MT (closure of Distington Foundry in Workington) [request for meeting] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 4 We Major Steel: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Dale Campbell-Savours MP-Tebbit) [closure of Distington Foundry] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 5 Th Major Steel: Dale Campbell-Savours MP letter to MT (closure of Distington Foundry) [additional correspondence requested by MT at meeting] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 9 Mo Major Steel: J. Dumigan, Chairman of Distington Foundry Staff and Workers' Action Committee letter to MT (closure of Distington Foundry) [MacGregor refuses request for investigation into BSC closure plans] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 9 Mo Major Steel: Helen Donoghue, Researcher to Dale Campbell-Savours MP, letter to MT (closure of Distington Foundry) [MacGregor's "highly misleading" reply to Distington staff and workers] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 9 Mo Major Steel: Sanders minute to MT ("Dale Campbell-Savours: Your Letter to Mr MacGregor") [closure of Distington Foundry] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 11 We Major Steel: Letters from constituents of Dale Campbell-Savours MP (closure of Distington Foundry) [protesting against closure] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 12 Th Major Steel: Department of Industry letter to No.10 ("Government Intervention in Factory Closures") [Joseph and Tebbit hold "very strong reservations" about MT's "recent actions in connection with factory closures"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 13 Fr Major Steel: Sanders note to Whitmore (Distington Foundry closure) ["I fear that the DoI line is indeed radically different from the PM's instinct on these occasions. I guess she would have a fit if she saw some of KJ's letters to MPs"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 19 Th Major Steel: MT letter to Ian MacGregor of British Steel (Distington Foundry closure) ["I personally should welcome...confirmation that you...have total confidence in the Corporation's assessment which led to the decision to close Distington"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 23 Mo Major Steel: Ian MacGregor of British Steel letter to MT ("Distington Foundry") ["I am completely satisfied that [the decision to close Distington Foundry] was right"] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 24 Tu Major Steel: Helen Donoghue, Researcher to Dale Campbell-Savours MP, letter to MT (closure of Distington Foundry) [leaked BSC review document] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 26 Th Major Steel: Dale Campbell-Savours MP letter to MT (closure of Distington Foundry) [argues for need to make all facts regarding decision to close Distington available to workforce] [declassified 2011]
81 Mar 26 Th Major Steel: MT letter to Dale Campbell-Savours MP (closure of Distington Foundry) ["the Government cannot intervene and overturn decisions which have been taken by BSC management"] [declassified 2011]
81 Apr 6 Mo Major Steel: MT letter to Dale Campbell-Savours MP (closure of Distington Foundry) ["It seems to me that Mr. MacGregor has...given a very full and considered explanation [of the reasons for closure]"] [declassified 2011]