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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/771
Government buildings (Building of an international conference centre on Broad Sanctuary in Westminster; redevelopment of Richmond Yard/Bridge Street site) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Secret
Page count: 215
Any docs withheld? 8

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Date Value Title
80 Mar 4 Tu Major Government buildings: Carrington minute to Heseltine (“International Conference Centre (ICC) - Broad Sanctuary”) [“worried by the practical and economic implications of any delay”] [declassified 2012]
80 Jun 10 Tu Major Government buildings: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“International Conference Centre”) [initial construction proposal] [declassified 2012]
80 Jul 2 We Major Government buildings: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“International Conference Centre”) [division over Broad Sanctuary site proposal] [declassified 2012]
80 Jul 30 We Major Government buildings: No.10 letter to Dept of the Environment (International Conference Centre) [PQ reply to Michael Latham MP] [declassified 2012]
81 Mar 5 Th Major Government buildings: Brittan letter to Heseltine (“International Conference Centre”) [Brittan and Heseltine opposed over private sector financing] [declassified 2012]
81 Jun 15 Mo Major Government buildings: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Heseltine, Carrington, Brittan “International Conference Centre”) [Brittan and Heseltine opposed over private sector financing] [declassified 2012]
81 Jun 17 We Major Government buildings: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“International Conference Centre”) [Heseltine-Brittan rift, MT “I share Chief Secretary’s view… a bad deal”] [declassified 2012]
81 Jun 24 We Major Government buildings: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“International Conference Centre”) [Brittan and Heseltine opposed over private sector financing] [declassified 2012]
81 Jun 30 Tu Major Government buildings: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to MT (“International Conference Centre”) [“would only ask you to re-open a decision by Cabinet in the most exceptional circumstances”] [declassified 2012]
81 Jul 6 Mo Major Government buildings: Heseltine letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“International Conference Centre”) [“private finance in public sector capital projects”] [declassified 2012]
82 Apr 1 Th Major Government buildings: No.10 record of conversation (1600Z) (MT, Heseltine, Brittan “International Conference Centre”) [“waste of public money”] [declassified 2012]
82 Jul 29 Th Major Government buildings: Brittan minute to MT (“Richmond Yard/Bridge Street Site”) [arguments against Heseltine funding bids/proposals] [declassified 2012]