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PREM19/861
Parliament (Reform of the House of Lords)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2012 Dec 28
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 211

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79 Oct 23 Tu Major Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Soames, Lord Hailsham, Lord Carrington, Lord Thorneycroft) [“Reform of the House of Lords” - MT not convinced] [declassified 2012]
79 Nov 5 Mo Major Parliament: No.10 minute to MT (“Reform of the House of Lords”) [arguments for how to proceed] [declassified 2012]
79 Dec 6 Th Major Parliament: MT letter to Ralph Howell (House of Lords reform) [declassified 2012]
80 Jul 9 We Major Parliament: Lord Thorneycroft PS letter to No.10 (House of Lords reform) [working party] [declassified 2012]
80 Sep 24 We Major Parliament: Whitelaw record of conversation (Whitelaw, Lord Hailsham, Lord Soames, Lord Thorneycroft, St John-Stevas, Maude, Jopling, Ian Gow) [“House of Lords reform and the Party conference”] [declassified 2012]
80 Oct 2 Th Major Parliament: MT letter to Lord Alport (reform of the House of Lords) [proposed legislation] [declassified 2012]
80 Oct 27 Mo Major Parliament: Lord Hailsham letter to MT (“Future of the House of Lords”) [declassified 2012]
80 Nov 3 Mo Major Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Jopling, Lord Thorneycroft) [“House of Lords Reform”] [declassified 2012]
80 Nov 11 Tu Major Parliament: No.10 letter to Lord Hailsham PS (“Future of the House of Lords”) [declassified 2012]
80 Nov 26 We Major Parliament: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Ministerial meeting on House of Lords: 27 November”) [declassified 2012]
80 Nov 27 Th Major Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Lord Hailsham, Lord Carrington, Lord Soames, Michael Jopling, Lord Denham) [“House of Lords: constitutional referendum Bill”] [declassified 2012]
80 Nov 28 Fr Major Parliament: Cabinet Office minute to MT (House of Lords) [sub-committee on reform] [declassified 2012]
81 Feb 17 Tu Major Parliament: Whitelaw minute to MT (“House of Lords”) [sub-committee on reform] [declassified 2012]
81 Apr 1 We Major Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Lord Soames) [“House of Lords”: reform] [declassified 2012]
81 Apr 6 Mo Major Parliament: Cabinet Office minute to MT (“House of Lords”) [sub-committee on reform] [declassified 2012]
81 Apr 28 Tu Major Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Pym) [“House of Lords”: reform] [declassified 2012]
81 May 14 Th Major Parliament: Lord Soames letter to MT (reform of the House of Lords) [draft reply to oral question] [declassified 2012]
81 Oct 15 Th Major Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Baroness Young, Whitelaw, Pym) [“House of Lords reform”] [declassified 2012]
81 Dec 9 We Major Parliament: MT letter to Lord Boyd-Carpenter (reform of the House of Lords) [guidance for Association of Independent Unionist Peers] [declassified 2012]
82 Nov 17 We Major Parliament: No.10 briefing for MT (meeting with Conservative Peers - Thursday 18 November) [reform of the House of Lords] [declassified 2012]