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1979 May 30 - 1983 Nov 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1005
Economic policy (Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976: exemption of Stock Exchange)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 190
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83 Jul 21 Th Major Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 24th (Televising Proceedings of the House of Lords, Foreign Affairs, EC Affairs, EC Budget, Stock Exchange, Economic Outlook and Public Expenditure, Privatisation, Top Salaries Review Body Reports) [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 26 Tu Major Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 25th (The Stock Exchange, Defence Suppression Weapon for the RAF) [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 25 Mo Major City: Armstrong briefing for MT (“Cabinet: the Stock Exchange”) [whether to go ahead despite possible opposition from Office of Fair Trading] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 19 Tu Major City: Attorney-General’s Office record of conversation (“The Stock Exchange”) [Director-General of Fair Trading declining to drop case] [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 15 Th Major City: Cockfield minute to MT (“The Stock Exchange & the Restrictive Practices Court”) [agrees with Parkinson] [declassified 2013]
83 Oct 18 Tu Minor City: Conservative Research Department briefing (“The Restrictive Trade Practices (Stock Exchange) Bill - Second Reading”) [declassified 2013]
79 Nov 1 Th Major City: Department of Trade briefing (“Restrictive Trade Practices Act: Stock Exchange”) [background material for ministers facing questions] [declassified 2013]
79 Oct 18 Th Major City: Department of Trade to No.10 (“Stock Exchange”) [proposed Nott statement embodying compromise; MT comment “a good compromise on practical grounds”] [declassified 2013]
79 Jun 5 Tu Major City: Department of Trade to Treasury (“Restrictive Trade Practices Act: Stock Exchange”) [sends DoT paper] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 23 Sa Major City: DTI letter to No.10 ([Parliamentary] “Statement on the Stock Exchange case”) [draft, with briefing] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 26 Tu Major City: DTI letter to No.10 (“Restrictive Practices Court: Stock Exchange case”) [draft Commons statement, with MT annotations] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 26 Tu Major City: DTI letter to No.10 (“Restrictive Practices Court: Stock Exchange case”) [draft, with MT annotations] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 20 We Major City: DTI record of conversation (“Note of a meeting on the Stock Exchange, 20 July”) [terms of possible agreement with Stock Exchange to end RPC case] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 27 We Minor City: Flesher minute to MT (Parkinson & other Commons statements) [Opposition “not able to make their charges stick”] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 18 Mo Major City: Havers letter to MT (“Stock Exchange & Restrictive Practices Court”) [no impropriety in Parkinson proposals to end RPC case] [declassified 2013]
79 Jul 31 Tu Major City: Howe to Nott (“Stock Exchange”) [sees force in argument against exemption; remaining reservations spelled out] [declassified 2013]
79 Jun 16 Sa Major City: Joseph to Nott (“Restrictive Trade Practices Act: Stock Exchange”) [wants to be involved in discussions with Chancellor; doubts case for exemption “at the present time”] [declassified 2013]
79 Aug 22 We Major City: Lawson to Nott (Stock Exchange) [notes “you are prepared to consider total exemption … later if it proves that the RTPC … takes an unduly narrow view”] [declassified 2013]
79 Aug 24 Fr Major City: Lord Chancellor’s Office to Department of Trade (Stock Exchange) [agrees Nott’s proposals; confirms his view that Restrictive Practices Court should be abolished] [declassified 2013]
79 Nov 20 Tu Major City: MT letter to Nicholas Goodison (Stock Exchange chairman) [defends decision not to exempt & points out he WAS consulted] [declassified 2013]