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 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 21 - 34 of 34
| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 80 Nov 10 Mo | Major | City: MT letter to Sir Harold Wilson (Stock Exchange) [defends decision not to exempt; EC would have launched inquiry if RPC case abandoned] [declassified 2013] |
| 79 Nov 8 Th | Major | City: No.10 minute for MT (letter of complaint from Stock Exchange chairman) [MT: “Alas - I shall have to [reply]”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 26 Tu | Major | City: No.10 record of conversation (Stock Exchange & the Restrictive Practices Court) [Parkinson statement] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 20 We | Major | City: No.10 record of conversation (“The Stock Exchange & the Restrictive Practices Court”) [Parkinson & Havers to firm up Stock Exchange concessions urgently] [declassified 2013] |
| 79 May 30 We | Major | City: Nott to Howe (“Restrictive Trade Practices Act: Stock Exchange”) [rejects exemption of Stock Exchange ‘at this juncture’; MT annotated agreement] [declassified 2013] |
| 79 Aug 16 Th | Major | City: Nott to Howe (“Stock Exchange”) [grants his main points; makes detailed proposals] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 15 Fr | Major | City: Parkinson minute to MT (“Stock Exchange & Restrictive Practices Court”) [next steps] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jul 12 Tu | Key | City: Parkinson minute to MT (“Stock Exchange & Restrictive Practices Court”) [seeks permission to negotiate a settlement] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Sep 15 Th | Major | City: Parkinson minute to MT (“The Stock Exchange & the Restrictive Practices Court”) [must exempt by primary legislation because OFT will not drop the case otherwise; MT consents] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 18 Tu | Major | City: Redwood minute to MT (“The Stock Exchange Changes”) [need to “capitalise on the radical nature of the deal and the likely changes”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Jun 23 Th | Key | City: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor, Trade & Industry Secretary, Governor of the Bank of England) [confirms 6 May decision to exempt] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 May 6 Fr | Key | City: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor, Trade Secretary, Governor of the Bank of England) [possible abandonment of Stock Exchange RPC case] [declassified 2013] |
| 79 May 31 Th | Major | City: Treasury to Department of Trade (“Restrictive Trade Practices Act: Stock Exchange”) [Chancellor wants discussion after budget; MT still inclined to agree with Nott] [declassified 2013] |
| 79 Aug 21 Tu | Major | City: Walker to Nott (Stock Exchange) [present changes carefully “to avoid the accusation from the Opposition that we are only changing the rules because they have succeeded in catching the Stock Exchange”] [declassified 2013] |