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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 Oct 18 Tue 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 Oct 18 Tue City: Conservative Research Department briefing (“The Restrictive Trade Practices (Stock Exchange) Bill - Second Reading”) [declassified 2013]
83 Sep 15 Thu 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 Sep 15 Thu City: Cockfield minute to MT (“The Stock Exchange & the Restrictive Practices Court”) [agrees with Parkinson] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 27 Wed City: Flesher minute to MT (Parkinson & other Commons statements) [Opposition “not able to make their charges stick”] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 26 Tue Cabinet: Minutes of Full Cabinet - CC(83) 25th (The Stock Exchange, Defence Suppression Weapon for the RAF) [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 26 Tue City: DTI letter to No.10 (“Restrictive Practices Court: Stock Exchange case”) [draft Commons statement, with MT annotations] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 26 Tue City: DTI letter to No.10 (“Restrictive Practices Court: Stock Exchange case”) [draft, with MT annotations] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 26 Tue City: No.10 record of conversation (Stock Exchange & the Restrictive Practices Court) [Parkinson statement] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 25 Mon 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 23 Sat City: DTI letter to No.10 ([Parliamentary] “Statement on the Stock Exchange case”) [draft, with briefing] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 21 Thu 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 20 Wed 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 20 Wed City: No.10 record of conversation (“The Stock Exchange & the Restrictive Practices Court”) [Parkinson & Havers to firm up Stock Exchange concessions urgently] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 19 Tue City: Attorney-General’s Office record of conversation (“The Stock Exchange”) [Director-General of Fair Trading declining to drop case] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 18 Mon City: Havers letter to MT (“Stock Exchange & Restrictive Practices Court”) [no impropriety in Parkinson proposals to end RPC case] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 15 Fri City: Parkinson minute to MT (“Stock Exchange & Restrictive Practices Court”) [next steps] [declassified 2013]
83 Jul 12 Tue City: Parkinson minute to MT (“Stock Exchange & Restrictive Practices Court”) [seeks permission to negotiate a settlement] [declassified 2013]
83 Jun 23 Thu 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 Fri City: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor, Trade Secretary, Governor of the Bank of England) [possible abandonment of Stock Exchange RPC case] [declassified 2013]