1979 Jul 16 - 1983 Mar 4
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1015
Energy (Government evidence to inquiry on coal mining in Vale of Belvoir)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 133 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 81 Jul 14 Tu | Major | Coal: Alliance solicitors letter to Heseltine (“Vale of Belvoir”) [development will cause environmental damage] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Nov 13 Th | Major | Coal: Department of Energy brief for MT (meeting with Countryside Commission) [MT “strongly advised not to discuss the merits” of the NCB’s Belvoir proposal] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Mar 19 Fr | Major | Coal: Department of Energy letter to NCB (“Applications by the National Coal Board in respect of the Vale of Belvoir”) [planning permission refused] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Jan 29 Fr | Major | Coal: Gormley letter to Heseltine (Vale of Belvoir saga) [“exploitation of coal reserves in that area is reaching a critical phase”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Jan 29 Fr | Major | Coal: Gormley letter to MT (Vale of Belvoir decision) [“I am a little alarmed at the seeming reluctance to accept what I know is the feeling of many experts”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Mar 19 Fr | Major | Coal: Gow minute to MT (“Vale of Belvoir”) [Heseltine’s letter to NCB] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Feb 26 Fr | Major | Coal: Heseltine letter to Gormley (Vale of Belvoir decision) [“I am giving active consideration to this case”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Jul 28 Tu | Major | Coal: Heseltine minute to MT (Vale of Belvoir inquiry) [“the final decision is mine”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Sep 11 Fr | Major | Coal: Heseltine minute to MT (“Vale of Belvoir Coalfield”) [“there is no justification for permitting the proposed development”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Jul 13 Mo | Major | Coal: Hoskyns minute to MT (“NCB/NUM and Vale of Belvoir”) [“importance of the decision as a card in the negotiations”] [declassified 2013] |
| 79 Jul 16 Mo | Major | Coal: Howell minute to MT (“Vale of Belvoir Inquiry”) [Department of Energy statement on future for coal] [declassified 2013] |
| 79 Jul 23 Mo | Major | Coal: Howell minute to MT (“Vale of Belvoir Inquiry”) [proposed revisions to draft statement] [declassified 2013] |
| 79 Jul 23 Mo | Major | Coal: Howell note to MT (Department of Energy statement to Vale of Belvoir Inquiry) [impact of “unconventional” energy sources] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Mar 19 Fr | Major | Coal: Ingham minute to MT (“Belvoir - Points to be made”) [“In essence what it adds up to is not whether to mine but how to do so in an environmentally acceptable way”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Sep 16 We | Major | Coal: Lawson minute to MT (“Vale of Belvoir Coalfield”) [negative decision “could damage our relations with the NUM generally and strengthen the hands of the militants”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Jun 27 Sa | Major | Coal: Len Murray letter to MT (“Belvoir Coalfield”) [“fundamental to the chances of the coal industry fulfilling its production targets”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Mar 3 We | Major | Coal: MT letter to Gormley (Vale of Belvoir decision) [“the Belvoir case really is very complex”] [declassified 2013] |
| 82 Feb 1 Mo | Major | Coal: MT letter to Len Murray (Vale of Belvoir decision) [“I have nothing at present to add”] [declassified 2013] |
| 81 Oct 12 Mo | Major | Coal: MT letter to Len Murray (Vale of Belvoir inquiry) [“I hope a decision can be announced before long”] [declassified 2013] |
| 80 Nov 12 We | Major | Coal: Pattison minute to MT (Vale of Belvoir Inquiry) [Inspector’s report due; decision process “to take some time”] [declassified 2013] |