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PREM19/1062
Industrial policy (Prime Minister's meetings with Confederation of British Industry (CBI)) (Part 3)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2013 Aug 1
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 146
Themes: Economic policy - theory and process, Employment, Industry, Trade

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Date Value Title
81 Aug 21 Fr Major Industrial policy: No.10 minute (internal) to Rickett ("Dinner with CBI: Wednesday, 9 September") [confidential Dinner with senior members: arrangements & follow-up] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Sep 17 Th Major Industrial policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("CBI report on Government expenditure") [main points] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Oct 30 Fr Major Industrial policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Raymond Pennock) [CBI annual conference] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Nov 3 Tu Major Industrial policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute (internal) to Hoskyns ("CBI conference: pay, unemployment and industrial relations") [damning assessment of the conference; copy of CBI President's speech (incomplete): various topics including secession from EC] [declassified Aug 2013]
81 Dec 2 We Major Industrial policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Raymond Pennock) [CBI conference] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Feb 2 Tu Major Industrial policy: Treasury record of conversation (Chancellor of the Exchquer, Ridley, Sir Raymond Pennock, Sir Terence Beckett & others) [CBI: Budget representations] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Feb 9 Tu Major Industrial policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Raymond Pennock, Sir Terence Beckett) [CBI: Budget representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Jul 6 Tu Major Industrial policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Campbell Fraser) [CBI: pay prospect] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Sep 8 We Major Industrial policy: Gow minute to MT ("CBI") [olive branch offered by CBI after "recent public dispute" with Government] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Oct 26 Tu Major Industrial policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sir Campbell Fraser) [CBI conference on 25th October: key issues] [declassified Aug 2013]
82 Nov 3 We Major Industrial policy: No.10 minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer PS (CBI report on unemployment) [request for Ministerial response on behalf of MT; follow-up meeting with CBI] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 21 Tu Major Industrial policy: Ingham briefing for MT ("Pay Presentation") [briefing for MT's meeting with the CBI outlining key issues identified by meeting of Departmental Chief Information Officers] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jun 27 Mo Major Industrial policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lawson, Parkinson, Sir Campbell Fraser, Sir Terence Beckett) ["Meeting with the CBI"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Jul 12 Tu Minor Industrial policy: Director-General of the CBI letter to MT ("Working with Politicians") [cover letter referring to an enclosed copy of CBI book] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 5 We Major Industrial policy: No.10 briefing for MT (CBI presentation on Pay and Productivity) [key points to raise at confidential meeting] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 6 Th Major Industrial policy: MT letter to Sir Campbell Fraser (CBI presentation on Pay and Productivity) [thanks for presentation: "extremely well argued"] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 12 We Minor Industrial policy: CBI letter to No.10 ("CBI national conference") [invitation, Glasgow, 6th-8th November] [declassified Aug 2013]
83 Oct 17 Mo Major Industrial policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer PS letter to No.10 (international comparisons of interest rates) [MT request for comparisons between UK, Germany & Japan following meeting with CBI] [declassified Aug 2013]