1983 Dec 1 - 1984 Dec 20
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1224
European policy (Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)) (Part 12)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 354 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Showing items 21 - 40 of 50
| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 84 Nov 29 Th | Major | European Policy: Jopling letter to Howe ("1985 Common Agricultural Policy Price Fixing") ["I have been considering how best to register our ideas... with the Commission and the other Member States"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Mar 23 Fr | Major | European Policy: Jopling letter to Howe ("Agricultural Council, 26/27 March 1984") ["to let you... know how I would approach next week's negotiations"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Dec 7 We | Major | European Policy: Jopling letter to Howe ("New Zealand Butter Quota") ["a legal hiatus in the special arrangements... would be seized on by the French and others as an important step towards dispensing with [them]"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Dec 5 We | Major | European Policy: Jopling letter to Jenkin ("Taking Land Out of Arable Production") [Ridley proposal "would neither be a cost-effective way of dealing with EC surpluses... nor contribute to improving the countryside"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Mar 15 Th | Major | European Policy: Jopling letter to Nigel Spearing MP ("CAP prices for 1984/85") ["it could be that next Thursday evening's debate will be held when decisions on some or all of this year's price proposals have already been taken"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Feb 7 Tu | Major | European Policy: Jopling PS letter to Howe PS (Common Agricultural Policy: reform & price-fixing negotiations) [German Minister of Agriculture visit to UK] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Dec 1 Th | Major | European Policy: Jopling PS letter to Howe PS (House of Commons Debate on the Common Agricultural Policy) [Jopling opening speech] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Dec 12 We | Major | European Policy: Jopling PS letter to No.10 ("Council of Agriculture Ministers: 10-11 December 1984") [Statement to Parliament] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Mar 14 We | Major | European Policy: Jopling PS letter to No.10 ("Council of Agriculture Ministers: 11-13 March 1984") [statement to Parliament: milk & monetary compensation amounts] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Mar 1 Th | Major | European Policy: Jopling PS letter to No.10 ("Council of Agriculture Ministers: 27-28 February 1984") [statement to Parliament] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Feb 9 Th | Major | European Policy: Jopling PS letter to No.10 ("Council of Agriculture Ministers: 6-7 February 1984") [statement to Parliament] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Feb 1 We | Major | European Policy: Jopling PS letter to No.10 ("Council of Fisheries Ministers: 31 January 1984") [statement to Parliament] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 10 Tu | Minor | European Policy: Jopling PS letter to No.10 ("Official Representation at Meetings at the Council of Ministers (Agriculture)") ["You suggested that our delegation seemed excessive"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Mar 15 Th | Major | European Policy: Jopling PS letter to No.10 (Common Agricultural Policy negotiations: latest position) [milk & Monetary Compensation Amounts] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Mar 26 Mo | Major | European Policy: MT letter to President of the National Farmers' Union (EC 1984-85 Farm Price Proposals) ["it would be impossible to finance the CAP in 1984 within the resources available... our objective has been to reach a solution... which did not discriminate unfairly against... [UK] producers"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jan 30 Mo | Major | European Policy: MT letter to President of the National Farmers' Union (European Commission price proposals for 1985-86 and the 'green pound') ["need for the CAP to be operated cost-effectively... On the green pound... I am not... able to give you a definite Government view at this stage"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jan 4 We | Major | European Policy: MT letter to President of the National Farmers' Union (National Farmers' Union views on agricultural issues before the European Council) [UK contribution to EC Budget; milk levy; green pound; cereals prices; EC Commission proposals on lamb] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jun 8 Fr | Major | European Policy: MT letter to President of the Ulster Farmers' Union (effects of the Common Agricultural Policy on Northern Ireland agriculture) ["I think the Government has made a positive response to the particular problems of Northern Ireland"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 83 Dec 13 Tu | Minor | European Policy: No.10 letter to Stephen Crampton (Common Agricultural Policy reform) [request for meeting] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Mar 7 We | Major | European Policy: No.10 minute (internal): Policy Unit to Coles ("CAP: Monetary Compensation Amounts") ["The UK position on this item is unconvincing and negative": strategy proposals] [declassified Jan 2014] |