1983 Dec 1 - 1984 Dec 20
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1224
European policy (Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)) (Part 12)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Jan 3 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 354 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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Title |
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| 84 Dec 20 Th | Major | European Policy: Howe PS letter to MacGregor PS (French Organisation of Agricultural Journalists debate) ["in the run-up to the 1985 price-fixing negotiation... proposed statement of UK views"] [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 Dec 11 Tu | Major | European Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Review of the Common Agricultural Policy") [Jopling proposal for independent review rejected by MT: "We know what's wrong"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Dec 10 Mo | Major | European Policy: Department of Agriculture record of conversation (Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food meeting with the Netherlands Minister of Agriculture) [John MacGregor, Gerrit Braks, officials: 1985 price fixing; Dutch gas prices; collection of milk supplementary levy] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Dec 7 Fr | Major | European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Jopling ("1985 CAP price fixing") [comments on policy lines proposed in Jopling letter to Howe] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Dec 7 Fr | Major | European Policy: Howe minute to Jopling ("1985 Common Agricultural Policy Price-Fixing") [comments on Jopling proposals for UK strategy] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Dec 6 Th | Major | European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("Milk Supplementary Levy") [EC Commission talks: latest position] [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 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 Sep 11 Tu | Major | European Policy: Rees letter to Jopling ("EC Agricultural Structures Proposals and Conservation") [comments on Jopling's proposed amendments; Treasury position] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Sep 4 Tu | Major | European Policy: UKE Rome telegram to FCO ("Common Agricultural Policy: milk") [reports of Italy & other countries disregarding EC policy on milk quotas] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 18 We | Major | European Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Community Affairs") [EC Commission Presidency; new PM of France; EC Budget issues; aid for olive oil; milk supplementary levy; price-fixing; supplementary Budgets for 1984/85] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 17 Tu | Major | European Policy: UKRep Brussels telegram to FCO ("Council of Ministers: 16/17 July 1984 French Statement on Budgetary Implications of 1984 Price Fixing") [summary of proceedings] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Jul 13 Fr | Major | European Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Jopling ("EC Agricultural Structures Proposals and Conservation") ["I... see difficulties in your proposal... [in regard to] holding down the cost of the structures package"] [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] |
| 84 May 9 We | Major | European Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Ulster Farmers' Union") [request for meeting with MT to discuss farm price settlement] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Apr 13 Fr | Major | European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("The CAP and the Community's Own Resources") ["This point ought to be given more prominence in the media... that... agreeing in principle to increase the Community's own resources... [does not entail that the Government] has thrown away the one negotiating opportunity to halt run-away CAP expenditure"] [declassified Jan 2014] |
| 84 Apr 11 We | Major | European Policy: Ian Paisley MP letter to MT ("EC 1984-85 Farm Price Agreement and Related Measures") ["Northern Ireland has been disadvantaged vis-a-vis the Irish Republic"] [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 Mar 24 Sa | Major | European Policy: Younger letter to Jopling ("Agricultural Council: 30/31 March 1984") ["Since I shall have publicly to defend in Scotland what may turn out to be a most unwelcome package it is crucial that we agree in advance on the lines of the UK approach"] [declassified Jan 2014] |