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1984 Nov 2 - 1985 May 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1477
Environmental Affairs (Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution: effects of acid rain; agriculture and conservation) (Part 3)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 503
Any docs withheld? 1

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85 Jan 18 Fr Major Environmental Affairs: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Agriculture and Conservation") ['voluntary' approach vs. intervention; compensation; planning controls; Landscape Conservation Orders; preventing drainage of the Broads/Halvergate marshes] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 28 Th Major Environmental Affairs: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("European Community Vehicle Emission Standards") [meeting to decide UK line on proposed EC Directive] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 28 Th Major Environmental Affairs: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("E(A) Meeting on Vehicle Emission Standards") [environmental concerns; costs; 'concessions' on present technological options & cost implications] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 13 Th Major Environmental Affairs: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Technology, Growth and Employment Working Group - Fulfilment of Environmental Remit to the Group from the London Economic Summit") [copy of latest draft of the report] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 7 We Major Environmental Affairs: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Government Response to the Tenth Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution") [redraft, at MT's request, to make line on nuclear energy more robust] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Apr 19 Fr Major Environmental Affairs: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Report on the Environment - Parliamentary Question on 23 April") [annoucement regarding report by Technology, Growth & Employment Working Group] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 May 30 Th Major Environmental Affairs: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 (Industrial Air Pollution Inspectorate) [anticipated Waldegrave/Jenkin proposal to transfer Inspectorate back to Department of Environment likely to be resisted by Tom King] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 28 We Major Environmental Affairs: Cabinet Office note for the record ("Agriculture and Conservation") [disagreement with Patrick Jenkin over need for MT to chair meeting to discuss his paper on compensation principles] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 11 Mo Major Environmental Affairs: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT (Environmental Policy) ["co-operation between our countries... should be intensified"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 1 Fr Major Environmental Affairs: David Barclay minute to MT ("Acid Rain: Your Reply to the Nordic Prime Ministers") [MT agrees to press statement reproducing main points of her reply to PM of Iceland] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 8 Fr Major Environmental Affairs: FCO telegram 10 to UKE Stockholm (1245Z) ("Acid Rain") [UK record on tackling air pollution; pledge of cooperation with Nordic governments] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 17 Th Major Environmental Affairs: George Younger minute to MT ("Agriculture and Conservation") ['voluntary' approach vs. intervention; the Scottish perspective; planning controls; Landscape Conservation Orders/compensation; SSSIs] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 8 Th Major Environmental Affairs: Howe minute to Patrick Jenkin ("Government Response to the House of Commons Environment Select Committee's Report on Acid Rain") ["we must continue to coordinate very carefully the presentation abroad of our policy on this issue"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Feb 19 Tu Major Environmental Affairs: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 ("Conservation") [possible events for MT to attend] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 9 We Major Environmental Affairs: Jopling minute to MT ("Agriculture and Conservation") [voluntary approach to achieving positive land management; SSSIs; Halvergate marshes; landscape conservation orders; grants for farmers] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Dec 12 We Major Environmental Affairs: Lord Hailsham minute to MT ("Agriculture and Conservation") [favours collective consideration of need for primary legislation] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 10 Th Major Environmental Affairs: MT letter to President Reagan (Environment Ministers meeting) [cover letter for report on December meeting in London] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 11 Fr Major Environmental Affairs: MT letter to Prime Minister Hermansson (Air Pollution and Acidification) [UK track record on tackling domestic air pollution; targets for reduction of sulphur dioxide & oxides of nitrogen; unleaded petrol; future cooperation] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Jan 21 Mo Major Environmental Affairs: Nicholas Edwards minute to MT ("Agriculture and Conservation") ["our present policies are already moving towards a better balance... the case for extending planning or other controls is not made out"] [declassified Dec 2014]
84 Nov 6 Tu Major Environmental Affairs: No.10 letter to Patrick Jenkin PS ("Government Response to the Environment Select Committee's Report on Acid Rain") [MT content with draft response, subject to comments from colleagues] [declassified Dec 2014]