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PREM19/1595
Parliament (Cost of Parliament: report of Select Committee on Procedure (Finance))

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 110
Themes: Labour Party & socialism, Executive, Parliament, Public spending & borrowing

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Date Value Title
80 May 16 Fr Major Parliament: St. John Stevas PS letter to No.10 ("Cost of Parliament") [draft paper] [released Dec 2014]
80 May 21 We Major Parliament: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cost of Parliament") [released Dec 2014]
80 Jul 16 We Major Parliament: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cost of Parliament") [released Dec 2014]
81 Jan 29 Th Major Parliament: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Pym ("The Cost of Parliament") [advice requested on how to deal with Parliament's intransigence towards reigning in costs] [released Dec 2014]
81 Feb 6 Fr Major Parliament: Pym letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("The Cost of Parliament") [proposed strategy for seeking to reduce administrative costs] [released Dec 2014]
82 Nov 30 Tu Major Parliament: Brittan letter to Whitelaw ("Select Committee on Procedure (Finance): Long Term Projects") [draft paper/proposals] [released Dec 2014]
82 Dec 30 Th Major Parliament: Nott minute to Brittan ("Select Committee on Procedure (Finance): Long Term Projects") [concerns about monitoring] [released Dec 2014]
83 Sep 19 Mo Major Parliament: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to Biffen ("Procedure (Finance) Committee") [proposed Government response to report] [released Dec 2014]
83 Oct 17 Mo Major Parliament: Howe minute to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Procedure (Finance) Committee") [comments on proposed Government response to report] [released Dec 2014]
83 Oct 21 Fr Major Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("Procedure (Finance) Committee") [proposed Government response to report] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 19 Fr Major Parliament: No.10 minute to MT (cost of running Parliament) [figures for 1981/82 - 1985/86] [released Dec 2014]
85 Apr 22 Mo Major Parliament: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Biffen, Wakeham, Gummer) ["Cost of Parliament" - concern at increase; problems of proliferating research assistants and consultancies] [released Dec 2014]