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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1600
Prime Minister (Prime Minister's meeting with John Blackburn MP about closure of Round Oak Steelworks, Dudley)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Unclassified
Page count: 106
Themes: Employment, Industry, Economic policy - theory and process

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Date Value Title
82 Dec 23 Th Major Industry: Rickett minute to Jonathan Spencer (draft reply to Blackburn on Round Oak Steel Works) [not sufficiently sympathetic] [released Dec 2014]
82 Dec 23 Th Major Industry: No.10 letter to Jenkin PS (closure of Round Oak Steel Works) [MT concerned that draft reply to John Blackburn MP not sufficiently sympathetic] [released Dec 2014]
82 Dec 31 Fr Major Industry: Dudley council submission (“Round Oak Steel, Brierley Hill, Dudley, West Midlands. The Community’s Case”) [“It will cost more to close it than to keep it open”] [released Dec 2014]
83 Jan 11 Tu Major Industry: Flesher letter to Reverend Robin Blount (Round Oak Steel Works) [a matter for the BSC’s judgement] [released Dec 2014]
83 Jan 11 Tu Major Industry: No.10 letter to Reverend Robin Blount (closure of Round Oak Steel Works) [MT “fully supports the Secretary of State’s view that this is a matter for BSC’s judgement”] [declassified 2014]
83 Jan 11 Tu Major Industry: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (closure of Round Oak Steel Works) [response to MT concerns about draft replies to John Blackburn MP and Councillor Edmonds] [declassified 2014]
83 Jan 18 Tu Major Industry: MT letter to John Blackburn (Round Oak Steel closure) [“I very much regret the job losses which this closure involved”] [released Dec 2014]
83 Jan 18 Tu Major Industry: MT letter to Councillor Edmonds (closure of Round Oak Steel Works) [MT expresses regret but declines request for meeting] [declassified 2014]
83 Jan 18 Tu Major Industry: MT letter to John Blackburn MP (closure of Round Oak Steel Works) [MT declines request to meet deputation but expresses regret and intention to discuss with Blackburn] [declassified 2014]
83 Mar 18 Fr Major Industry: No.10 letter to Councillor Edmonds (closure of Round Oak Steel Works) [MT “welcomes the emphasis you are placing on the future”] [declassified 2014]
83 Dec 23 Fr Major Industry: Jenkin letter to Councillor Edmonds (closure of Round Oak Steel Works) [“a decision that BSC alone had to take”] [declassified 2014]