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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1609
Prime Minister (Prime Minister's meetings with Sean Hughes MP on the closure of Huntley and Palmer biscuit factory in Knowsley and Plessey Telecommunications plant in Huyton)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Unclassified
Page count: 65

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Date Value Title
83 Dec 8 Th Major Industry: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sean Hughes MP) [MT said that “the only way in which more jobs could be found was by creating the conditions in which enterprise coud flourish”] [released Dec 2014]
83 Dec 8 Th Minor Industry: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sean Hughes MP, David Trippier, Giles Shaw MP, Michael Alison MP) [unemployment in constituency] [declassified 2014]
83 Dec 10 Sa Major Industry: Sean Hughes MP letter to MT (factory and colliery closure in constituency) [would like to discuss with MT] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jan 16 Mo Major Industry: NABISCO CEO letter to David Trippier (Enterprise Trust) [company to make further pledge of support] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jan 25 We Major Industry: David Trippier minute to MT (impact of Huntley and Palmer closure) [plans underway to estabish enterprise agency in Knowsley] [released Dec 2014]
84 Jan 25 We Minor Industry: David Trippier minute to MT (impact of Huntley and Palmer factory closure) [plans underway to establish enterprise agency in Knowsley] [declassified 2014]
84 Feb 23 Th Major Unemployment: DTI draft (letter to Sean Hughes) [job lossess in constituency “can only be combated by making the Borough an attractive place for industrial investment”] [released Dec 2014]
84 Feb 23 Th Minor Industry: Jenkin PS letter to No.10 (draft MT reply to Sean Hughes MP) [urban renewal to attract investment] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 5 Fr Major Industry: Sean Hughes letter to MT (Plessey plant closure in constituency) [“My constituency is becoming one of the unemployment black spots in the country”] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jul 19 Fr Major Unemployment: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sean Hughes MP) [factory closures and government response] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jul 19 Fr Minor Industry: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Sean Hughes MP, John Butcher) [factory closures and government response] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 25 Th Major Unemployment: Butcher letter to Sean Hughes (situation in Knowsley) [Industry Act assistance, council initiatives and grant schemes] [released Dec 2014]
85 Jul 25 Th Minor Industry: John Butcher letter to Sean Hughes MP (Government schemes for employment and training in the Knowsley area) [Industry Act assistance, council initiatives and grant schemes] [declassified 2014]