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PREM19/1664
Aerospace (British Aerospace (BAe): shares for employees)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 95
Themes: Defence (general), Employment, Privatized & state industries, Transport

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Date Value Title
80 Mar 13 Th Major Aerospace: Keith Joseph minute to Tim Lankester (“British Aerospace: shares for employees”) [no agreement on the possible options, decision referred to MT] [declassified 2014]
80 Apr 2 We Major Aerospace: Keith Joseph letter to Pym (“Review of defence requirements”) [proposals for defence suppliers and BAe privatisation] [declassified 2014]
80 Apr 8 Tu Major Aerospace: Adam Butler letter to Lawson (“British Aerospace Ltd”) [flotation] [declassified 2014]
80 Apr 10 Th Major Aerospace: Adam Butler PS letter to No.10 (“British Aerospace: shares for employees”) [need for Government to make clear its commitment] [declassified 2014]
80 Apr 11 Fr Major Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (“British Aerospace: shares for employees”) [free offer proposal and size of total employee shareholding] [declassified 2014]
80 Apr 18 Fr Major Aerospace: Biffen letter to Howell (“Disposal Programme 1980/81”) [“need to take urgent steps to… ensure that we meet the £1/2 billion target”] [declassified 2014]
80 Apr 18 Fr Major Aerospace: Pym letter to Keith Joseph (“The Defence programme and British industry”) [“We must not allow ‘privatisation’ to be used as a handle to commit us now to projects which were at an early planning stage and not all of which would have matured”] [declassified 2014]
80 Apr 29 Tu Major Aerospace: Howell letter to Biffen (“Disposal Programme 1980-81”) [“we must work out our approach to the public trading sector industry”] [declassified 2014]
80 May 6 Tu Major Aerospace: Nott letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Employee participation in British Airways Limited”) [“The Government has an opportunity to set an example to the private sector”] [declassified 2014]
80 May 6 Tu Major Aerospace: Adam Butler letter to Biffen (Disposal Programme 1980/81) [BAe; NEB; Cable and Wireless] [declassified 2014]
80 Jun 18 We Major Aerospace: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT (“Shares for employees”) [proposed policy] [declassified 2014]
80 Jun 24 Tu Major Aerospace: Adam Butler letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Shares for employees”) [“because company circumstances can vary so widely, we must allow for flexibility and variety within guidelines”] [declassified 2014]
80 Jul 3 Th Major Aerospace: No.10 minute to MT (“Shares for employees”) [proposed ceiling on shares for employees from public sector disposals] [declassified 2014]
80 Jul 3 Th Major Aerospace: Howell minute to MT (“Shares for employees”) [“it is important to decide each privatisation case on its merits”] [declassified 2014]
80 Jul 3 Th Major Aerospace: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Adam Butler (“Shares for employees”) [percentage ceiling] [declassified 2014]
80 Jul 4 Fr Major Aerospace: Heseltine letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Shares for employees”) [“the wider the shareholding is amongst employees, and the more significant the sum, the better our general objectives will be served”] [declassified 2014]
80 Jul 10 Th Major Aerospace: Adam Butler letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer (“Shares for employees”) [percentage ceiling] [declassified 2014]
80 Jul 14 Mo Major Aerospace: Fowler minute to MT (“Shares for employees”) [“it may not be possible to provide free shares for employees in all the industries to be sold”] [declassified 2014]
82 Mar 18 Th Major Aerospace: No.10 note to MT (British Aerospace run down) [“These closures will involve 1,200 redundancies”] [declassified 2014]
82 Mar 22 Mo Major Aerospace: Nott PS letter to No.10 (British Aerospace run down) [“seem likely to blame the closures on a reducing defence workload for their Aircraft Group”] [declassified 2014]