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1985 Oct 1 - 1986 Jan 31
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1717
Economic policy (Financial Services Bill: the Stock Exchange; commercial fraud; Roskill Report on Fraud Trials) (Part 2)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 268
Any docs withheld?

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Showing items 21 - 40 of 48

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Date Value Title
85 Dec 20 Fr Major City: Patrick Mayhew minute to MT (Lloyds & Johnson Matthey) [state of investigations] [released 2014]
85 Dec 20 Fr Major City: No.10 letter to Home Office (“Roskill Report”) [MT wants close interdepartmental cooperation with Middleton group on fraud] [released 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo Major City: Treasury letter to No.10 (“Junk Bonds”) [HMT paper on possible implications for UK] [released 2014]
85 Dec 24 Tu Major City: Home Office briefing for MT (“Roskill Report”s) [Home Secretary has not yet considered report] [released 2014]
85 Dec 30 Mo Major City: Norgrove minute for MT (“Roskill Report”) [brief for meeting; Home Office seem "a bit behind the game"] [released 2014]
85 Dec 31 Tu Major City: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Lord Roskill, Lord Benson, Hurd, Hailsham, Brittan, Havers, Mayhew) [Roskill Report] [released 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo Major City: Hurd minute for MT (“Roskill Report”) [detailed assessment] [released 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo Major City: Brittan letter to Lawson (“Lloyd’s and the Financial Services Bill”) [MT ‘very sceptical’ about the proposal; "wait for Roskill"] [released 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu Major City: MacGregor minute for Brittan (“Fraud”) [agrees need for increases in DTI manpower] [released 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu Major City: Lawson letter to Brittan (“Lloyds and the Financial Services Bill”) [not sure inquiry best ; do not rule out including it in Bill right away] [released 2014]
86 Jan 7 Tu Minor City: Chief Whip's office minute for Norgrove (“Roskill Report”) [right of the Chairman and members of a Committee to raise the matter in the House] [released 2014]
86 Jan 8 We Major City: Policy Unit minute for MT (“Roskill Report”) [agrees with Hurd] [released 2014]
86 Jan 8 We Major City: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Brittan, Lawson, Governor of the Bank of England) [agreement to set up narrowly focussed enquiry into Lloyd’s] [released 2014]
86 Jan 8 We Major City: Cabinet Office briefing for MT (“Roskill Report”) [litmus test of government determination to tackle fraud] [released 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th Minor City: Sir Peter Green letter to MT (Brian Sedgemore allegations about Lloyd’s and Janson Green Agency) [rebuttal] [released 2014]
86 Jan 9 Th Major City: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Brittan, Lawson, Hurd, Havers, Mayhew, Wakeham, Leigh-Pemberton) [decisions on Roskill Report] [released 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr Minor City: Norgrove minute for MT (“Roskill Report”) [MacGregor or Ken Clarke to head inderdepartmental review of Roskill? MT opts for MacGregor] [released 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr Major City: Brittan minute for MacGregor (“Fraud”) [thanks for "speedy positiive response" to request for additional resources] [released 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr Minor City: Joint statement by the Lord Chancellor and the Home Secretary (“The Report of the Fraud Trials Committee”) [heartily welcomes report, promises urgent consideration]
86 Jan 13 Mo Minor City: Home Office minute for No.10 (“Roskill Report”) [Home Secretary’s revised statement] [released 2014]