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PREM19/1756
European Policy (European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR): impact of European Court of Human Rights findings on UK domestic law) (Part 1)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 346
Themes: British Constitution (general discussions), Judiciary, Parliament, Civil liberties, Law & order, Race, immigration, nationality, Foreign policy (International organizations)

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Date Value Title
85 Jan 31 Th Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Lord Hailsham, Howe, Younger, Biffen, Brittan, Hurd) [“Interception of Communications Bill”] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 5 Tu Major European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“Council of Europe: Ministerial Conference on Human Rights”) [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 15 Fr Major European Policy: Brittan PS letter to No.10 (“Human Rights”) [reducing the impact of the findings of the European Court on British law] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 25 Mo Major European Policy: President Duarte letter to MT (Human Rights meeting in Geneva: situation in El Salvador) [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 26 Tu Major European Policy: Howe PS letter to No.10 (“European Commission on Human Rights”) [ways of reducing the number of cases] [declassified 2014]
85 Feb 28 Th Major European Policy: Lord Hailsham letter to MT (“Human Rights”) [declassified 2014]
85 Mar 6 We Major European Policy: MT message to President Duarte of El Salvador (“El Salvador: Human Rights”) [declassified 2014]
85 May 17 Fr Major European Policy: Brittan minute to MT (“Immigration and the European Convention on Human Rights”) [MT opposed to proposals in Home Office paper] [declassified 2014]
85 May 21 Tu Major European Policy: Attorney General minute to MT (“Human Rights”) [reducing the impact of the European Convention of Human Rights on British law] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 3 Mo Major European Policy: Lord Hailsham minute to MT (“Human Rights”) [reducing the impact of the European Convention of Human Rights on British law] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 7 Fr Major European Policy: Lord Advocate letter to MT (“Human Rights”) [reducing the impact of the European Convention of Human Rights on British law] [declassified 2014]
85 Jun 20 Th Major European Policy: Brittan minute to MT (“Immigration and the European Convention on Human Rights”) [MT opposes Brittan proposal] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 1 Mo Major European Policy: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT (“Immigration meeting: 2 July 1985”) [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 2 Tu Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Lord Hailsham, Brittan, Howe, Biffen, Michael Havers) [immigration and the European Convention on Human Rights] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 3 We Major European Policy: Attorney General’s Legal Secretary letter to No.10 (Nationalisation Case before the Human Rights Commision in Strasbourg) [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 10 We Major European Policy: Brittan minute to MT (“Human Rights”) [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 16 Tu Major European Policy: No.10 briefing for MT (“Meeting of Ministers: Human Rights”) [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 17 We Major European Policy: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Whitelaw, Lord Hailsham, Brittan, Hurd, Michael Havers) [reducing impact of European Court findings on British law] [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 19 Fr Major European Policy: Attorney General’s Legal Secretary letter to No.10 (“Aircraft and Shipbuilding Nationalisation: European Convention of Human Rights”) [declassified 2014]
85 Jul 22 Mo Major European Policy: Brittan letter to Attorney General (“Immigration and the European Convention on Human Rights”) [declassified 2014]