1985 Sep 3 - 1986 Mar 7
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/1801
Industrial policy (Future of British Leyland) (Part 10)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2014 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 294 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 86 Mar 3 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: 'Land Rover management group' letter to MT (offer to acquire the Land Rover group of businesses) [outline of aims] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 12 Th | Major | Industrial Policy: Brittan letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer ("BL privatisation: GM/Land Rover-Leyland") [financial strategies for closing the deal] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 26 Th | Major | Industrial Policy: Brittan minute to MT ("BL privatisation") [British Leyland stalling over sale of Unipart; GM being courted for Land Rover-Leyland sale] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Nov 25 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: Brittan minute to MT ("BL privatisation: GM/Land Rover-Leyland") [Government's conditions if sale is to proceed; need for disposal of loss-making Leyland Bus prior to GM deal; injection of public money to pay off BL residual debts, and the associated political risk] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 2 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: Brittan minute to MT ("Ford/Austin Rover ("Maverick")") ["...although it raises some very difficult questions for us, the Ford approach offers the only realistic early opportunity for achieving our privatisation objectives"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 27 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("BL privatisation") [options] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 5 We | Major | Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("BL: Austin Rover Group") [consideration of prospective bidders] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 19 We | Major | Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Cabinet: Parliamentary affairs") [GM bid for British Leyland; nuclear waste disposal] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Mar 5 We | Major | Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Land Rover Leyland") [bids] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 26 We | Major | Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("Land Rover Leyland") [MISC 126: bids; timeline for consideration; public presentation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 19 We | Major | Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office internal minute ("BL") [British Leyland: "The Prime Minister decided this morning to set up a small Ministerial Group to consider handling and tactics in relation to the GM bid... following the decisions at E(A)... to support the GM proposals"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 21 Fr | Minor | Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office internal minute ("BL: MISC 126") [sale of British Leyland: MISC administration] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 28 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Land Rover Leyland (LRL)") [alternatives to GM bid, and "possibility of a joint venture between GM and the Management buy-out in respect of Freight and Land Rover"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Mar 5 We | Major | Industrial Policy: Chairman of Ford letter to MT (Austin/Rover bid & future business with UK) [request for meeting with MT or Ministers] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 22 We | Major | Industrial Policy: Chairman/Chief Executive of Land Rover-Leyland Ltd letter to MT (possible sale by BL plc of Land Rover UK Ltd and related businesses) ["My declared interest is in exploring the feasability of a consortium backed management buy-out of Land Rover UK Ltd... deep concerns about certain aspects of the SALTON proposals..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Oct 7 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Brittan ("BL privatisation") [dismayed by delay of Unipart sell-off; GM negotiations; "...1oo per cent of the businesses should be sold ... [but] separate out.... profitable companies like Land Rover for separate privatisation"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 21 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: Channon PS letter to No.10 ("BL") [briefing for Cabinet colleagues on sale of British Leyland and GM bid] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 25 Tu | Major | Industrial Policy: Channon PS letter to No.10 ("BL") [draft MISC 126 paper on sale of British Leyland] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Mar 5 We | Major | Industrial Policy: Channon PS letter to No.10 ("BL: statement") [Parliament to be informed of bids for British Leyland & appointment of new Chairmen of BL & British Shipbuilders] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 4 Tu | Major | Industrial Policy: Channon PS letter to No.10 ("Opposition Day Debate on BL") [British Leyland] [declassified Dec 2014] |