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 |
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| 86 Mar 3 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: Department of Trade & Industry briefing for MT (meeting with West Midland MPS about the possible sale of Land Rover-Leyland) ["...future could best be secured in the private sector..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 17 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: Department of Trade & Industry record of conversation ("Note of a meeting with West Midland MPS to discuss the proposals to return Land-Rover Leyland to the private sector...") [Peter Morrison, Gilroy Bevan MP, Anthony Beaumont-Dark MP, Reginald Eyre MP, Roger King MP, John M Taylor MP] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 2 Mo | Major | Industrial Policy: John MacGregor minute to MT ("BL privatisation: GM/Land Rover-Leyland") [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 19 We | Major | Industrial Policy: Morrison PS internal minute to DTI officials (British Leyland) [sale of BL: Morrison to meet with TUC delegation: briefing request] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 14 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: MT letter to Chairman/Chief Executive of Ford (sale of the Austin Rover Group) [courtesy letter to mend bridges after public backlash forces Ford out of the bidding] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 21 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("B.L.") [sale of British Leyland] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Jan 17 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Mr Brittan") [sale of British Leyland - "These discussions need of course now to be seen in the light of the Westland affair..."] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 19 We | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 briefing for MT ("British Leyland") [MISC 126: GM and other bids] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 28 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to Cabinet Office ("Land Rover/Leyland") [request for briefing on GM deal and for more information about alternative bids] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 26 We | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("BT") [announcement of new Chairman; and " you may want at MISC 126 to agree a form of words which can be used after Cabinet about the discussions on BL"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Mar 7 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Leyland") [attendees and scheduling for Ministerial meeting] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Mar 4 Tu | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT ("Unipart") ["...House of Lords judgement which said that manufacturers do not have copyright protection for car spare parts"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 28 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 minute to MT (Land Rover/Freight Rover buy-out) [MT request for "...evidence that E(A) knew of the management interest... when the decision was take to support Salton"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Sep 6 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 minute: Policy Unit to Norgrove ("ARG borrowings") [British Leyland privatisation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Oct 1 Tu | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Leon Brittan on BL") [British Leyland stalling over sale of Unipart; GM being courted for Land Rover-Leyland sale] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 26 We | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("British Leyland") [MISC 126: bids; timeline for consideration; public presentation] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 5 We | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("E(A) - BL") [sale of British Leyland] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Dec 3 Tu | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Meeting on BL") [GM bid for Land Rover-Leyland; Ford bid for Austin Rover] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 86 Feb 11 Tu | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("New bids for BL") ["Eight new bids have been received for parts of [British Leyland]. At this late stage in the GM negotiations these are more of an embarrassment than a help"] [declassified Dec 2014] |
| 85 Nov 29 Fr | Major | Industrial Policy: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Bids for Unipart and Austin Rover") ["If both Ford for ARG and GM for LR-L are succssful, then BL could be history by the middle of 1986. The downside is the political difficulty... and... debt which could cost the contingency reserve £400m"] [declassified Dec 2014] |