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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1838
Local Government (Water industry: structural change) (Part 3)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 265

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Date Value Title
85 Dec 3 Tu Minor Local Government: John Patten letter to MacGregor (British Waterways Board) [remuneration of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and members of the Board] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 3 Tu Major Local Government: Baker minute to MT ("Water metering") [No.10: "The Prime Minister strongly disagrees with the proposed approach"] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 6 Fr Minor Local Government: Cabinet Office letter to Baker PS ("The Financing and Administration of Land Drainage Prevention of Flooding, and Coast Protection in England and Wales") ["...issues arising from the Green Paper...": administrative support] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 10 Tu Major Local Government: MacGregor letter to Baker ("Water charges and investment") ["I am not happy with your letter to me dated 2 December proposing that John Patten should look forward to "a more favourable trend" in future water charges..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
85 Dec 23 Mo Major Local Government: Baker minute to MT ("Water Privatisation - White Paper") ["Following consideration in E(A) on 19 November... we now submit a draft... for colleagues' approval] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 6 Mo Major Local Government: Tebbit letter to Baker ("Water Privatisation - White Paper") [commends the draft case for privatisation and highlights points "...where the draft needs to be presented [more] convincingly..." including water metering] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr Major Local Government: Richard Luce letter to Baker ("Water Privatisation - White Paper") ["...protecting consumer interests..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 10 Fr Major Local Government: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Water Privatisation") ["This draft White Paper is admirably clear and well-written... the one major defect is the section on water-metering..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 13 Mo Major Local Government: Brittan letter to Baker ("Water Privatisation - White Paper") [draft "...sets out well the case for privatisation..."] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 22 We Major Local Government: Baker minute to MT ("Water Privatisation - White Paper") [revised draft] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 24 Fr Major Local Government: Moore letter to Patten ("Water Privatisation: draft White Paper") [revisions to draft] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Jan 31 Fr Major Local Government: Baker PS letter to No.10 ("Privatisation of Water Authorities: statement") [draft statement to Parliament; MT "found it admirably clear"] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Feb 11 Tu Major Local Government: Baker letter to Attorney General ("Thames Water Authority audit: Arthur Anderson & co") [notification of appointment of the audit firm involved in failure of DeLorean Motors Ltd] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Mar 11 Tu Major Local Government: Baker minute to MT ("Water metering") [MT concedes "reluctantly" to Baker proposals aimed at rendering domestic metering more cost-effective] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Mar 26 We Major Local Government: Baker letter to Edwards ("Water privatisation: environmental protection") [White Paper on water privatisation: draft consultation document about Paper's environmental protection proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Apr 10 Th Major Local Government: Mark Robinson letter to Baker ("Water privatisation: environmental protection") [White Paper on water privatisation: comments on draft consultation document about Paper's environmental protection proposals] [declassified Dec 2014]
86 Apr 21 Mo Major Local Government: Jopling letter to Baker ("Water privatisation: environmental protection") [White Paper: resolution of outstanding points of disagreement] [declassified Dec 2014]