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Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1882
Parliament (Queen's Speeches on prorogation and opening of Parliament; televising proceedings of the House of Commons) (Part 6)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 258
Any docs withheld? 5

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84 Nov 5 Mon Parliament: No.10 letter to David Steel MP (Queen's Speech on the Opening of Parliament) [advance copy] [declassified Jul 2016]
84 Nov 9 Fri Parliament: King PS letter to No.10 (State Opening of Parliament: Debate on the Address) [latest version of Tom King's speech] [declassified Jul 2016]
84 Nov 12 Mon Parliament: MT letter to John Biffen MP (State Opening of Parliament: Debate on the Address) [MT unable to attend House for winding up speeches due to prior commitment] [declassified Jul 2016]
84 Nov 15 Thu Parliament: Fowler letter to Whitelaw ("The Queen's Speech: the Water Fluoridation Bill") [handling of questions arising from non-inclusion of the Bill in the Speech] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Jun 21 Fri Parliament: Cabinet Office letter to Private Secretaries ("The Queen's Speeches on the Prorogation and Opening of Parliament") [request for contributions to the drafts] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Jun 26 Wed Parliament: No.10 letter to Buckingham Palace (State Opening of Parliament) [BBC request for permission to televise] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Jul 4 Thu Parliament: Biffen PS letter to No.10 (timetable for the remainder of the current and start of the next Parliamentary sessions) [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Jul 19 Fri Parliament: No.10 letter to Buckingham Palace ("State Opening of Parliament") [date] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Aug 22 Thu Parliament: Tebbit PS letter to Cabinet Office ("The Queen's Speeches on the Prorogation and Opening of Parliament") [amendments to the drafts] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Aug 23 Fri Parliament: Cabinet Office letter to Private Secretaries ("Queen's Speeches on the Prorogation and Opening of Parliament") [circulation of revised drafts for comment] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Sep 17 Tue Parliament: Whitelaw PS minute to No.10 ("The Queen's Speeches on the Prorogation and Opening of Parliament 1985") [revised schedule of legislative programme; drafts of speeches] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Sep 23 Mon Parliament: No.10 letter to Balmoral Castle ("State Opening of Parliament") [Royal Family attendance] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Sep 26 Thu Parliament: Whitelaw letter to Hurd ("The Queen's Speeches on the Prorogation and Opening of Parliament") [Drugs Trafficking Bill] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Sep 30 Mon Parliament: King PS letter to Whitelaw PS (Queen's Speeches on the Prorogation and Opening of Parliament) [comments on drafts] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Oct 2 Wed Parliament: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("The Queen's Speeches on the Prorogation and Opening of Parliament") [handling and points to note] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Oct 3 Thu Parliament: No.10 note: Flesher to Robilliard (State Opening of Parliament) [Denis Thatcher's attendance] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Oct 9 Wed Parliament: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("The Queen's Speeches on the Prorogation and Opening of Parliament") [drafts for approval] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Oct 10 Thu Parliament: No.10 minute to MT ("Debate on the Address") [Queen's Speech on the Opening of Parliament: proposed topics for MT speech for the Debate] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Oct 14 Mon Parliament: Whitelaw & Wakeham PS letter to Hailsham PS ("Carrying the Cap of Maintenance at the State Opening of Parliament") [ceremonial arrangements] [declassified Jul 2016]
85 Oct 14 Mon Parliament: No.10 letter to Buckingham Palace (The Queen's Speech on the Opening of Parliament 1985) [request for approval] [declassified Jul 2016]