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PREM19/1894
Prime Minister (Meeting with Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and Tom Clarke MP to discuss future of Ravenscraig and Gartcosh steel mills)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 86

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Date Value Title
85 Jul 29 Mo Major Prime Minister: MT letter to General Secretary of the STUC (Ravenscraig) [MT declines delegation's request for meeting to discuss new investment/threat of closure; recommends meeting with Younger; accuses STUC of hypocrisy] [released Feb 2016]
85 Aug 25 Su Major Prime Minister: No.10 note to MT (Ravenscraig) [STUC response to MT accusation of hypocrisy over its current attitude to threat of closure] [released Feb 2016]
85 Aug 27 Tu Minor Prime Minister: Michael Grylls MP letter to Younger (Prime Minister's visit to Scotland: Shell training programme for 16-18 year olds) [proposal that MT views "highest quality training programme in Europe" during visit to Aberdeen] [released Feb 2016]
85 Aug 27 Tu Major Prime Minister: Tom Clarke MP letter to MT (closure of the Gartcosh Works) [request for meeting to discuss local impact of closure and its likely knock-on effects] [released Feb 2016]
85 Sep 2 Mo Major Prime Minister: No.10 minute to MT ("Scotland") [meeting requests from STUC. Tom Clarke MP & Michael Grylls MP to discuss Scottish steel industry, Gartcosh, and Shell training scheme, respectively] [released Feb 2016]
85 Sep 4 We Major Prime Minister: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with the STUC") [meetings with STUC and Tom Clarke MP to discuss Scottish steel industry and Gartcosh, respectively] [released Feb 2016]
85 Sep 5 Th Major Prime Minister: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Younger, STUC representatives) [Scottish steel industry: future of Gartcosh/Ravenscraig] [released Feb 2016]
85 Sep 5 Th Major Prime Minister: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Younger, Tom Clarke MP) [Scottish steel industry: future of Gartcosh/Ravenscraig] [released Feb 2016]
85 Sep 30 Mo Major Prime Minister: MT letter to General Secretary of the STUC (Scottish steel industry: effect of BSC's strategy on Ravenscraig and Gartcosh) [MT addresses points raised in STUC letter of 10 September, following her recent meeting with STUC] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jan 10 Fr Major Prime Minister: No.10 minute to MT ("Ravenscraig/Gartcosh Delegation") [STUC request for meeting with MT] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jan 15 We Major Prime Minister: Peter Morrison letter to Ravenscraig Shop Stewards' Convener (Ravenscraig/Gartcosh) [expresses disappointment at decision not to meet with him after having been refused meeting with MT] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jan 29 We Major Prime Minister: Peter Morrison letter to General Secretary of the STUC (closure of Gartcosh) ["intervention to prevent the closure would be inappropriate... the steel industry is highly competitive"] [released Feb 2016]