1986 Aug 4 - 1987 Oct 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/2352
Nationalised Industries (Coal mines) (Part 20)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2016 Jul 21 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 213 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
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| 87 Mar 24 Tu | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to David Norgrove ("British Coal - Margam Project") ["stranglehold on coal mining productivity of work practices... Scargill has chosen to defend his leadership of the NUM on this crucial issue"] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Mar 25 We | Major | Nationalised Industries: Peter Walker letter to John MacGregor (British Coal: rate of grant support towards restructuring costs) [effect of redundancies] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Apr 3 Fr | Major | Nationalised Industries: Peter Walker minute to MT ("Coal Industry") [statistics: "over the last 3 years... the number of men on the colliery books has gone down by more than 40% [while] production has gone down only 3%"] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Apr 23 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: MacGregor letter to David Hunt ("Coal Industry Pay") [British Coal negotiations with UDM] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Jul 6 Mo | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Discussion Note for Meeting with Secretary of State for Energy") [future of the Electricity Supply Industry & its relation to coal production] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Jul 9 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 minute to MT ("Coal Stocks") [MT agrees to setting new target for endurance] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Jul 14 Tu | Major | Nationalised Industries: Chancellor of the Exchequer letter to Cecil Parkinson ("Privatise Coal") ["our present strategy to secure lower coal prices is primarily directed at British Coal... But I am doubtful if this alone will deliver a sufficiently strongly based UK industry that can compete with imported coal"; proposals] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Jul 23 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("The Implications of Electricity Privatisation for Coal") ["We cannot deliver the benefits of electricity privatisation... without liberalising the generation of electricity and introducing vigorous competition... this cannot be done without scrapping the Joint Understanding between British Coal and the CEGB"] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Jul 24 Fr | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 briefing for MT ("British Coal") ["You asked about the history of discussion on the future of coal since the coal strike": summary; current options; referral of BC to MMC] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Aug 4 Tu | Major | Nationalised Industries: Cecil Parkinson minute to MT ("British Coal: Industrial Relations Situation") [NUM ballot for industrial action over new BC Code of Conduct; BC/Government counter-tactics; threat of industrial action in Yorkshire] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Aug 25 Tu | Major | Nationalised Industries: Cecil Parkinson PS letter to No.10 (British Coal: Industrial Relations Situation) [results of NUM ballot; ACAS mediation; TUC; anticipated form of industrial action; Yorkshire industrial action; public line to take; coal stocks] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Sep 9 We | Major | Nationalised Industries: Cecil Parkinson PS letter to No.10 ("Power Station Endurance") [British Coal negotiations with unions on new Code of Conduct; outlook in event of industrial action] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Sep 10 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Cecil Parkinson) ["Power Station Endurance": threat of NUM industrial action; Scargill; UDM] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Sep 11 Fr | Major | Nationalised Industries: Cecil Parkinson minute to MT ("British Coal Industrial Relations: Position of NACODS") [latest position] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Sep 16 We | Major | Nationalised Industries: Cecil Parkinson PS letter to No.10 ("BC/NUM Industrial Relations") ["latest assessment of the negotiations"] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Sep 16 We | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 briefing for MT ("Meeting with Sir Robert Haslam") [British Coal/NUM negotiations; UDM concerns; winter industrial action] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Sep 17 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Cecil Parkinson, Robert Haslam) [British Coal/NUM negotiations; UDM concerns; electricity industry endurance during industrial action; redundancy payments] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Sep 18 Fr | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 minute to MT ("David Hart") [list of UDM concerns] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Sep 30 We | Major | Nationalised Industries: John Major letter to Cecil Parkinson ("Revised Redundancy Terms for Mineworkers") [restructuring grant; retrospection; future of the scheme; strategic review of British Coal's policy approach] [released July 2016] |
| 87 Oct 27 Tu | Major | Nationalised Industries: Cecil Parkinson minute to MT (White Paper on the Repair and Compensation System for Coal Mining Subsidence Damage) [Government response to Subsidence Compensation Review Committee (Waddilove report)] [released July 2016] |