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1989 Nov 1 - 1990 Feb 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2917
Broadcasting (Television licence fees: Broadcasting Bill) (Part 10)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 320
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89 Nov 29 We Major Broadcasting: David Waddington minute to Nicholas Ridley ("Broadcasting Bill: Contiguity") [preservation of regional identity through licencing regime] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Nov 29 We Major Broadcasting: Norman Lamont minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Gaelic Television Services") [costs should fall on a Scottish vote] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Nov 30 Th Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Broadcasting Bill") [decisions needed on Channel 4 trustees, impartiality provisions] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 1 Fr Major Broadcasting: Malcolm Rifkind minute to Norman Lamont ("Gaelic Television Services") [S4C/Gaelic parallels, regional concerns, statement on the bill] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 1 Fr Minor Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to Waddington PS ("Broadcasting Bill: Impartiality and Balance") [code of impartiality, application to matters of current controversy] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 5 Tu Major Broadcasting: Peter Brooke minute to David Waddington (Broadcasting Bill: The Northern Ireland Licence) [separate franchise area, financial viability, cost of programming] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 6 We Major Broadcasting: Home Office minute to Alan Walters ("News on Channel 3: Shareholding Limits") [licencing requirements, financing of news provision] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 7 Th Minor Broadcasting: Waddington PS minute to Paul Gray ("Broadcasting Bill: Impartiality and Balance") [MT reluctantly content proposals should stand] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 7 Th Minor Broadcasting: Waddington PS minute to Paul Gray ("Broadcasting Bill: Regions and Sub-Regions") [ITC will retain right to reconsider regional map] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 11 Mo Major Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Broadcasting Bill: Impartiality and Balance") [inclusion of political and industrial controversies, rules for satellite TV] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 11 Mo Major Broadcasting: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Salary Levels of IBA and BBC Members") [MT note: unhappy about salaries decision, is there a possibility of revising them] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 11 Mo Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Broadcasting Bill: Impartiality & Balance") [should stick to original proposals] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 12 Tu Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to Paul Gray ("Broadcasting Bill: Northern Ireland Licence") [figures for possible subsidy, cost of programming] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 13 We Minor Broadcasting: Walker PS minute to Waddington PS ("Broadcasting Bill: Regions and Sub-Regions") [ITC power to require some regions to provide sub-regional programming] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 15 Fr Major Broadcasting: Norman Lamont minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Gaelic Television Services") [funding formula, additional PES bids] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 15 Fr Major Broadcasting: Norman Lamont minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Gaelic Television Production Funding") [expenditure within the Scottish block, additional programming] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 15 Fr Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Does the Broadcasting Bill Lower Quality") [bill is a response to rapidly changing technology] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 19 Tu Major Broadcasting: David Waddington minute to MT ("Broadcasting Bill: Independent Production") [start date for 25 percent production requirement for BBC] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 21 Th Major Broadcasting: Norman Lamont minute to Malcolm Rifkind ("Gaelic Television") [estimated addition to block grant] [declassified Jul 2017]
89 Dec 21 Th Major Broadcasting: Brian Griffiths minute to MT ("Broadcasting Bill: Independent Production") [target date for BBC requirements, exclusion of news and current affairs] [declassified Jul 2017]