1987 Nov 4 - 1990 Jun 28
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/3097
Nationalised Industries (Coal mines) (Part 21)
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
|---|---|
| Release date: | 2016 Dec 30 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 321 |
| Any docs withheld? |
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| Date | Value | Title |
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| 87 Nov 4 We | Major | Nationalised Industries: Cecil Parkinson letter to John Major ("Coal Industry Pay") [implementation of second instalment of 1986-87 pay award for UDM members but not for NUM; NACODS pay claim] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Nov 9 Mo | Major | Nationalised Industries: Rifkind letter to Cecil Parkinson ("Waddilove Report") [Parliamentary Answer] [released Dec 2016] |
| 87 Dec 4 Fr | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("British Coal/CEGB Coal Purchase Understanding") ["The issue is not whether but when to liberalise coal supplies to the electricity industry"; MT wishes to discuss] [released Dec 2016] |
| 88 Jan 28 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: Peter Walker letter to Cecil Parkinson (Margam New Mine) ["it would be totally disastrous if the reason for Margam not going ahead... is due to British Coal"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 88 Feb 1 Mo | Major | Nationalised Industries: Cecil Parkinson minute to MT ("NACODS Dispute") [latest position; proposed legislative changes & transfer of NACODS duties to UDM members] [released Dec 2016] |
| 88 Feb 18 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: Cecil Parkinson letter to Peter Walker (British Coal Enterprise) ["recognise the success of many of the projects supported by BCE... [but] I must be certain of the effectiveness of the money already spent"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 88 May 25 We | Major | Nationalised Industries: Cecil Parkinson minute to MT ("Financing British Coal") [Parliamentary announcement on change in method of financing "in the light of BC's deficit in 1987/88"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 88 Sep 26 Mo | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 briefing for MT ("Coal Privatisation") [required legislative changes & case for introducing some or all in current Parliament] [released Dec 2016] |
| 88 Sep 27 Tu | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Cecil Parkinson) ["Privatisation of the Coal Industry": required legislative changes & timeline; effect of redundancies on UDM pits; paper on "the true costs of coal"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 88 Oct 14 Fr | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 minute to MT ("Coal Privatisation") [Cecil Parkinson speech at Party Conference prompts Peter Walker to query when Cabinet decided to "press head"; lines to take in response] [released Dec 2016] |
| 88 Oct 18 Tu | Major | Nationalised Industries: Parkinson minute to MT (British Coal/CEGB coal purchase arrangements) [new short-term agreement; longer-term arrangements] [released Dec 2016] |
| 88 Oct 26 We | Major | Nationalised Industries: John Major letter to Cecil Parkinson ("UDM Pay") ["I explicitly asked that we avoid a deal based on indexation"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 88 Nov 14 Mo | Major | Nationalised Industries: Ridley minute to MT ("The Cost of Coal") [comments on Department of Energy paper] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Jan 20 Fr | Major | Nationalised Industries: Parkinson letter to John Major (British Coal's pay negotiations with NACODS and UDM) ["a very satisfactory [NACODS] outcome and will considerably strengthen the Corporation's case... [for] their similar offer to the UDM"] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Feb 20 Mo | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 minute to MT ("Bilateral with Mr. Parkinson: 23 February") [future of UDM; pit closures] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Feb 23 Th | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 record of conversation (MT, Cecil Parkinson) [pit closures; level of coal demand from electricity companies post-privatisation; coal stocks; Chairmanship of British Coal; reliability of supplies from Selby coalfield; electricity privatisation: Bill; implementation; prices] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Jun 16 Fr | Major | Nationalised Industries: Parkinson letter to Wakeham (Coal Bill) [scheduling of the legislation; financial support for British Coal; provisions on subsidence; raising of statutory limits on private sector coalmining] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Jul 3 Mo | Major | Nationalised Industries: Parkinson PS letter to No.10 (Union of Democratic Mineworks) [request to meet with MT to discuss concerns about reduction in British Coal output & its effect on Nottinghamshire pits and the UDM] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Jul 7 Fr | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 minute to MT ("Coal Liberalisation and the UDM") ["possibility of a more radical liberalisation" than that proposed by Parkinson] [released Dec 2016] |
| 89 Jul 25 Tu | Major | Nationalised Industries: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Paul Gray ("Coal and UDM") ["a specific instance of the sort of private coal project which might be available with UDM support"] [released Dec 2016] |