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PREM19/3496
Prime Minister (Prime Minister's occasional bilateral meetings with various Cabinet colleagues) (Part 1)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2017 Jul 20
Classification: Secret
Page count: 283
Any docs withheld? 4

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86 Jun 24 Tue Prime Minister: Wicks minute for MT ("Weekly meeting with the business managers") [MT's preferred 1415 slot clashes with parliamentary duties so MT agrees move to Monday 1015] [released Jul 2017]
87 Jul 7 Tue Prime Minister/Social Services: Wicks briefing for MT (meeting with John Moore) [wants to talk before holidays about his plans for the department] [released Jul 2017]
89 Aug 18 Fri Community Charge: Chris Patten minute for MT (Community Charge; planning; environment; water) [preparing "realistic survey of the problems of introducing the charge with a menu of costed options"] [released Jul 2017]
85 Dec 17 Tue Prime Minister: Wicks minute for MT (bilaterals with cabinet colleagues) [proposed regular one-on-one meetings with selected colleagues; MT agrees] [released Jul 2017]
86 Feb 4 Tue Prime Minister/Environment: Griffiths briefing for MT (bilateral with Kenneth Baker) [Rates Green Paper; RSG 1986/87; Inner Cities; Nuclear Waste; Green Belt; Water Privatisation; Housing Policy] [released Jul 2017]
86 Feb 5 Wed Prime Minister/Environment: No.10 record of conversation (MT - Kenneth Baker) [Rates; Water; Inner Cities] [released Jul 2017]
86 Feb 13 Thu Prime Minister: Addison minute for Wicks ('Bilaterals') [timetable for proposed regular one-on-one meetings with cabinet colleagues] [released Jul 2017]
86 Feb 25 Tue Prime Minister/Transport: Wybrew briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Nicholas Ridley") [likely topics] [released Jul 2017]
87 Jan 27 Tue Prime Minister/Agriculture: Norgrove briefing for MT (bilateral with Michael Jopling) ["has asked for half an hour with you to explain his concerns about the rural economy"] [released Jul 2017]
87 Jan 28 Wed Prime Minister/Agriculture: No.10 record of conversation (MT - Michael Jopling) [Jopling seeks 13 percent devaluation of green pound; MT opposed] [released Jul 2017]
86 Dec 5 Fri Prime Minister/Agriculture: Wicks briefing for MT ("Meeting of Colleagues) [Jopling's "anxieties and position"; Campbell-Savours and national security] [released Jul 2017]
86 Mar 14 Fri Prime Minister/Defence: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Defence Secretary") ["general political" and defence issues] [released Jul 2017]
86 Apr 5 Sat Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland") [situation over Easter; intimidation of RUC families; Molyneaux/Paisley letter; parades; election legislation] [released Jul 2017]
86 Apr 22 Tue Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [Libya and IRA; security situation; Molyneaux/Paisley; Intergovernmental Conference; RUC] [released Jul 2017]
86 Apr 29 Tue Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Northern Ireland Secretary") [meeting with Molyneaux and Paisley; Intergovernmental Conference; contingency plans for industrial disruption] [released Jul 2017]
86 Oct 15 Wed Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [Intergovernmental Conference; Chiefs of Staff; dialogue with Unionists; Stalker case; FitzGerald government] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 11 Wed Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [possible MT meeting with Molyneaux and Paisley; Haughey's return as Taoiseach; security matters] [released Jul 2017]
87 Mar 12 Thu Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: No.10 record of conversation (MT - Tom King) [Haughey Dail statement 'unhelpful'; possible MT meeting with Molyneaux and Paisley; King thought NI opinion "slowly becoming accustomed to the agreement"] [released Jul 2017]
87 Apr 29 Wed Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Northern Ireland Secretary") ["very short meeting ... wants to raise personal matters"] [released Jul 2017]
88 Jan 26 Tue Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Northern Ireland Secretary") [John Hume talks with IRA; Stalker/Sampson; contact with the Unionists; redeployment of the army; extradition] [released Jul 2017]