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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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91 Feb 13 Wed Prime Minister/NHS reforms: Turnbull briefing for Major ("Meetings with Ministerial Colleagues") [MT "was very concerned" about NHS reform plans, agreed launch on 1 Apr "only after lengthy discussions with Mr Clarke"] [released Jul 2017]
90 Nov 30 Fri Prime Minister/Defence: Charles Powell briefing for Major ("Bilateral with the Defence Secretary") [Gulf; defence spending; procurement decisions; political problems; nuclear deterrent] [released Jul 2017]
90 May 2 Wed Prime Minister/Defence: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Defence Secretary") [release of "Winchester Three"; Tristar maintenance contract; EH101; defence options work] [released Jul 2017]
90 Feb 14 Wed Prime Minister/Defence: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Defence Secretary") [new Chief of Defence Staff; defence review progress; submarine operations] [released Jul 2017]
89 Sep 4 Mon Community Charge: No.10 record of conversation (MT bilateral with Chris Patten) [Community Charge (Patten did not propose safety net for individuals); litter; pollution; environment; planning; water; homelessness] [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]
88 Oct 24 Mon Prime Minister/Defence: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with the Defence Secretary") [new tank; defence spending; organisation of intelligence in NI] [released Jul 2017]
88 Jul 27 Wed Prime Minister/Environment: Gray briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Ridley") ["wants a quick word about the latest state of play on Alice Coleman, the Lyceum and 'one or two other matters'"] [released Jul 2018]
88 May 23 Mon Prime Minister/Home Secretary: Wicks briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Home Secretary") [football hooliganism; Prison Officers' Association; police pay and manpower; Brent and Section 13 grants; broadcasting; Toronto G7 & drugs; General Assembly speech] [released Jul 2018]
88 May 23 Mon Prime Minister/Environment: Gray briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Mr Ridley: 24 May") [Thyssen; housing policy - has reservations about Walker's flexi-ownership scheme] [released Jul 2018]
88 May 6 Fri Prime Minister/Chief Whip: Wicks minute for MT ("Meeting with the Chief Whip") ["possibilities for nipping in the bud, before they arise, future backbench rebellions"; as annotated by MT] [released Jul 2018]
88 Apr 19 Tue Prime Minister/Environment: Gray briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Secretary of State for the Environment: 20 April") ["the state of play on the many balls he has in the air, e.g. Housing Bill, Local Government Bill, reconsideration of Local Authority Capital Controls"] [released Jul 2018]
88 Jan 27 Wed Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell record of conversation (MT - Tom King) [Stalker/Sampson; Sinn Fein/SDLP contacts; contacts with the Unionists; redeployment of the army in NI; extradition with Republic] [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]
87 Dec 30 Wed Prime Minister: Wicks minute for MT (matter discussed yesterday in her study) [MT might want to discuss "possible dispositions" with senior colleagues, but most ruled out because "they could be in some way involved"] [released Jul 2017]
87 Nov 18 Wed Prime Minister/Lord President: Wicks briefing for MT (meeting with Lord Whitelaw) [progress in the legislative programme] [released Jul 2017]
87 Nov 18 Wed Prime Minister/Energy: Wicks briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Walker") [NIREX; CEGB chairman's salary] [released Jul 2017]
87 Oct 20 Tue Prime Minister/Lord President: Wicks briefing for MT ("Meeting with Lord Whitelaw") [response to the "Great Storm"; prisons officers' dispute; Star Chamber; health of Lord Chancellor; party chairmanship] [released Jul 2017]
87 Sep 28 Mon Prime Minister/Environment: Norgrove briefing for MT ("Meeting with Mr Ridley") [inner cities, "I suspect to lobby you about the balance between DTI and DOE"] [released Jul 2018]
87 Jul 10 Fri Prime Minister/Northern Ireland: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Meeting with the Defence Secretary: Northern Ireland") [CGS's concerns about army's role in NI and constraints on it; thinks army "may even be losing the battle"] [released Jul 2017]