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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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89 Sep 4 Mo Key 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 Fr Major 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 Tu Major 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 Tu Major 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 We Major Prime Minister/Environment: No.10 record of conversation (MT - Kenneth Baker) [Rates; Water; Inner Cities] [released Jul 2017]
86 Feb 13 Th Major Prime Minister: Addison minute for Wicks ('Bilaterals') [timetable for proposed regular one-on-one meetings with cabinet colleagues] [released Jul 2017]
86 Feb 25 Tu Major Prime Minister/Transport: Wybrew briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Nicholas Ridley") [likely topics] [released Jul 2017]
87 Jan 27 Tu Major 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 We Major 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 Fr Major 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 Fr Major Prime Minister/Defence: Charles Powell briefing for MT ("Bilateral with Defence Secretary") ["general political" and defence issues] [released Jul 2017]
86 Apr 5 Sa Major 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 Tu Major 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 Tu Major 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 We Major 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 We Major 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 Th Major 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 We Major 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 Tu Major 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]
88 Jan 27 We Major 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]