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CABINET PAPERS ­ Series Three: CAB 128 & CAB 129 Part 7: The Heath Government, June 1970 – March 1974 (CAB 128/47­53 and CAB 129/150­174)

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CAB 128/47 Cabinet Minutes June­December 1970 CM (70) Series (Meetings 1­48)

CM (70) 1 – 23 June 1970 1) The Government 2) Parliament 3) Negotiations with the European Communities 4) Northern Ireland: Military Reinforcement; Development Plan; Future Policy 5) Longer Term Issues of Policy: Economic Policy; Incomes Policy: The Docks; Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration; Foreign Policy

CM (70) 2 – 25 June 1970 1) The Government 2) The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament 3) Overseas Affairs: Middle East: Arab­Israel; Current Problems 4) Membership of the European Communities: Opening Statement for 30 June 5) Industrial Relations: The Docks 6) Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration

CM (70) 3 – 29 June 1970 1) Northern Ireland 2) The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament 3) Membership of the European Communities: Opening Statement for 30 June 4) Cabinet: Committee Structure

CM (70) 4 – 7 July 1970 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Northern Ireland; European Economic Communities; Middle East 3) National Docks Dispute 4) Misuse of Drugs Bill

CM (70) 5 – 16 July 1970 1) Industrial Affairs: National Docks Dispute 2) Overseas Affairs: Visit of the United States Secretary of State; Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany; Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary’s Visit to Paris 3) Arms for South Africa 4) Parliamentary Affairs: Coal Industry Bill 5) Membership of the European Communities 6) Analysis and Decision in Government

CM (70) 6 – 20 July 1970 1) Arms for South Africa 2) Industrial Affairs: National Docks Dispute

CM (70) 7 – 21 July 1970 1) Chancellor of the Exchequer 2) Arms for South Africa 3) National Docks Dispute 4) Northern Ireland

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5) Pay of the Higher Civil Service 6) Retail Price of Milk 7) Nationalised Industries: Prices: Coal Prices; Postal Charges

CM (70) 8 – 23 July 1970 1) The Government 2) Parliamentary Affairs 3) Overseas Affairs: Arms for South Africa; South­East Asia; Persian Gulf; European Economic Community 4) The Rundown of the British Army 5) Industrial Affairs: National Docks Dispute 6) Public Expenditure 7) Broadcasting Policy

CM (70) 9 – 28 July 1970 1) The Cabinet 2) Industrial Affairs: National Docks Dispute 3) Legislative Programme, 1970­71 4) Aircraft Industry: Concorde

CM (70) 10 – 30 July 1970 1) The Cabinet 2) Overseas Affairs: Yemen Arab Republic; Muscat and Oman; Southern Africa 3) Industrial Affairs: National Docks Dispute; London Airport 4) Public Service Pay 5) Industrial Relations Legislation 6) Public Service and Armed Forces Pensions 7) Nationalised Industries Prices: Electricity and Steel Prices

CM (70) 11 – 30 July 1970 1) The Rundown of the British Army 2) Aircraft Industry: Concorde and BAC­311 Aircraft 3) The Second Force Airline 4) Financial Assistance to Harland and Wolff Ltd 5) British Broadcasting Corporation: Local Radio Stations 6) The Open University

CM (70) 12 – 3 September 1970 1) The Government 2) Overseas Affairs: East­West Relations; The German­Russian Treaty; Middle East: Arms Supplies for South Africa; Northern Ireland 3) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers; Industrial Relations Bill; Tax Refunds and Supplementary Benefit for Strikers 4) Economic Affairs

CM (70) 13 – 9 September 1970 1) Acts of Violence against Civil Aircraft

CM (70) 14 – 10 September 1970 1) Acts of Violence against Civil Aircraft

CM (70) 15 – 12 September 1970 1) Acts of Violence against Civil Aircraft

CM (70) 16 – 14 September 1970 1) Acts of Violence against Civil Aircraft 2) Public Expenditure

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CM (70) 17 – 15 September 1970 1) Acts of Violence against Civil Aircraft 2) Public Expenditure

CM (70) 18 – 16 September 1970 1) Acts of Violence against Civil Aircraft: General Situation; Measures for the Protection of British Civil Airports and Aircraft

CM (70) 19 – 17 September 1970 1) Acts of Violence against Civil Aircraft 2) Concorde

CM (70) 20 – 21 September 1970 1) Situation in the Middle East

CM (70) 21 – 22 September 1970 1) Situation in the Middle East 2) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers 3) Postal Charges 4) Non­Industrial Civil Service Manpower

CM (70) 22 – 24 September 1970 1) Situation in the Middle East 2) Overseas Affairs: Mauritius 3) Mersey Docks and Harbour Board: Financial Situation

CM (70) 23 – 28 September 1970 1) Situation in the Middle East 2) Public Expenditure

CM (70) 24 – 29 September 1970 1) Situation in the Middle East 2) Public Expenditure 3) Industrial Affairs: Industrial Relations Legislation

CM (70) 25 – 1 October 1970 1) Rhodesia: The Approach to Mr Smith and Other Problems 2) Overseas Affairs: Situation in the Middle East; Berlin Air Corridor; Malta: Financial Aid Agreement 3) Public Expenditure: Investment Incentives 4) Public Expenditure: Housing Finance

CM (70) 26 – 5 October 1970 1) Visit of President Nixon 2) Industrial Affairs: Local Manual Workers’ Dispute 3) Public Expenditure 4) Rhodesia: The Approach to Mr Smith and Other Problems

CM (70) 27 – 6 October 1970 1) Overseas Affairs: Kidnapping of United Kingdom Trade Commissioner at Montreal; Situation in the Middle East 2) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers’ Dispute 3) Public Expenditure

CM (70) 28 – 13 October 1970 1) Overseas Affairs: Kidnapping of United Kingdom Trade Commissioner at Montreal; European Economic Community; Bermuda 2) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers’ Dispute

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CM (70) 29 – 14 October 1970 1) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers’ Dispute 2) Housing Finance 3) Public Expenditure 4) Steel Prices 5) Machinery of Government: Reorganisation of Central Government

CM (70) 30 – 15 October 1970 1) Overseas Affairs: Kidnapping of United Kingdom Trade Commissioner at Montreal; Indo­ China; Middle East; Visit to the Soviet Union by the French President; Bermuda 2) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers’ Pay Dispute 3) Public Expenditure: General 4) Rate Support Grant 5) Future of the National Board for Prices and Incomes 6) Aircraft Industry: Airbuses and the RB 211 Engine

CM (70) 31 – 19 October 1970 1) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers’ Pay Dispute 2) Overseas Affairs: Kidnapping in Montreal 3) Presentation of Defence Policy: Draft White Paper 4) Aircraft Industry: Airbuses and the RB 211 Engine 5) Select Committees: Draft Green Paper 6) Fuel Policy: The Energy Scene

CM (70) 32 – 26 October 1970 1) Overseas Affairs: Kidnapping of United Kingdom Trade Commissioner, Montreal; Middle East; Arms Supplies to South Africa: discussions with African Commonwealth Leaders; Visit of the Prime Minister to the United Nations 2) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers’ Pay Dispute; Coalminers’ Pay 3) Emergencies: Tanker Collision 4) Public Expenditure: General

CM (70) 33 – 27 October 1970 1) Aircraft Industry: Airbuses and the RB 211 Engine 2) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers’ Pay Dispute; Coalminers’ Pay 3) Emergencies: Tanker Collision

CM (70) 34 – 29 October 1970 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Machinery of Government: Central Policy Review Staff 3) Overseas Affairs: Visit of the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs; Visit to London of the President of Gabon 4) European Economic Community 5) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers’ Pay Dispute; Coalminers’ Pay 6) Tanker Collision 7) Aircraft Industry: Airbuses and the RB 211 Engine 8) Future of the National Board for Prices and Incomes 9) Housing Finance

CM (70) 35 – 3 November 1970 1) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers’ Dispute; General 2) Nationalised Industries: Gas and Electricity Prices 3) Overseas Affairs: Sale of Mining Plant to South West Africa; Middle East 4) Rate Support Grant 5) European Space Conference: Post­Apollo Programme 6) Aircraft Industry: Airbuses and the RB 211 Engine

CM (70) 36 – 5 November 1970 1) Ministerial Publications: Memoirs by former Ministers

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2) Cabinet Committees 3) Parliamentary Affairs 4) Overseas Affairs: United States: Mid­Term Elections; Middle East; Visit to London of the Israeli Prime Minister 5) Industrial Affairs: Local Authority Manual Workers’ Pay Dispute; Coalminers’ Pay 6) Emergencies: Tanker Collision 7) Value­Added Tax: Draft Green Paper

CM (70) 37 – 13 November 1970 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Rhodesia; Collision between HMS Ark Royal and a Soviet Destroyer; Berlin: German­Polish Treaty; Nationalisation in Zambia and Ceylon; Chinese Representation at the United Nations; General de Gaulle 3) Industrial Affairs: General; Current and Prospective Pay Disputes: Coal Miners’ Pay; Electricity Supply Workers’ Pay 4) Social Services: Supplementary Benefit for and PAYE Refunds to Strikers 5) Rate Support Grant 6) Finances of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board

CM (70) 38 – 17 November 1970 1) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Electricity Supply Workers and Ancillary Workers in the National Health Service 2) Industrial Relations Bill 3) Improved Expenditure Decisions by Government 4) Location of Government

CM (70) 39 – 19 November 1970 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Pakistan; Rhodesia; German­Polish Treaty; Military coup in Syria 3) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Electricity Supply Workers; Pay of BOAC Pilots; Pay of Craftsmen in Government Research and Development Establishments; Pay of Ancillary Workers in the National Health Service; Salaries of the Judiciary 4) Gas and Electricity Prices

CM (70) 40 – 20 November 1970 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Electricity Supply Workers; Pay of Manual Workers in the Gas Industry; Pay of BOAC Pilots 3) Gas and Electricity Prices 4) Social Services: Supplementary Benefits for and PAYE Refunds to strikers

CM (70) 41 – 26 November 1970 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Cabinet Business: Meetings of the Cabinet; Central Policy Review Staff 3) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Electricity Supply Workers and of Manual Workers in the Gas Industry; Pay of BOAC Pilots; Pay of Craftsmen in Government Research and Development Establishments 4) Gas and Electricity Prices 5) Liberty of the Subject: Bill of Rights 6) Immigration 7) Overseas Affairs: Guinea; Vietnam; Pakistan; New Zealand: Agricultural Levies 8) Finances of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board

CM (70) 42 – 1 December 1970 1) Overseas Affairs: Pakistan 2) The Simonstown Agreement and Arms for South Africa 3) Aircraft Industry: Airbuses 4) Public Sector Remuneration

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CM (70) 43 – 3 December 1970 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Industrial Relations Bill; The Restriction on Agreements (Estate Agents) Order 1970; Remuneration of Ministers and Members of Parliament; The Courts Bill 2) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Electricity Supply Workers and of Manual Workers in the Gas and Water Supply Industries; Police Pay; Demonstrations on 8 December 3) Public Sector Remuneration

CM (70) 44 – 8 December 1970 1) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Electricity Supply Manual Workers 2) Public Sector Remuneration

CM (70) 45 – 10 December 1970 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Europe; Elections in Pakistan; Brunei; St. Kitts/Nevis/Anguilla; Kidnapping in Montreal 3) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Electricity Supply Manual Workers 4) United Kingdom Contribution to the Budget of the European Communities 5) Lockheed/Rolls­Royce Tristar: ECGD Cover for Subordinated Debt

CM (70) 46 – 12 December 1970 1) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Electricity Supply Manual Workers CM (70) 47 – 14 December 1970 1) United Kingdom Contribution to the Budget of the European Communities: Parliamentary Statement 2) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Electricity Supply Manual Workers 3) Public Expenditure: Report of the Public Expenditure Survey Committee 1970 4) The Future of the Monopolies Commission

CM (70) 48 – 22 December 1970 1) Overseas Affairs: Poland 2) Visit of the Prime Minister to Ottawa and Washington 3) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Electricity Supply Manual Workers; General 4) Upper Clyde Shipbuilders 5) Non­Industrial Civil Service Manpower 6) The Cabinet

CAB 129/150 Cabinet Memoranda June­July 1970 (Papers 1­25)

CP (70) 1 – The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (70) 2 – Membership of the European Communities: Opening Statement for 30 June. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (70) 3 – The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament. Note by the Lord President of the Council CP (70) 4 – Membership of the European Communities: Opening Statement for 30 June. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (70) 5 – National Docks Dispute. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity CP (70) 6 – The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (70) 7 – Industrial Relations Situation. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity CP (70) 8 – Bill to Implement Priority Social Security Pledges. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (70) 9 – Misuse of Drugs Bill. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (70) 10 – Procedure for Obtaining Policy Decisions. Note by the Prime Minister CP (70) 11 – Analysis and the Decision Taking Process. The Role of the Business Team. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal

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CP (70) 12 – Sale of Arms to South Africa. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (70) 13 – Pay of the Higher Civil Service: Tenth Report of the Standing Advisory Committee. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (70) 14 – Salaries of the Higher Judiciary. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor CP (70) 15 – Concorde. Memorandum by the Minister of Technology CP (70) 16 – Postal and Remittance Service Charges. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (70) 17 – Concorde: The Legal Position in July 1970. Memorandum by the Attorney­ General and Solicitor­General CP (70) 18 – Coal Price Increases. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (70) 19 – The Situation in Northern Ireland. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (70) 20 – Public Expenditure Review. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (70) 21 – BAC 3­11 Aircraft. Note by the Minister of Technology CP (70) 22 – Agricultural Policy: Changes in Support Arrangements. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food CP (70) 23 – Concorde. Memorandum by the President of the Board of Trade CP (70) 24 – The Economic Outlook. Memorandum by the Prime Minister CP (70) 25 – Concorde and BAC 311. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury

CAB 129/151 Cabinet Memoranda July­August 1970 (Papers 26­50)

CP (70) 26 – The Run­Down of the British Army. Note by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (70) 27 – Legislative Programme 1970­71. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (70) 28 – Review of Public Service and Armed Forces Pensions. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (70) 29 – Electricity and Steel Prices. Memorandum by the Minister of Technology CP (70) 30 – Industrial Relations Legislation. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity CP (70) 31 – Scottish Electricity Prices. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (70) 32 – Financial Assistance to Harland and Wolff Limited. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Minister of Technology CP (70) 33 – The ‘Second Force’ Airline. Memorandum by the President of the Board of Trade CP (70) 34 – The Open University. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science CP (70) 35 – Future of the Open University Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science CP (70) 36 – Public Expenditure Review 1970: The Open University. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (70) 37 – The Central Capability. Note by the Prime Minister CP (70) 38 – Public Expenditure. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (70) 39 – Public Expenditure. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (70) 40 – Concorde. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (70) 41 – Non­Industrial Civil Service Manpower. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (70) 42 – Aid. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (70) 43 – Proposed New Design Council. Memorandum by the President of the Board of Trade CP (70) 44 – The British Contribution to Development. Memorandum by the Minister of Overseas Development CP (70) 45 – Mersey Docks and Harbour Board – Financial Situation. Memorandum by the Minister of Transport CP (70) 46 – Assistance to the Hotel Industry. Memorandum by the President of the Board of Trade CP (70) 47 – School Building Programmes. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science CP (70) 48 – Effect of the Current Public Expenditure Review on Government Research and

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Development. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (70) 49 – Public Expenditure: Telecommunications, Posts and Broadcasting. Memorandum by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications CP (70) 50 – A Policy for the Arts. Memorandum by the Paymaster General

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CAB 129/152 Cabinet Memoranda September­October 1970 (Papers 51­75)

CP (70) 51 – Public Expenditure: Education, Health and Welfare. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (70) 52 – Public Expenditure. Memorandum by the Minister of Technology CP (70) 53 – Nationalised Industries’ Investment: Accounting Conventions. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (70) 54 – Public Expenditure: Health, Welfare and Social Security. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (70) 55 – Public Library Charges. Memorandum by the Paymaster General CP (70) 56 – Public Expenditure: British Rail Commuter Services. Memorandum by the Minister of Transport CP (70) 57 – Public Expenditure. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity CP (70) 58 – Review of Public Expenditure: Situation Report. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (70) 59 – Assistance for the Families of Low Wage Earners. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Sciences CP (70) 60 – Changes in Agricultural Support Arrangements: Proposals for Interim Levy Schemes. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (70) 61 – The State of Agriculture. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Minister of State, Home Office CP (70) 62 – Public Expenditure: Ministry of Technology. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (70) 63 – Industrial Relations Bill: Consultative Document. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity CP (70) 64 – Housing Finance. Memorandum by the Minister of Housing and Local Government CP (70) 65 – Industrial Relations Bill: Consultative Document. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity CP (70) 66 – Investment Incentives. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (70) 67 – Rhodesia: The Approach to Mr Smith and Other Problems. Note by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary CP (70) 68 – Public Expenditure: Situation Report. Note by the Chief Secretary, Treasury

CP (70) 69 – Rate Support Grant. Memorandum by the Minister of Housing and Local Government CP (70) 70 – Measures to Help the Poorer Families. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (70) 71 – Investment Incentives. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (70) 72 – Analysis of Public Expenditure Programmes. Note by the Prime Minister CP (70) 73 – Investment Programmes of the Ministry of Technology Nationalised Industries. Note by the Minister of Technology and the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (70) 74 – Airbuses and the RB 211­61 Engine. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (70) 75 – Rent Allowances for Private Tenants. Memorandum by the Minister of Housing and Local Government

CAB 129/153 Cabinet Memoranda October­November 1970 (Papers 76­100)

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CP (70) 76 – Public Expenditure Measures: Impact on Families. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (70) 77 – Airbuses and the RB 211 Engine. Memorandum by the Minister of Technology CP (70) 78 – Measures to Help the Poorer Families: Timing. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (70) 79 – Steel Prices. Note by the Minister of Technology CP (70) 80 – The Energy Scene. Memorandum by the Minister of Technology CP (70) 81 – Public Expenditure Operation: Presentation of Results. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (70) 82 – Local Government Manual Workers’ Dispute. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (70) 83 – Future of the National Board for Prices and Incomes. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity CP (70) 84 – New Policies for Public Expenditure: Draft White Paper. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (70) 85 – White Paper on the Reorganisation of Central Government. Note by the Prime Minister CP (70) 86 – Public Expenditure: Situation Report. Note by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (70) 87 – Presentation of Defence Policy. Note by the Secretary of State for Defence

CP (70) 88 – Select Committees. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (70) 89 – Government Initiative on Maintaining Essential Local Authority Services. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (70) 90 – Public Expenditure: Draft White Paper. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (70) 91 – Aircraft Projects. Memorandum by the Prime Minister CP (70) 92 – Airbuses. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (70) 93 – European Space Conference: Post­Apollo Programme. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (70) 94 – Rate Support Grant. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (70) 95 – The Reform of Housing Finance. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales CP (70) 96 – The Future of the Monopolies Commission. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (70) 97 – Future of the National Board for Prices and Incomes. Note by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (70) 98 – Cabinet Business. Note by the Prime Minister CP (70) 99 – Value­Added Tax. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (70) 100 – European Space Conference: Post­Apollo Programme. Memorandum by the Minister of Aviation Supply

CAB 129/154 Cabinet Memoranda November­December 1970 (Papers 101­126)

CP (70) 101 – Improved Expenditure Decisions by Government. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (70) 102 – International Labour Organisation: Conventions and Recommendations. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (70) 103 – Supplementary Benefits for and PAYE Refunds to Strikers. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (70) 104 – Rate Support Grant and Manual Workers’ Pay Settlement. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (70) 105 – Finances of the Mersey: Docks and Harbour Board. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (70) 106 – Industrial Relations Bill: Application to the Crown. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (70) 107 – Gas and Electricity Prices. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (70) 108 – Gas and Electricity Prices. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services

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CP (70) 109 – Gas and Electricity Prices. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (70) 110 – Electricity Prices. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (70) 111 – Finances of Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (70) 112 – Airbuses. Memorandum by the Minister of Aviation Supply CP (70) 113 – The Simonstown Agreement and Arms for South Africa. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (70) 114 – The Future of the Monopolies Commission. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade CP (70) 115 – United Kingdom Contribution to the Budget of the European Communities. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (70) 116 – Lockhead/Rolls­Royce Tristar: Export Credits Guarantee Department Cover for Subordinated Debt. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (70) 117 – Report of the Public Expenditure Survey Committee 1970. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (70) 118 – United Kingdom Contribution to the Budget of the European Communities: Parliamentary Statement. Note by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster CP (70) 119 – Civil Service Non­Industrial Manpower. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (70) 120 – Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Limited. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade CP (70) 121 – Speaker’s Pension. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (70) 122 – Sale of Arms to South Africa. Note by the Prime Minister CP (70) 123 – Channel Tunnel. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (70) 124 – Improved Expenditure Decisions by Government. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (70) 125 – Doctors’ and Dentists’ Pay Review Body. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (70) 126 – Immigration Bill. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department

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CAB 128/49 Cabinet Conclusions, January­December 1971 CM (71) Series (Meetings 1­ 63)

CM (71) 1 – 5 January 1971 1) Accident at Ibrox Park 2) Overseas Affairs: Floods in Malaysia; Trials of Basque Guerillas in Spain; Trials of Jews in the Soviet Union; Middle East; China 3) Immigration Bill 4) Sale of Arms to South Africa 5) Rhodesia 6) Channel Tunnel 7) The Speaker’s Pension 8) Doctors’ and Dentists’ Pay Review Body 9) Improved Expenditure Decisions by Government

CM (71) 2 – 14 January 1971 1) Protection of Ministers 2) Parliamentary Affairs 3) Industrial Affairs: Postal Services; Pay of Local Authority Firemen; Pay of Nurses 4) Accidents to Shipping in the English Channel 5) Oil Supplies 6) Overseas Affairs: Kidnapping of HM Ambassador, Montevideo; Soviet Interference with Allied Traffic

CM (71) 3 – 21 January 1971 1) Public Expenditure White Paper 2) Parliamentary Affairs

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3) Overseas Affairs: Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference; Terrorism in Latin America 4) Oil Supplies 5) Industrial Affairs: Postal Services; Private Sector Pay Negotiations

CM (71) 4 – 26 January 1971 1) Overseas Affairs: Visits by the Prime Minister to Cyprus, Pakistan, India and Malaysia; Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference

CM (71) 5 – 28 January 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs

2) Overseas Affairs: Uganda; Cambodia; Her Majesty’s Ambassador, Montevideo; Rhodesia; South Africa; Arrest of the Dean of Johannesburg; Oil Supplies 3) Industrial Affairs: Postal Service; Non­Industrial Civil Service Pay; Air Transport Workers’ Pay Disputes 4) Statement on the Defence Estimates 1971 5) Question Time

CM (71) 6 – 2 February 1971 1) Economic Affairs: Rolls­Royce 2) Upper Clyde Shipbuilders

CM (71) 7 – 3 February 1971 1) Economic Affairs

CM (71) 8 – 4 February 1971 1) Rolls­Royce 2) Parliamentary Affairs 3) Overseas Affairs: Arab/Israel Dispute; Indo­China; Negotiations with the European Economic Community 4) Northern Ireland 5) Oil Supplies 6) Industrial Affairs 7) Local Government Reorganisation 8) Future Legislation: 1971­72 Session

CM (71) 9 – 9 February 1971 1) Northern Ireland 2) Rolls­Royce 3) Industrial Affairs: Electricity Pay Dispute: Wilberforce Report 4) National Insurance Scheme 5) Future Legislation: 1971­72 Session 6) Local Government Reorganisation 7) Social Security Bill 8) Broadcasting Finance

CM (71) 10 – 16 February 1971 1) Industrial Affairs: Postal Service 2) Rolls­Royce 3) Overseas Affairs: Arms for South Africa; Indo­China; Arab/Israel 4) Oil Supplies 5) Agricultural Interim Import Levies

CM (71) 11 – 25 February 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Arms for South Africa; Arab/Israel; Indo­China; Persian Gulf 3) Industrial Affairs: Postal Service; Teachers’ Pay; Police Pay 4) Annual Review of the Agricultural Industry, 1971

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5) Aircraft Industry: The RB 211

CM (71) 12 – 4 March 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: HM Ambassador Montevideo; Pakistan; Arab/Israel; Arms for South Africa 3) Oil Supplies 4) Rolls­Royce 5) Industrial Affairs: Postal Services 6) Non­Industrial Civil Service: Central Pay Claim 7) Agricultural Interim Import Levies

CM (71) 13 – 9 March 1971 1) Pakistan 2) Reconstruction of National Insurance 3) Social Security Review 1971 4) Supplementary Benefit in Trade Disputes 5) Northern Ireland 6) The Press 7) Annual Review of the Agricultural Industry 1971 8) Civil Service Manpower 9) Committees of Inquiry

CM (71) 14 – 16 March 1971 1) Broadcasting Policy: Commercial Radio 2) Supplementary Benefit in Trade Disputes

CM (71) 15 – 18 March 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Pakistan; Australia; Germany: Deployment of British Nuclear Weapons; Germany: EDIP and Offset; Rhodesia; Negotiations with the European Economic Community 3) Oil Supplies 4) Northern Ireland 5) Rolls­Royce 6) Industrial Affairs: Unemployment; Current Pay Negotiations and Disputes 7) Industrial Relations: Strikes Against the Industrial Relations Bill 8) Agricultural Interim Import Levies 9) Aircraft Industry: Concorde 10) Steel Industry: Structure

CM (71) 16 – 22 March 1971 1) Northern Ireland

CM (71) 17 – 25 March 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: HM Ambassador Montevideo; Sierra Leone; Indo­China 3) Oil Supplies 4) Industrial Affairs: British Rail; Motor Industry; Post Office; Electricity and Gas; General 5) Rolls­Royce 6) Third London Airport 7) Housing Finance: Date of Rent Increases 8) Unemployment Benefit for Occupational Pensioners 9) Steel Industry: British Steel Corporation Prices 10) Coal Prices

CM (71) 18 – 29 March 1971 1) Aircraft Industry: RB 211

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2) The Budget CM (71) 19 – 1 April 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: The Budget 2) Overseas Affairs: East Pakistan; Sierra Leone 3) Industrial Affairs: Motor Industry; Electrical Contracting Industry; British Rail 4) The Civil List 5) Economic Situation 6) Reorganisation of the National Health Service 7) Remuneration of Members of Parliament 8) Selection of Topics for Programme Analysis and Review and the Work of the Central Policy Review Staff 9) Rhodesia

CM (71) 20 – 8 April 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Pakistan; Ceylon; Vietnam 3) Prime Minister’s Visit to Germany 4) Rhodesia 5) Oil Supplies 6) Industrial Affairs: British Rail; Electricity Supply Industry – Pay of Electrical Power Engineers 7) Civil Service Non­Industrial Manpower 8) The Cabinet

CM (71) 21 – 22 April 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Pensions (Increase) Bill 3) Disclosure of Information: Vehicle and General Insurance Company 4) Security in the Palace of Westminster 5) Overseas Affairs: Pakistan; Ceylon; Middle East; Sierra Leone; Irish Republic 6) Industrial Affairs: British Rail; British Overseas Airways Corporation 7) Legislative Programme 1971­72 Session 8) Steel Industry: Structure

CM (71) 22 – 27 April 1971 1) Vehicle and General Insurance Company

CM (71) 23 – 29 April 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: South­East Asia Treaty Organisation; Pakistan; Soviet Union 3) Industrial Affairs: British Rail; British Overseas Airways Corporation; Post Office; Motor Industry; Merchant Navy Officers 4) Aircraft Industry: Concorde; RB­211 5) Armed Forces’ Pay 6) Probation and After­Care Service Pay 7) National Health Insurance: Graduated Prescription Charges

CM (71) 24 – 6 May 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Pakistan; Central Treaty Organisation; The Bahamas; China 3) European Economic Community 4) International Monetary Situation 5) Reorganisation of the National Health Service: Appointment of Health Authorities 6) Industrial Affairs: Post Office; Probation and After­Care Service; Civil Service

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CM (71) 25 – 13 May 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) European Economic Community 3) Rhodesia 4) Immigration Policy: The Patrial Provisions in the Immigration Bill; Admission of Aliens for Employment; United Kingdom Passport Holders in East Africa (UKPHs)

CM (71) 26 – 18 May 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Industrial Relations Bill 2) Overseas Affairs: United Arab Republic; United States Forces in Europe 3) European Economic Community 4) Prime Minister’s Meeting with the President of France 5) 1971 Census: Voluntary Survey of Incomes 6) Security of Personal Records

CM (71) 27 – 24 May 1971 1) European Economic Community

CM (71) 28 – 25 May 1971 1) Pay of the Non­Industrial Civil Service 2) Overseas Affairs: Kidnapping of HM Ambassador, Montevideo, and a British Consul in Argentina

CM (71) 29 – 27 May 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Industrial Relations Bill 2) The Cabinet 3) Overseas Affairs: Pakistan; Trinidad 4) Rhodesia 5) European Economic Community 6) Industrial Affairs: British Steel Corporation: Threatened Strike by Blastfurnacemen 7) Nationalised Industry Policy 8) Gas and Electricity Prices 9) Industrial Civil Service Pay 1971

CM (71) 30 – 10 June 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: European Economic Communities 2) Overseas Affairs: Pakistan; North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; Portugal 3) Upper Clyde Shipbuilders 4) Occupational Pensioners and Unemployment Benefit 5) Non­Industrial Civil Service Pay

CM (71) 31 – 14 June 1971 1) Upper Clyde Shipbuilding

CM (71) 32 – 17 June 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Iceland; Malta; India; Pakistan 3) European Economic Communities: Forthcoming Negotiations; Parliamentary Statement 4) Rhodesia 5) Industrial Affairs: ITV Pay Negotiations 6) Public Safety: Road Bridges

CM (71) 33 – 24 June 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Timetable for Debate on United Kingdom Accession to the European Economic Communities 2) Overseas Affairs: Malta; Expulsion of Diplomatic Staff 3) European Economic Communities 4) Public Expenditure: Education

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CM (71) 34 – 29 June 1971 1) Industrial Affairs: British Steel Corporation: Pay Negotiations 2) Public Expenditure: General; Voluntary Social Service

CM (71) 35 – 30 June 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Common’s Business before the Recess; Lord’s Business before the Recess 2) Industrial Affairs: British Steel Corporation: Pay Negotiations; Nationalised Industry Wage Increases; Pay of the Scientific Civil Service; Private Sector Wage Increases 3) Overseas Affairs: Malta; Pakistan; Italy 4) National Insurance: Proposed Changes in the National Insurance Scheme: Draft White Paper 5) Reconstruction of the National Insurance Scheme: Short­term Benefits; Advance Changes in Earnings­Related Supplement 6) Civil Service Non­Industrial Manpower

CM (71) 36 – 1 July 1971 1) European Economic Communities: Draft White Paper

CM (71) 37 – 8 July 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: The Summer Recess 2) Overseas Affairs: Pakistan; Falkland Islands; Middle East 3) Rhodesia 4) Malta 5) European Economic Communities 6) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Local Authority APTC Grades; Industrial Civil Service Pay; NEDC Meeting 7 July 7) Housing Finance

CM (71) 38 – 15 July 1971 1) Economic Situation 2) Parliamentary Affairs 3) Northern Ireland 4) Overseas Affairs: Malta 5) Industrial Affairs: Teachers’ Pay 6) Prescription Charges 7) Reorganisation of the Scottish Health Service: Draft White Paper

CM (71) 39 – 19 July 1971 1) Economic Situation

CM (71) 40 – 22 July 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: House of Lords 2) Northern Ireland 3) Overseas Affairs: Libya; China; Persian Gulf 4) Malta 5) Industrial Affairs 6) Public Expenditure 7) Voluntary Social Service 8) Armed Forces’ Pay

CM (71) 41 – 27 July 1971 1) National Health Service: Pay of Designated and General Grades 2) Civil Service Non­Industrial Manpower

CM (71) 42 – 28 July 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Libya

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3) Malta 4) Rhodesia 5) Industrial Affairs: Pay of Post Office Engineers; Probation and After Care Service 6) Upper Clyde Shipbuilders 7) Aircraft Industry: RB­211 8) National Health Service: Pay of Designated and General Grades

CM (71) 43 – 3 August 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: China; Pakistan; Rolls­Royce RB 211 Engine 3) Northern Ireland 4) Rhodesia 5) Aircraft Industry: Rolls­Royce M45H Engine 6) Malta 7) Employment of Aliens in Great Britain 8) Student Union Finance 9) British Petroleum Limited

CM (71) 44 – 16 August 1971 1) International Monetary Situation 2) Northern Ireland 3) Malta

CM (71) 45 – 2 September 1971 1) International Monetary Situation 2) Overseas Affairs: Malta; Berlin; India/Pakistan 3) Northern Ireland

CM (71) 46 – 9 September 1971 1) Overseas Affairs: Malta; HM Ambassador Montevideo 2) International Monetary Situation 3) Northern Ireland 4) Recall of Parliament

CM (71) 47 – 21 September 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Middle East; Gibraltar; Malta 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Newspaper Industry 5) Financial Policy for Ports 6) Upper Clyde Shipbuilders 7) London Transport Fares 8) Early Warning System

CM (71) 48 – 29 September 1971 1) Overseas Affairs: Soviet Union 2) Northern Ireland 3) Economic Affairs: London Transport Fares 4) Structure Plans: Form of Inquiry

CM (71) 49 – 12 October 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Japan; Soviet Union 3) Rhodesia 4) Northern Ireland 5) Upper Clyde Shipbuilders 6) Cammell Laird (Shipbuilding and Engineering) Limited 7) Public Expenditure: Defence

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CM (71) 50 – 19 October 1971 1) Public Expenditure: Defence; Civil Expenditure Programmes 2) The Queen’s Speeches on the Prorogation and on the Opening of Parliament 3) Upper Clyde Shipbuilders

CM (71) 51 – 21 October 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Debate on the European Economic Communities 2) The Queen’s Speeches 3) Overseas Affairs: India/Pakistan; The Gulf 4) Statutory Local Authority Committees 5) Review of Government Research and Development 6) Britten Norman Limited

CM (71) 52 – 28 October 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Turkey; China; Cyprus 3) Employment of Aliens in Great Britain 4) Review of Government Research and Development

CM (71) 53 – 4 November 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: India/Pakistan; Far East: Five­Power Defence Arrangements; The Anglican Dean of Johannesburg 3) Industrial Affairs: Heathrow Airport Strike 4) Select Committee on Procedure’s Report on the Process of Legislation 5) Prescription Charges 6) School Milk 7) The State of the Shipbuilding Industry

CM (71) 54 – 8 November 1971 1) Rhodesia

CM (71) 55 – 11 November 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: European Economic Community; Yugoslavia; Belgium; Rhodesia 3) Industrial Affairs: Heathrow Airport Strike; The Coventry Tool Room Agreement 4) Northern Ireland 5) School Milk

CM (71) 56 – 18 November 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Rhodesia 3) Overseas Affairs: The Gulf; India/Pakistan; Thailand 4) Industrial Affairs: Unemployment; Coventry Tool Room Agreement 5) Public Expenditure: Draft White Paper 6) Public Expenditure: Accelerated Industrial Purchases 7) Government Research and Development

CM (71) 57 – 22 November 1971 1) Rhodesia 2) The European Space Research Organisation’s Programme

CM (71) 58 – 23 November 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: India/Pakistan; The Gulf; Middle East; Malta 3) Industrial Affairs: Coventry Tool Room Agreement 4) European Economic Communities: Legislation 5) Rhodesia

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CM (71) 59 – 25 November 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Rhodesia

CM (71) 60 – 30 November 1971 1) Top Salaries Review Body: Report on the Pay of Ministers and Members of Parliament 2) Cotton Textile Imports

CM (71) 61 – 2 December 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: House of Lords 2) Rhodesia 3) Overseas Affairs: The Gulf; India/Pakistan 4) Industrial Affairs: Current Pay Negotiations 5) Concorde 6) The European Space Research Organisation’s Programme 7) Top Salaries Review Body: Report on the Pay of Ministers and Members of Parliament 8) Economic Affairs

CM (71) 62 – 9 December 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: House of Lords 2) School Milk 3) Overseas Affairs: India/Pakistan; Libya; The Gulf; Rhodesia 4) European Economic Community 5) Concorde 6) Nationalised Industry Policy

CM (71) 63 – 14 December 1971 1) Parliamentary Affairs: European Economic Communities: Fisheries Policy; Parliamentary Questions 2) Overseas Affairs: India/Pakistan; The Gulf; NATO 3) Industrial Affairs: National Union of Mineworkers Pay Claim 4) Uprating of National Insurance Benefits 5) Payment of Unemployment Benefit During Periods of Temporary Suspension From Work

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CAB 129/155 Cabinet Memoranda, January­February 1971 (Papers 1­25)

CP (71) 1 – Arms for South Africa. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (71) 2 – Rhodesia: Exchanges with Mr Smith. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (71) 3 – Question Time. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 4 – Treasury Evidence to the Court of Inquiry into Pay in the Electricity Industry. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (71) 5 – Public Expenditure White Paper. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (71) 6 – Reform of Local Government in Scotland. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (71) 7 – Local Government Reform in Wales. Note by the Secretary of State for Wales CP (71) 8 – Statement on the Defence Estimates 1971. Note by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (71) 9 – Statement on the Defence Estimates 1971. Note by the Secretary of State for Defence

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CP (71) 10 – Reform of Local Government in England. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (71) 11 – Local Government Reorganisation. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 12 – Reconstruction of National Insurance. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 13 – Main Proposals for Changes in the National Insurance Scheme and Preservation of Occupational Pension Rights. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 14 – Social Security Bill. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 15 – Legislative Priorities – Session 1971/72. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 16 – Broadcasting Finance. Memorandum by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications CP (71) 17 – The Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS). Note by the Prime Minister CP (71) 18 – Rolls­Royce. Note by the Prime Minister CP (71) 19 – The Wilberforce Report. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (71) 20 – Clyde Port Authority. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (71) 21 – Agricultural Interim Import Levies: Negotiations with the United States. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 22 – Cabinet Business. Note by the Prime Minister CP (71) 23 – Annual Review of the Agricultural Industry 1971. Note by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 24 – Aircraft Industry: The RB­211. Note by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (71) 25 – Interim Agricultural Import Levies. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

CAB 129/156 Cabinet Memoranda, March­April 1971 (Papers 26­50)

CP (71) 26 – Reconstruction of National Insurance. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 27 – Social Security Review 1971. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 28 – Supplementary Benefit in Trade Disputes. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 29 – Commercial Radio. Memorandum by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications CP (71) 30 – Supplementary Benefit in Trade Disputes. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (71) 31 – Concorde. Memorandum by the Minister of Aviation Supply CP (71) 32 – Annual Review and Determination of Guarantees 1971. Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food CP (71) 33 – Unemployment Benefit for Occupational Pensioners. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 34 – The Third London Airport. Note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 35 – Commercial Radio: Draft White Paper. Note by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications CP (71) 36 – Date of Rent Increases Under the Reform of Housing Finance. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (71) 37 – British Steel Corporation Prices. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (71) 38 – Structure of the Steel Industry. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (71) 39 – Public Expenditure Forecasts. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (71) 40 – RB 211. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (71) 41 – RB 211. Note by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (71) 42 – Reorganisation of the National Health Service. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 43 – Selection of Topics for Programme Analysis and Review. Memorandum by the

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Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (71) 44 – The Work of the Central Policy Review Staff. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (71) 45 – Civil Service Non­Industrial Manpower. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 46 – The Civil List. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (71) 47 – Remuneration of Members of Parliament. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 48 – Civil Service Non­Industrial Manpower. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor CP (71) 49 – Government Organisation for Defence Procurement and Civil Aerospace. Note by the Prime Minister CP (71) 50 – The 1971 Increases and Other Changes in Social Security Benefits: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Social Services

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CAB 129/157 Cabinet Memoranda, April­June 1971 (Papers 51­75)

CP (71) 51 – Legislative Programme – 1971­72 Session. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 52 – Armed Forces’ Pay. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (71) 53 – Pay Settlements and Negotiations in the Public Sector. Note by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (71) 54 – Probation and After­Care Service Pay. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 55 – Graduated Prescription Charges. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 56 – Reorganisation of the National Health Services: Appointment of Health Authorities. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 57 – International Labour Organisation. Convention No. 100 and Recommendation No. 90 Concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (71) 58 – Immigration Policy. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 59 – 1971 Census: Voluntary Survey of Incomes. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 60 – Salary Review Bodies. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 61 – Services for the Mentally Handicapped. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services and the Secretary of State for Wales CP (71) 62 – Nationalised Industry Policy. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (71) 63 – Industrial Civil Service Pay 1971. Note by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 64 – Gas and Electricity Prices. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (71) 65 – Gas and Electricity Prices. Note by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (71) 66 – Occupational Pensioners and Unemployment Benefit. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 67 – International Labour Organisation: Conventions and Recommendations. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (71) 68 – Public Expenditure to 1975­76. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer

CP (71) 69 – 1971 Public Expenditure Review: Health and Personal Social Services. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 70 – Legal Advice and Assistance. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor CP (71) 71 – Educational Building Programmes 1973­74 to 1975­76. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science CP (71) 72 – Public Expenditure: Voluntary Social Service. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 73 – Report of Public Expenditure Survey Committee 1971. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (71) 74 – Reconstruction of National Insurance Scheme Short­Term Benefits: Advance

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Changes in Earnings­Related Supplement. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 75 – Proposed Changes in the National Insurance Scheme: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services

CAB 129/158 Cabinet Memoranda, June­August 1971 (Papers 76­100)

CP (71) 76 – European Economic Communities: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (71) 77 – Civil Service Non­Industrial Manpower. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 78 – Reform of Housing Finance in England and Wales: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales CP (71) 79 – Government Industrial Establishments Engaged in Production: Draft White Paper. Note by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 80 – Reform of Housing Finance in Scotland: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (71) 81 – Housing Finance: Questions of Timing. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 82 – Programme Analysis and Review. Memorandum by the Prime Minister CP (71) 83 – Prescription Charges. Memorandum by the Secretaries of State for Social Services, for Scotland and for Wales CP (71) 84 – Reorganisation of the Scottish Health Services: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (71) 85 – Armed Forces’ Pay. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (71) 86 – Voluntary Social Service. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 87 – Public Expenditure to 1975­76: Report on Proposed Additions. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (71) 88 – Report of Select Committee on Science and Technology on Population: Draft White Paper. Note by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 89 – National Health Service: Pay of Designated and General Grades. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 90 – Civil Service Non­Industrial Manpower. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 91 – Local Government Finance: Draft Green Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for the Environment, the Secretary of State for Wales, and the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (71) 92 – Employment of Aliens in Great Britain. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (71) 93 – RB 211 – Continuing Work Beyond 8 August. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (71) 94 – The Dispersal Review. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 95 – Shipbuilding on the Upper Clyde. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (71) 96 – Early Warning System. Note by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (71) 97 – Rolls­Royce M45H Engine for the German VFW 614 Aircraft. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (71) 98 – Financing of Student Unions. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science CP (71) 99 – Review of Government Strategy. Note by the Prime Minister CP (71) 100 – The European Economic Communities. Memorandum by the Prime Minister

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CAB 129/159 Cabinet Memoranda, September­November 1971 (Papers 101­135)

CP (71) 101 – Financial Policy for Ports. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (71) 102 – Structure Plans: Form of Inquiry. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for

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the Environment CP (71) 103 – Public Expenditure Review. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (71) 104 – Government Strategy: Sectoral Notes. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (71) 105 – Presentation of Civil Service Manpower Figures. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 106 – Public Presentation of Government Policies. Note by the Prime Minister CP (71) 107 – Defence Budget Targets. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (71) 108 – Public Expenditure Review. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS) CP (71) 109 – Upper Clyde Shipbuilders. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (71) 110 – INTELSTAT. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (71) 111 – The Queen’s Speech on the Prorogation of Parliament. Note by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 112 – The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament. Note by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 113 – Defence Budget – Additional Expenditure on Equipment to Relieve Unemployment. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (71) 114 – Upper Clyde Shipbuilders. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (71) 115 – Review of Government Research and Development. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 116 – Statutory Local Authority Committees. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 117 – The Queen’s Speech on the Prorogation of Parliament. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (71) 118 – The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (71) 119 – Criminal Justice Bill. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 120 – Employment of Aliens in Great Britain. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (71) 121 – Select Committee on Procedure’s Report on the Process of Legislation. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 122 – School Milk. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (71) 123 – School Milk. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Wales CP (71) 124 – Prescription Charges. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales CP (71) 125 – School Milk. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science

CP (71) 126 – The State of the Shipbuilding Industry. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (71) 127 – Rhodesian Negotiations: The Principles and the Constitution. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (71) 128 – Rhodesia: Options in the Event of Failure to Achieve a Settlement. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (71) 129 – The Hunter Report on Scottish Salmon and Fresh Water Fisheries: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (71) 130 – School Milk: Alternative Suggestions. Note by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (71) 131 – The European Space Research Organisation’s Programme. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 132 – Government Research and Development. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (71) 133 – Northern Ireland: The Compton Report. Note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (71) 134 – Programme Analysis and Review. Note by the Prime Minister CP (71) 135 – Acceleration of Industrial Expenditure. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer

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CAB 129/160 Cabinet Memoranda, November­December 1971 (Papers 136­156)

CP (71) 136 – Public Expenditure to 1975­76: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (71) 137 – European Legislation. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 138 – Rhodesian Negotiations. Memorandum by the Solicitor General CP (71) 139 – Rhodesia. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (71) 140 – Concorde. Memorandum by the Head of the Central Policy Review Staff CP (71) 141 – Top Salaries Review Body: Report on the Pay of Ministers and Members of Parliament. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (71) 142 – Cotton Textile Imports. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (71) 143 – The European Space Research Organisation’s Programme. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal

CP (71) 144 – Concorde. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (71) 145 – Concorde. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (71) 146 – Civil List. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (71) 147 – Trade Union Attitudes to the Implementation of the Industrial Relations Act. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (71) 148 – The Development of Government Organisation. Memorandum by the Prime Minister CP (71) 149 – Nationalised Industry Policy. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (71) 150 – Programme Analysis and Review: Selection of Topics for 1972. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (71) 151 – Publication of Programme Analysis and Review Material. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (71) 152 – Rolls­Royce: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (71) 153 – Upratings of National Insurance Benefits. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 154 – Uprating of National Insurance Benefits. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (71) 155 – Payment of Unemployment Benefit During Periods of Temporary Suspension from Work. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (71) 156 – Restrictive Practices in the Supply of Professional Services. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

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CAB 128/48 Confidential Annexes, February­October 1972 CM (72) Series (Annexes) Confidential Minutes on Northern Ireland

A limited number of items released on 1 January 2003 are included here:

CM (72) 5 – Northern Ireland, 3 February 1972 CM (72) 7 – Northern Ireland, 17 February 1972 CM (72) 9 – Northern Ireland, 22 February 1972 CM (72) 11 – Northern Ireland, 2 March 1972 CM (72) 13 – Northern Ireland, 7 March 1972 CM (72) 14 – Northern Ireland, 9 March 1972 CM (72) 15 – Northern Ireland, 14 March 1972 CM (72) 18 – Northern Ireland, 23 March 1972 CM (72) 19 – Northern Ireland, 28 March 1972 CM (72) 20 – Northern Ireland, 13 April 1972 CM (72) 22 – Northern Ireland, 20 April 1972 CM (72) 23 – Northern Ireland, 27 April 1972 CM (72) 26 – Northern Ireland, 18 May 1972 CM (72) 30 – Northern Ireland, 15 June 1972

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CM (72) 31 – Northern Ireland, 22 June 1972 CM (72) 33 – Northern Ireland, 29 June 1972 CM (72) 34 – Northern Ireland, 6 July 1972 CM (72) 36 – Northern Ireland, 13 July 1972 CM (72) 37 – Northern Ireland, 20 July 1972 CM (72) 38 – Northern Ireland, 27 July 1972 CM (72) 46 – Northern Ireland, 25 October 1972

Much sensitive material contained in these Most Confidential Records remains closed to research. The files have not yet been released.

CAB 128/50 Cabinet Conclusions, January­December 1972 CM (72) Series (Meetings 1­59) with Subject Index

CM (71) 1 – 11 January 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Bangladesh; Malta 3) Industrial Affairs: Coal Miners’ Strike 4) Metrication: Draft White Paper 5) Local Elections: Minimum Age for Candidates

CM (71) 2 – 18 January 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Industrial Affairs: Coal Miners’ Strike 3) Broadcasting: Independent Television and Control over Broadcasting Hours 4) Publication of Programme Analysis and Review Material

CM (72) 3 – 20 January 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Rhodesia; Bangladesh; Ghana 3) Industrial Affairs: Coal Miners’ Strike; Unemployment; Motor and Heating and Ventilation Industries 4) European Economic Community 5) European Communities Bill 6) Danger from Maritime Cargoes

CM (72) 4 – 27 January 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: European Communities Bill 2) Overseas Affairs: British Honduras; Rhodesia; Bangladesh; Sharjah 3) Malta 4) Industrial Affairs: Coalminers’ Strike 5) Statement on the Defence Estimates, 1972 6) Restrictive Practices in the Supply of Professional Services

CM (72) 5 – 3 February 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: European Communities Bill 2) Overseas Affairs: Irish Republic; Bangladesh 3) Northern Ireland 4) Malta 5) Security of Downing Street 6) Industrial Affairs: Coalminers’ Strike; Non­industrial Civil Service: Central Pay Increase

CM (72) 6 – 10 February 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Malta 3) Industrial Affairs: Coalminers’ Strike 4) United Kingdom Policies in an Enlarged European Community

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5) Site of the European Patent Office

CM (72) 7 – 17 February 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) European Economic Communities: European Communities Bill 3) Northern Ireland: The Parker Report 4) Rhodesia 5) Overseas Affairs: Cyprus 6) Malta 7) Industrial Affairs: Coalminers’ Pay Dispute

CM (72) 8 – 18 February 1972 1) Industrial Affairs: Coalminers’ Strike

CM (72) 9 – 22 February 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs

CM (72) 10 – 24 February 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Northern Ireland Bill 2) Shipbuilding 3) Monopolies, Mergers and Restrictive Practices Bill 4) Overseas Affairs: Cyprus; Visit of the President of the United States to China; Spain; Pakistan; Qatar; New Zealand 5) Industrial Affairs: Unemployment; Coalminers’ Strike; Pay Policy after the Wilberforce Recommendations 6) Future Administration of Magistrates’ Courts

CM (72) 11 – 2 March 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: European Communities Bill; The Parker Report 2) Overseas Affairs: Turkey: Imprisonment of British Subject; Spain 3) Industrial Affairs: National Coal Board Finances; Railway Pay Negotiations 4) Northern Ireland

CM (72) 12 – 6 March 1972 1) Industrial Affairs: Railway Pay Negotiations

CM (72) 13 – 7 March 1972 1) Northern Ireland

CM (72) 14 – 9 March 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Housing (Finance) Bill 2) Overseas Affairs: British Honduras; Cyprus; Pakistan 3) Industrial Affairs: Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations; Unemployment and Trade Figures 4) Post­Apollo Programme 5) Northern Ireland

CM (72) 15 – 14 March 1972 1) Northern Ireland 2) Industrial Affairs: Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations

CM (72) 16 – 16 March 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Northern Ireland 3) Overseas Affairs: Rhodesia; Jordan 4) Industrial Affairs: Industrial Relations Act; Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations 5) Civil Service Non­Industrial Manpower 6) Post­Apollo Programme

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7) Supplementary Benefits Payment in Strikes

CM (72) 17 – 20 March 1972 1) The Budget CM (72) 18 – 23 March 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: The Budget 2) Overseas Affairs: Iran; Pakistan; Israel 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations

CM (72) 19 – 28 March 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Turkey; British Honduras 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations

CM (72) 20 – 13 April 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: St. Vincent; Vietnam; Tanzania; Rhodesia; Iran 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations 5) Report of the Review Body on Armed Forces Pay and Allowances 6) Government Strategy, the Work of the Central Policy Review Staff and the Early Warning System

CM (72) 21 – 17 April 1972 1) Industrial Affairs: Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations CM (72) 22 – 20 April 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: European Communities Bill 2) Overseas Affairs: Germany; Vietnam; St. Vincent; Seychelles 3) Northern Ireland 4) Shipbuilding Industry: Cammell Laird Ltd 5) Industrial Affairs: Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations

CM (72) 23 – 27 April 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: European Communities Bill 2) Overseas Affairs: Germany; Vietnam; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: British European Airways Pilots’ Pay Negotiations; Airline Corporation’s Ground Staff Pay Negotiations; Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations; British Steel Corporation Manual Workers’ Pay Negotiations 5) Promotion of Council House Sales and Land Availability and House Prices 6) Steel Industry: British Steel Corporation: Long­Term Review 7) International Telephone Exchange Equipment

CM (72) 24 – 4 May 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: The Legislative Programme 1971­72 Session 2) Northern Ireland 3) Overseas Affairs: Vietnam; India/Pakistan; Germany 4) Rhodesia 5) Industrial Affairs: Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations; Industrial Action in the Docks 6) Steel Industry: British Steel Corporation: Long­Term Review 7) Legislative Programme 1972­73 Session

CM (72) 25 – 11 May 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Industrial Affairs: Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations

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CM (72) 26 – 18 May 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) The Legislative Programme 1971­72 Session 3) Overseas Affairs: Vietnam; Germany 4) Rhodesia 5) Northern Ireland 6) Industrial Affairs: Unemployment Statistics; Industrial Action in the Docks; Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations 7) Allocation of Funds to the Research Councils 8) First Report on Top Public Servants by the Top Salaries Review Body

CM (72) 27 – 22 May 1972 1) Rhodesia

CM (72) 28 – 25 May 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Parliamentary Questions 2) Overseas Affairs: Rhodesia; Vietnam; Iceland; UNCTAD 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations; Industrial Action in the Docks 5) Prescription Charges

CM (72) 29 – 6 June 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: The Legislative Programme, 1971­72 Session 2) Overseas Affairs: Iraq; Visit of the United States President to the Soviet Union; Vietnam; Soviet Union; North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; Central Treaty Organisation: Japan 3) Industrial Affairs: Industrial Action in the Docks; Railwaymen’s Pay Negotiations CM (72) 30 – 15 June 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Rhodesia 2) Overseas Affairs: Libya; Iceland; Iraq 3) Industrial Affairs: Industrial Action in the Docks 4) Northern Ireland 5) Pakistan and Bangladesh

CM (72) 31 – 22 June 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Unoccupied Office Properties; Reports of Salary Review Bodies 2) Select Committee on Procedure: Report on Matters Sub Judice 3) Overseas Affairs: Icelandic Fisheries Dispute 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: Unemployment Statistics; Industrial Action in the Docks; Pay Settlements; Redundancies in the Steel Industry 6) Economic Policy

CM (72) 32 – 27 June 1972 1) The Tax­Credit System: Draft Green Paper 2) Select Committee on Procedure: Report on Matters Sub Judice 3) Financial Support for International Computers Limited 4) Overseas Affairs: Icelandic Fisheries Dispute 5) Economic Situation: Exchange Rate Policy

CM (72) 33 – 29 June 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Iran; South­East Asia Treaty Organisation; Bangladesh 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Unemployment Statistics; Pay of the Industrial Civil Service 5) Housing Finance Bill

CM (72) 34 – 6 July 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Northern Ireland Legislation; Business in the

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House of Lords 2) Allegations of Financial Corruption in Public Life 3) Overseas Affairs: France; India/Pakistan; Korea; Antigua; Icelandic Fisheries Dispute; Japan 4) European Economic Community: Paper 5) Northern Ireland 6) Industrial Affairs: Meeting with TUC General Council; Industrial Action in the Docks; Pay of the Industrial Civil Service 7) Post­Apollo and Future European Space Programmes

CM (72) 35 – 11 July 1972 1) Reorganisation of the Nuclear Industry

CM (72) 36 – 13 July 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Business in the House of Lords 2) Overseas Affairs: Icelandic Fisheries Dispute; Australia/New Zealand; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Afghanistan 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Meetings with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress; Unemployment Statistics; Civil Service Pay; Monopolies Commission Report 5) Public Expenditure to 1976­77 6) European Communities: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Draft Instruments 7) Allegations of Financial Corruption in Public Life

CM (72) 37 – 20 July 1972 1) The Government 2) Parliamentary Affairs: Framework for Government Research and Development 3) Overseas Affairs: Egypt; Olympic Games 4) European Economic Community: The Summit; EFTA Non­Candidates; International Monetary Reform 5) Northern Ireland 6) Industrial Affairs: Unemployment Statistics; Pay of National Health Service Electricians; Pay of the Industrial Civil Service; Windeyer Report 7) The Docks Dispute 8) Reorganisation of the National Health Service

CM (72) 38 – 27 July 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Egypt; Spain 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Docks Dispute 5) Further Provision for Heating in the Supplementary Benefits Scheme

CM (72) 39 – 1 August 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Malta; Egypt 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Civil Emergencies Arrangements; The Docks Strike 5) Housing Finance Act CM (72) 40 – 8 August 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Uganda; Antigua 3) Industrial Affairs: The Dock Strike; Meetings with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress; Pay of the Industrial Civil Service 4) Economic Situation 5) The Future of the Nuclear Industry 6) Industrial Training 7) Legislative Programme 1972­73 Session 8) Civil Service Manpower

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9) Runway Sites for the Third London Airport

CM (72) 41 – 7 September 1972 1) United Kingdom Passport Holders in Uganda: Diplomatic Action; Resettlement Outside the United Kingdom; Direct Pressure on Uganda; Transport; Reception and Resettlement; Local Authorities; The Employment Voucher Scheme; Immigration Policy in the Longer Term

CM (72) 42 – 21 September 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Japan; Uganda; Iceland; Bahamas; Middle East 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Meetings with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress; Pay of Industrial Civil Service 5) Public Security

CM (72) 43 – 29 September 1972 1) Overseas Affairs: Uganda 2) Northern Ireland 3) Public Security 4) Industrial Affairs: Meeting with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress; Pay of the Industrial Civil Service 5) Housing Finance Act

CM (72) 44 – 6 October 1972 1) Overseas Affairs: Uganda; Iceland; Visit of the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary to the United States; Egypt 2) Prime Minister’s Visit to Italy 3) Industrial Affairs: Meetings with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress 4) Television of the Proceedings of the House of Commons 5) 1973 Revaluation for Rates CM (72) 45 – 17 October 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Icelandic Fisheries Dispute; Uganda 3) Industrial Affairs: Meetings with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress 4) 1973 Revaluation for Rates 5) The Queen’s Speeches on the Prorogation and on the Opening of Parliament 6) Northern Ireland: A Paper for Discussion 7) Law and Order: Visit of The Queen to Stirling University

CM (72) 46 – 25 October 1972 1) Overseas Affairs: Icelandic Fisheries Dispute; Vietnam 2) European Summit Meeting 3) The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: Meetings with the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress; Pay Negotiations in the Electricity Supply Industry 6) Housing Finance Act

CM (72) 47 – 30 October 1972 1) Industrial Affairs

CM (72) 48 – 2 November 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Antigua; Icelandic Fisheries Dispute; Uganda 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Discussions between the Government, the

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Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress 5) Reyrolle Parsons Group 6) Rate Support Grant 1973­74

CM (72) 49 – 3 November 1972 1) Industrial Affairs: Discussions between the Government, the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress

CM (72) 50 – 7 November 1972 1) The Government 2) Measures to Restrain Inflation: Parliamentary timetable for the Counter­Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Bill; Government Information Services; Operation of the Standstill; Preparations for the Second Stage 3) Foreign Secretary’s Visit to Peking CM (72) 51 – 9 November 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Parliamentary Timetable for the Counter­Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Bill; Preparations for the Second Stage; Legislative Programme 1972­73 2) Overseas Affairs: Germany; United States; Uganda 3) Industrial Affairs: National Industrial Relations Court Judgment in the Case of Mr James Goad; Measures to Restrain Inflation 4) Rate Support Grant 1973­74

CM (72) 52 – 15 November 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Motions Relating to the Immigration Rules for Control of Entry and Control after Entry; Local Government Boundary Order; Legislative Programme 1972­73 2) Overseas Affairs: Icelandic Fisheries Dispute 3) Industrial Affairs: Measures to Restrain Inflation; Housing Finance Act 4) Civil Liability for Personal Injury 5) Whitehall Redevelopment 6) Public Expenditure to 1976­77

CM (72) 53 – 23 November 1972 1) The Queen 2) Parliamentary Affairs: Prices and Incomes Policy; Opposition Motion Relating to Children Damaged by the Drug Thalidomide; Opposition Motion on Axle Weights and Size of Lorries; Immigration Policy 3) Industrial Affairs: One­day Strike by ASLEF; Industrial Action in the Docks 4) Civil Liability for Personal Injury

CM (72) 54 – 30 November 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Icelandic Fisheries Dispute; Spain; New Zealand/Australia; United Nations 3) Industrial Affairs: Value Added Tax; Agricultural Wages; Ban on Lamb Exports 4) Policy on Education 5) Parliamentary Questions on the Activities of the Institutions of the European Communities 6) Report of the Select Committee on Parliamentary Questions 7) Defaults on the Housing Finance Acts

CM (72) 55 – 5 December 1972 1) Coal Policy

CM (72) 56 – 7 December 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Value Added Tax; 1973 Revaluation for Rating; Presentation of Major Government Policies 2) Overseas Affairs: New Zealand/Australia 3) Industrial Affairs: The Case of Mr James Goad; Industrial Action in the

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Docks; Industrial Action by National Health Service Ancillary Workers; Strike by Asian Hosiery Workers; Agricultural Workers’ Pay 4) Coal Policy 5) Immigration Policy 6) Relocation of Defence Facilities from Shoeburyness

CM (72) 57 – 12 December 1972 1) Immigration Policy 2) Changes in Assisted Areas 3) Pay of Gas Manual Workers 4) European Communities: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Draft Instruments 5) Designation of British Members of the European Parliament

CM (72) 58 – 14 December 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Retirement Pensioners (Protection of Christmas Bonus) – Ten Minute Rule Bill; European Communities; Parliamentary Scrutiny of Draft Instruments; Designation of British Members of the European Parliament; Northern Ireland 2) Overseas Affairs: Uganda 3) Industrial Affairs: The Case of Mr James Goad 4) Pay of Gas Manual Workers 5) Public Expenditure 6) Legislative Programme 1972­73 7) Heavy Lorries: European Community: Negotiations in Brussels 8) Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury: Proposed Royal Commission 9) Defaults on the Housing Finance Acts 10) Non­Industrial Civil Service Manpower 11) British Steel Corporation: Development Strategy

CM (72) 59 – 20 December 1972 1) Parliamentary Affairs: National Health Service Reorganisation Bill 2) British Steel Corporation: Development Strategy

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CAB 129/161 Cabinet Memoranda, January­March 1972 (Papers 1­25)

CP (72) 1 – A Second Service of Independent Television: and Control over the Number of Hours of Broadcasting. Memorandum by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications CP (72) 2 – Metrication: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 3 – Local Elections: Minimum Age for Candidates. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (72) 4 – Malta: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (72) 5 – Parliamentary Procedures on European Community Matters. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (72) 6 – Acceleration of Industrial Expenditure Proposal to order Nimrod Aircraft. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 7 – The Electricity Bill: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 8 – European Communities Bill. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster CP (72) 9 – Restrictive Practices in the Supply of Professional Services. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 10 – Statement on the Defence Estimates 1972. Note by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (72) 11 – Restrictive Practices in the Supply of Professional Services. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor

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CP (72) 12 – European Convention on Human Rights. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (72) 13 – Site of the European Patent Office. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster CP (72) 14 – European Patent Office. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (72) 15 – United Kingdom Policies in an Enlarged European Community. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster CP (72) 16 – Early Warning System. Note by the Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS) CP (72) 17 – Government Strategy. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (72) 18 – Central Policy Review Staff. Review of First Year and Proposals for 1972­73. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (72) 19 – Future Administration of Magistrates’ Courts. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor CP (72) 20 – The Future Administration of the Magistrates’ Courts. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (72) 21 – Policy Guidance to the Civil Aviation Authority: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 22 – Pay Policy after Coal. Note by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (72) 23 – The Post­Apollo Programme. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 24 – The Post­Apollo Programme. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (72) 25 – The Parker Report. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet

CAB 129/162 Cabinet Memoranda, March­May 1972 (Papers 26­50)

CP (72) 26 – Northern Ireland. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (72) 27 – Civil Service Non­Industrial Manpower. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (72) 28 – British Railways’ Pay Claim. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 29 – Effects of Industrial Action by Railway Unions. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 30 – Effect of a Possible Rail Strike on Electricity and Other Consequences. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 31 – Rail Dispute: Use of Powers in Industrial Relations Act. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (72) 32 – The Law Relating to Picketing in England and Wales. Memorandum by the Attorney General CP (72) 33 – The Public Trustee Office. Note by the Lord Chancellor CP (72) 34 – The Post­Apollo Programme and United Kingdom Space and Aerospace Activities. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 35 – Post­Apollo Programme. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (72) 36 – Annual Review and Determination of Guarantee 1972. Note by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food CP (72) 37 – Supplementary Benefit Payments in Strikes. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (72) 38 – Industrial and Regional Development. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 39 – First Report on Top Public Servants by the Top Salaries Review Body. Note by the Lord Privy Seal CP (72) 40 – Implications of Industrial Action by the Rail Unions. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (72) 41 – Report of the Review Body on Armed Forces’ Pay and Allowances. Note by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (72) 42 – British Steel Corporation: Long­Term Review. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 43 – The 1972 Review of Social Security Benefit and Associated Changes: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (72) 44 – Report of the Widgery Tribunal. Note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (72) 45 – International Telephone Exchange Equipment. Memorandum by the Minister of

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Posts and Telecommunications CP (72) 46 – Promotion of Council House Sales. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 47 – Legislative Programme 1972­73 Session. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (72) 48 – Programme of Legislative Business 1971­72. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (72) 49 – Review of Government Strategy. Note by the Prime Minister CP (72) 50 – Objectives and Priorities for Resource Allocation in Social Affairs. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS)

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CAB 129/163 Cabinet Memoranda, May­July 1972 (Papers 51­75)

CP (72) 51 – First Report on Top Public Servants by the Top Salaries Review Body. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (72) 52 – The Future Allocation of Funds to the Research Councils. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (72) 53 – Future Financing of the Research Councils. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science CP (72) 54 – Public Presentation of Government Policy. Memorandum by the Prime Minister CP (72) 55 – Rhodesia: The Pearce Report. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (72) 56 – Prescription Charges. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services and the Secretary of State for Wales

CP (72) 57 – Northern Ireland: Financial Arrangements and Legislation: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (72) 58 – Pakistan and Bangladesh. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (72) 59 – Northern Ireland: A Round Table Conference. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland CP (72) 60 – Northern Ireland: Local Government Reform and Proportional Representation. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland CP (72) 61 – The Tax­Credit System: Draft Green Paper. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (72) 62 – Report of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (72) 63 – Icelandic Fisheries Dispute. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (72) 64 – Financial Support for the International Computers Limited. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 65 – International Computers Limited. Note by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (72) 66 – International Labour Organisation. Conventions and Recommendations: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (72) 67 – Select Committee on Procedure’s Report on Matters Sub Judice. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (72) 68 – Default on the Housing Finance Bill. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales CP (72) 69 – Reorganisation of the Nuclear Industry. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 70 – Post­Apollo and Future European Space Programmes. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (72) 71 – Post­Apollo and Future European Space Programme. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 72 – Public Expenditure to 1976­77. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (72) 73 – The Reorganisation of the Nuclear Industry. Note by the Secretary of State for

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Trade and Industry CP (72) 74 – Framework for Government Research and Development. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (72) 75 – Public Expenditure to 1976­77. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff

CAB 129/164 Cabinet Memoranda, July­October 1972 (Papers 76­100)

CP (72) 76 – European Communities: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Draft Instruments. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (72) 77 – Land Tenure Reform in Scotland. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (72) 78 – Rent Increases under the Housing Finance Bill. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales CP (72) 79 – National Health Service Reorganisation. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (72) 80 – Reorganisation of the National Health Service in Wales. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Wales CP (72) 81 – The Docks Dispute. Note by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (72) 82 – Further Provision for Heating in the Supplementary Benefits Scheme. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (72) 83 – Default on the Housing Finance Bill. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales CP (72) 84 – Civil Emergencies. Note by the Prime Minister CP (72) 85 – Runway Sites for the Third London Airport. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Lord President of the Council CP (72) 86 – Tax­Credit Scheme: Draft Green Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Lord President of the Council CP (72) 87 – Civil Service Manpower. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (72) 88 – WITHDRAWN FROM CIRCULATION CP (72) 89 – Legislative Programme 1972­73 Session. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Lord President of the Council CP (72) 90 – The Future of the Nuclear Industry. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 91 – United Kingdom Passport Holders in Uganda. Note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Lord President of the Council CP (72) 92 – Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (72) 93 – Prices and Incomes Policy: Discussions with the CBI and TUC. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (72) 94 – Default on the Housing Finance Act in England. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 95 – Housing Finance Act 1972. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Wales CP (72) 96 – Winter Heating Payments. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (72) 97 – Winter Heating Payments. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (72) 98 – Official Secrets Act. Note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Lord President of the Council CP (72) 99 – Tripartite Meetings with the CBI and TUC: The Government’s Proposals. Memorandum by the Prime Minister CP (72) 100 – Television of the Proceedings of the House of Commons. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Lord President of the Council

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CAB 129/165 Cabinet Memoranda, October­November 1972 (Papers 101­125)

CP (72) 101 – 1973 Revaluation for Rates. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment

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CP (72) 102 – Development and Compensation – Putting People First: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 103 – Agricultural Marketing and Horticultural Marketing: Draft Green Paper. Note by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food CP (72) 104 – 1973 Revaluation for Rates. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 105 – Rate Support Grant Negotiations 1972. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 106 – The Queen’s Speech on the Prorogation of Parliament. Note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Lord President of the Council CP (72) 107 – The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament. Note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Lord President of the Council CP (72) 108 – Northern Ireland: Paper for Discussion. Note by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland CP (72) 109 – The Queen’s Speech on the Prorogation of Parliament. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (72) 110 – Default on the Housing Finance Act in England. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment

CP (72) 111 – Housing Finance Act – Default Procedure. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Wales CP (72) 112 – Social Security Bill: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (72) 113 – The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (72) 114 – Rate Support Grant 1973­74. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 115 – Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Bill. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (72) 116 – Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Bill. Note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Lord President of the Council CP (72) 117 – Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Bill. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (72) 118 – A Fleeting Visit to Peking. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (72) 119 – Rate Support Grant Negotiations. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 120 – Whitehall Redevelopment. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (72) 121 – Public Expenditure to 1976­77. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (72) 122 – Public Expenditure to 1976­77. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (72) 123 – Civil Liability for Personal Injury. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (72) 124 – Ministerial Responsibilities for Europe. Memorandum by the Prime Minister CP (72) 125 – Report of the Working Party on Unemployment Statistics. Note by the Secretary of State for Employment

CAB 129/166 Cabinet Memoranda, November­December 1972 (Papers 126­157)

CP (72) 126 – Review of Government Strategy. Note by the Prime Minister CP (72) 127 – Report of the Select Committee on Parliamentary Questions. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (72) 128 – Report of the Joint Committee on Delegated Legislation (The Brooke Committee). Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (72) 129 – Civil Liability for Personal Injury – Proposed Royal Commission. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor CP (72) 130 – Housing Finance Act 1972 – Default Procedure. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Wales CP (72) 131 – Parliamentary Questions on the Activities of the Institutions of the European

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Communities. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (72) 132 – Default in England on the Housing Finance Act. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 133 – Education: A Framework for Advance. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Education and Science CP (72) 134 – Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972: Default by Local Authorities, Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (72) 135 – Coal Policy. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 136 – White Paper on Educational Policy in Scotland. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (72) 137 – Area Excluded from Parliamentary Commissioner’s Investigation: Observations by the Government. Note by the Lord Privy Seal CP (72) 138 – Relocation of Defence Facilities from Shoeburyness. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (72) 139 – Designation of British Members of the European Parliament. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (72) 140 – European Communities: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Draft Instruments. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (72) 141 – Observations on the Second and Third Reports from the Select Committee on Science and Technology, 1971­72: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 142 – Government’s Observations on the First and Fourth Reports on the Select Committee on Science and Technology 1971­72. Note by the Lord Privy Seal CP (72) 143 – Mass Expulsions on the Uganda Model. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (72) 144 – Coal Policy: Revised Draft Statement. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 145 – Changes in Assisted Areas. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (72) 146 – Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury: Proposed Royal Commission. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor CP (72) 147 – Public Expenditure: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (72) 148 – Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 Default by Local Authorities. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (72) 149 – The Legislative Programme for 1972­73. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (72) 150 – Civil Service Manpower. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (72) 151 – Heavy Lorries. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 152 – British Steel Corporation: Development Strategy to the Early 1980’s. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 153 – Report on the Fire at Coldharbour Hospital. Note by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (72) 154 – Default under the Housing Finance Act in England. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (72) 155 – British Steel Corporation Development Proposals Note on the Employment Implications of Major Options. Note by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (72) 156 – British Steel Corporation: Development Strategy. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (72) 157 – Reply to the Sixth Report of the Expenditure Committee: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

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CAB 128/51 Cabinet Conclusions, January­April 1973 CM (73) Series (Meetings 1­22)

CM (73) 1 – 9 January 1973 1) Pay and Prices: The Next Phase

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CM (73) 2 – 15 January 1973 1) Pay and Prices: The Next Phase

CM (73) 3 – 23 January 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Penalties for Murder Bill; Export of Animals (Control) Bill; Interim Review by the Boundary Commission for England 2) Economic Affairs: The Programme for Controlling Inflation: The Second Stage 3) Immigration Policy: Immigration Rules; Work Permits; United Kingdom Passport Holders

CM (73) 4 – 30 January 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Export of Animals (Control) Bill 2) Overseas Affairs: Vietnam; Europe; Conference on Security and Co­operation; Rhodesia 3) European Community Affairs 4) Industrial Affairs: Programme for Controlling Inflation: The Second Stage 5) Public Expenditure: Priorities and Control

CM (73) 5 – 8 February 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Immigration Rules; European Communities: Debates on Draft Instruments; Anti­Discrimination (No. 2) Bill; Overseas Pensions Bill 2) Economic Affairs: Counter­Inflationary Policies; Bank of England 3) Overseas Affairs: Africa 4) The Prime Minister’s Visit to the United States of America 5) European Community Affairs 6) Northern Ireland 7) Defaults on the Housing Finance Acts 8) Industrial Affairs: Industrial Action in the Gas Industry; Strike of British Road Services Drivers

CM (73) 6 – 13 February 1973 1) International Monetary Situation 2) The Future of Broadcasting 3) The New Parliamentary Building

CM (73) 7 – 15 February 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Counter­Inflation Bill; Economic Affairs; Inflationary Policies: International Monetary Situation 2) Overseas Affairs: Malta; Vietnam 3) Northern Ireland 4) European Community Affairs 5) Industrial Affairs: Supplementary Benefits for Strikers; Industrial Action in the Gas Industry; Meeting with the General Council of the Trades Union Council 6) Report of the Layfield Panel of Inquiry into the Greater London Development Plan 7) Members’ Outside Financial Interests

CM (73) 8 – 20 February 1973 1) Public Order: Terrorist Attack on the Indian High Commission 2) Industrial Affairs: Counter­Inflation Policy 3) Reorganisation of the Nuclear Design and Construction Industry

CM (73) 9 – 22 February 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Revaluation for Rating; European Communities: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Draft Instruments; Counter­Inflation Bill 2) Overseas Affairs: Middle East; India/Pakistan; Africa 3) European Community Affairs 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: Counter­Inflation Policy 6) Tenancies of High Rateable Value Dwellings

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CM (73) 10 – 23 February 1973 1) Price and Pay Code: Draft Consultative Document

CM (73) 11 – 27 February 1973 1) Industrial Affairs: The Price and Pay Code: Consultative Document; Counter­Inflation Policy; British Railways Board; Gas Industry; British Road Services; Fords; National Health Service Ancillary Workers; Water Industry; Civil Service 2) Tenancies of High Rateable Value Dwellings

CM (73) 12 – 1 March 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Counter­Inflation Bill 2) Overseas Affairs: Vietnam 3) European Community Affairs 4) Industrial Affairs: Counter­Inflation Policy; National Health Service Ancillary Workers; British Railways Board; The Coal Industry; Fords; Gas Industry 5) Default on the Housing Finance Acts 6) Programme Analysis and Review: Proposals for 1973­75 7) Framework for a Settlement Northern Ireland

CM (73) 13 – 5 March 1973 1) The Budget 2) International Monetary Policy

CM (73) 14 – 6 March 1973 1) Industrial Affairs: Counter­Inflation Policy; The Gas Industry; British Railways Board; National Health Service Ancillary Workers; The Water Industry 2) Tenancies of High Rateable Value Dwellings

CM (73) 15 – 8 March 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Counter­Inflation Bill 2) Counter­Inflationary Policy: Building Societies: Interest Charge on Mortgages 3) National Health Service Reorganisation Bill: Family Planning Services 4) European Community Affairs 5) Northern Ireland 6) Industrial Affairs: The Gas Industry; British Railways Board; National Health Service Ancillary Workers; The Coal Industry; The Water Industry; Civil Service 7) Reorganisation of the Nuclear Design and Construction Industry 8) Remuneration of Scottish Councillors 9) Housing Finance Act

CM (73) 16 – 15 March 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: National Health Service Reorganisation Bill; European Communities: Parliamentary Scrutiny of Draft Instruments; Wages Paid by British Firms in South Africa; Economic Affairs: Counter­Inflationary Policies 2) Overseas Affairs: Iceland; Kenya 3) European Community Affairs 4) Industrial Affairs: British Railways Board; The Gas Industry; National Health Service Ancillary Workers; Civil Service; The Coal Industry; TUC One­day Stoppage 5) Constitutional Proposals for Northern Ireland; Draft White Paper 6) Building Societies: Interest Charge on Mortgages 7) BSA and the Motor Cycle Industry

CM (73) 17 – 20 March 1973 1) Industrial Affairs: British Railways Board; The Gas Industry; National Health Service Ancillary Workers; The Coal Industry; Civil Service; National Union of

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Teachers; TUC one­day stoppage 2) Steel Prices 3) Reorganisation of the Nuclear Design and Construction Industry

CM (73) 18 – 22 March 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Debate on Northern Ireland Constitutional Proposals; Presentation of Government Policies 2) Public Expenditure: Priorities and Control 3) Overseas Affairs: Iceland; Iraq/Kuwait 4) Steel Prices 5) Industrial Affairs: National Health Service Ancillary Workers; British Railways Board; The Gas and Coal Industries; Civil Service 6) Northern Ireland 7) Price and Pay Code: Draft White Paper

CM (73) 19 – 29 March 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Wages Paid by British Firms in South Africa; Export of Animals (Control) Bill 2) Overseas Affairs: Arms Shipments; Australia and the Five Power Defence Arrangements; Iceland 3) European Community Affairs 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: Pay Board and Price Commission; The Coal Industry; National Health Service Ancillary Workers 6) Building Societies: Interest Charge on Mortgages

CM (73) 20 – 2 April 1973 1) Land and House Prices

CM (73) 21 – 3 April 1973 1) Building Societies: Interest Charge on Mortgages

CM (73) 22 – 5 April 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Northern Ireland (Assembly) Bill 2) Capital Punishment: Northern Ireland: Criminal Justice Act; Mr Albert Browne 3) Overseas Affairs: Arms Shipments; Five­Power Defence Arrangements 4) European Community Affairs: Farm Prices; Public Presentation; Representation at Meetings of the Council of Ministers 5) Northern Ireland 6) Industrial Affairs: National Health Service Ancillary Workers; The London Docks; Fords; The Water Industry 7) Building Societies: Interest Charge on Mortgages 8) Housing Policy 9) Legislative Programme 1973­74 Session 10) Relocation of Defence Facilities from Shoeburyness 11) Population Census

CAB 128/52 Cabinet Conclusions, April­July 1973 CM (73) Series (Meetings 23­39)

CM (73) 23 – 12 April 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Capital Punishment: Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Bill 2) Overseas Affairs: Indo­China; Cyprus; Iran 3) European Community Affairs 4) Industrial Affairs: National Health Service Ancillary Workers; British Railways Board; The Water Industry; The Civil Service; Fords; Harland and Wolff 5) The HS 146 Aircraft 6) National Health Service Reorganisation: Top Salaries

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CM (73) 24 – 17 April 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Middle East; Rhodesia; Indo­China 3) European Community Affairs 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: National Health Service Ancillary Workers; Harland and Wolff; The Motor Industry; National Day of Protest 6) Departmental Security 7) Secretary of the Cabinet

CM (73) 25 – 3 May 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Social Security Bill; Subsidised Butter 2) Overseas Affairs: United States of America; French Nuclear Tests; The Lebanon; Rhodesia; Icelandic Fisheries Dispute 3) European Community Affairs 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: National Day of Protest; Shortage of Labour in Industry; Discussions with TUC and CBI on Counter­Inflation Policy 6) Government Dispersal: The Hardman Report 7) Discrimination against Women

CM (73) 26 – 10 May 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Pakistan Bill 3) Overseas Affairs: Middle East; Spain and Gibraltar; Icelandic Fisheries Dispute 4) European Community Affairs 5) Industrial Affairs: The Motor Industry; British Steel Corporation; Civil Service; Harland and Wolff; Prices 6) Northern Ireland 7) Robens Report on Safety and Health at Work 8) Reference to the Monopolies Commission of Certain Restrictive Practices in the Professions

CM (73) 27 – 14 May 1973 1) Economic Situation: Public Expenditure

CM (73) 28 – 16 May 1973 1) Economic Situation: Public Expenditure

CM (73) 29 – 17 May 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Robens Report on Safety and Health at Work 3) Company Law Reform: Possible Inquiry into Lonrho Limited under Companies Legislation 4) Overseas Affairs: Iceland 5) European Community Affairs 6) Northern Ireland 7) Economic Situation: Public Expenditure

CM (73) 30 – 24 May 1973 1) The Royal Family 2) Ministerial Resignations 3) Parliamentary Affairs 4) Overseas Affairs: Iceland; Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions 5) European Community Affairs: Prime Minister’s Meeting with the President of France on 21 and 22 May 6) Industrial Affairs: Discussions with TUC and CBI on Counter­Inflation Policy; Harland and Wolff; Unemployment

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7) Policy on Housing Improvement: Draft White Papers

CM (73) 31 – 14 June 1973 1) The Cabinet 2) Parliamentary Affairs: New Parliamentary Building; Maplin Development Bill 3) European Community Affairs 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: The Motor Industry 6) Role of the Building Societies 7) Members’ Outside Financial Interests 8) Regional Development Grants – Slaughterhouses

CM (73) 32 – 19 June 1973 1) The Cabinet 2) Overseas Affairs: Rhodesia 3) New Parliamentary Building

CM (73) 33 – 21 June 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Publication of Parliamentary Papers; Debate on Immigrants; Maplin Airport 2) Overseas Affairs: China; Nigeria; Iran; North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 3) European Community Affairs 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: The Motor Industry 6) Default on the Housing Finance Acts 7) The Electrical Engineering Industry

CM (73) 34 – 28 June 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: National Health Service Reorganisation Bill; Publication of Parliamentary Papers; Legislative Programme 1973­74 2) Overseas Affairs: French Nuclear Tests; Rhodesia 3) European Community Affairs: Regional Aids; Council of Ministers; Sugar Refining Margin; New Zealand 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: French Nuclear Tests; Industrial Relations Act; Counter­Inflation Policy; The Motor Industry; Cammell Laird

CM (73) 35 – 5 July 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Greece; Rhodesia; Soviet Union; Iraq 3) European Community Affairs: Sugar Refining Margin; New Zealand 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: Operation of Counter­Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972 6) The Channel Tunnel Project 7) Maplin: Access Routes and New Town Consultation

CM (73) 36 – 12 July 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Debate on Export of Live Animals 2) Security 3) Overseas Affairs: Rhodesia; Conference on Security and Co­operation in Europe; Portugal; French Nuclear Tests 4) European Community Affairs 5) Industrial Affairs: Operation of Counter­Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972; The Newspaper Industry; The Motor Industry; Counter­Inflation Policy 6) Northern Ireland 7) Role of the Building Societies

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8) Maplin Airport 9) The Levy on Independent Television

CM (73) 37 – 17 July 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Date of Adjournment for the Summer Recess; Statement on Wool Textile Industry 2) Overseas Affairs: Rhodesia; Portugal 3) Counter­Inflationary Policy 4) The Tax­Credit Scheme 5) Company Law Reform: Draft White Paper

CM (73) 38 – 19 July 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Maplin Airport; The Channel Tunnel Project 2) Electoral Arrangements in Greater London 3) Overseas Affairs: Afghanistan; Portugal 4) European Community Affairs 5) Northern Ireland 6) Industrial Affairs: Counter­Inflationary Policy; The Coalmining Industry; The Newspaper Industry; Mr George Hill 7) Public Expenditure 8) Default on the Housing Finance Acts

CM (73) 39 – 26 July 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Overseas Affairs: Middle East; Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 3) European Community Affairs 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: Operation of the Counter­Inflation (Temporary Provisions) Act 1972; The Newspaper Industry; Rent Allowances for Metropolitan Police 6) Public Expenditure 7) The Channel Tunnel Project 8) Reorganisation of the Training of Junior Soldiers

CAB 128/53 Cabinet Conclusions, September­December 1973 CM (73) Series (Meetings 40­63)

CM (73) 40 – 13 September 1973 1) Overseas Affairs: Chile; South Africa; Anglo­Soviet Relations 2) European Community Affairs: Political Co­operation; Work on the Programme Set by the European Summit; Community Budget for 1974 3) Northern Ireland: Bomb Incidents in England 4) Industrial Affairs: Trades Union Congress at Blackpool; Chryslers 5) Economic Affairs: Mortgage Rates 6) Rules of Conduct and Codes of Practice in Local Government

CM (73) 41 – 13 September 1973 1) Public Expenditure: The Competition for Resources; The Competition between Programmes CM (73) 42 – 27 September 1973 1) Overseas Affairs: Iceland; Soviet Union 2) European Community Affairs 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: The Motor Industry 5) Secretary of the Cabinet

CM (73) 43 – 2 October 1973 1) Overseas Affairs: United States and Europe; Iceland; Gibraltar; Visit of the Japanese Prime Minister; Austria 2) Northern Ireland: The Irish Case at Strasbourg; Formation of an

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Executive 3) Monetary Matters 4) Industrial Affairs: The Motor Industry; The Electricity Industry; The Railways; The Coal Industry 5) Mortgage and Mortgage Lending

CM (73) 44 – 4 October 1973 1) The Programme for Controlling Inflation: Stage 3 2) Parliamentary Affairs 3) Report of Commission on the Constitution 4) The Maplin Project 5) Secretary of the Cabinet

CM (73) 45 – 5 October 1973 1) The Programme for Controlling Inflation: Stage 3

CM (73) 46 – 16 October 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Debate on Sugar 2) Foreign Affairs: Iceland; Middle East

CM (73) 47 – 16 October 1973 1) The Queen’s Speech on the Prorogation of Parliament 2) Oil Supplies 3) Foreign Affairs: Middle East

CM (73) 48 – 18 October 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Foreign Affairs: Thailand; Middle East 3) Oil Supplies: Prices; Contingency Planning 4) European Community Affairs 5) The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament

CM (73) 49 – 23 October 1973 1) Foreign Affairs: Middle East 2) The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament 3) Rate Support Grant 4) Industrial Affairs: Firemen in Glasgow

CM (73) 50 – 25 October 1973 1) The Use of Government Cars by Ministers 2) Parliamentary Affairs: Channel Tunnel 3) Foreign Affairs: Middle East; Oil Supplies; Spain; Iceland 4) Northern Ireland 5) European Community Affairs 6) Industrial Affairs: Firemen in Glasgow 7) The Programme for Controlling Inflation: Stage 3 8) Public Expenditure to 1977­78: Defence; Environment; Social Services

CM (73) 51 – 31 October 1973 1) Public Expenditure to 1977­78: Health, Personal Social Services and Social Security; Education; Defence; Overseas Aid; Roads and Transport; Housing; Nationalised Industries; Receipts from European Economic Community; Other Matters 2) Rate Support Grant: Distribution

CM (73) 52 – 1 November 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Public Presentation of Government Policies: Public Services in London; Higher Salaries 3) Foreign Affairs: Middle East

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4) Northern Ireland 5) European Community Affairs 6) Industrial Affairs: Fire Service in Glasgow; The Coal Industry; The Electricity Supply Industry; Engineering Industry 7) Rate Support Grant

CM (73) 53 – 8 November 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Foreign Affairs: Middle East; Iceland 3) Northern Ireland 4) European Community Affairs 5) Industrial Affairs: Firemen’s Pay; Public Services in London; The Coal Industry; Electrical Supply Industry; The Motor Industry

CM (73) 54 – 8 November 1973 1) Industrial Affairs: Firemen’s Pay 2) Rate Support Grant: Distribution; Total of Grant 3) Meeting of the Socialist International 4) The Winchester Trial

CM (73) 55 – 13 November 1973 1) Economic Situation: External Trade 2) Industrial Affairs: Industrial Action in the Coal and the Electricity Supply Industries

CM (73) 56 – 15 November 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Foreign Affairs: Middle East 3) Northern Ireland: The Winchester Trial 4) European Community Affairs 5) The Royal Family 6) Industrial Affairs: The Coal Industry; Electricity Supply Industry; Ambulance Services; Railways 7) Oil Supplies

CM (73) 57 – 22 November 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Foreign Affairs: Greece; European Summit Meeting; Visit of the President of France 3) European Community Affairs 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: The Coal Industry and Electricity Supply Industry 6) Oil Supplies 7) Rate Support Grant

CM (73) 58 – 29 November 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Foreign Affairs: Middle East; Oil Supplies 3) European Community Affairs 4) Northern Ireland 5) Robens Report: Status and Staffing of the Health and Safety Organisation 6) Members’ Pay and Allowances 7) Industrial Affairs: The Coal Industry and Electricity Supply Industry

CM (73) 59 – 4 December 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Adjournment Debate on Immigration and Race Relations 2) Foreign Affairs: Middle East; Greece 3) European Community Affairs 4) Northern Ireland 5) Industrial Affairs: The Coal Industry and Electricity Supply Industry; Ambulance Services;

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Railways 6) Fuel Restrictions: Oil Supplies; Oil Supplies to Power Stations; Conservation of Fuel Supplies

CM (73) 60 – 12 December 1973 1) Economic and Industrial Affairs

CM (73) 61 – 13 December 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs 2) Foreign Affairs: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; Middle East; Mr Hawksworth; Northern Ireland 3) European Community Affairs 4) Industrial Affairs: Current Industrial Disputes; Eligibility for Unemployment Benefit 5) Fuel Restrictions: Domestic Space Heating; Places of Entertainment; Petrol and Diesel Fuel; Television Programme Hours 6) The Economic Situation

CM (73) 62 – 17 December 1973 1) Economic Situation

CM (73) 63 – 20 December 1973 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Members’ Salaries; Parliamentary Hours; Holiday Arrangements 2) European Community Affairs: Meeting of Heads of State or Government; Meetings of the Council of Ministers 3) Northern Ireland 4) Industrial Affairs: Current Industrial Disputes; Ambulance Services; Fuel Restrictions; Oil Supplies; Electricity Saving 5) Empty Office Blocks 6) Home Ownership and House Building

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CAB 129/167 Cabinet Memoranda, January­February 1973 (Papers 1­20)

CP (73) 1 – Prices and Pay – The Next Phase: Draft White Paper. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 2 – Sixth Special Report of the Expenditure Committee, Session 1971­72: Draft White Paper. Note by the Lord President of the Council CP (73) 3 – Statement on the Defence Estimates 1973. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (73) 4 – Bahamas Independence Conference 1972. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (73) 5 – Prices and Pay – The Next Phase. Note by the Second Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office CP (73) 6 – Immigration Rules. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 7 – The Future of Broadcasting. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 8 – Public Expenditure: Priorities and Control. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 9 – The New Parliamentary Building. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 10 – British Steel Corporation Development Strategy – Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 11 – Programme Analysis and Review – Proposals for 1973­1975. Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (73) 12 – Members’ Outside Financial Interests. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council

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CP (73) 13 – Programme Analysis and Review Programme, 1973­75. Memorandum by the Prime Minister CP (73) 14 – Report of the Layfield Panel of Inquiry into the Greater London Development Plan. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 15 – Reorganisation of the Nuclear Design and Construction Industry. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 16 – Second Report of the Select Committee on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration: Draft White Paper. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 17 – Default under the Housing Finance Act in England. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 18 – Housing Finance Act 1972: Position of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough and Bedwas and Machen Urban District. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Wales CP (73) 19 – Tenancies of High Rateable Value Dwellings. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 20 – Default by Clay Cross Urban District Council under the Housing Finance Act. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment

CAB 129/168 Cabinet Memoranda, February­March 1973 (Papers 21­40)

CP (73) 21 – Tenancies of High Rateable Value Dwellings: Possible Short­Term Measures to Limit Rent Increases, and to Provide Security of Tenure. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 22 – Reorganisation of the Nuclear Design and Construction Industry. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 23 – Price and Pay Code: Draft Consultative Document. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 24 – Price and Pay Code: A Draft Consultative Document. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 25 – Annual Review of Agriculture, 1973: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland, for Scotland and for Wales and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food CP (73) 26 – Lay Summary Justice in Scotland: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (73) 27 – Framework for a Settlement for Northern Ireland. Note by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland CP (73) 28 – Tenancies of High Rateable Value Dwellings. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 29 – Remuneration of Scottish Councillors. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 30 – Constitutional Proposals for Northern Ireland: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland CP (73) 31 – Channel Tunnel: Draft Green Paper. Note by the Minister for Transport Industries CP (73) 32 – Building Societies: Interest Charge on Mortgages. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 33 – Steel Prices. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 34 – Reorganisation of the Nuclear Design and Construction Industry. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 35 – Company Profits, Investment and Growth. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

CP (73) 36 – Mortgage Funds for Private Housebuilding. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 37 – Price and Pay Code: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 38 – Private Practice in National Health Service Hospitals: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (73) 39 – Mortgage Funds for Private Housebuilding. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer

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CP (73) 40 – Price and Pay Code: The Banks and Nationalised Industries. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer

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CAB 129/169 Cabinet Memoranda, March­May 1973 (Papers 41­60)

CP (73) 41 – The Counter­Inflation Programme: The Operation of Stage Two. Note by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (73) 42 – Legislative Programme 1973­74 Session. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (73) 43 – A Mid­Term Population Census in 1976. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (73) 44 – A Mid­Term Population Census in 1976. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (73) 45 – Land and House Prices: New Housing Policies – Costs and Offsetting Savings. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 46 – Housing Policy. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 47 – Relocation of Defence Facilities from Shoeburyness. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 48 – Interest Charges on Building Society Mortgages. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (73) 49 – Relocation of Defence Facilities from Shoeburyness. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (73) 50 – Housing Policy. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 51 – Housing Policy: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (73) 52 – The 1973 Review of Social Security Benefits and Associated Changes: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Social Services

CP (73) 53 – HS 146 Aircraft. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 54 – Tribunals of Inquiry. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 55 – National Health Service Reorganisation: Top Salaries. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (73) 56 – Firearms Control: Draft Green Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 57 – The Possibility of Dispersing More Government Work from London. Memorandum by the Lord Privy Seal CP (73) 58 – Discrimination against Women. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 59 – Government Dispersal: The Hardman Report. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 60 – The Robens Report on Safety and Health at Work. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department

CAB 129/170 Cabinet Memoranda, May­July 1973 (Papers 61­80)

CP (73) 61 – Reference to the Monopolies Commission of Certain Restrictive Practices in the Professions. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 62 – Towards Better Homes – Proposals for Dealing with Scotland’s Older Housing: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (73) 63 – White Paper on “Better Homes – The Next Priorities”. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 64 – Role of the Building Societies. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 65 – Review of Government Strategy. Note by the Prime Minister CP (73) 66 – Members’ Outside Financial Interests. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council

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CP (73) 67 – Regional Development Grants – Slaughterhouses. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Secretary of State for Wales and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food CP (73) 68 – Refusal of Suitable Employment by the Unemployed. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (73) 69 – Rhodesia: Settlement Prospects and Continuation of Sanctions. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (73) 70 – Fisheries Dispute between the United Kingdom and Iceland: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food CP (73) 71 – Housing Finance Act: Clay Cross Urban District Council. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 72 – Reply to the Expenditure Committee Report on Urban Transport Planning: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 73 – Maplin: Access Routes and New Town Consultation Documents. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 74 – The Channel Tunnel Project. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 75 – Report of the Defence Lands Committee: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (73) 76 – Security of the Census of Population: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (73) 77 – The Levy on Independent Television. Memorandum by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications CP (73) 78 – Maplin Airport. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (73) 79 – Company Law Reform: Draft White Paper. Note by the Minister for Trade and Consumer Affairs CP (73) 80 – Late Implementation of the Housing Finance Act. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment

CAB 129/171 Cabinet Memoranda, July­October 1973 (Papers 81­100)

CP (73) 81 – Public Expenditure to 1977­78. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 82 – Public Expenditure to 1977­78. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 83 – Public Expenditure to 1977­78. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (73) 84 – Reorganisation of the Training of Junior Soldiers. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 85 – Channel Tunnel. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 86 – Select Committee on Nationalised Industries: Report on British Steel Corporation. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 87 – Public Expenditure Priorities. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 88 – Select Committee on Scottish Affairs – Report on Land Resource Use: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for Scotland

CP (73) 89 – Timing and Presentation of the Maplin Project. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 90 – Relocation of Defence Facilities from Shoeburyness. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (73) 91 – Reform of the Law on Consumer Credit Draft White Paper. Note by the Minister for Trade and Consumer Affairs CP (73) 92 – Response to the Report on Police/Immigrant Relations by the Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 93 – Mortgages and Mortgage Lending. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 94 – The Maplin Project: Handling. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 95 – The Programme for Controlling Inflation: Stage 3 – Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet

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CP (73) 96 – The Land Hoarding Charge. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 97 – The Programme for Controlling Inflation – Consultative Document. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (73) 98 – Late Implementation of the October 1972 Rent Increases. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 99 – The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament. Note by the Lord President of the Council CP (73) 100 – The Queen’s Speech on the Prorogation of Parliament. Note by the Lord President of the Council

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CAB 129/172 Cabinet Memoranda, October 1973 (Papers 101­120)

CP (73) 101 – The Queen’s Speeches on the Opening and Prorogation of Parliament. Note by the Lord President of the Council CP (73) 102 – Late Implementation of the October 1972 Rent Increases. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Scotland CP (73) 103 – An Account of the British Aid Programme. Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs CP (73) 104 – Co­ordination of Social Policies. Note by the Prime Minister CP (73) 105 – The Queen’s Speech on the Prorogation of Parliament. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (73) 106 – Rate Support Grant. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment

CP (73) 107 – The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament. Note by the Lord President of the Council CP (73) 108 – Public Expenditure to 1977­78. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 109 – Public Expenditure to 1977­78. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff CP (73) 110 – A Mid­Term Population Census in 1976. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 111 – Rate Support Grant. Local Authority Expenditure in 1974­75 (England and Wales). Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 112 – Price and Pay Code for Stage 3. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 113 – Defence Budget Targets. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (73) 114 – Price and Pay Code for Stage 3. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 115 – The Queen’s Speech on the Opening of Parliament. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (73) 116 – Report of the Royal Commission on the Constitution. Note by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 117 – New Sources of Local Revenue. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 118 – Rate Support Grant Distribution. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 119 – Public Expenditure to 1977­78. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 120 – Rate Support Grant – Variable Domestic Relief. Memorandum by the Minister for Local Government and Development

CAB 129/173 Cabinet Memoranda, October­December 1973 (Papers 121­140)

CP (73) 121 – Rate Support Grant. Memorandum by the Central Policy Review Staff

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CP (73) 122 – Distribution of Rate Support Grant. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland CP (73) 123 – Rate Support Grant (England and Wales) – Total of Grant. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 124 – Rate Support Grant (England and Wales). Memorandum by the Chief Secretary, Treasury CP (73) 125 – Political Developments in Northern Ireland. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland CP (73) 126 – Oil Allocation. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (73) 127 – Rate Support Grant (England and Wales) – Total of Grant. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 128 – Oil Supplies. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 129 – Robens Report – Status and Staffing of the Safety and Health Organisation. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department CP (73) 130 – Members’ Pay and Allowances. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (73) 131 – Handling the Miners’ and Power Engineers’ Disputes. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Employment CP (73) 132 – Home Ownership and House Building. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (73) 133 – Oil Supplies to CEGB Power Stations. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 134 – The Yamani/Abdesselam Talks: Oil Supplies. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 135 – Conservation of Fuel Supplies. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (73) 136 – Fuel and Electricity Supplies. Note by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry CP (73) 137 – Government Policy: Presentation. Memorandum by the Prime Minister CP (73) 138 – Public Expenditure White Paper 1973. Note by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 139 – Energy Situation: Public Expenditure Measures. Memorandum by the Chancellor of the Exchequer CP (73) 140 – Home Ownership and House Building. Note by the Central Policy Review Staff

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CAB 128/48 Confidential Annexes, February­October 1972 CM (72) Series (Meetings 5­46) covering Northern Ireland

A limited number of items released on 1 January 2005 are included here:

CM (72) 5 – Northern Ireland, 3 February 1972 CM (72) 7 – Northern Ireland, 17 February 1972 CM (72) 9 – Northern Ireland, 22 February 1972 CM (72) 11 – Northern Ireland, 2 March 1972 CM (72) 13 – Northern Ireland, 7 March 1972 CM (72) 14 – Northern Ireland, 9 March 1972 CM (72) 15 – Northern Ireland, 14 March 1972 CM (72) 18 – Northern Ireland, 23 March 1972 CM (72) 19 – Northern Ireland, 28 March 1972 CM (72) 20 – Northern Ireland, 13 April 1972 CM (72) 22 – Northern Ireland, 20 April 1972 CM (72) 23 – Northern Ireland, 27 April 1972 CM (72) 26 – Northern Ireland, 18 May 1972 CM (72) 30 – Northern Ireland, 15 June 1972 CM (72) 31 – Northern Ireland, 22 June 1972 CM (72) 33 – Northern Ireland, 29 June 1972 CM (72) 34 – Northern Ireland, 6 July 1972

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CM (72) 36 – Northern Ireland, 13 July 1972 CM (72) 37 – Northern Ireland, 20 July 1972 CM (72) 38 – Northern Ireland, 27 July 1972 CM (72) 46 – Northern Ireland, 25 October 1972

Much sensitive material contained in these Most Confidential Records remains closed to research. The files have not yet been released.

CAB 128/53 Cabinet Conclusions, January­March 1974 CM (74) Series (Meetings 1­11) including Confidential Annexes

CM (74) 1 – 3 January 1974 1) Foreign Affairs: Middle East; Arab Terrorism 2) Northern Ireland: Mr Niedermayer; Internal Affairs 3) European Community Affairs 4) Industrial Affairs 5) Land Hoarding Charge

CM (74) 2 – 10 January 1974 1) The Cabinet 2) Parliamentary Affairs: Parliamentary Hours 3) Foreign Affairs: Middle East; Oil 4) European Community Affairs 5) Northern Ireland 6) Industrial Affairs: Current Industrial Disputes; Trades Union Congress Proposal 7) Finance for House Building 8) Steel Production CM (74) 3 and Confidential Annex – 17 January 1974 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Debate on Second Report from Select Committee on European Community Secondary Legislation; Nuclear Reactors 2) Foreign Affairs: Oil; Middle East 3) European Community Affairs 4) Northern Ireland 5) Energy Situation: Fuel Stocks 6) Industrial Affairs: The Miners’ Dispute

CM (74) 4 – 24 January 1974 1) Industrial Affairs: Miners’ Dispute; Relaxation in Electricity Restrictions 2) Parliamentary Affairs: Nuclear Reactors 3) Foreign Affairs: Middle East; Commonwealth Sugar Agreement; Grenada 4) European Community Affairs 5) Statement on the Defence Estimates 1974

CM (74) 5 – 24 January 1974 1) Industrial Affairs: Relaxation in Electricity Restrictions

CM (74) 6 – 17 January 1974 1) Industrial Affairs: Miners’ Dispute

CM (74) 7 – 31 January 1974 1) Parliamentary Affairs: Industrial and Economic Situation; Housing and Planning Bill 2) Foreign Affairs: Grenada 3) European Community Affairs: Regional Development Fund; Attendance at Meetings of the Council of Ministers; Sugar 4) Industrial Affairs: Miners’ Strike; ASLEF Dispute 5) Supplementary Benefit for Strikers’ Families 6) Home Ownership and Housebuilding

CM (74) 8 – 7 February 1974 1) Dissolution of Parliament

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2) Parliamentary Affairs 3) Letter to the National Union of Mineworkers 4) Industrial Affairs: Miners’ Strike; Picketing; Oil Prices 5) Electricity Restrictions 6) European Community Affairs 7) Foreign Affairs: Grenada; Diego Garcia; Jordan; Anglo­French Continental Shelf

CM (74) 9 – 1 March 1974 1) The Situation Following the General Election and Confidential Annex

CM (74) 10 – 4 March 1974 1) The Situation Following the General Election and Confidential Annex

CM (74) 11 – 4 March 1974 1) The Situation Following the General Election and Confidential Annex

CAB 129/174 Cabinet Memoranda, January­February 1974 (Papers 1­10)

CP (74) 1 – Report from the Select Committee on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration. Note by the Lord Privy Seal CP (74) 2 – Parliamentary Hours. Memorandum by the Lord President of the Council CP (74) 3 – The Rate Support Grant 1974­75: Draft White Paper. Note by the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Secretary of State for Wales CP (74) 4 – House Improvement Grants. Note by the Secretary of Sate for the Environment, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales CP (74) 5 – Statement on the Defence Estimates 1974. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Defence CP (74) 6 – Home Ownership and Housebuilding. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Environment CP (74) 7 – Supplementary Benefit for Strikers’ Families. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Social Services CP (74) 8 – Response to a Coal Miners’ Strike. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Energy CP (74) 9 – Election Business Committee. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet CP (74) 10 – The Queen’s Speech on the Prorogation of Parliament. Note by the Secretary of the Cabinet