1987 General Election (manifesto planning)

Title

1987 General Election (manifesto planning)

Shelfmark

CRD 4/30/7/26-28

Summary

1. CRD 4/30/7/26 - Manifesto planning notes and briefs (I): Correspondence and drafts concerning the preparation and printing of the Conservative Party's 1987 election manifesto, including instructions to Ministers/Special Advisers and manifesto briefings for Conservative Parliamentary Candidates, Apr-May 1987. Correspondents include:

Rifkind, Malcolm, Secretary of State for Scotland

Garner, Sir Anthony, Director of Organisation, Conservative Central Office

Griffiths, Brian, Professor, Head of Policy Unit, 10 Downing Street

Harris, Robin, Director, Conservative Research Department

James, Howell, Special Adviser in the Department of Employment and Department of Trade and Industry

Sherbourne, Stephen, Political Secretary, 10 Downing Street

Subjects include:

Production of a mini or popular version of the manifesto

Preparation of the Welsh version of the Manifesto

Scottish manifesto launch and briefing, May 1987

Script for the Manifesto video

Includes:

Provisional structure for proposed Conservative Party manifesto, n.d.

Draft foreword to the 1987 Manifesto, n.d.

Draft manifesto section, 'The Government's achievements', 13 Apr 1987

Draft Chapter 15 of the manifesto, 'Law and the Citizen', 23 Apr 1987

Draft manifesto section, 'Conservative achievements: the first eight years', 30 Apr 1987

Draft manifesto section, 'Conservative achievements in Wales', 30 Apr 1987

Draft manifesto section, 'Conservative achievements: the first eight years', 1 May 1987

Draft manifesto section, 'Conservative achievements in Scotland', 1 May 1987

Annotated draft of the Welsh Manifesto, 7 May 1987

1st draft of Chairman's narrative for the 1987 manifesto video, 12 May 1987

2. Manifesto planning notes and briefs (II): Correspondence and papers concerning the drafting of the Conservative Party's 1987 election manifesto, Jan-Apr 1987. Correspondents include:

Booth, Hartley, Policy Unit, 10 Downing Street

Coleman, David, Special Adviser, Department of the Environment

Edwards, Nicholas, Secretary of State for Wales

Harris, Robin, Director, Conservative Research Department

Hull, R, Chairman, British Conservative Association in Belgium

Sherbourne, Stephen, Political Secretary, 10 Downing Street

Spicer, Jim, Chairman, Conservative Party International Office

Whitelaw, Viscount William, Deputy Prime Minister

Subjects include:

Sentences for violent offences

Abortion limits

Drafting of Welsh Manifesto

Policy towards expatriates

Presentation of Environment policies in the Manifesto

Includes:

Observations by Robin Harris on Policy Group reports, 26 Jan 1987

Managing the Economy of Family and Society

Education and Training

Youth

Inner Cities, Law and Order, etc

Working Britain

Housing and Planning

Also includes:

Draft paper, 'Possible policies for the Manifesto', Robin Harris and Brian Griffiths, 29 Jan 1987 and 30 Jan 1987

Note of a meeting at Chequers concerning the Manifesto preparations, 1 Feb 1987

Draft text for Housing section of Manifesto, n.d.

Paper, 'Law and Order Strategy Group', Hartley Booth, 6 Feb 1987

Paper, 'Home Affairs and Inner City Policy Group', Oliver Letwin, n.d. [Feb 1987]

Second draft of Part IV of the manifesto, dealing with Local Government and the Environment (Chapters 12-14), 22 Apr 1987

3. Draft Manifesto contributions, Mar 1987. Correspondents include:

Butler, Chris, Special Adviser, Office of Arts and Libraries

Cropper, PJ, Special Adviser, Treasury

Dobbs, Michael, Chief-of-Staff, Conservative Central Office

Drinkwater, Colin, Hon. Secretary, Conservative Trade Unionists, Greater London Area

Forth, Eric, MP, 'No Turning Back' Group

Fowler, Norman, Secretary of State for Social Services

Hailsham, Lord, Lord Chancellor

Houston, J., Special Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hurd, Douglas, Home Secretary

Jopling, Michael, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

May, Philippa, Royal National Institute for the Blind

Miller, Hal, MP for Bromsgrove

Moore, John, Secretary of State for Transport

Ridley, Nicholas, Secretary of State for the Environment

Sherbourne, Stephen, Political Secretary, 10 Downing Street

Stringer, Donald, Area Agent, Greater London Area

Tebbit, Norman, Party Chairman

Tomlins, Major Robert, General Secretary, Royal British Legion

Walker, Peter, Secretary of State for Energy

Ward, Neil D., Private Secretary, Northern Ireland Office

Whittingdale, John, Special Adviser, Department of Trade and Industry

Wright, Albert, National Federation of the Blind

Other subjects include:

Availability of Braille version of the Manifesto

Reference to Field Sports in the Manifesto

VAT and charities

Trade Union reform

Includes:

Agenda for first meeting on the Manifesto, 24 Apr 1987

Draft Manifesto contributions:

'Note on Environmental Aspects of Energy Policy' (William Waldegrave and Peter Walker), 16 Mar 1987

'Britain and the World', chapter on Foreign Policy (Sir Geoffrey Howe and George Younger), 11 Mar 1987

The Economy (Nigel Lawson), 3 Mar 1987

Law and Order, Race Relations and Immigration, Broadcasting, Elections, Animals, Liquor Licensing, and Shops (Douglas Hurd), 2 Mar 1987

Health/Social Security (Norman Fowler), 3 Mar 1987

Local Government, Housing, Inner Cities, Sport, and the Environment (Nicholas Ridley), 25 Feb 1987

Energy (Peter Walker), 25 Feb 1987

Northern Ireland (Tom King), 25 Feb 1987

Farming and Fishing (Michael Jopling), 2 Mar 1987

'Working Britain' (Lord Young), 26 Feb 1987

Trade and Industry (Paul Channon), 26 Feb 1987

Transport (John Moore), Feb 1987

The Arts, and 'The Quality of Government' [i.e. the civil service] (Richard Luce), 25 Feb 1987

'Lord Chancellor's Department: summary of achievements since May 1979' (Lord Hailsham), 27 Feb 1987

Also includes:

'Rebuilding Britain – the next stage' ('No Turning Back' Group), 26 Jan 1987

Date

Jan-May 1987

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (3 folders)