Downing Street Years - Margaret Thatcher [540]
October 1989-January 1990 January 1990-May 1990
PM MRS THATCHER MRS THATCHER
Chllr Exchequer *MAJOR MAJOR
Chief Secretary LAMONT LAMONT
Foreign Secretary *HURD HURD
Home Secretary *WADDINGTON WADDINGTON
Leader H/Commons HOWE HOWE
Leader H/Lords BELSTEAD BELSTEAD
Ld Chllr MACKAY MACKAY
Ld President HOWE HOWE
Ld Privy Seal BELSTEAD BELSTEAD
Chllr of the Duchy BAKER BAKER
Agriculture GUMMER GUMMER
Defence KING KING
Education MACGREGOR MACGREGOR
Employment FOWLER *HOWARD
Energy WAKEHAM WAKEHAM
Environment PATTEN PATTEN
DSS NEWTON NEWTON
DH CLARKE CLARKE
Industry/DTI RIDLEY RIDLEY
Northern Ireland BROOKE BROOKE
Paymaster-General *RYDER RYDER
Scotland RIFKIND RIFKIND
Transport PARKINSON PARKINSON
Without portfolio – –
Wales WALKER WALKER
Attorney-General MAYHEW MAYHEW
Solicitor-General LYELL LYELL
Chmn Party BROOKE *BAKER
Chief Whip *RENTON RENTON
Chmn 1922 Cttee ONSLOW ONSLOW
May — July 1990 July — November 1990
PM MRS THATCHER MRS THATCHER
Chllr Exchequer MAJOR MAJOR
Chief Secretary LAMONT LAMONT
Foreign Secretary HURD HURD
Home Secretary WADDINGTON WADDINGTON
Leader H/Commons HOWE HOWE
Leader H/Lords BELSTEAD BELSTEAD
Ld Chllr MACKAY MACKAY
Ld President HOWE HOWE
Ld Privy Seal BELSTEAD BELSTEAD
Chllr of the Duchy BAKER BAKER
Agriculture GUMMER GUMMER
Defence KING KING
Education MACGREGOR MACGREGOR
Employment HOWARD HOWARD
Energy WAKEHAM WAKEHAM
Environment PATTEN PATTEN
DSS NEWTON NEWTON
DH CLARKE CLARKE
Industry/DTI RIDLEY *LILLEY
Northern Ireland BROOKE BROOKE
Paymaster-General RYDER RYDER
Scotland RIFKIND RIFKIND
Transport PARKINSON PARKINSON
Without portfolio – –
Wales *HUNT HUNT
Attorney-General MAYHEW MAYHEW
Solicitor-General LYELL LYELL
Chmn Party BAKER BAKER
Chief Whip WADDINGTON WADDINGTON
Chmn 1922 Cttee ONSLOW ONSLOW
November 1990
PM MRS THATCHER
Chllr Exchequer MAJOR
Chief Secretary LAMONT
Foreign Secretary HURD
Home Secretary WADDINGTON
Leader H/Commons *MACGREGOR
Leader H/Lords BELSTEAD
Ld Chllr MACKAY
Ld President *MACGREGOR
Ld Privy Seal BELSTEAD
Chllr of the Duchy BAKER
Agriculture GUMMER
Defence KING
Education *CLARKE
Employment HOWARD
Energy WAKEHAM
Environment PATTEN
DSS NEWTON
DH *WALDEGRAVE
Industry/DTI LILLEY
Northern Ireland BROOKE
Paymaster-General RYDER
Scotland RIFKIND
Transport PARKINSON
Without portfolio –
Wales HUNT
Attorney-General MAYHEW
Solicitor-General LYELL
Chmn Party BAKER
Chief Whip RENTON
Chmn 1922 Cttee ONSLOW
List of Abbreviations
ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile
ACAS Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service
AGR Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor
ALCM Air-launched Cruise Missile
ANC African National Congress
AUEW Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers
BL British Leyland (later Rover Group)
BMA British Medical Association
BMD Ballistic Missile Defence
BR British Rail
BSC British Steel Corporation
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
CBI Confederation of British Industry
CDU German Christian Democrat Party
CEGB Central Electricity Generating Board
CFCs Chlorofluorocarbons
CFE Conventional Forces in Europe
CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
CND Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
CPRS Central Policy Review Staff
CPS Centre for Policy Studies
CSCE Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
DES Department of Education and Science
DHA District Health Authority
DHSS Department of Health and Social Security(divided from 1988)
DoE Department of the Environment
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
DUP Democratic Unionist Party
E Economic Committee of the Cabinet
E(A) Principal sub-committee of E
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC European Community
ECJ European Court of Justice
ECOFIN Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the EC
ECST European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism
Ecu European Currency Unit
EDG European Democratic Group
EDU European Democratic Union
EFL External Financing Limit
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EMS European Monetary System
EMU Economic