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In a brief discussion, it was noted that the impact of the disputes on public opinion had been bigger than expected. But where management had adopted a firm stance, industrial action had not been successful. It was important that management should learn the lessons.
HE PRIME MINISTER, summing up the discussion, said that it as important that management should be encouraged to learn
lessons of the recent disputes and stand ready to act them in future.
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THE HOME SECRETARY said that he expected to receive Lord Justice Taylor interim report on the Hillsborough Stadium disaster the following Tuesday. The report was likely to be critical of amber of individuals and agencies involved in the disaster. It would contain some recommendations which it was desirable to implement before the start of the new football season on 19 August. It would be advantageous therefore to publish the report on Friday 4 August, with a statement of the Government response to the report. Beld consult interested colleagues urgently as soon as the report was received.
In a brief discussion, it was noted that it was desirable that appropriate individuals who were criticised by the report should be given some advance warning so that they could react in a considered way when the report was published. On the other hand, care would need to be taken to ensure that the report's contents did not become known prematurely.
THE PRIME MINISTER, summing up the discussion said that the Cabinet noted the timetable for the publication of Lord Justice Taylor's interim report. The Home Secretary should consult the Secretary of State for the Environment and other interested colleagues on the Government's response to the report as soon as it was received, and should also consider the arrangements for giving those criticised by the report some advance warning of its contents relaxing them.
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