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CONCLUSIONS of a Meeting of the Cabinet held at 10 Downing Street on
THURSDAY 14 DECEMBER 1989
at 10.30 am
PRESENT
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he Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Howe
Ford President of the Council
e Rt Hon Peter Walker MP
cretary of State for Wales
e Rt Hon Tam King MP
The Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher MP Prime Minister
ecretary of State for Defence
he Rt Hon Kenneth Baker MP Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
he Rt Hon Malcolm Rifkind QC MP ecretary of State for Scotland
e Rt Hon John Wakeham MP cretary of State for Energy
he Rt Hon Antony Newton
ecretary of State for Social Security
e Rt Hon Peter Brooke MP
ecretary of State for Northern Ireland
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The Rt Hon John Major MP Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Rt Hon Norman Fowler MP Secretary of State for Employment
The Rt Hon Nicholas Ridley MP cretary of State for Trade
Industry
The
Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP
of State for Health
on Cecil Parkinson MP Secretary of State for Transport
The Rt Hon The Lord Belstead Lord Priv Seal
The Rt Hon Christopher Patten MP Secretary of State for the Environment
The Rt Hon John
Gummer MP
Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
The Rt Hon Norman Lamont MP Chief Secretary, Treasury
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