Building Societies
Addresses Commons questions involving the Building Societies Association and housing finance.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Michael Heseltine Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Michael Heseltine through 222 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Michael Heseltine, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
222Distinct records
2 of 6Page
1980–1983Years on this page
1980
Inner City Policy
Addresses Commons questions on the Government's inner-city policy.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Local Authority Expenditure Controls
Answers parliamentary questions concerning controls on local-authority expenditure.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
London Docklands Regeneration
Addresses Commons questions on regeneration of London Docklands.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Property Services Agency
Answers parliamentary questions concerning the Property Services Agency.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Urban Development Corporations
Addresses the Commons on the proposed use of urban development corporations.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Housing Act
Sees the Housing Act 1980 receive Royal Assent.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Local Government Planning and Land Act
Sees the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 receive Royal Assent.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Development Corporations
Uses urban-development mechanisms that become central to docklands regeneration.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Housing Act
Promotes the Right to Buy policy through the Housing Act 1980.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
1981
Liverpool Ministerial Visit
Answers a parliamentary question concerning a ministerial visit to Liverpool.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Planning Appeals System
Answers a parliamentary question concerning the planning appeals system.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
New Towns
Addresses Commons questions on policy and expenditure for the new towns.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Partnership Committees
Addresses Commons questions on inner-city partnership committees.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Canvey Island Planning Inquiry
Addresses the Commons concerning the Canvey Island planning inquiry.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Greater London Council Housing Transfer
Takes part in Commons proceedings on transfer of Greater London Council housing.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Vacant and Under-used Land
Answers a parliamentary question concerning vacant and under-used land.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Local Authority Expenditure
Takes part in a substantial Commons debate on local-authority expenditure.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Inner City Private Enterprise
Addresses Commons questions on increasing private-enterprise involvement in inner-city areas.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Merseyside Development Corporation
Addresses the Commons on the Merseyside Development Corporation.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Rating Review
Addresses the Commons on review of the domestic rating system.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Liverpool Regeneration Response
After the Toxteth riots, becomes closely involved in developing a programme of regeneration for Liverpool.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Cantril Farm Intervention
Supports a new approach at the deeply troubled Cantril Farm estate involving private financial institutions, new management and mixed-tenure housing.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
London Docklands Development Corporation
Advances the London Docklands Development Corporation, giving a dedicated development body substantial planning and land powers to accelerate regeneration.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Merseyside Development Corporation
As Environment Secretary, advances the creation of the Merseyside Development Corporation to regenerate extensive redundant dockland through land reclamation and private investment.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Merseyside Ministerial Focus
After the Toxteth disturbances, develops a sustained ministerial focus on Merseyside and argues for stronger coordination of government action in major urban areas.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Private Investment in Inner Cities
Changes the emphasis of inner-city policy toward strengthening local economies, improving the environment and attracting private investment alongside public programmes.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Urban Regeneration Spending
Sets out increased inner-city regeneration provision, including major funding for the urban programme and the new development corporations.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
1982
Local Government Finance No. 2 Bill
Takes part in Commons proceedings on the Local Government Finance (No. 2) Bill.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Voluntary Organisations Liverpool
Answers a parliamentary question concerning voluntary organisations in Liverpool.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Toxteth Regeneration
Answers a parliamentary question concerning Toxteth and the Government's urban response.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Liverpool Urban Policy
Addresses Commons questions on Liverpool and inner-city policy.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Vacant and Derelict Land
Addresses Commons questions on vacant and derelict land.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Derelict Land Policy
Addresses the Commons on derelict-land reclamation policy.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
London Docklands Development Corporation
Addresses Commons questions on the London Docklands Development Corporation.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
Urban Development Grant Scheme
Answers a parliamentary question concerning the Urban Development Grant Scheme.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1979-1983
1983
Appointment
Appointed Secretary of State for Defence.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1983-1986
Franks Report
Answers a parliamentary question concerning the Franks Report on the Falklands conflict.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1983-1986
Cruise Missiles
Addresses Commons questions on deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1983-1986
Defence Capability and Deployment
Answers a parliamentary question concerning British defence capability and deployment.
Role range: 1979-1990 – 1983-1986
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.