Who did Leon Brittan replace as Home Secretary, in 1983?
Westland affair Select Committee. Thatcher, who only learned of the meeting through Cuckney, was displeased, as were Brittan and the Treasury, who thought the US option might be cheaper. although Thatcher and Leon Brittan kept to their official pretence of neutrality. In November 1985, Sikorsky made an offer and Westland's management were favourable. In early December Thatcher had two "ad hoc" meetings with Heseltine, Brittan, Tebbit, William Whitelaw (Deputy Prime Minister), Geoffrey Howe (Foreign Secretary) and Nigel Lawson (Chancellor of the Exchequer) on 5 and 6 December. Brittan argued that the NADs' opposition should be set aside, but Howe and Tebbit were
Leon Brittan should never have taken place." Leon Brittan Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, (25 September 1939 – 21 January 2015) was a British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament, and barrister, as well as a member of the European Commission. He served several ministerial roles in Margaret Thatcher's government, including Home Secretary. Leon Brittan was born in London, the son of Rebecca (Lipetz) and Joseph Brittan, a doctor. His parents were Lithuanian Jews who had migrated to Britain before World War II. He was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was President of the