» Tuesday, May 2, 2006

Foreign Prisoners

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) confirmed to journalists, as advised last Friday, that the Home Secretary would report back to the House of Commons on further progress in tracking down foreign prisoners that should have been considered for deportation. The Home Secretary would make a statement to that effect tomorrow. Put that it had previously been suggested that it would be on Friday, the PMOS said that was not the case. Asked if it was tomorrow so the Prime Minister could avoid difficult questions about it, the PMOS said that was categorically not the case.

Briefing took place at 14:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Reshuffle Questions

Asked if there were no events happening on Wednesday because there was likely to be a Cabinet reshuffle, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMOS) applauded the journalist for possibly setting a new record for the fastest reshuffle question at lobby. However as always he never commented on reshuffle questions. Asked if the Prime Minister still had full confidence in the Deputy Prime Minister, the PMOS said yes. Asked if the Prime Minister still had full confidence in the Home Secretary, the PMOS said yes.

Briefing took place at 14:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Deputy Prime Minister

Put that it was known that the Prime Minister was meeting the Deputy Prime Minister and had he spoken to the Home Secretary today too, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister spoke to his Cabinet colleagues on a regular basis but it was not our habit to brief on such conversations. In order to avoid any misunderstanding people should for this Bank Holiday week treat today, Tuesday, as if it were a Monday and Monday was the day the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister regularly met. Asked why the Deputy Prime Minister was keeping a low profile, the PMOS said it was for the ODPM to speak on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister, but his understanding was that the Deputy Prime Minister was fulfilling the same engagements that he had always intended to fulfil today.

Briefing took place at 14:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Foreign Prisoners

Put to him that perhaps the Prime Minister should have been informed of the issue 3 weeks earlier, the PMOS said that, as the Home Office had explained, during that period they were putting together the full facts. It was entirely understandable that rather presenting a partial picture of what was going on they wanted to present a full picture. It was quite correct to take the time and get the facts together.

Briefing took place at 14:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Honours

Asked if the police under the 1925 Honours Act had interviewed any member of Downing Street, the PMOS said that he had already explained that he was refusing to give any running commentary on the police investigation just as he would in regard to any other police investigation. That did not mean one thing or the other just that he was not providing any sort of commentary.

Briefing took place at 14:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Royal Air Force

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about reports that there weren't adequate safety features on some RAF aircraft, the PMOS said that there had been a Board of Inquiry into the very sad loss of the Hercules which had made a number of recommendations. The MOD were implementing those recommendations.

Briefing took place at 14:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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