» Thursday, May 4, 2006
Foreign Prisoners
Asked what specific human rights challenges the government had won, the PMOS said that he had given an answer yesterday and journalists could look up the briefing note to see it.
Briefing took place at 16:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Home Secretary’s Statement
Asked whether the Government was prepared to derogate from the European Commission for Human Rights in order to get legislation through, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that as we had said yesterday, if, whenever we got the legislation through, people wanted to challenge it in the courts, then they could. What people should not assume, however, was that we had to go down the road of derogation, because if people looked at past experience on the whole series of issues that were contested in courts, then the Government had won. The PMOS said people should not make assumptions and not address hypotheticals.
Briefing took place at 16:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Reshuffle
Asked if there was a big enough envelope to plan a reshuffle, the PMOS said that he had absolutely nothing to say about what happened in the FA. That was entirely a matter for them.
Briefing took place at 16:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Bonuses
Asked if the Prime Minister would have approved of the handing out of performance-led bonuses to 70 senior managers of the Immigration and Prison services, the PMOS said that it was entirely a matter for the managers of the services how they managed it. However, the PMOS pointed out that whilst everyone was aware of the problems in some areas, equally, in other areas, such as asylum, we had seen significant progress.
Briefing took place at 16:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
John Prescott
Asked by the Sun if the Deputy Prime Minister had broken the Ministerial Code in any way, and was there an inquiry being conducted about it, as there appeared to be some confusion about it all, the PMOS replied that whilst there might be some confusion in sections of the media, despite us indicating that there were no inquires, people kept saying otherwise. The PMOS reiterated the position from yesterday which was that the media reports were wrong.
Briefing took place at 16:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Peter Law
Asked if the Prime Minister had sanctioned a peerage to Peter Law, the PMOS said that it was not only a party matter, but also, as people knew, the PMOS did not talk about the nomination process for the House of Lords.
Briefing took place at 16:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
» Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Deportees
Asked if the person that was a suspect in the killing of the Bradford WPC was back in Somalia, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that he had no information to suggest that he was, and the PMOS recommended that the journalist spoke to the Home Office.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
John Prescott
Asked to clarify whether or not there was any investigation into John Prescott's affair by either the Cabinet Office or the ODPM, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said, as he had made clear yesterday, that the answer to that was no.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (3)
John Prescott
Asked where the Deputy Prime Minister was today, the PMOS replied that he was doing his normal business in his department.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
Foreign Prisoners
Put that if the current system could not cope with deporting imprisoned foreign nationals then what sense did it make to deport all foreign national prisoners, the PMOS said firstly he did not want to pre-empt what the Home Secretary would say in the House. Secondly however, there was an issue about the criteria by which people could be considered for deportation. This would be one of the matters that the Home Secretary would discuss in his statement. Thirdly, there were issues surrounding a very small number of countries where the question was not whether you wished to deport but could you deport. In terms of the issue of the last 24 hours Somalia was one of those countries.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
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