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» Monday, June 26, 2006

Northern Ireland

Asked that in the spirit of looking forward, not back, what was happening with the Northern Ireland visit later in the week, the PMOS said that we had set up a Committee for Preparing for Government to try and meet the deadline of 24th November for restoration of devolution. The Prime Minister and the Taoseach would meet the parties on Thursday essentially to assess what had happened, and also to ensure that momentum continued towards the November deadline.

Briefing took place at 6:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Pensions

Asked if the government was going to freeze contributions to public sector pensions, the PMOS said that he had nothing to add to what the Cabinet Office had said over the weekend, which was that we would honour our agreement. Discussions on detail were continuing.

Briefing took place at 6:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Human Rights Act

Asked what the Government's position was on the Human Rights Act, and would it stay, etc, the PMOS replied that he wanted to take a step back of only 50 years, to say that we had been members of the European Convention on Human Rights for 50 years. The Human Rights Act incorporated that into our legislation. The reason why we were members of the European Convention was because it allowed us to comply with our international obligations, and therefore protected British citizens abroad. The Human Rights Act was therefore incorporated into British law, and stopped the process which used to be the case where people had to go to Strasbourg to appeal their cases. The PMOS said that there were problems around the interpretation of the Act, and the DCA were looking at that as part of the overall review which involved the DCA and the Home Office. Lord Goldsmith had made the position for the Government very clear on this yesterday.

Briefing took place at 6:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

EU Rebate-Budget

Asked to comment on the suggestion of revisiting the EU budget deal, the PMOS said that there were always after EU budget deals technical discussions and this came under that heading.

Briefing took place at 6:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Football

Asked if the Prime Minister had any business in Germany on Saturday, the PMOS said not that he was aware of.

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Somme

Asked if the Prime Minister had any plans to go to the Somme 90th anniversary celebrations, PMOS said that he was not aware of any plans to do so.

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» Friday, June 23, 2006

Prime Minister’s Speech/Prisons/Criminal Justice System

Asked about Sky's recent reporting about 4000 extra prison places, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) told journalists that there had been an increase in the number of prison places in the last few years. If people looked at what the Prime Minister had said in his speech, he had said that the number of prison places had expanded by 19,000 since 1997, and equally, we were adding a further 1000 in the next year. Therefore, the prison population was going up, and it was an issue that we had to look at, and keep looking at.

Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)

» Thursday, June 22, 2006

Prime Minister’s Speech-Criminal Justice System-Migration

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) briefed the assembled press that tomorrow, the Prime Minister would reflect on his time as a barrister, an MP and Shadow Home Sec as well as Prime Minister, and his emerging interest in the changing nature of law & order. The PMOS told people that this speech would be based on the Prime Minister's own personal experience through the years from Opposition days, the views of experts, and the Prime Minister had commissioned a number of papers which were discussed at the seminar on June 7th on this issue. Some of those papers, even the ones that we did not necessarily agree with, had been published on the Downing Street website.
In the speech, the Prime Minister would recall that asked what job he wanted by the then Leader of the Opposition John Smith, the Prime Minister said:

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

PM’s Bristol Visit and Criminal Justice Speech

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) explained that the main focus of the visit to Bristol would be law and order. Tomorrow he would deliver the first of a series of lectures on domestic policy, in the same way that he had recently done on foreign policy. This series came under the banner or headline of "Our Nations Future".

Briefing took place at 14:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)

Trident

Asked if a vote on Trident be a simply yes or no, or would it be more detailed, the PMOS replied that what the Prime Minister had said yesterday echoed what he had said before, which was that there would be a proper discussion.

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

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» Monday, June 26, 2006

Northern Ireland

Pensions

Human Rights Act

EU Rebate-Budget

Football

Somme

» Friday, June 23, 2006

Prime Minister’s Speech/Prisons/Criminal Justice System

» Thursday, June 22, 2006

Prime Minister’s Speech-Criminal Justice System-Migration

PM’s Bristol Visit and Criminal Justice Speech

Trident

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