» Monday, October 23, 2006
Hospitals
Asked for further comment on today's Daily Telegraph story that hospitals were wasting £2.5 billion a year, the PMOS replied that what the Telegraph had missed was that this was about improved NHS productivity, and it was a way of helping to spread improved productivity throughout the NHS.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
» Friday, October 20, 2006
EU Informal Council
The PMOS said that the informal format to the Council was very much welcomed and was very much along the lines of the Hampton Court Summit last year. It meant that there was free flowing discussion around the table, leaders could talk over a range of subjects and could focus on issues of concern. The topics built on Hampton Court, particularly energy, which we put on the agenda last year. The Prime Minister, along with the Dutch Prime Minister, had issued a joint letter to the rest of the EU which spoke about the need to treat energy and climate change as two sides of the same coin. The PMOS said that issues to be discussed included the need to build on what had been set up at Gleneagles and Mexico, and the issue of energy supply would also form part of the discussions with President Putin tonight.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
Energy and Russia
Asked about Russia's membership to the WTO the PMOS said that the EU Informal Council was not the setting to discuss such matters.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Clare Short
Asked if the Prime Minister was at the informal council pressing for aviation to be put in to the EU Emission Trading Scheme early, and would that affect airline prices. The PMOS said that aviation would be part of climate change discussions. Part of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme discussions widened the areas that it covered to include transport and other schemes around the world. The PMOS added that California was developing such a scheme and we wanted to explore ways of linking such schemes. Asked again if airline prices would go up the PMOS said that pricing was a matter for airlines.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (6)
Iran
Asked about the comments of President Ahmadinejad had said in relation to Israel the PMOS said that the remarks were not new and were no surprise. The remarks were consistent with what President Ahmadinejad had said before about Israel, 'being wiped off the face of the earth'. The PMOS said that the remarks should not be treated as rhetoric and that the conclusions from Hampton Court last year had shown that calls for violence and for the destruction of any state were manifestly inconsistent with any claim to be a mature and responsible member of the international community and that this had raised serious concerns of Iran's role in the region.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Veils
Asked if there would be a Government policy to ban the wearing of veils in schools the PMOS replied that as mentioned before the wearing of veils was a personal matter however it was symptomatic of a broader debate about separation and integration and that this debate would continue.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
Working Time Directive (WTD)
Asked about John Monk's comments on the WTD the PMOS said that the Government approach to the WTD was based on existing working habits within the UK but also the reality of how other countries approached this matter.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Climate Change
Asked if the Government was prepared to listen to the concerns of opposition parties, Labour MPs and business leaders on extradition and accept the Lords amendment to the police and justice bill when it returns to the Commons next week. The PMOS said that the time to discuss this was next week and the Home Office would be the lead.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
» Thursday, October 19, 2006
Informal European Summit
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told journalists that the agenda would cover further developments of EU energy policy, economic reform, especially boosting European capacity for innovation, Darfur and immigration. President Putin would join EU leaders for dinner. Our objectives for the Summit were to make further progress towards an EU energy policy which would deliver security and diversity of suppliers, but also, low carbon energy economy. We wanted to send a strong EU message on Darfur, and to ensure that the Summit provided impetus on a wide-ranging, innovative agenda, including product markets, intellectual property and education reform.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Cabinet
Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said this morning the Prime Minister had presented at Cabinet details of the policy review programme. The Cabinet had enthusiastically endorsed plans to take forward a formal Whitehall process, which would see every aspect of Government policy come under scrutiny. The programme called "Pathways to the Future" sought to assess the long-term strategic priorities of the UK alongside the Government's existing policy framework. Through this process a series of questions would be asked and answered, which would point the Government and the country in the right direction as it prepared for the future.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
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