» Friday, November 17, 2006

Darfur

The PMOS said that the Prime Minister will talk to Kofi Annan about the situation in Darfur following the preliminary agreement with the Sudanese government on the situation there, we believed that it is an important breakthrough, but the next few days could be critical because of the need to confirm the detail of the agreement, particularly the detail on the hybrid African Union/UN force. The Prime Minister is determined that he will play his part in helping to turn this agreement into concrete action by talking to Kofi Annan and other international leaders.

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Margaret Hodge

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Margaret Hodge's comments that Iraq was his biggest mistake, the PMOS said that he had not seen the comments and could not reply but said that for the first time there was a democratically elected government in Iraq, there was a Prime Minister and government which is trying to bring the country together. The PMOS went on to say that while there were difficulties in Iraq, which no one is disputing, what was important was people were working towards a situation where Iraqis will be able to take responsibility for their own affairs.

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Al Jazeera Interview

Asked if there was any firm idea of when the interview would be, the PMOS said that it was a matter for Al Jazeera, just like any other interview, it would be broadcast at 6pm but Al Jazeera would be able to give further details. Asked if the interview would be at Downing Street, the PMOS said yes. When asked about timings the PMOS replied it would be mid afternoon.

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Police Inquiry

Asked the daily question the PMOS said no. Asked if there had been any liaison between the police and No.10 regarding the inspection of diaries, the PMOS said that he answered only one question on this subject and no others. Asked if Andrew McNeal's assertion that the Prime Minister would be questioned by St. Andrew's Day, the PMOS said he would not give a running commentary on any police investigation.

Briefing took place at 7:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Trident

Asked where we were on Trident, the PMOS said that we were exactly where we'd said we'd be. It was a process of exhaustive analysis going on and that process would go forward, but it was a step-by-step process.

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Ofcom

Asked what the Prime Minister thought of the Ofcom proposals to ban junk food advertising to children, the PMOS said it was a matter for Ofcom.

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Anti-Bullying

Asked if the Prime Minister would be supporting anti-bullying week, the PMOS said that that was next week, let's deal with this week.

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European Scrutinity

Asked if Prime Minister believed that more proposals on sentencing should be decided by QMV, the PMOS said that we had always said that we are prepared to look at where it is sensible to co-operate in Europe and there were areas, such as arrest warrants where it is in this country's interests that we co-operate but equally we will retain the veto over issues where we don't believe that to be the case. Each issue would be looked at issue-by-issue, rather than talking about it in a blanket way. Asked about an issue such as sentencing, which would come under these latest proposals, the PMOS said it was a hypothetical question and not a question about a detailed proposal.

Briefing took place at 7:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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