» Friday, November 24, 2006

Northern Ireland

Asked what would happen in Northern Ireland, if the Assembly would be suspended, the PMOS said no, what the Prime Minister had said this morning was that while there was confusion over what happened this morning there is not confusion about the bottom line. The bottom line is this that if the parties live up to their commitments on policing and power sharing, if the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and Sinn Fein emerge as the two largest parties after the election then the people of Northern Ireland now know who their first and deputy first ministers will be, and that would be Dr. Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness. In effect we know now who will be first and deputy first ministers, and that allows us to proceed.

Briefing took place at 16:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Contracts

Asked to elucidate on the story in the Guardian about contracts between individuals and public services, and would the Government make people lose weight before agreeing to give them hip replacements, the PMOS said that as he had been rather otherwise engaged that morning, he was not aware of the detail of the story.

Briefing took place at 16:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Alexander Litvinenk

Asked if the Government had had any discussions regarding Mr. Litvinenk and the Russian authorities, the PMOS said that there was a police investigation going on and we should allow that to go on. Asked if the police would be going to Moscow, the PMOS said the police should be allowed to carry out their investigation wherever they wish to.

Briefing took place at 16:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

NATO Summit-Riga

Asked what would be discussed at the NATO Summit next week the PMOS said that the best time to discuss Riga would be next week rather than now.

Briefing took place at 16:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Police Inquiry

No.

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