» Monday, August 20, 2007

Afghan Medals

Asked if the Prime Minister had any further thoughts regarding Richard Dannatt’s comments that there should be a class added to the medals given out for Afghanistan to reflect the nature of the fighting, the PMS replied that as the MOD had said yesterday, obviously the Chief of the General Staff had given his opinion […]

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Family Values

Asked for a No10 reaction on behalf of the Prime Minister to David Cameron’s recent comments about the breakdown of families, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled journalists that she was not going to respond directly to the Leader of the Opposition, and recommended that people spoke to the Labour Party. Asked what […]

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Crime

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed that parts of the country were now inflicted by anarchy, the PMS replied that what both the Prime Minister and the Government as a whole would emphasise was that public protection was the top priority. With reference to knife crime, that was why the Government had introduced a new […]

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Chancellor Merkel Meeting

Asked why the Prime Minister was holding a bilateral with Chancellor Merkel specifically this week, and also, was the Prime Minister back at work now, the PMS said that Chancellor Merkel would be in London on Wednesday. They would discuss a wide range of topics, specifically looking at international development issues, trade, and other issues […]

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Iraq

Asked if the Prime Minister had had any thought about the reports over the weekend from the US that said that the UK was beaten in Iraq and that we were now facing rising violence and a Saigon situation, the PMS replied that people should look at the response that the Basra military spokesperson Major […]

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EU Treaty

Put that a Times report from Brussels this morning had reported that a committee had asserted that the reform treaty was much the same as the constitution, the PMS said that our position on the treaty had been well established, the constitutional aspects of the treaty were not in this draft either in form or […]

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Afghan Medals

Asked if the Prime Minister had any further thoughts regarding Richard Dannatt’s comments that there should be a class added to the medals given out for Afghanistan to reflect the nature of the fighting, the PMS replied that as the MOD had said yesterday, obviously the Chief of the General Staff had given his opinion […]

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» Monday, August 13, 2007

Foot and Mouth Disease

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) updated journalists on Foot and Mouth. She said that the Prime Minister was being kept informed of any developments today whilst he was up in Scotland. Officials were currently attending a COBR meeting, and there had been no confirmed cases since early last week. The Chief Vet Debby Reynolds had […]

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Prime Minister in Scotland

Asked if the Prime Minister was in his constituency whilst in Scotland, the PMS confirmed that he was working from his constituency office. Asked if the Prime Minister was now on holiday, the PMS replied that it was the first time that the Prime Minister had visited his constituency since he became Prime Minister. There […]

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Climate Change

Asked about the Guardian story today regarding officials briefing the Government over climate change targets being "completely unreachable", the PMS replied that the UK was committed to developing renewable energy. In the recent energy White Paper that was published, we had aimed to see renewable energy increase three-fold to 15% by 2015. Asked if we […]

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