» Wednesday, October 24, 2007
President Karzai/Afghanistan
Asked what the message to President Karzai would be tomorrow, the PMS said that, in relation to Afghanistan, we had always made clear our long-term commitments and there was no more to say in advance of tomorrow’s meeting; there would be media afterwards. Put that security would be uppermost on the agenda, it was asked […]
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Scottish Elections
Asked if it was the case that the Government had accepted and apologised for mistakes that were made but was rejecting the charge made by the Gould report that mistakes were made for partisan purposes, the PMS said that the Gould report did not say that. If you looked at what the Gould report said […]
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School Balances
Put that, from the Prime Minister’s answers at PMQs, he was sympathetic to head teachers re the retrospective nature of the proposals which were aired earlier this year, the PMS said that, as the Prime Minister had said at PMQs, we would listen to the issues raised in the consultation. The consultation was ongoing and […]
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PMQs
Had there been any contact between Downing St and the Speaker’s office after PMQs, the PMS said there had not been as far as he was aware. Asked what the Prime Minister thought of the loutish behaviour of his PPS, the PMS said it was best if the PPS addressed that issue. original source.
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Renewables
Put that if there was no national commitment to reach the 20 per cent renewables target by 2020 it was asked why David Miliband had said last year that there would be 20 per cent target re electricity renewable supply by 2020, the PMS said that there were two separate points; one was that there […]
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Scottish Elections
Asked if the Prime Minister had full confidence in Douglas Alexander, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister did have full confidence in Douglas Alexander. Asked why, the PMS replied that the Scottish Secretary Des Browne set out the Government’s response yesterday to the Gould Report. As Ron Gould made clear […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Foreign Prisoners
Asked for the Prime Minister’s explanation of the state of play with foreign prisoners, and what was the Government doing to get rid them, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister’s general position on this was that two years ago 1,500 prisoners were deported, last year 2,500 prisoners were deported, this year so far we […]
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Sepp Blatter Meeting
Asked what was on the agenda for the meeting with Sepp Blatter and at what stage was our bid for the 2018 World Cup, the PMS replied that they would raise a wide range of issues, including discussions on the 2018 World Cup acquisitive bid among other things. The Prime Minister had made it clear […]
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Turkey/Iraq
Asked if the Prime Minister would be saying anything on reported Turkish incursions in Iraq, the PMS replied that there was nothing to add to what the Prime Minister said yesterday where he spoke at great length about this. Put that the Prime Minister had said yesterday that he wanted a solution by diplomatic means, […]
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Business Council
Asked what was on the agenda for the Business Council, the PMS replied that it would be a wide ranging meeting. Despite what was written in some of the newspapers today, the Business Council would be perfectly entitled to raise whatever they would like to raise. Asked if Capital Gains Tax would be raised, the […]
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