» Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Programme for International Student Assessment
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about Britain’s current slide in the world league tables for both maths and English, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) confirmed that this question was referring to the Results from the Programme for International Student Assessment in 2006 and replied that in general we continued to perform significantly above […]
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Iraq Hostages Video
Asked for the reaction to the video issued by the kidnappers of five Britons aired by Al Arabiya television demanding Britain to leave Iraq and put that there was some talk of a COBR meeting, the PMS said that he was not aware of anything at Ministerial level regarding COBR. The Foreign Office had issued […]
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US Report re Iran
Asked if the Prime Minister had talked to President Bush regarding the latest report from the US about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the PMS said that we were in very close contact with the American administration and the White House at all levels. David Miliband had done a very full interview on this subject at lunchtime […]
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Party Funding
Asked if there was a discussion at Cabinet about party funding and legislation, the PMS repeated what he had said in the morning press briefing; there was a brief update from Jack Straw on party funding which was more of a factual update, reiterating some of the points from the Prime Minister’s speech on Saturday, […]
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Nimrod Report
Asked what the Prime Minister’s reaction regarding the Nimrod report was, the PMS said that Des Browne was giving a statement on behalf of the Government at that moment and it was best to wait for that to finish. Put that there had been suggestions that the aircraft used was too old, the PMS said […]
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Cabinet
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by telling the assembled press about that morning’s Cabinet meeting. The main item on the agenda was a discussion of the Children’s Plan, based on a presentation by Ed Balls, ahead of publication next week. There was an update by Des Browne on the Nimrod report, published this afternoon. […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Party Funding
Asked if there were any proposals or indications of direction on party funding, the PMS replied that it had not been a particularly detailed discussion in Cabinet, but more of an update following the Prime Minister’s speech on Saturday and ahead of the debate this afternoon. Asked if there was any discussion of the reform […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Iran
Asked on the make-up of the discussions in Cabinet on Iran and whether they included the American Intelligence report, the PMS said the discussions had touched on that. In general, the Government’s position was that it needed to examine the detail of the report, but in overall terms the Government believed that the report confirmed […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Defence Spending
Asked for a comment on reports that the Government was looking to cut the Defence budget by £15billion, the PMS said that he thought it was a strange report. The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) only concluded less than two months ago, which involved yet further years of real-terms increases in the Defence Budget. The budget […]
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Temporary Workers Regulations
Asked to comment on the temporary workers regulations being concluded in Brussels and did he think they would go through, the PMS said that there was an ongoing negotiation and discussion on the subject. The Government’s position was that it was looking for an agreement that struck an appropriate balance between protecting workers, but without […]
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