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Police Pay

Put that Keith Vaz has claimed that at least 10 Ministers are rebelling over police pay, and asked if we recognised that picture, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that this was not a picture that he recognised. On the more general issues, the Home Secretary answered a lot of questions on this earlier today, […]

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Europe

Asked to set out what will happen on Thursday, the PMS replied that as he said this morning, the Liaison Committee would start at 9am, moved forward from 10am, and we would expect that to last around two and a half hours. The Prime Minister would then fly straight to Lisbon. It was anticipated that […]

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Counter Terrorism

Put that the Home Secretary had seemed to indicate this morning that she would await the final publication of the Home Affairs Select Committee before drafting the Terrorism Bill, and asked if there was still room for manoeuvre on 42 days, the PMS replied that the Home Secretary was not setting out anything that was […]

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Russia

Asked that given the significance of the Russian elections and the immunity that was given to the Russian Parliament, had we given up all hope of extradition of Mr Lugovoi, the PMS replied that our position on this remained unchanged. This was a dreadful crime that was committed in the centre of London, which could […]

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Cabinet

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman began by giving the assembled press a brief rundown of what was discussed at Cabinet. First of all there was a discussion on Europe, ahead of the EC meeting on Friday and there was also a discussion on where we were with Iraq and Afghanistan, following the visits to Afghanistan by […]

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Lisbon

Asked who would be attending the EU Summit in Lisbon, the PMS said that he could confirm that the Prime Minister would be attending on Thursday. Due to the timing of the Liaison Committee, the Prime Minister would be unable to attend the actual signing ceremony, but he would attend some of the lunch with […]

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EC Meeting, Brussels

Asked if there were any key issues on the agenda for Brussels, the PMS replied that the key issue for the Government was that for the last couple of years there had been an introspective period in Europe and once the treaty had been signed the important thing was to move on to the issues […]

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China Visit

Asked for more details on the Prime Minister’s visit to China in January, the PMS said that in terms of visits, everything was kept under review. The Prime Minister had said that he would visit China and India in January and more details would become available soon. original source.

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