» Tuesday, January 8, 2008Party FundingAsked if the Prime Minister retained full confidence in Peter Hain, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister retained full confidence in all his Cabinet colleagues. Asked if the Prime Minister had seen Peter Hain recently, the PMS replied that she was not aware of any 1-1 meetings. Asked if the Prime […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) CabinetAsked for a read out from Cabinet, the PMS replied that Cabinet lasted around an hour and fifteen minutes. The main item for discussion was nuclear and energy issues, a very good discussion with many interventions from members of the Cabinet. As the Prime Minister indicated there would be a broad wide ranging statement from […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) National Year of ReadingAsked about the National Year of Reading, the PMS replied that the National Year of Reading was launched today in Downing Street with Ed Balls and it was a nationwide campaign to promote the power of reading to change the lives of individuals and community. It involved local authorities, libraries, schools, voluntary organisations, and many […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Prison PlacesAsked if the Prime Minister was dismayed by statistics showing that the number of nights in which prisoners had been held in police cells rather than prisons had risen from 4,600 last year to well over 60,00 in 2007, the PMS replied that obviously we were aware of the statistics put out today by the […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked when the Home Secretary would be making her statement on knives as mentioned at the press conference this morning, the PMS replied that it was best to touch base with the Home Office on the details. We had a violent behaviour strategy due to be published fairly shortly, and she believed that the Home […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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