» Wednesday, January 9, 2008Party FundingAsked if the Prime Minister had been contacted by the police on party funding, the PMS replied that as he had said before, the question we would answer on this, to be consistent, was "Has the Prime Minister been interviewed by the police?" And the answer to that question was no. Asked if journalists would […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) ID CardsAsked if Keith Vaz was right to say that the Prime Minister was leaving himself "wriggle-room" over the implementation of ID cards, the PMS replied that the position on ID cards had not changed. All the Prime Minister was doing today, as on the Marr programme and in the Observer at the weekend, was just […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MP’s PayAsked if we were getting recommendations on MP’s pay tomorrow, and did we recognise the figures that were run by the BBC at lunchtime, the PMS replied that the was obviously a lot of speculation around this, and there had been some speculation in on of the Sunday newspapers before Christmas as well. But for […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) European Leaders MeetingAsked if there was any reason why the meeting in London with the leaders of France, Germany and Italy had been moved back to the end of January, the PMS replied that he thought it was entirely down to diary issues. Asked if we thought that Italy had been annoyed by not being invited in […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Meeting of European Leader’sAsked for more details on the proposed meeting between the Prime Minister and the leaders of Italy, Germany and France, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman told the assembled press that we were not in a position to confirm a date yet, but it would be later that month. Asked if Italy had confirmed its attendance, the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) David BeckhamAsked for more details about the Prime Minister’s meeting with David Beckham last night, the PMS said that it was a private meeting. The Prime Minister would be visiting the David Beckham Academy on Thursday and the main purpose of the meeting was for them to discuss the visit. Asked how he would characterise the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) CannabisAsked if the Government intended to reclassify Cannabis, the PMS replied that the Government’s position was that there was an independent review by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs that was ongoing. The review had not yet reported, so the Government was waiting for the outcome of that review. Blasphemy In response to […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Hospital Deep CleaningPut that Alan Johnson had said that the deep cleaning of hospitals was a gesture rather than something that was effective against superbugs such as MRSA and in view of that, was it still the Government’s intention to press on with what seemed to be a rather costly gesture, the PMS replied that he was […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) 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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