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Peter Hain

Asked if the Prime Minister had full confidence in Peter Hain, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister’s views on Peter Hain were quite clear; of course he had full confidence in Peter Hain. As he had said in his interview with the Sun, Peter Hain was a great Minister and was doing a good job pushing forward welfare reform.

Asked about the Prime Minister’s comments re waiting for the Electoral Commission’s findings, the PMS said that enquiries were ongoing and all the Prime Minister was saying was that he was not going to pre-empt the outcome of those enquiries.

Put that Peter Hain had already admitted that he had done something wrong, it was asked what degree of criticism the Prime Minister was prepared to accept, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had set out his views on Peter Hain’s performance as a minister; he thought he was doing a good job. The PMS added that he would not get into hypotheticals as to what reports that had not yet reported may, or may not say; we would have to wait and see and not get ahead of ourselves.

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