» Wednesday, January 23, 2008

ID Cards

Put that the timetable for ID cards had slipped, the PMS replied that the position on ID cards was set out in the strategic plan for the National Identity Scheme, which was published in December 2006. That made clear that the first ID cards for British citizens would be issued in 2009 and that rollout […]

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Police Pay

Asked if the Prime Minister had a message for the police officers marching through London today, the PMS said that as the Prime Minister and Home Secretary had said on numerous occasions, there was a huge amount of admiration for the work of the police within Government, but that we faced a difficult situation last […]

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Misc

Asked if the Government would be making an announcement on Capital Gains Tax this week, the PMS said that it was a matter for the Treasury. Asked about the Counter-terrorism bill and how it would be published, the PMS said that he thought it was a straightforward publication of the bill. Asked for an updated […]

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» Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Economy

Asked to describe the mood of the Cabinet this morning as they discussed the world economic problems, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the mood of the Cabinet was summed up by the Prime Minister and the Chancellor, who said that these were global issues that all countries were facing at […]

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Bank of England

Asked if people were any closer to finding out the fate of Mervyn King as it was getting close to normal procedures kicking in and an advert for the new Chairman of the FSA was seen in the press this week, the PMS said that on the issue of the appointment of the Governor of […]

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Cabinet

Asked how much of the Cabinet meeting was taken up with discussions on economic issues, the PMS said that there was a lot to discuss at Cabinet today. Geoff Hoon gave the usual update of Parliamentary business for the next week; there was an update on counter-terrorism by Jacqui Smith; there was a discussion on […]

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Police Pay

Asked how the Prime Minister proposed to meet the concerns of police officers and would he be meeting with any of those officers marching through London tomorrow, the PMS said that the Government had made its position on the subject very clear. The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary thought that police officers did an […]

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Palestine

Asked about the Prime Minister’s meeting with Prime Minister Fayyad that morning and what was discussed, the PMS said that they had had a general discussion about the security situation in the region, a discussion about economic regeneration and the private investors conference planned for April. Obviously, the security situation was a matter for concern […]

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Misc

Asked if electoral reforms would be published this week, the PMS said that he would have to check on that. Asked whether the Prime Minister had any views on the Information Committee’s ruling on MP’s spending, the PMS said that the Prime Minister thought that these were matters for the House authorities. Put that he’d […]

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Cabinet

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by saying that Cabinet this morning met for around one and a half hours. Main items discussed included the usual update on parliamentary business next week from the Chief Whip; an update on where we were in relation to counter-terrorism ahead of the publication of the Counter-Terrorism Bill on […]

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