» Sunday, February 3, 2008CabinetThe Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a summary of what was discussed at Cabinet. There had been an update on the transport situation in light of the weather from the Transport Secretary, there was a general discussion on the economy including the recent industrial action and there was a discussion led by […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Industrial ActionAsked whether Lord Mandelson had led the discussion on industrial action and was there a view that European Law in this area needed to be looked at again, the PMS replied that as the Secretary of State, Lord Mandelson led the discussion in that area. In response to the second question, the PMS said that […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) CrimeAsked whether crime had come up at Cabinet, the PMS confirmed that there had been a general discussion about crime. Occasionally the Cabinet took stock of major policy issues and today they took stock of the Government s policy on crime and the action that we were taking in order to build on the 39% […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Bank Lending GuaranteesAsked whether any more details had emerged on the details of the Government s announcement last week on bank lending, the PMS said that something that had come up at Cabinet were reports of a number of other big economies like the US and Germany now looked like they would take action. While not identical […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Qatari Prime MinisterAsked why the Prime Minister was meeting with the Qatari Prime Minister, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had a very good relationship with the Prime Minister of Qatar and had met him on numerous occasions. The Prime Minister of Qatar was in London, so it was an opportunity to catch up and if […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | 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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