» Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Condoleezza Rice
Asked what was on the agenda for the talks with Condoleezza Rice later this week, the PMS replied that obviously they would be discussing Afghanistan as one would expect. But he was sure the discussion would go much wider than that. Asked if Iran would be discussed, the PMS replied that as he had said, […]
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» Monday, February 4, 2008
Sadiq Khan
Asked about the letter David Davies claimed to have sent the Prime Minister, the PMS told the assembled press that we had done very detailed checks yesterday and we would continue to check our systems, although there was no reason to believe that the check yesterday was incomplete. Asked if he had any reason to […]
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Training of Taliban
Asked about reports of British troops training former members of the Taliban without the will of the Afghan Government, the PMS said we were working very closely with the Afghanistan Government in relation to the training of security forces in Afghanistan. We had always made clear that should anyone in Afghanistan join the mainstream Afghanistan […]
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Northern Rock
Asked when the Government would decide on bids for Northern Rock, the PMS said that it was best to speak to the Treasury on the matter. The deadline for bids was today and it was now up to the Treasury, the Tripartite Commission and Northern Rock to consider their response in the light of those […]
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Misc
Asked whether Jacqui Smith’s speech would include the Government’s review of the licensing laws, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) advised people that they should wait for the speech. Asked if the Prime Minister would be meeting with Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday, the PMS said that there were plans for the Prime Minister to meet Condoleezza […]
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» Sunday, February 3, 2008
Cabinet
The 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 […]
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Industrial Action
Asked 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 […]
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Crime
Asked 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% […]
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Bank Lending Guarantees
Asked 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 […]
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Qatari Prime Minister
Asked 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 […]
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