» Thursday, March 20, 2008

Mayor of London

Asked if the Prime Minister would take onboard the Mayor’s views regarding the closure of post offices, the PMS replied that, as the Prime Minister had said yesterday, difficult decisions had to be taken in relation to the post office, reflecting the fact that demand for postal services was changing. There needed to be some […]

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Misc

Asked if the Prime Minister took a view regarding city traders spreading malicious gossip, the PMS replied that the Financial Services Authority was conducting an investigation into that so there was nothing we could say at this point. Asked if the Prime Minister took a view regarding renaming the House of Lords as the Senate, […]

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» Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Tibet

Asked about the Prime Minister meeting with the Dalai Lama, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that as the Prime Minister said in PMQs earlier today, he spoke to the Chinese Prime Minister Mr Wen this morning. As we had been saying earlier in the week we had been speaking to both the Chinese Embassy […]

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Defence

Asked if the Chiefs of Staff had been "kitted up" and in to see the Prime Minister, the PMS replied that if this referred to the piece in the Evening Standard, we did not recognise that story. The Ministry of Defence was currently focused on a planning round to make sure that resources are allocated […]

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Government Cars

Asked about the story of a Cabinet split over Government cars, the PMS replied that as he said this morning when asked the question, over the last two years the Government Car Agency had moved to greener cars resulting in a 30% reduction in average emissions from Government cars. We would now accelerate the pace […]

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FSA

Asked for the Prime Minister’s view on the FSA investigation into whether people had been deliberately spreading rumours and shortening stock, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister thought this was a matter for the FSA. original source.

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National Security Strategy

Asked what role the Prime Minister envisaged for the National Security Forum and when the new members would be appointed, the PMS replied that we hoped to appoint new members shortly. The role of the National Security Forum, as the Prime Minister said in his statement today, was to advise the recently constituted National Security […]

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Iraq

Asked if the Government would be marking the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Government had no specific plans to do so, although he was sure that the Prime Minister would mention the situation in Iraq among other things, in his statement to […]

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Government Cars

Asked repeatedly if the Prime Minister had a view on whether Cabinet cars should be British made, the PMS replied that as people knew from the document published yesterday, over the last two years the Government Car Agency had consistently shifted to greener cars. That had led to a 30% reduction in emissions from cars […]

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Embryology Bill

Asked if it was still the Prime Minister’s intention that there should be a whip vote on the issue, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had answered a question on the subject in PMQ’s last week and he had nothing to add to that. Put repeatedly that there was still some confusion about what […]

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