» Monday, April 28, 2008
First Minister
Asked if there was any update on the possible meeting between the Prime Minister and the First Minister, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that she didn’t have anything to update journalists on from this morning in terms of any meeting this evening, but reiterated that we were looking at diary practicalities. More generally, there […]
Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Misc
Asked if Dawn Primarolo’s announcement today on eye treatment had breached Purdah conventions, the PMS said no. What Dawn Primarolo had been talking about today was results from research that had already been supported by £1 million of the Department of Health research money; this was not new money that had gone in, this was […]
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General Petraeus
Asked what was on the agenda for the Prime Minister’s meeting with General Petraeus, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that we would say more on that nearer the time. General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker were both in London, and had met the Prime Minister previously when they had been passing through. original source.
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Elections
Asked if the Prime Minister and Mrs Brown would be voting on Thursday, the PMS replied that he was sure they would be. Asked if they were registered in London, the PMS replied that he would have to double check, but he was sure his political colleague had this all in hand for Thursday. original […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Middle East
Asked if Tony Blair would be attending the meetings on Friday, the PMS replied that he would not expect him to attend the Iran meeting, and on the Middle East meeting he was not sure that we were in a position to confirm that at the moment. original source.
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Fuel Strike
Asked if the Prime Minister would be meeting the First Minister today to discuss Grangemouth, the PMS replied that there had been very good co-operation between the UK Government and the Scottish Executive in recent days on the issue of Grangemouth. John Hutton and Alex Salmond had been speaking frequently over recent days. The Prime […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Afghanistan
Asked if Des Browne would be making a statement on Afghanistan today, the PMS replied that we were not expecting a statement this week. original source.
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Tax
Put that Jack Straw had said sorry for 10p tax and asked if he spoke for the Government on this, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had given extensive interviews on this issue last week, and had said all he needed to say for now. Asked if the Prime Minister was sorry, the PMS […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
Defence
Asked about a piece in the FT today on the MoD kicking into the long grass lots of major defence procurement decisions, the PMS replied that it was best to speak to the MoD. original source.
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Cannabis Report
Asked if the Cannabis report had been received, and when would we be publishing it, the PMS replied that we were expecting to receive the report from the advisory committee today, and that would go to the Home Office. But we did have a statutory obligation to take into account the advisory committee’s advice, so […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)
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