» Monday, April 14, 2008
Turkish Foreign Minister
Asked if the Prime Minister would talk about human rights issues with the Turkish Foreign Minister, the PMS replied that this was a short private meeting and that there was a more substantive meeting that was taking place between the Foreign Secretary and the Turkish Foreign Minister so it was best to check with the […]
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Miscellaneous
Asked if the Prime Minister was confident regarding the non-dom status of his special advisors, the PMS replied that all special advisors were governed by the code of conduct on special advisor appointments and all of them adhered to that. original source.
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» Monday, April 7, 2008
Olympic Touch
Asked whether the Prime Minister shared the concerns of the IOC President over the interruptions to the Olympic torch relay, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister was asked a question on this subject this morning in his press conference with Kevin Rudd. As the Prime Minister had said, […]
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Income Tax
Put that David Cameron had vowed to challenge the abolishment of the 10p income tax band, the PMS said that it was not for him to respond specifically to David Cameron. More generally, it was the Prime Minister’s view that we set a stable course by going ahead with the Government’s policy to cut the […]
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Zimbabwe
Asked if there had been any change to the situation in Zimbabwe, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had been talking about this at his press conference this morning, so the PMS referred people to the language that he used there. The Prime Minister had made two main points; first, that it was now […]
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» Thursday, April 3, 2008
NATO
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving the assembled press a rundown of what had been happening at the NATO Summit. The main topic being discussed both last night over dinner and this morning, had been the membership applications from Georgia and the Ukraine. The Prime Minister had made clear throughout the week that […]
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Income Tax
Asked whether the Prime Minister was concerned about the depth of feeling amongst Labour MPs on the decision to cut the 10p rate of income tax, the PMS said that the Prime Minister’s position on the 10p rate of income tax was as it always had been. In the Budget last year there was a […]
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Afghanistan
Asked whether the Government had ruled out sending more troops to Afghanistan, the PMS said that the Government kept that under review. We were anticipating confirmation from the French on their troop deployment. Asked whether any other countries would come forward with resources and where were we on the idea of a helicopter trust fund, […]
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Cannabis
Asked if the Prime Minister was determined to go ahead with bringing in tougher sentences for cannabis if the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) recommended that it stayed as a Class C drug, the PMS said that we did not expect to receive the report from the advisory committee on the classification […]
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Zimbabwe
Asked what the Prime Minister would be discussing with Heads of Government at the Progessive Governance Summit and would that include possible rescue packages for Zimbabwe, the PMS said that the situation in Zimbabwe was uncertain at the moment. We would have to see how things panned out in the next couple of days. The […]
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