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Fuel Prices

Asked for a sense of what was being discussed at the meeting with oil industry representatives, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the meeting was with the board of Oil & Gas UK which was the main representative body for the oil and gas sector in the UK, so it would cover most of […]

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Cluster Bombs

Asked if there would be an announcement today on cluster bombs, the PMS replied that as people knew there were negotiations ongoing in Dublin at the moment, and at this point we had nothing further to add to what we said on this last week. But it was best to wait and see how things […]

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Canadian PM

Asked what the Prime Minister was planning to talk to Stephen Harper about, the PMS replied that they would be discussing Afghanistan obviously where the Canadians were involved, oil prices and food prices would come up, as would the more general global economic situation. original source.

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Knife Crime

Asked if the Government would be making any announcements on the current knife crime epidemic, the PMS replied that Jacqui Smith gave a speech last week where she set out quite comprehensively what the Government was doing on knife crime. We would soon be launching a new national million pound campaign to challenge the fear, […]

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Pre-Charge Detention

Asked for the Prime Minister’s position on 42 days, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister remained strongly of the view that there was a need to extend the period of pre-charge detention beyond the current 28 days to 42 days, which was the Government’s proposal. We had set out a number of safeguards that […]

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Post Offices

Asked if the Prime Minister had any objection to the closure of four post offices in his constituency, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister’s view on post offices had been set out in Prime Minister’s Questions, and at other times in recent days and weeks. There was clearly a process of restructuring taking place […]

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MPs’ Pay

Asked if we had had the Baker Review on MPs’ pay, the PMS replied that we had not had the Baker Review yet. Asked if there was any way that the Prime Minister would countenance some sort of "catch-up" pay award for MPs, the PMS replied that we had not seen any proposal from the […]

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