» Monday, May 12, 2008
Frank Field Comments
Asked how the Prime Minister would respond to Frank Field’s comments, the PMS said that there was clearly a lot of this about at the moment. The Prime Minister’s general view on the subject was that he would not be distracted by this; what he was focussing on were the big issues that faced the […]
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Embryology Bill
Asked if the Prime Minister would be voting on all three clauses of the Embryology Bill, the PMS said that on abortion specifically we did not know what the amendments would be and that would only be found out once the second reading had been moved later today. We would have to see what the […]
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Dalai Lama
Put that the Prime Minister would meet the Dalai Lama at Lambeth Palace, the PMS confirmed that the Prime Minister would be meeting the Dalai Lama on Friday 23rd May and reflecting the fact that the Dalai Lama was a respected spiritual leader, the meeting would take place at Lambeth Palace. Put that it had […]
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President Medvedev
Put that the Prime Minister and President Medvedev had talked on the phone yesterday and had it been an opportunity to talk about tricky subjects such as the Litvinenko murder and British Councils, the PMS replied that it was a fairly short discussion that they had. Of course, we continued to raise these issues with […]
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Burma
Asked if the Prime Minister was involved in any of the efforts at Government level on Burma, the PMS said that at the moment most of the discussion was taking place at the Foreign Secretary and Development Secretary level. The Prime Minister was taking a close interest in what was happening in Burma and as […]
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Misc
Asked if there would be any announcement from the Treasury on 10p tax, the PMS replied that as and when the Treasury were in a position to say any more on the issue, they would do. Asked in what form the Government Efficiency review would come in, the PMS said that there would be a […]
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» Friday, May 9, 2008
Scotland
Asked if it was correct that the Prime Minister had not replied to David Cameron’s recent letter on Scotland, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that this was correct. Asked why the Prime Minister had not replied, the PMS replied that we were still considering our response, but the Prime Minister gave a fairly clear […]
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Economy
Asked for the Prime Minister’s view on the rise in mortgage costs and house repossessions, the PMS replied that the Government’s view was set out by Caroline Flint in terms of what we were doing in order to help people who were finding it difficult to meet their mortgage costs at the moment. Repossession rates […]
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Burma
Asked for more reaction on the situation in Burma, the PMS replied that on Burma, clearly this was a very significant crisis and urgent access was essential. We were pressing the Burmese authorities as a matter of urgency to address the barriers to rapid access for staff and suppliers, and to allow international agencies to […]
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Environment Agency
Asked if was the Prime Minister’s decision to appointment Chris Smith to Chair of the Environment Agency, and did this not look like cronyism, the PMS replied that there were well established processes for making these appointments. Whoever gets appointed to these jobs did so on the basis that they are the best available candidates […]
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