» Monday, June 2, 2008Pre-charge DetentionAsked if the Prime Minister would resign if he lost the vote on 42 days, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister answered that question in the press conference following his meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister earlier. He said that this would be treated as a normal vote in the same […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MugabePut that some Labour MPs thought that there was an inconsistency with the position of the Prime Minister on Mugabe visiting the Rome Conference, and allowing Douglas Alexander to sit through the conference with Mugabe, the PMS replied that first of all tomorrow was an important meeting. Secondly this was a UN meeting and therefore […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Brendan BarberPut that Brendan Barber had been seen going into Downing Street this afternoon, and asked if there was anything they need to know, the PMS replied that he had a private meeting in Downing Street. It was not unusual for the Prime Minister or other senior figures in Downing Street to meet people from the […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ScotlandAsked if the Prime Minister had received the Scottish First Minister’s letter, the PMS replied that he did check just before he left and we still had not yet received this letter from Alex Salmond. Obviously we read the contents of the letter in some newspapers yesterday, but it would be inappropriate to give a […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) UN/Food and Agriculture Organisation SummitAsked what the Prime Minister thought about Robert Mugabe attending the UN/ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) summit and what Douglas Alexander’s attitude would be if he encountered Mugabe, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that our position on Mugabe was well known and we thought it particularly unfortunate that he had decided to attend […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Pre-charge DetentionAsked about the meeting between the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Chief Whip this morning, the PMS replied that journalists would not expect him to confirm or comment on internal meetings that the Prime Minister had; it was very clear what the Prime Minister’s position was regarding pre-charge detention, as was set out […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Oil TaxesAsked if the Prime Minister intended to respond to the First Minister’s letter about oil taxes, the PMS said that the Treasury had been responding to this and that the Chancellor had said something yesterday on the Scottish edition of the BBC Politics Show. We would not accept the premise of Mr Salmond’s letter on […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscellaneousAsked what the White Paper on joint birth registration was about, the PMS said that it was about issues relating to the designation of fathers on birth certificates. Asked if the Prime Minister had any plans to have meetings in the House of Commons today, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had meetings in […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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