» Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Vehicle Excise Duty
Asked if people should take the Prime Minister’s remarks on vehicle excise duty to mean there was no possibility of changing the back-dating proposals, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that he thought the Prime Minister’s words spoke for themselves and he would leave other people to do the interpreting. Asked if […]
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Knife Crime
Put that the Prime Minister had talked about knives in PMQ’s and had signalled an announcement was likely tomorrow, the PMS replied that tomorrow the Prime Minister would be holding a meeting with representatives of ACPO and CPS as well as the Home Secretary, the Justice Secretary and the Attorney General to discuss some of […]
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President Barroso
Asked whether the Prime Minister would be discussing the EU Treaty with President Barroso tomorrow, the PMS said he would not expect them to take up too much time on that subject. The main issues being discussed would be the big issues for the European Council later this month, which would be around energy, oil […]
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42 Days
Asked if the Government had a response to the report by the Commission on Human Rights, the PMS said that we had always said that we believed the legislation we were proposing on 42 days was compatible with the European Court of Human Rights, but he had not seen the report mentioned. Asked if the […]
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Economy
Put that the OECD had said that the Government was likely to break its sustainable investment rule next year, and asked if we agreed with them, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that we did not agree with that. The Government was committed to its fiscal rules and the Treasury would be providing an update […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Embryology
Put that Cardinal O’Brien was taking a mass in the House of Commons’ crypt tonight where he was once again going to attack politicians who supported the Embryology Bill, the PMS replied that we did not have any specific response to this. The Prime Minister had set out his position very clearly in the article […]
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Scotland
Asked if the Prime Minister had given a response to Alex Salmond’s letter, the PMS replied that it was not quite clear how many letters there were. We did receive a letter yesterday from Mr Salmond, but it appeared to be a different letter to the one that appeared in newspapers over the weekend. So […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
US Elections
Asked if there had been any communication between the Prime Minister and Mr Obama or Mrs Clinton, the PMS replied that the Democratic and Republican Party nomination processes were really a matter for the respective parties, and the Presidential election was really a matter for the American people. The UK Government looked forward to continuing […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Misc
Asked if the Prime Minister had any plans to talk to his predecessor tomorrow, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister spoke to his predecessor regularly. original source.
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