» Monday, June 9, 2008

Meeting with Commonwealth Leaders

Asked if the international institutions referred to as attending the Commonwealth meeting tonight were the Royal Bank, International Monetary Fund etc, the PMS said that that was correct; this was part of taking forward the Prime Minister’s agenda on reform of international institutions, which he had set out in a number of speeches over the […]

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42 Days

Asked if there was still some way to go in convincing MPs to vote in favour of 42 days, the PMS said that this vote remained very tight. Asked if the Prime Minister would vote, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would be voting on Wednesday. Put that it was in the Government’s interest […]

Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)

Miscellaneous

Asked if the Prime Minister had any sympathy for MPs who also happened to be parents and if he thought that their childcare should be subsidised in any way, the PMS said that the Prime Minister’s position, without getting into individual cases, was that there needed to be a much greater degree of transparency in […]

Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)

Flexible Working

Asked about the Working Time Directive currently being discussed in Brussels and suggestions that a clause will be introduced to give everybody the right to demand flexible working, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that our position on flexible working had been set out very clearly by the Government in recent weeks. The right to […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Pre-Charge Detention

Asked if people could expect any further tweaks or changes on 42 days, the PMS replied that the Government set out a package of measures on that last Tuesday. Asked if that was it and there would be no further changes or concessions, or was the door being left open, the PMS replied that the […]

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Afghanistan

Asked if the Prime Minister was confident that the majority of people in this country were convinced of the case for staying in Afghanistan, and the sacrifices that entailed, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister was convinced that staying in Afghanistan was the right thing to do. This was a country that had suffered […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Church of England

Asked if the Prime Minister accepted that the Church of England had been marginalised in the last few years, and that it had not been listened to perhaps as much as voices from other faiths, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister would not accept that at all. The Prime Minister was obviously keen on […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Public Sector Pay

Asked if the Government had a message for public sector workers rallying today, the PMS replied that our general message on public sector pay was that the Prime Minister of course appreciated the good jobs that many people in the public sector did on behalf of the public, and he recognised their commitment to public […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Commonwealth Summit

Asked what the Prime Minister’s vision was for reform of global institutions, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister’s vision of reform was pretty well known. It was set out for example in his speech he gave when he was in India – it was about making reform in the international institutions to make them […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

OPEC

Asked if the Prime Minister thought we should "put a blowtorch" to OPEC, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had made clear that obviously we would expect the oil producing countries to do more, but that we also needed a comprehensive and long term approach to the issues facing the oil market. That meant […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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