» Friday, June 13, 2008Fuel StrikeAsked if the Government would be taking any role in the strike by fuel tanker drivers, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Government was monitoring the situation carefully. The lead department was the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and John Hutton was the lead Minister. We remained [...] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) EU TreatyAsked if the Prime Minister had said yesterday that the Government would continue with the ratification process in this country even if the Irish referendum was won by the "no" campaign, the PMS said that he would not get into hypotheticals, but it had been our long-standing position that the Government had always been clear [...] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (2) MiscAsked whether the Government was concerned that tighter regulations on short-selling would have a negative impact on London’s financial reputation, the PMS said he thought that sounded like a question that would be best directed towards the Treasury. Asked if the Prime Minister had held talks with anyone from the big banks this week, the PMS [...] 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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