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European Council Meeting

Asked whether the visit of the Croatian Prime Minister to Downing Street held any significance in regards to Croatia joining the EU in 2010-2012 and therefore meaning there would have to be another treaty, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that he was sure that there would be all sorts of hypotheticals […]

Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Queen’s Speech

Asked if it was the case that the Queens speech was on December 3rd, and if so why, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that that was the date that was chosen – the Queen’s speech was on December 6th in 2000, it was not a particularly unusual date to have the Queen’s speech. Put […]

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

Pay Awards

Asked if the Prime Minister felt that people should take on average pay awards less that the rate of inflation, the PMS replied that it was the Government’s view as expressed by Alistair Darling yesterday in his letter to the Governor that we needed to have responsibility in pay awards in the private and public […]

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Afghanistan

Asked if there was any more details on the troops killed in Afghanistan, the PMS replied that any statements on troop fatalities should come from the Ministry of Defence. original source.

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Lap Dancing Clubs

Asked if the Prime Minister would be backing Roberta Blackman-Woods’ bill to shut down lap dancing clubs, the PMS replied that this was clearly something that the Government had been looking at, but it was best to speak to the Home Office who were the lead department on this. Asked if the Prime Minister was […]

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Europe

Asked how hopeful the Prime Minister was on getting over the impasse on the Lisbon Treaty, the PMS replied that clearly a lot had been said about this in recent days by the Foreign Secretary and by the Prime Minister himself on Monday. The legal position was very clear that the Treaty could only be […]

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Alcohol

Asked about the story on the Mirror’s front page about units of alcohol, the PMS replied that we would shortly be reporting the results of the independent reviews on alcohol price and promotion, and would consider our position in light of that. However the Mirror’s story seemed to be somewhat ahead of itself and rather […]

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