» Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Zimbabwe

Asked if the Prime Minister would be raising the subject of Zimbabwe with Nelson Mandela, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) repeated what he had said at this morning’s lobby; this was a private meeting, taking place because Mr Mandela was in London to attend events marking his 90th birthday. It had been in the diary […]

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

Policing

Asked if the Prime Minister had a view on whether or not police forces should be given foundation status, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had a view on the reform of the police and that this was something we were taking forward. The Home Office would be bringing forward proposals on the next […]

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Miscellaneous

Asked for the Government’s response to the law lords ruling on anonymity, the PMS replied that Jacqui Smith had already made the Government’s position clear; this was something we were looking at urgently, including looking at whether or not we could change the law. original source.

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Cabinet

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a summary of Cabinet, which lasted for about 90 minutes. The main items discussed were the future of the NHS on the basis of a presentation from Professor Ara Darzi on the main conclusions of his review, which would be published next week. There was also a […]

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

Zimbabwe

Asked what the current situation was in regards to Zimbabwe, the PMS said that we had had a very strong statement from the UN Security Council last night, with the Security Council united in condemning the actions of the Government of Zimbabwe and calling on the results of the 29th March elections to be respected. […]

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Misc

Asked whether the Government was concerned that Iran had taken $75 billion out of foreign banks following the Prime Minister’s comments on sanctions being imposed and was it actually the case that those sanctions had been imposed, the PMS replied that he was not sure that any of the facts being asserted in the question […]

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

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