» Monday, August 4, 2008

Free Passports

Asked about free passports for the WWII generation, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Home Office had announced in 2004 that it would give free passports to anyone born before 1926, and this was the realisation of that announcement. Asked if the offer of free passports was a way of recognising the sacrifices […]

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National Risk Register

Asked about the National Risk Register (NRR), the PMS said that the NRR was one of the measures identified in the National Security Strategy. Asked if the NRR listed the sorts of things that might pose a risk, the PMS said that it was a register of the various sorts of risks that Government made […]

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SATs

Asked if the Key Stage 2 results published tomorrow were the SATs, the PMS said yes. Asked if everything concerning Key Stage 2 was now complete, the PMS said yes, that was his understanding. original source.

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Economy

Asked if the Government was ruling out a windfall tax, the PMS said that decisions on such things were announced in the usual way through the Pre Budget Report (PBR) or the Budget. Asked how work was going on the economic recovery plan, the PMS said that the Government remained focused on the overall economic […]

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Cabinet

Asked when the first Cabinet meeting in September would be, the PMS confirmed that the date of the first Cabinet meeting in September would be Monday 8th and it would be held outside of London. Asked if holding the Cabinet meeting outside of London would become common practise, the PMS said that we hoped to […]

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Miscellaneous

Asked if there was a reaction to the Iranian stonewalling at the weekend, the PMS said that if there was it would come from the Foreign Office. Asked about the guidance published today by the Department of Health on weighing and measuring children, the PMS said that from September, parents of children who had been […]

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