» Friday, September 19, 2008FinanceAsked for a reaction to the US proposal of putting private assets into a state-sponsored fund, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that these were matters for the US authorities. The Prime Minister was setting out this morning the action that we had already taken in Britain to deal with the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) US ElectionAsked if there was surprise or disapproval with Harriet Harman s comments on the US Election, the PMS said that he didn t have anything that he could say on the matter. Harriet Harman had been making the Government s position clear, which was not to comment on the US election. The PMS reminded people […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) GeorgiaAsked whether the Prime Minister had taken the opportunity to reaffirm the UK s backing for Georgia to become a member of NATO, the PMS said that the Prime Minster had done so. Our position on Georgian NATO membership was unchanged. The NATO Summit in April had made the in principle decision that the Ukraine […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Rights of the ChildAsked why the Government had decided to sign up fully to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the PMS said that the Home Secretary had announced in January this year that there would be a review of the UK s immigration-based reservation to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child […] 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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