» Friday, September 19, 2008

Finance

Asked 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 […]

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US Election

Asked 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 […]

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Georgia

Asked 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 […]

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Rights of the Child

Asked 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 […]

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