» Monday, December 15, 2008

Post Office

Asked about the Hooper Review, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Government had received Richard Hooper’s final report, Ministers were carefully considering the report and it would be published shortly. Put that if the pension liability was taken over by the Government it would be a lot of liability for the taxpayer, the […]

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Global energy conference

Asked about the Global Energy Conference, the PMS said that the purpose of the meeting was to follow up on the very constructive meeting that took place in Jeddah in June, which had been the first time in memory that oil producers and oil consumers had got round the same table at such a high […]

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Heathrow

Asked if Hilary Benn’s comments at the weekend signified a split in Cabinet over Heathrow, the PMS said no. We would be making an announcement on Heathrow in the new year. However, as the Secretary of State for Transport had been making clear, it was very important that we considered all the environmental issues that […]

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Miscellaneous

Asked about the Prime Minister’s statement this afternoon, the PMS said that the main purpose of the statement was to report back from both the European Council meeting and the situation in Afghanistan following on from the trip at the weekend. Asked for details on support for the automotive industry, such as short-term loans, and […]

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» Thursday, December 11, 2008

Economy

Asked what the Prime Minister hoped the first meeting of the lending panel would achieve, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Treasury would brief in full on the lending panel meeting. The panel was established by the Government to monitor lending to businesses and homeowners and to make sure […]

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German Finance Minister

Asked for an update on the Prime Minister s attitude towards the German Finance Minister, the PMS said that there had been widespread reporting of the Prime Minister s comments this morning on LBC Radio. The PMS added that in contrast to the comments made by the German Finance Minister in his Newsweek interview, the […]

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Irish Referendum

Asked if the Prime Minister would welcome a second referendum in Ireland and would it have any impact on a possible referendum in the UK, the PMS replied that as people knew, we had already ratified the Lisbon Treaty and had had an extensive parliamentary debate on the passage of the Lisbon Treaty Bill. Any […]

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Economy

Asked if the Prime Minister had a favourite foreign Finance Minister, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that if this was a thinly veiled attempt to get him to comment on the German Finance Minister s remarks, the Prime Minister was asked a similar question in an interview with London s LBC Radio this […]

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» Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Brussels

Asked for more information on the Prime Minister s trip to Brussels, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister would travel to Brussels tomorrow, with the Council meeting starting at about 3pm. The main items to be discussed would be energy and climate change and the economy. On […]

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Zimbabwe

Asked whether military action would be on the agenda at the UN Security Council meeting, the PMS said that the Foreign Secretary had made clear in the past that that was not really where the debate was in relation to Zimbabwe. The purpose of the UN Security Council meeting on Monday was to ensure that […]

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