» Thursday, February 5, 2009Bank BonusesAsked if the Prime Minister was attracted to President Obama s idea of there being a ceiling on remuneration for bank chiefs in institutions that had a public stake, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had said in his press conference earlier that in October, we set […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (5) Knife CrimeAsked if there was any response to the claim that a Downing Street advisor had ordered the publication of the knife crime stats, the PMS said that Kevin Brennan had told the Public Administration Select Committee that he would respond to their request. In reference to the Downing Street official the PMS said that this […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked whether the BBC were right to sack Carol Thatcher, the PMS said that that was a decision for the BBC. original source. Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) EconomyAsked if the Prime Minister understood people s anger at the bonuses being paid by RBS, and did he support President Obama s idea of capping salaries, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that there had been comments from Lord Mandelson this morning on this, and it was important as well to reiterate where […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) TorturePut that yesterday the Foreign Secretary said that the Government did not condone or accept torture, and asked if the Prime Minister knew about this allegation, the PMS replied that the allegation as he understood it dated back to October, and these were not new. The Home Secretary had already referred the facts in the […] 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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