» Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Northern Ireland

Asked if the Prime Minister supported the vigil taking place outside the House of Commons this afternoon in support of the peace rallies in Northern Ireland, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister was supportive of anything that signified the unity of the communities and political groupings in Northern Ireland against […]

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Car Industry

Asked if the funding for the new green Land Rover was simply a disguised bailout, the PMS said no; this was funded under Berr s Grant for Business Investment Scheme, which was separate from the 2.3 billion Automotive Assistance Programme that we announced a few weeks ago. Asked if the Prime Minister recognised concern that […]

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Global Economy

Asked if the Germans needed to do more in terms of addressing the global financial system, the PMS said that there was an ongoing discussion about what all countries needed to do as part of the ongoing agenda for the G20, and that s what the Prime Minister would be discussing with Angela Merkel at […]

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Misc

Asked if the Prime Minister thought that the police should have broken up the anti-war protest in Luton yesterday, the PMS said that it was a matter for the police. The Prime Minister gave his general view on this earlier during PMQs. original source.

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Jaguar Land Rover

Asked for more information on the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announcement, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that there would be an announcement from BERR in ten minutes, but he would describe this announcement as part of BERR s business as usual programme and the sort of support they provide to […]

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CBI

Put that the Financial Times had published some quotes from the President of the CBI and what was the response to the charge that the G20 would focus on the wrong issues, the PMS said that we would not accept that. The G20 would have a very wide-ranging agenda; of course it would deal with […]

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G20 Costs

Put that the Times had said that the summit would cost in the region of 50m, the PMS said that as far as he could see this figure had been completely plucked out of the air. The estimate that the Foreign Office had given was 19m, when the comparable figure for Gleneagles was 80m. So […]

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Terrorist Groups

Asked which terrorist organisation Lord West was referring to, the PMS said that it was Jamaat-ul-dawa, which was an alternative name for Lashkar-e-toiba (LET), the Pakistani/Kashmiri terrorist organisation. Asked if that was the organisation demonstrating yesterday, the PMS said that it wasn t; there was no link between the announcement today and the demonstration yesterday. […]

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Misc

Asked what the Chancellor would be talking about in his speech, the PMS said the purpose of the speech was to set out the Government s position on a range of global economy issues ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers meeting later this week. Asked whether off-shore tax havens had anything to worry about, the […]

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