» Thursday, March 19, 2009D-Day AnniversaryAsked whether the Prime Minister would be attending the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that there was no question of the Government s commitment to veterans and full participation in an international commemoration of D-Day. Plans for the event in France were still being […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) LDVAsked if the Government was concerned about the situation at LDV, the PMS replied that as we had said repeatedly on the subject, we looked in the first instance to the parent company to provide assistance for LDV and the PMS was not aware that that position had changed. Asked if the Government was concerned […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Royal MailPut that the Chief Whip had said that the Government was listening if anyone could come up with an alternative proposal to selling a shareholding, the PMS said that as we had made clear all along, we thought that the Hooper Review into Royal Mail was comprehensive and produced a compelling case for the modernisation […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Iraq WarAsked for a response to Carne Ross comments that it was disgraceful for Ministers to argue that the Hutton and Butler inquiries were able to delve deeply into the issues surrounding the build-up to the war in Iraq, the PMS replied that we had always been clear what the terms of reference for the Hutton […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | 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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