» Thursday, March 5, 2009
Misc
Asked for any reaction to Hilary Clinton calling for a high-level international conference on Afghanistan, the PMS referred people to the Foreign Office. Put that the opposition had claimed that we only had enough extra gas in our overall capacity to last an extra four days, down from 17 days, the PMS said that he […]
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Cabinet
The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that at Cabinet this morning there was an update on the legislative programme; a presentation from the Chancellor on the economy; a readout from the Prime Minister on his trip to the US and a presentation from Liam Byrne on public service reform. The Chancellor noted that the […]
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General Motors
Asked if the Government were in talks with General Motors (GM) regarding a bailout, the PMS said that the Department for Business (BERR) was due to meet a range of motor manufacturers in the coming days. Put that GM was allegedly asking the Government for 440 million in return for a stake in the company, […]
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Misc
Asked if the Treasury and Lloyds had come to an agreement in regards to the Asset Protection Scheme, the PMS said that talks were ongoing and at an advanced stage. Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned by reports that Lord Myners was receiving a pension from NatWest, the PMS said that it was not […]
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» Wednesday, March 4, 2009
US Trip
Asked for more details on who had written the Prime Minister s speech, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that a variety of advisors from No10 and elsewhere had contributed. Asked whether any of those advisers were elected or appointed, the PMS replied that he didn t have a comprehensive list […]
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Foreign Workers
Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with Phil Woolas s comments about the release of statistics on foreign workers, the PMS replied that as he had said this morning, Phil Woolas had set out his reasoning for writing to the Fabian Society, which was to correct a claim made that he had chosen to publish […]
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PMQ’s
Asked how it was possible for Harriet Harman to make the mistake of saying that Sir Fred Goodwin had received his knighthood for his work for the Princes Trust rather than his services to banking, the PMS said that Harriet Harman had corrected the record very quickly. She said in the House, I think that […]
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Working Capital Scheme
Asked how worried the Prime Minister was that the scheme had been delayed, the PMS said that as we had set out at the time of announcing this and other schemes, they were necessarily detailed and took some time to implement. As Harriet Harman had set out at PMQ s, the important thing was that […]
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ITV
Asked if there was any possibility of a Government bail out for commercial TV stations, the PMS said that ITV was a valuable part of the broadcasting landscape and we were currently in discussions with all major broadcasters about the future provision of public service broadcasting as part of the Digital Britain Review, which would […]
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Office of National Statistics
Asked if the Prime Minister thought that there was anything sinister about the way the Office of National Statistics (ONS) released its figures, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that Phil Woolas had set out his reasons for writing to the Fabian Society very clearly during his interview on the Today programme interview where […]
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