» Monday, March 23, 2009

Meeting with Global Banks

Asked if the meeting with global bank chief-executives tomorrow was a regular meeting, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said no; it was part of a series of meetings that we were having ahead of the G20. Last week there was a meeting with global business leaders and the Prime Minister would tomorrow meet CEOs […]

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MPs’ Expenses

Asked if the Prime Minister was satisfied with the explanation from the Employment Minister Tony McNulty regarding his expenses, the PMS said that these were not issues for him to reply to as they related to Mr McNulty s capacity as an MP rather than his governmental responsibilities. Asked if the Prime Minister had full […]

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Demonstrations

Asked if the Prime Minister had any views on the police using anti-terrorist laws to deal with demonstrations, the PMS said that the Prime Minister s view was that the police did an excellent job acting within both the spirit and letter of the law and he was confident that they would continue to do […]

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Misc

Asked if the Leader of the House of Commons would deputise for the Prime Minister at PMQs on Wednesday, the PMS said yes. Asked if the Prime Minister would be having bi-lateral talks with the President of Argentina, the PMS said the Prime Minister would be expected to have a meeting with the President of […]

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» Friday, March 20, 2009

Assisted suicide

Asked whether the Prime Minister was sympathetic towards the proposed amendments to the Coroner’s Criminal Justice Bill, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Government’s position was that we believed that any change in the law in this area was an issue for individual MP’s and a matter for parliament to […]

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Northern Rock

Asked whether the Prime Minister regretted not introducing a system to combat the collapse of a banking institution, the PMS replied that if people read the report closely, the relevant pages stated clearly that work on dealing specifically with the scenario of a major financial institution getting into difficulty for liquidity reasons had been ongoing. […]

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Protectionism

Put that Renault had moved 400 jobs from Slovenia back to France and was the Prime Minister concerned that his message on protectionism was falling on deaf ears, the PMS said he wouldn’t comment in detail on any particular moves by a foreign commercial organisation and how it ran its workforce. The Prime Minister, as […]

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Misc

Asked if people could expect any announcements from Lord Mandelson or John Denham today, the PMS said that John Denham’s speech was about support that entrepreneurs received and there was no announcement anticipated from Lord Mandelson. Asked whether the position on LDV remained the same, the PMS confirmed that it did remain the same. Asked […]

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» Thursday, March 19, 2009

D-Day Anniversary

Asked 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 […]

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LDV

Asked 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 […]

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