» Thursday, March 12, 2009

Sir Fred Goodwin

Asked if the Prime Minister thought Sir Fred Goodwin should keep his knighthood, the PMS said that our focus was on looking at the legal underpinning of Fred Goodwin s pension arrangements. Asked if the Prime Minister recognised the anger on the Labour benches about the fact Sir Fred Goodwin still had his knighthood, the […]

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Gateway to Global Growth

Asked about the Gateway to Global Growth, the PMS said that UK Trade and Investment was introducing a new programme called Gateway to Global Help, which was a programme of support for small and medium sized enterprises who wanted to export. On specifics it was best to speak to the department. original source.

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Northern Ireland

Asked what steps were being taken to find the missing 300lb bomb, the PMS said that stories like this would appear throughout times such as the ones we were experiencing at the moment but we would not comment on every story relating to security matters, except to say that Hugh Orde was responsible for security […]

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Misc

Put that Lord Mandelson had said that the Bank of England and the Treasury had not acted quickly enough to help the car industry, the PMS said that Lord Mandelson had made clear that discussions were making progress on this front and we recognised the urgency needed. There would be further discussions between the Treasury […]

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» 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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