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Reshuffle

Asked how many Ministers of State had left the Government, the PMS said one had left and that was Jane Kennedy.

Asked if there were any particular appointments that he would like to elaborate on, the PMS replied that the people coming in at Minister of State level included Angela Smith, coming into the Government as a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office; there was a promotion from Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for both Maria and Angela Eagle; Joan Ruddock was being promoted from a Parliamentary Undersecretary of State to a Minister of State; Jim Fitzpatrick was being promoted to replace Jane Kennedy at DEFRA; Ivan Lewis was being promoted from Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at DfID to replace Bill Rammell at the Foreign Office and Bill Rammell was moving over to the Ministry of Defence to replace Bob Ainsworth.

Asked if he knew who the new PPS to the Prime Minister would be, the PMS said that we hadn t made that appointment yet. Asked if he was confident that all PPS posts would be filled, the PMS said that he was.

Put that Jane Kennedy had said that she could not live with the smearing and undermining style of Government and did the PMS recognise that characterisation, the PMS said that he would not get involved or respond to that.

Asked if the Prime Minister had met Ministers of State in a group this afternoon, the PMS replied that he had not. The Prime Minister had meetings with Cabinet Ministers and Ministers as people would expect. Asked about the meeting in No10 this afternoon, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had had meetings with Ministerial colleagues during the course of the day, but he did that every day. Asked whether the meeting in No10 this afternoon was a crisis meeting to discuss tactics for the PLP meeting, the PMS said that it was not.

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