» Monday, June 29, 2009Building Britain’s FutureAsked whether the plan should be called Building England s Future instead, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that people should wait for the document to be published before passing judgement. Many of the policy measures that will be referred to in the areas of housing and public services were devolved […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Post Office BillAsked if there was any more clarity on the delay to the Post Office Bill, the PMS replied that Lord Mandelson had been speaking about this at great length this morning and he was not sure there was much he could add to that. Asked how long it was being delayed for, the PMS said […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) OECD ReportPut that the latest OECD report had said that national debt would be 90% of GDP by next year, the PMS said that as we understood it, this figure appeared to apply to gross debt rather than net debt. Net debt as a figure was the main indicator and it was a lot lower than […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) IranAsked for more details on the situation in Iran, the PMS replied that there were still four locally engaged staff from the British Embassy who were being detained by the Iranian authorities. We were deeply concerned at their arrest and their continued detention. These arrests were completely unacceptable and unjustifiable as the Foreign Secretary had […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Cancer ReferralsAsked what the current proportion of people was who did get to see someone within two weeks, the PMS said that we could say more about this, this afternoon. There was a big difference between setting a centrally imposed target and putting in place an entitlement that PCTs would be obliged to meet. Asked if […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked whether Shriti Vadera would be the new European Commissioner, the PMS replied that as and when we were in a position to say anything about the next European Commissioner we would do so. Asked what the Prime Minister s view was on the situation in Honduras, the PMS said that the Foreign Office had […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | 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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