» Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Afghanistan Conference

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the preparations for next week’s meeting were on track. The Prime Minister discussed the issues with President Karzai last week, who was closely involved with the agenda of the meeting. The Foreign Secretary also had discussions about the meeting when he was in Kabul at the weekend. This […]

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Security Statement

Asked if the no fly list that the Prime Minister had mentioned in his statement was the first one of its kind, the PMS said that we had not had a no fly list before, this was the first time. original source.

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Chilcot Inquiry

Asked if Downing Street would make public Sir John Chilcot’s reply to the Prime Minister’s letter, the PMS said that the Prime Minister’s letter had only recently been sent to Sir John Chilcot and there was no reason why we wouldn’t let people know about a response. Asked why the Prime Minister had changed his […]

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Employment Stats

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about the increase in the number of people who were economically inactive, the PMS said that the Prime Minister was pleased to see that there were positive figures today; unemployment fell overall by seven thousand and the number of young people on Job Seeker’s Allowance also fell. However, […]

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Governor of the Bank of England

Asked how the Prime Minister felt about Mervyn King’s speech yesterday, the PMS said that there was nothing in Mervyn King’s speech that was inconsistent with what the Government believed about the nature of the recession and the importance of the banking system returning to recovery. Mervyn King also mentioned support for the Chancellor’s move […]

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Obama call

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) added that the Prime Minister had spoken to President Obama the previous evening. The Prime Minister began by congratulating the President on his achievements in his first year in office. The call covered several issues on their shared agenda including Haiti, Afghanistan and climate change. On Haiti, the Prime Minister […]

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Statement on security

Asked what the content would be of the Prime Minister’s statement on security and counter terrorism at 12:30, the PMS said there would not be no further details other than it was on that broad subject. original source.

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Afghanistan Conference

Asked if rumours were correct that the Afghanistan conference would be preceded by only a short two hour discussion on Yemen and if the Prime Minister thought that was sufficient time to discuss the issue, the PMS said the discussions on Yemen would be very important and include key representatives before the Afghanistan conference and […]

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Haiti

Asked if the conversation between the Prime Minister and President Obama had been the first time the two had spoken since the disaster in Haiti, the PMS said yes it had been the first conversation since the earthquake. Asked if the Prime Minister had views on the US and French disputes in Haiti, the PMS […]

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Unemployment figures

Asked if the Prime Minister was pleased with the ONS labour market statistics, the PMS said the Prime Minister welcomed the statistics that showed more positive signs for the labour market. original source.

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