» Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Iraq Inquiry

Asked if the letters between Tony Blair and President Bush had been passed on to the Chilcott inquiry team, the PMS said that we had made clear from the outset of the inquiry that we would not comment on a day by day basis. The Prime Minister was supportive of the inquiry and would cooperate […]

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Iceland

Asked if the Prime Minister would be having any further talks with Iceland regarding the repayment of loan money, the PMS said that this was a matter of concern and a referendum was due to be called in the next couple of months. We had been clear that we wanted the money to be repaid. […]

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Competition Commission

Asked why it had taken the Government so long to accept the Competition Commission recommendations on the Groceries Supply Code of Practice and if it had anything to do with the Opposition’s proposals on this a couple of weeks ago, the PMS said that we wanted to make sure that we got this right and […]

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» Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Weather

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that Lord Adonis had made a statement on salt supplies, which had been sent out as a press release. The Salt Cell convened again today and Lord Adonis chaired a COBR meeting this morning and updated Cabinet on the situation. In terms of transport infrastructure things were as good […]

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Weather

Asked if enough salt was getting through, the PMS replied that the situation was being discussed by the Salt Cell today. The Highways Agency went into this period of bad weather with 13 days worth of supplies. What we had seen was some local authorities had more salt than others, but a process had been […]

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Northern Ireland

Asked to give a flavour of what the Northern Ireland Secretary said in Cabinet, the PMS referred people to the Prime Minister’s statement, urging all politicians in Northern Ireland to remain focussed on the business of government and to recognise the crucial importance of intensifying engagement in those issues that remained to be resolved. The […]

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Afghanistan

Asked if there was a cast list for the Afghanistan conference yet, the PMS said it was a Foreign Ministers meeting, so therefore David Miliband was effectively in the chair. We were assuming that we would see Secretary of State Clinton for instance. President Karzai was coming and we would also expect Ban Ki Moon […]

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» Monday, January 11, 2010

Peter Robinson

Asked if there was any response to the news that Peter Robinson would be stepping down, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that we were aware that Peter Robinson was currently making a statement so it wouldn’t be appropriate to comment at this stage. We were monitoring events and remained closely involved. […]

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Peter Robinson

Asked if there was any response to the news that Peter Robinson would be stepping down, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that we were aware that Peter Robinson was currently making a statement so it wouldn’t be appropriate to comment at this stage. We were monitoring events and remained closely involved. […]

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Gritting

Asked if there was any more information on the further measures mentioned by the PMS, the PMS said that he was quoting to people what the Secretary of State had said in the House of Lords. Lord Adonis had also said that these measures were likely to include further steps to conserve salt to ensure […]

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