» Monday, July 5, 2010

Deputy Prime Minister’s statement on electoral reform

Asked if the Deputy Prime Minister’s statement would include any information on anything other than electoral reform, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the statement would cover what was set out in the Queen’s Speech; equalisation of constituencies and the Alternative Vote (AV) issue. It was possible that other issues would be covered, and […]

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Prime Minister’s Questions

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with the Speaker that PMQs needed to be reformed, the PMS said that he had not seen the Speaker’s comments, but in general the Prime Minister was open to suggestions from the Speaker and from Parliament more widely. Asked if PMQs would move from Tuesday to Thursday, the PMS […]

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Civil Service compensation

Asked if another meeting with the civil service unions had been arranged, the PMS said that his understanding was that there was no meeting scheduled in the first place. Asked if a meeting would take place, the PMS said that he was not aware of one, but he was sure there would be lots of […]

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Education/Treasury statements

Asked why the Danny Alexander statement was written rather than oral, the PMS said that there were a couple of significant oral statements this afternoon, and the Danny Alexander statement went alongside the education settlement statement from Michael Gove. MPs would get the opportunity to raise questions in the context of the education statement. Asked […]

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Miscellaneous

Asked if there was a date for the torture inquiry, the PMS said that reporters would have to wait, but it would be quite soon. Put that the a backbench MP had refused to see constituents who wore burkas and asked for the Prime Minister’s views, the PMS said that on the issue of burkas […]

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