» Monday, July 12, 2010

Education

Asked whether the Prime Minister had spoken to Michael Gove today, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had spoken to him. Asked how long their meeting had lasted, the PMS replied that they saw each other regularly. Put that Michael Gove was on the attack today compared to […]

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Counter Terrorism

Asked if there was a review on security measures being announced tomorrow, the PMS replied that the position in the Coalition agreement was that there would be a review of counter terrorism policy, but people should speak to the Home Office on timing and detail. On whether this was part of the Home Office and […]

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Misc

On whether the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister thought there was anything to learn from the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, the PMS said that he would not get into commenting on the relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Asked if the Prime Minister intended to stay up late and vote […]

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Children’s Commissioner

Asked why the Government was reviewing the role of the Children’s Commissioner, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that we appreciated the work that the current and previous Children Commissioners had done; the role had been in operation for 5 years now and it was time to have an open review. We wanted to listen […]

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Departmental structural reform

Asked if departments’ future budgets would be published as part of their structural reform plans, the PMS said no; the structural reform plans would set out the programmes for different departments, and would reflect commitments made in the coalition agreement. The spending review process was underway and would report in October, which would have an […]

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Political memoirs

Asked if the Prime Minister had read any of the extracts from Lord Mandelson’s new book about the coalition talks, the PMS said that the Prime Minister did not spend a huge amount if time reading newspaper reviews this morning; he had other things to do. Asked if the Prime Minister kept a diary and […]

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Education

Asked if there were any plans to help schools who would be told they would no longer get money from Building Schools for the Future, the PMS said that it was important to remember that before this government came in there had already been a substantial reduction in capital spending programmed in, so we were […]

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Race Online/digital inclusion

Asked if the Prime Minister wanted to close down unnecessary government websites, the PMS said that we were trying to streamline the government’s web presence. Asked how the targeted ten million people who were not yet online would do so if places like libraries were closing down, the PMS said that Race Online had published […]

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Scotland

Put that the First Minister had written to the Prime Minister to express his outrage that the referendum would be held on the same day as Scottish elections, the PMS said that he was sure the Prime Minister would reply to the letter. The position was clear; there was a cost saving from holding the […]

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Lords reform

Asked for the Prime Minister’s view on non-dom peers, the PMS said that the position on this was set out in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act; the provisions of that act were about lawmakers and their tax status. The intention was to ensure that those people who were making laws in this country, paid […]

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