» Thursday, January 27, 2011NimrodAsked if the Prime Minister agreed with the analysis of the former defence chiefs in regard to the scrapping of the RAF Nimrods, the PMS replied that he did not. We had set out our decision on this at the time of the Strategic Defence and Security Review; not only were we dealing with a […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Forest ConsultationPut that if charities or councils did not have enough money to buy areas of forests, wouldn’t the land be bought up by wealthy individuals, the PMS replied that we had begun a consultation today and there seemed to be a lot of preconceptions about what we were saying. The Government would not be selling […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (4) » Wednesday, January 26, 2011EconomyAsked if the Prime Minister agreed with Ken Clarke that it could take two or three years to secure the economic recovery, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that he had not seen the Justice Secretary’s words. The PMS said that what was certainly true was that the economy was hit by […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) EgyptAsked if the Prime Minister had a view on what was happening in Egypt, the PMS replied that the Foreign Secretary had put out a statement on the situation. original source. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) PeersAsked if the Prime Minister met with cross-bench Peers today, the PMS said that there was a meeting earlier today and no doubt, recent events in the Lords were one of the things discussed. On whether the Prime Minister urged peers to back a guillotine for the AV Bill, the PMS replied that he was […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) GDP FiguresAsked if the Prime Minister was confident there wouldn’t be a double dip recession, the PMS said that it was worth noting what the ONS itself had said about the impact of the cold weather on this quarter. It was also worth noting the negative contribution from construction, which was historically a very volatile part […] Briefing took place at 11:21 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) GDP FiguresAsked if the Prime Minister was confident there wouldn’t be a double dip recession, the PMS said that it was worth noting what the ONS itself had said about the impact of the cold weather on this quarter. It was also worth noting the negative contribution from construction, which was historically a very volatile part […] Briefing took place at 10:51 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) AV BillAsked for his view on a possible guillotine’ or timetabling for the Lords, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that we were looking at the options. Asked at what point did things become critical in terms of the passage of the Bill, the PMS replied that as he understood it, it had […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Tuesday, January 25, 2011Control ordersAsked if control orders had been discussed at Cabinet that morning, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said it had not been, but that it had been discussed earlier in the month when there had been broad agreement on policy. He added there would be an announcement the following day. original source. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) BSkyBAsked if the Prime Minister had met James Murdoch, the PMS answered that the Prime Minister met people working in the media at various times. Details of those meetings were published on a quarterly basis. He added, with regard to the decision on NewsCorp and BSkyB, that it was the decision of the Secretary of […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | 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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