» Thursday, January 20, 2011

Riven Vincent  

Asked if the Prime Minister had written to Riven Vincent, the PMS said yes, the letter had just been sent. Asked if the letter would be published, the PMS said no, it was a private letter. Asked if the Prime Minister would get involved in similar cases if asked, the PMS said that the Prime […]

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Disabled Care

Asked about the respite care available for a family from South Gloucestershire, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said the Prime Minister planned to write to the family in question and to the local MP, and that he was very concerned about the case. Asked about funding, he added that levels of respite care were decided […]

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Extremism

Asked about Baroness Warsi’s forthcoming speech on faith, the PMS said that there was an issue with radicalisation in this country, and with terrorism. The points that Baroness Warsi was making was that we needed to have a debate about that and she was saying this was a difficult issue. The PMS added that there […]

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Prisoner Voting

Asked what the Government’s position on prisoner voting was, the PMS answered that the intention was to ensure that the minimum number of prisoners were given the vote. He added that the issue was a historical problem and that a number of cases and compensation claims by prisoners had built up, going back a number […]

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Control Orders

Asked if there would an announcement on control orders today, the PMS said he understood that there would be an announcement on this next week. original source.

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The Speaker

Asked whether the Prime Minister believed the Speaker had remained impartial, the PMS said this was a question for the Speaker to answer. original source.

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» Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Hizb ut-Tahrir

Asked what the position was on, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister made his views on this organisation clear when he was in Opposition and his view remained the same. Hizb ut-Tahrir was an organisation that the Government had significant concerns about and we were closely monitoring activities. However, it was […]

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Iraq Inquiry

Asked if the Prime Minister had been signalling at PMQs today that his view was that Tony Blair should lift the ban on certain documents being published, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had been making the point that Tony Blair was in front of the Iraq Inquiry on Friday and he could, if […]

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Nordic Baltic Summit

Asked who the Prime Minister would be meeting at the summit, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said he was meeting the Norwegian Prime Minister for a bilateral today, then dinner tonight with the other leaders, and then the summit with all leaders all day tomorrow. original source.

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Health and Social Care Bill

Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with those who said the pace of the reforms was too fast, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had dealt with this question earlier in the week. Most of the issues in the Bill had already been tested and there was a phasing-in of the proposals over a […]

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