» Thursday, January 20, 2011Riven VincentAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Disabled CareAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ExtremismAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Prisoner VotingAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Control OrdersAsked 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. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) The SpeakerAsked whether the Prime Minister believed the Speaker had remained impartial, the PMS said this was a question for the Speaker to answer. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Wednesday, January 19, 2011Hizb ut-TahrirAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Iraq InquiryAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Nordic Baltic SummitAsked 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. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Health and Social Care BillAsked 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 […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | 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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