» Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Egypt

Asked for details of the plane the Government was sending to Egypt, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that we were chartering a plane. The information we had had this morning was that the queues at the airport had gone down and that there were commercial flights leaving Egypt with spare seats […]

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Prisoner Voting

Asked about the status of the debate in the House and the vote that would follow it, the PMS replied that if there was a motion and Parliament debated and voted on it, then that was Parliament expressing its view. The PMS added that we had said that we would listen to Parliament’s view and […]

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Andy Coulson

Asked if there had been a formal get together’ for Andy Coulson leaving No10, the PMS replied that there hadn’t been. original source.

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Libya

Asked if the Cabinet Secretary had released more papers concerning Libya, the PMS said that the Cabinet Secretary was reviewing the relevant papers and his report would be published soon. original source.

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Egypt

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that Cabinet this morning would be discussing Egypt, with an update from the Foreign Secretary. Following on from this there would be a discussion at the National Security Council. The PMS reiterated what was said yesterday, that it was important for the Egyptian Government to listen to the aspirations […]

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Public Accounts Committee Report

Asked about the Public Accounts Committee report out today concerning lost money, the PMS said that this was not necessarily money that was lost but money they were pursuing. There was always a difference between the amount of money that theoretically should be raised and the amount of money that actually came in, and HMRC’s […]

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Al Megrahi

Asked when the Government documents on Al Megrahi would be published, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had asked the Cabinet Secretary to look over those documents and decide whether or not they should be published. That review was ongoing and would report shortly. Asked if previous Ministers were consulted, the PMS said that […]

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National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Asked what the Prime Minister thought of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research’s comments that the Government should delay the spending cuts, the PMS said that we set out our consolidation plans in the Budget last year and in the Spending Review, and our intention was to implement them. The PMS also pointed […]

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Andy Coulson

Asked if Andy Coulson had now left Downing Street, the PMS said yes. Asked if his replacement would be named soon, the PMS said that we were making good progress and would make an announcement when we were ready. Asked if Andy Coulson got any severance pay, the PMS said no. original source.

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Misc

Asked if the AV Bill had been discussed at Cabinet today, the PMS said that there had been a purely factual update: an agreement had been reached last night and there would now be a series of votes today and tomorrow before the Bill proceeded to the next stage. Asked if the Prime Minister was […]

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