» Wednesday, February 9, 2011Prisoner VotingPut that there had been two conflicting Government views today in that the Justice Minister had said that some prisoners would be given the right to vote but that the Prime Minister said that he didn’t see why prisoners should get the vote, the Prime Minister’s Spokeswoman (PMS) said that there would be a debate […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Military CovenantAsked if the Military Covenant was legally binding, the PMS said that the fact that we had to deliver on the Military Covenant would be legally binding. We had never had a Military Covenant and in the Coalition Agreement we were clear about commitments to the armed forces, some of which we had started delivering […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Sure StartAsked if the Prime Minister had given a full and accurate representation of Sure Start funding at PMQs this afternoon, the PMS said that we were committed to Sure Start Children’s Centres, which played a crucial role in early intervention. There was enough money in the Early Intervention Grant to retain a network of Sure […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Prisoner votingAsked whether the Prime Minister agreed with Kenneth Clarke that some prisoners would have to be given the vote, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that there was a process ongoing and we were looking at legal advice. There was a vote on the issue tomorrow and the PMS advised people to […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Military CovenantAsked if the Prime Minister was concerned about claims that the military covenant had been broken, the PMS said that the Prime Minister’s views on the armed forces were well known. The Prime Minister believed that our service personnel made an extraordinary contribution to British life and those serving on the front line risked their […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) TradeAsked what the Prime Minister thought about the trade figures released today which showed a 9.2bn gap, a record since figures began in 1980, the PMS replied that the OBR, the IMF and the OECD were all predicting a strong 2011 for trade. We were publishing the Trade and Investment White Paper today, which would […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Tuesday, February 8, 2011Bank LevyAsked when did the Prime Minister learn about the Bank Levy announcement, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said it was normal practise for the Prime Minister to be told about tax changes before they were made. The Treasury had been explaining why they had made their announcement today. They had made that announcement and it […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Search and RescueAsked what the Prime Minister’s reaction was to suspending privatisation of search and rescue and was he concerned about it, the PMS said the Department for Transport had set out in a Written Ministerial Statement what had happened and why. Asked if he was worried about procurement at the MOD, the PMS replied that there […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) AfghanistanAsked what the Prime Minister thought of authorities in Afghanistan planning to hang a Muslim who had converted to Christianity, the PMS said we had a very clear position on Human Rights and on that specific case he would advise them to speak to the Foreign Office. original source. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) AV BillAsked about the Government losing the vote proposing the 40% threshold and was the Government planning to overturn this in the Lords, the PMS replied that on that that specific amendment he would expect the Government to amend it back when it returned to the Commons. On the AV bill more generally he said the […] 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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