» Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Prisoner Voting
Asked whether Government Ministers should abstain and did the Government have any desire not to see a vote, the PMS said there would be a vote. We had said we would listen to the views expressed by Parliament. Our position was that we wanted to listen to what Parliament said. And we would take that […]
Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
AV Bill
Asked if the Government was still confident of meeting the deadline, the PMS said that it was described in Cabinet as being on track’. The PMS said that the amendment in question was an issue that had cross-party support in the House of Commons and the House would no doubt want to come back to […]
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Bank Levy
Asked why the Chancellor had made this announcement now and not as part of the Budget, the PMS said that the Chancellor had set this out himself this morning. He had made this decision and announced it as soon as possible. The Bank Levy was originally designed to be phased in, but since that decision, […]
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Trade White Paper
On what people could expect from the Trade White Paper, the PMS said that Stephen Green had set out his objectives. These included promoting trade by small and medium sized companies. SMEs that did trade with other countries tended to be more innovative and more efficient. The PMS said that this was about strengthening the […]
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AL Megrahi
Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with US Senators who had called for a further inquiry into Lockerbie, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had set out his position yesterday. The Prime Minister had also expressed the view in the past that he did not need another inquiry to tell him that the decision […]
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Search and Rescue Helicopters
Asked why the Secretary of State was not making an Oral Statement to the House on the issue, the PMS said that the Secretary of State had set out the position in a Written Ministerial Statement. Asked how much the public had lost during the process, the PMS advised people to speak to the department […]
Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Tax System
Asked whether marriage being recognised in the tax system was something that had been kicked into the long grass’, the PMS replied that the position was as set out in the Coalition Agreement. Asked if there would be any time left to bring in changes to reflect marriage in the tax system, the PMS said […]
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Misc
Asked for a Government view on the Guardian journalist who was refused entry into Russia because of the part he played in the Wikileaks story, the PMS said he would get back to people on that issue. Asked if the Prime Minister had a view on whether the Duchess of Cornwall should become Queen, the […]
Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
» Monday, February 7, 2011
AL Megrahi
Asked why documents were being released by the Cabinet Secretary, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister asked the Cabinet Secretary to review the circumstances surrounding the release of Al Megrahi and the Government’s role in that process. Asked if the Prime Minister’s statement would look to be judgemental […]
Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Big Society
Asked if it was a good idea to introduce the Big Society at a time of austerity, the PMS replied that a lot of the issues in reports related to local authority funding. Three points were worth making: First, local Government spending accounted for a quarter of all spending and at a time where we […]
Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
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