» Monday, February 7, 2011
Bill of Rights
Asked why a Commission on a Bill of Rights had not been set up, the PMS said that it would be set up. In nine months, the Government had introduced a wide range of policies; this was one thing that it would turn its attention to soon. On whether the Prime Minister was happy with […]
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» Friday, February 4, 2011
Ministerial Interests
Asked if the list was the first to come under the present Government, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that it was. The PMS said that several Ministers had been appointed at a later date, but we now had a consolidated list to publish. original source.
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Fuel Prices
Asked for the Government’s views on what OPEC had been saying on fuel prices in the UK, the PMS replied that if oil prices went up, it had an impact on the price of petrol at the pump. Put that their argument was that the Government was making more money than the producers through tax, […]
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Egypt
Put that Alastair Burt had contacted Vodafone over the use of the network by the Egyptian Government and had the Government intervened in the cases of any other companies, the PMS said that there had been many contacts between the UK Government and the Egyptian Government. In regard to the Vodafone case, if any messages […]
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Economy
Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with the comments made by the Deputy Prime Minister that people on higher rates of tax would not notice any increases, the PMS replied that there had been an increase in the personal allowance at the time of the last Budget. There had also been a balancing reduction in […]
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Big Society
Asked if the Prime Minister was disappointed that Liverpool had pulled out of the Vanguard scheme, the PMS replied that we were currently talking to the people involved in running the project. The project was not run by the council and some of the other Vanguard projects did not have any council involvement. All of […]
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» Thursday, February 3, 2011
Big Society
Asked about Liverpool City Council officially withdrawing from the Big Society project, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that it was something we were looking into. We were looking into what the particular issues were and whether there were barriers and problems in that particular project. The PMS added that we were […]
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Pope’s Visit
Asked if the PM thought it was appropriate for 1.8million of The Department for International Development’s money to be spent on the Pope’s visit, the PMS said, as he understood it, this was not part of DfID’s budget which contributed towards its aid target of 0.7 per cent of GDP, it was another part of […]
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Egypt
Asked what the international community, including the UK, meant when they talked about the change process, the PMS said that we would like to see conversations happening with a broad range of people, including opposition politicians. original source.
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IPSA
Asked whether IPSA disputing the 6million figure changed the Government’s response, the PMS said he thought they had made a statement about what they expected the figure to be in the future. The PMS added that the costs this year were expected to be 6million. IPSA had said they intended to reduce that in future […]
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