» Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Cabinet: Japan and Libya

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that Cabinet had met this morning and discussed the situation in Japan, and the ongoing situation in Libya and the Middle East. The Foreign Secretary was not in attendance as he was at the G8 meeting so the Foreign Minister, Jeremy Browne and the Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir John […]

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Civil Service

Asked if the Prime Minister regretted what he had said in a recent speech about civil servants as the enemies of enterprise’, the PMS said that we needed to have a robust strategy for growth, which meant tackling barriers to enterprise wherever we found them. In various areas overzealous regulation could stand in the way […]

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» Monday, March 14, 2011

Libya

The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) told the assembled press that there would be a discussion at the UN Security Council later that afternoon on Libya. The discussion would not result in specific decisions but would cover a range of issues and was the next stage in the UN process. They would discuss sanctions, and whether […]

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Libya

Asked if the Prime Minister had confidence in Baroness Ashton after failing to back a no-fly zone in Libya, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said yes. Asked if the Government was pushing for rebels to be supplied with arms, the PMS said that the Foreign Secretary had set out the Government’s position this morning: there […]

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Japan

Asked if the Prime Minister had spoken to the Japanese Prime Minister today, the PMS said that there hadn’t been any direct contact between the two but the Foreign Secretary had spoken to the Japanese Foreign Minister over the weekend. We were in close contact with the Embassy and the Prime Minister was being kept […]

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Health Bill

Put that the Health Secretary had said yesterday that there would be minor changes to the language of the Health Bill but not the actual policy, the PMS said that Andrew Lansley had set out the position yesterday. As we put the Bill through Parliament we would look carefully at how the legislation delivered the […]

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» Friday, March 11, 2011

Japan

Asked if any requests had been made to help Japan following the Prime Minister’s offer of support to the country, the Prime Minister’s Spokeswoman (PMS) referred to the Prime Minister’s earlier comments offering sympathy, condolences and help to Japan. The PMS also summarised the Foreign Secretary’s statement on the same issue, including his offer of […]

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Japan

Asked if any requests had been made to help Japan following the Prime Minister’s offer of support to the country, the Prime Minister’s Spokeswoman (PMS) referred to the Prime Minister’s earlier comments offering sympathy, condolences and help to Japan. The PMS also summarised the Foreign Secretary’s statement on the same issue, including his offer of […]

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Libya

Asked for a read out of the Prime Minister’s most recent comments on Libya, the PMS promised to send around the exact words, and paraphrased the comments saying there was a need for European ambition and political will and that Gaddafi must go. The PMS said that there was a need to deal with long […]

Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Libya

Asked for a read out of the Prime Minister’s most recent comments on Libya, the PMS promised to send around the exact words, and paraphrased the comments saying there was a need for European ambition and political will and that Gaddafi must go. The PMS said that there was a need to deal with long […]

Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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