Downing Street Says ... Every day the Prime Minister’s Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as ‘the lobby’ for a topical chat, or ‘briefing’.

Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'.

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» Monday, June 6, 2011

Economy

Asked whether the Chancellor’s comments this morning on being on course for meeting his fiscal mandate a year early were significant, the PMS replied that this was what the Chancellor had said at the time of the Budget. The PMS said that based on the OBR forecasts, the plans that had been set out meant […]

Bailey Report

Asked what the Prime Minister’s view was on the tightening up of the 9pm watershed, the PMS said that we had given our response to the report this morning; we had not gone into a great amount of detail on the specifics, but we would look carefully at the proposals, consider them in detail and […]

JMC meeting

Asked if this was the first time the Prime Minister would be chairing the meeting, the PMS said that he would check. Asked if the Prime Minister had anything to raise, the PMS said that this was an opportunity to listen to what others had to say. original source.

Libya

Put that there had been reports on Moussa Koussa’s location and that he had given information for targeting, the PMS said that he would not want to get into a detailed conversation about targeting and advised people to speak to the FCO on other issues. original source.

» Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Care home abuse

Asked if the Prime Minister still had confidence in the Care Quality Commissioner (CQC) after the Panorama programme last night showing torture and bullying at a particular care home, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that this was a specific case that was clearly very shocking and the Health Minister, Paul Burstow had asked for […]

Southern Cross

Asked if there was any contingency planning in the case of Southern Cross Healthcare, the PMS said that there had been discussions between Southern Cross (SC) and the Department of Health (DH) for some time. This was something that DH had been monitoring very carefully and they would continue to do so. Asked if LA’s […]

FIFA

Asked what the Prime Minister thought of Sepp Blatter’s re-appointment as FIFA President, the PMS said that our view was that we needed to see greater accountability and transparency at FIFA. The organisation needed to reform. We backed the Football Association (FA) in abstaining from the vote and we agreed with the FA that FIFA […]

Prisons

Asked if the Prime Minister thought it was right that prisoners should be able to father children whilst in jail, the PMS said that the journalist was referring to a case in the paper this morning of a man allowed access to artificial insemination whilst in prison and that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has […]

Libya

Asked if the Government was directly or indirectly paying private security companies to work in Libya, the PMS said that as people knew we did have an FCO/MoD team in Benghazi, but it was not right to get into details of security arrangements for that team. Clearly we took their security seriously and had arrangements […]

Economy

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned that, according to a report out today, we were having the most sluggish recovery since the 1930s, the PMS said that we had a clear strategy in place, which was designed to ensure we had sustainable private sector growth. The first part of that strategy was dealing effectively […]

Olympic Tickets

Asked if the Government was concerned with the way the lottery system had worked in the distribution of Olympic tickets, the PMS said that arrangements had been put in place to ensure that the allocation of these tickets was as fair as possible, and to ensure access for as wide a range of people as […]

Health

Asked if the PMS recognised the story that the health reforms would be delayed until February, the PMS said that the listening exercise would come to a close soon and then we would be setting out next steps. Asked when the report would be published, the PMS said that we had not fixed a date. […]

» Friday, May 20, 2011

Super injunctions/privacy law

Asked what the Prime Minister’s response was to the Master of Rolls’ report on super injunctions, in particular his point about MPs flouting court injunctions by using Parliamentary privilege, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that it was important to find the right balance between individuals’ rights to privacy on the one hand, and the […]

Chris Huhne

Asked if the Prime Minister had spoken to Chris Huhne about the allegations against him and if it was the case that the Energy Secretary should step aside, the PMS said that he did not normally go into detail about conversations the Prime Minister had with Cabinet members. The position was as set out on […]

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» Monday, June 6, 2011

Economy

Bailey Report

JMC meeting

Libya

» Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Care home abuse

Southern Cross

FIFA

Prisons

Libya

Economy

Olympic Tickets

Health

» Friday, May 20, 2011

Super injunctions/privacy law

Chris Huhne

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