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Asked if there was any change in Lord Levy’s status, the PMOS said that there was not.

Asked if there had been any approach to either No10 or the Prime Minister about the investigation, the PMOS replied that as he had said before, he was not going to give a running commentary in terms of No10 in general. With regards to the Prime Minister, the answer to that was: no.

Asked what precise role Lord Levy was playing in the Middle East crisis, the PMOS said he was not able to comment as part of the success of Lord Levy’s role was because it was behind the scenes.

Asked if he would be working on that today, the PMOS said the question was an attempt to get him to comment, and he was not about to do that.

Asked to confirm if several No10 officials had already been interviewed by police, the PMOS said he was not going to give a running commentary.

Asked if the Prime Minister concurred with David Blunkett that the actions of police could be "theatrical", the PMOS said that the Prime Minister was not going to comment on an on-going police investigation, any more than Lord Falconer did this morning, despite repeated attempts to get him to do so.

Asked if there was any discussion about Lord Levy at Cabinet, the PMOS said that there was not.

Asked if the Prime Minister had full confidence in his special envoy, the PMOS replied that Lord Levy remained the Prime Minister’s envoy, and that spoke for itself.

Asked if the Prime Minister believed that his Government was "whiter than white", the PMOS said that the Prime Minister believed that it was important that everyone upheld standards in public life. However, that also meant not commenting on an on-going police investigation.

Asked who would meet any of the legal costs of the investigation, the PMOS replied again that he was not going to give people any commentary on the investigation no matter how often it was asked.

Asked if the PMOS could say when last time the Prime Minister met Lord Levy to discuss the Middle East, the PMOS said he could not.

Asked what role lord Levy was playing in the current Middle East crisis, the PMOS said that the Middle East crisis was a very serious issue, but as the question was asked in the context of the investigation, the answer was the same as it was for all the others.

Put to him that it was the case that Lord Levy had offices provided by the Government and had access to civil servants paid for by the tax payer, the PMOS said that he was not aware of what Lord Levy’s support system was.

Put that people were entitled to know, the PMOS said that Lord Levy had a role as the Middle East envoy and would have what was necessary for that role.

Asked by Channel Four if Lord Levy would remain the Prime Minister’s fundraiser, the PMOS said that was a party matter.

Put that so was the Prime Minister, and the PMOS had answered questions on this before, the PMOS said again that it was a party matter and he would not answer a party matter.

The PMOS said at this point that he found it strange that people were not interested in the Middle East this morning.

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