» Monday, January 30, 2006

Rendition

Asked if the Prime Minister was going to raise the issue of extraordinary rendition with Dr. Rice during their meeting, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister had set out the position on rendition, therefore it did not take tonight's dinner for the American administration to be aware of our position.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Select Committee response

Asked if there might be a formal response to the Select Committee about the education reforms, the PMOS replied that we were in a process where people were contributing to the debate. As the PMOS had said last week, we welcomed the fact that the Select Committee supported the ideas of independent trust schools as a way of moving forward on education and a strategic role for the LEAs. There were other issues which we would reflect on, but we were at the stage where we had not yet published the Bill. We would do so in accordance with the timetable we had set out for publication sometime this month, and the Second Reading would be in the middle of next month. The PMOS said we would take it step by step.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Hamas

Asked what the feelings were about Hamas, the PMOS said the onus was on Hamas to make its position clear. Was it a political force, or was it committed to violence? It had to make its choice. The key facts remained that the solution remained as a two-state solution, and that was the common view of the international community, and that remained the position of the Government.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Europe Speech

Asked for further information on what the Prime Minister would say in his Europe speech later this week, the PMOS said it would be a broad vision of where he saw Europe at the moment.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)

David Cameron

Asked if the Prime Minister was flattered or embarrassed that David Cameron had praised the Prime Minister in his speech, the PMOS replied that the Prime Minister would get on with his job, but would leave it to others to express their views, whatever they may be.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (2)

David Blunkett

Asked if David Blunkett was right to say that there was a new understanding between the Chancellor and the Prime Minister, the PMOS replied that he had nothing to add to what the Prime Minister did not say this morning live on air.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

QinetiQ Shares

Asked if the Prime Minister was happy with the huge profits that QinetiQ had made, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister would agree with John Reid, who had set out the case on Thursday. The Government had only sold a minority share, and therefore the tax payer had benefited by the eight-times increase in the value of the company, as much as any other shareholder. Therefore, it had turned out to be a good deal for the tax payer.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

IMC Report

Asked to comment on the Indepedent Monitoring Commission report (IMC), the PMOS said that the IMC were due to deliver a report today.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

IMC Report

Asked to comment on the IMC report, the PMOS said that the IMC were due to deliver a report today.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Jack Straw’s dinner

Asked if there would be a read out of dinner, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said he was not aware of any plans to do a briefing afterwards given the nature of the meeting but they should check with the Foreign Office.

Briefing took place at 6:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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