» Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Announcements
Asked if David Miliband was for or against empowering the state, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that David Miliband was for empowering.
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Leo Blair
Asked when the Prime Minister had been told about a plot concerning Leo Blair, the PMOS said we did not talk about security matters, and that this story illustrated precisely why we were wise not to talk about security matters.
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Ruth Kelly
Asked to comment on the story on page 4 of The Times about sex offenders, the PMOS replied that rather than relying on reports in The Times, instead, people should wait for the full report from Ruth Kelly tomorrow.
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Education Bill
Asked for further timings on the Education Bill, the PMOS said that it would be published in February, and would be put to the vote sometime in March.
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» Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Education
Asked if at any time Ruth Kelly had offered her resignation, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that he was not aware of any such occasion. The Prime Minister had himself made it clear the issue had not arisen. Asked if there was definitely still a Ruth Kelly statement in light of the one now slated for Charles Clarke, the PMOS said that Ruth Kelly's statement was definitely happening.
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Al-Jazeera
Asked how Downing Street intended to respond to a request from legal representatives for the Al-Jazeera news network for transcripts or notes of a conversation between the Prime Minister and the President of the United States, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that we would reply properly to any request made to us, however it was not the practice, and nor would it become the practice for Downing Street to release conversations between the Prime Minister and other world leaders, be they President Bush or anyone else.
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Ruth Kelly
Asked if it was correct that there would be no reshuffle till after Ruth Kelly's statement, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that he did not give a running commentary on reshuffles. But as it was they could see it was already a busy week.
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Sex Offenders/Education
Asked for any further details, Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said the best thing on the review would be to let it move forward to Thursday. The important thing would be that where it strayed in areas of previous administrations there would be the necessary consultations. In terms of the impact of Bichard he had been right in what he had said in the morning. Asked how far back the review was looking, the PMOS said it would be whatever was necessary, but again the best thing was not to provide a running commentary on the review but wait till Thursday when Ruth Kelly would set out the entire picture as she saw it.
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Leo Blair
Asked if there was anything in the Adam Boulton claim on Sky that it was a Downing Street wheeze, the PMOS said first and foremost that he genuinely wished he did not have to answer this question. But we had pointed out to Sky that their allegation was 100% wrong. There was no evidence for it. Therefore it was up to Sky to justify why it had made such a claim. That was the polite version. The impolite version was for Adam Boulton's ears only.
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ID cards
Asked about the discrepancy in the Home Secretary's interpretation of public opinion polls on the issue of the ID cards, where the actual results reflected a drop from 79% support to 73% support rather than a rise as the Home Secretary had suggested, the PMOS said that the difference between the numbers was only 6% and any policy with over 70% public support after more than a year showed considerable public support. The Home Office would deal with the particular matter of what the Home Secretary said, but over 70% was a pretty solid base of support.
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