» Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Extended Schools
Asked if Beverley Hughes's announcement of extended schools hours conflicted with Archbishop Rowan Williams's comments yesterday saying children were working too hard, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said the whole point of opening schools for extended hours was so children started the day with proper breakfast. In addition, they also got the chance, if their parents could not help them, to get help with their homework. The PMOS emphasised it was about reducing pressure on children not increasing pressure.
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NHS Computers
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned there had been 110 computer problems on the NHS system, the PMOS pointed to Patricia Hewitt's comments this morning where she had underlined that in many areas computers were delivering real benefits in the NHS. Moreover, many companies in private industry and the retail sector had also had problems in particular areas. In terms of the NHS, the important point was that we were dealing with them.
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Police Inquiry
Asked if there had been any contact from the Metropolitan Police yet, the PMOS said that there was no change to the position.
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Prime Minister’s Monthly Press Conference
Asked if there would be a press conference this week, the PMOS said there would not be one. Asked if the PMOS expected to travel to Manchester next week, the PMOS reminded journalists that he was a civil servant and would not be attending the Labour party conference.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
» Monday, September 18, 2006
Policy Reviews
Asked about the policy reviews, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that it was a party matter and was being dealt with through them. As he understood it the aim was to produce a consensus about the future. Asked if that meant that civil servants were not working on positions papers for it, the PMOS said that it was at this stage, as he understood it to be, primarily about focused on developing policy within the party. For further details journalists should speak to the party.
Briefing took place at 8:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Northern Ireland Talks
Asked about the intensive talks with the parties, the PMOS said that there had been a very good meeting with the Taoiseach at Chequers on Friday. Looking ahead there were two main points to think about. We had clearly approached the run up to this period in a very methodical way. We had had two Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) reports; the next one would be in early October, which gave a picture of what was not happening in regard to IRA activity. He did not want to pre-empt the October report, but the summer had been the quietest summer since 1970. That gave some indication of the transformation that had happened. The IMC would spell that out in greater detail. On the other point we had seen, on a practical level, co-operation with the police from right across the community. This was just as important.
Briefing took place at 8:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Romania and Bulgaria
Asked what our position was in regard to Romania and Bulgaria's EU accession, the PMOS pointed out that, first and foremost we had to have a decision at a European level on accession. Secondly, on migration this involved complex issues where there were arguments on both sides of the debate and as such we would take some time to come to a conclusion on our position.
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Police Inquiry
Asked if there had been any contact from the Metropolitan Police yet, the PMOS said that he was not aware of any change to the position.
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» Friday, September 15, 2006
Geoff Hoon
Asked if the Prime Minister had a view on Geoff Hoon's words earlier today about his departure date from No10, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the Prime Minister had said what he had said last week, and that was very clear. The Prime Minister had said at the time that that was all he was going to say, and that was all the PMOS was going to say as well. The Prime Minister was getting on with his job, both in the UK, as well as getting on with his job in the Middle East at the weekend. That was what the Prime Minister was focused on.
Briefing took place at 17:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Hospital cutbacks
Asked if the Prime Minister thought it was right for the Party Chair and other political advisers to be involved in discussions about hospital cutbacks, the PMOS replied that the Department of Health this morning had made it clear that there was nothing secret about this at all. Patricia Hewitt had made a point of meeting MPs from all parties to discuss local issues, including proposals for change. It was entirely appropriate, because we had said, and the Chief Executive had made it clear the other day, that re-configuration would be done with local consultations. Therefore, obviously, MPs were part of that process, as they needed to be kept informed about the issues that could affect their constituents. Hazel Blears, as Chair of the party was perfectly entitled to be kept informed of progress on decisions like this, just as she was in other matters too. Therefore, this was part of the normal consultation process.
Briefing took place at 17:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
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