» Monday, December 4, 2006
Police Inquiry
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Trident
Asked by the BBC to explain the purpose of this Cabinet meeting, as presumably, the White Paper had already been printed, the PMOS replied that people should see this process all the way through. We had had an initial Cabinet meeting, at which Cabinet discussed the context for the decision, i.e. was this the time to be considering getting rid of our nuclear deterrent? There was then a series of one-on-one talks between Cabinet Ministers and the Defence Secretary and the Foreign Secretary in which the options were explored and discussed. The Cabinet meeting today would be precisely to discuss it and agree the conclusions of those discussions, and to formally decide the Government's position. That would then be included in the White Paper which would be published this afternoon. The PMOS said that there would then be a period of discussion, followed by a vote in Parliament.
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Iraq/Civil War
Asked for the Prime Minister's thoughts about Kofi Annan's recent comments regarding Iraq, the PMOS said that in terms of civil war, it was better for the Iraqi Government to talk about that. They had said what they had said on that. In terms of Kofi Annan's other comments, the best people to comment on it were the Iraqis themselves. The good thing was that now, unlike under Saddam, people were free to make their comments freely in Iraq.
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Taoiseach dinner
Asked for further information about the Prime Minister's dinner with Bertie Ahern, the PMOS said that it was a mixture of an update on Northern Ireland, and the more social part was involved with Masterchef.
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» Friday, December 1, 2006
Litvinenko
Asked to characterise the discussions between Margaret Beckett, Foreign Secretary and Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister and why there was a need to reiterate our request for co-operation, the PMOS said as both Ministers were at the G8 meeting in Amman it was a chance to repeat the request in person and there was nothing more to it than that. As we had repeatedly said we will proceed on the basis of evidence, meaning the police will establish the facts first, but equally as the Prime Minister said there will be no political or diplomatic bar to the investigation.
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Police Inquiry
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BAE and Saudi Arabia
Asked if it was correct that the Saudi government had given the Prime Minister ten days to get the SFO investigation called off, the PMOS said as there was an investigation underway he would not be able to comment. Asked to confirm that the Saudi government had issued threats regarding the BAE investigation, the PMOS said again that he would remain consistent and not comment.
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Olympics
Asked if there was any comment on the latest speculation that the final bills for the Olympics would be £12 billion, the PMOS said he would not get involved in speculation and it would be better for the DCMS to deal with this story.
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Gerry Adams
Asked if the Prime Minister would be meeting Gerry Adams soon, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister remained in contact with the major players in Northern Ireland and that process would continue.
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