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Asked how the Prime Minister felt about the way in which Ruth Turner was treated, the PMOS replied that as people knew, we had consistently refused to give a running commentary on this investigation. Despite all the coverage there had been in the papers, it had not come from us, and we had refused to engage in public or in private about it. That remained the case.

Put that Lord Puttnam had been touted around by No10 and had said some "colourful" things, the PMOS replied that we had not engaged in providing details about the case. Despite the huge amount of coverage there had been, the PMOS said that he did not think that anyone had suggested it had come from No10.

Asked if we would prefer for other Ministers, past or present, to keep their council rather than appearing to inflame the situation, the PMOS replied that we were not going to give any commentary at all, and he was not going to go into it in any way, as it was better that we did what we had consistently said that we were going to do which was to let the police investigation continue.

Put that the Lord Chancellor had said that the Attorney General would not get involved in the case, yet the Attorney General had said that he might have to, so who was right, the PMOS said that it was a matter for the Attorney General to speak for himself.

Asked again who was wrong, the PMOS replied that the Attorney General had a constitutional role, and he would play that role.

Put that we had said that we would not give a running commentary on the investigation, but the Prime Minister did just that by giving a statement on Friday, and why did he just refuse to comment, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister was not commenting on the case, but rather, on a close colleague, and offering his support. There was a distinction.

Asked if Lord Puttnam was put up by No10, the PMOS said that Lord Puttnam spoke for himself.

Asked if we were aware of the police hacking into Downing Street computers, the PMOS replied that he was not going to give a commentary on any aspect of the investigation. We had not done so, despite there being plenty of comments from elsewhere. However, it had not come from us and we were not going to get involved.

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