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» Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Military Video

Asked if the Prime Minister would be discussing the "blue on blue" incident during his meeting with General Petraeus, the PMOS replied that he trusted Lobby were aware of the latest statement from the US that they believed that they could now make this material available to the inquest. It would probably come up in the meeting in some form, but in this context.

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Corporate Manslaughter

Asked if the Prime Minister had a view on the Corporate Manslaughter Bill, the PMOS replied that as the Prime Minister said in the Liaison Committee hearing earlier today, this was a matter which the Home Secretary had said needed to be considered further.

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Liaison Select Committee

Put to him that during the Prime Minister's appearance this morning, he started to talk about the Chancellor when asked about his successor, and was this deliberate, the PMOS replied that without making a big deal out of this, people were eliding several points into one. People should go back to what the Prime Minister said at his press conference, which was that he would not say any more about this at this moment.

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» Monday, February 5, 2007

Counter Terrorism

Asked to explain the Prime Minister's thinking on the 28 days debate, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that as John Reid had said at Cabinet last Thursday, the police had asked us to look again at the issue. This was because their experience in the latest case in August meant that they used up all 28 days available for questioning. What John Reid had suggested, and the Cabinet had agreed, was that we try and achieve a consensus between the police, the Government and the opposition on the best way forward. We had not said what we thought the outcome of this should be. The Government's view at the time of the legislation was that we needed more than 28 days, but Parliament had reached another decision. Since then however, the police had more experience in which to make a judgement, and others had also revisited their views on this.

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Corporate Manslaughter

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Baroness Scotland about axing the Corporate Manslaughter Bill, the PMOS replied that it would be better to wait for the House of Lords to reach a decision, and then respond.

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Avian Flu

Asked if the Prime Minister was still happy to eat poultry products himself, the PMOS replied that yes, the Prime Minister was.

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ID Cards

Put to him that the Conservatives had written to Gus O'Donnell today to raise the issue of contractors who may become involved in bidding for the ID card contract, and did the Prime Minister feel that by doing this they were delaying the whole process by at least 2 years and possibly until after a General Election, the PMOS replied that he would not be getting into party political matters. All he would say was that the Prime Minister believed that every time the debate about ID cards moved, it moved to underscore the value of having proof of identity. Put to him that this was a Government matter, not a party political matter, the PMOS replied that it seemed that the reporter was asking him to take a view on who would win the next General Election, nothing could be more of a political matter than that!

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Police Inquiry

Asked if there had been any updates in the inquiry since this morning, the PMOS replied that there had not, although he noted that the Crown Prosecution Service had put out a statement denying that they were responsible for any leakages on the matter.

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Police Inquiry

Asked if the Prime Minister expected to be interviewed again by the police, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that he had checked with people in Downing Street and within wider Government, and the answer was that there had been no contact at all about the possibility of a third interview, and people could draw their own conclusions from that.

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

Middle East visits

Asked to clarify if Mrs. Beckett was going to the Middle East with Chancellor Merkel, the PMOS said: no. The Foreign Secretary would see Prime Minister Olmert and the Israeli Foreign Minister, as well as President Abbas.

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» Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Military Video

Corporate Manslaughter

Liaison Select Committee

» Monday, February 5, 2007

Counter Terrorism

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Avian Flu

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