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Put to him that the Prime Minister in his interview this morning had talked about "better ways" of recycling, and asked to clarify what these were, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that it was not so much better ways of recycling, as better ways of encouraging consumers to engage in recycling. But this was a matter for local authorities, and local authorities had different ways of trying to incentifise us all to contribute to recycling. The Prime Minister was referring to the different ways in which local authorities can do this.

Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Scotland

Asked what the Prime Minister thought should be the relationship between the Prime Minister and the First Minister of Scotland, the PMOS replied that it was a matter for the Prime Minister and the First Minister of Scotland to work out.

Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Prime Minister

Asked if any light could be cast on the timings of the Prime Minister's announcement today that he will be making an announcement next week, was it something the Prime Minister had long planned to do today or was it a comment off the cuff, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said given the subject he would not classify it as an off the cuff comment but he could not really go beyond that. Next week begins Tuesday in Northern Ireland and that was as far as he would go.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Alexander Litvinenko

Asked if the Prime Minister had discussions recently with the Attorney General regarding Alexander Litvinenko, the PMOS said not that he was aware of. He PMOS added that obviously the Prime Minister was kept aware and up-to-date with the relevant parts of the investigation but he could not go into any detail. Asked specifically if the Prime Minister had spoken to the Attorney General, the PMOS said he did not get into the details of internal discussions within Government.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Operation Crevice Court Case

Asked, by ruling out a public inquiry, if the Prime Minister understood the hurt and frustration that would be caused to the victims and relatives of victims of the 7/7 bombings, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister understood, not least because two Cabinet Ministers have been regularly meeting with the relatives. Equally however what he has to take cognizance of is not just what he knows from the briefings he gets himself from the intelligence agencies but also the conclusions of the independent Intelligence and Security Committee which has been fully aware of all the relevant material, all the way along and came to the conclusion that the prioritisation by the intelligence services was understandable. A judgement that, while the committee will go over the territory again now the court case has been completed, yesterday its chairman said he did not think would change. The other argument which we have made right from the beginning was that given the very serious nature of the level of threat that we still face we would not want to do anything that diverts senior members of the intelligence community away from their task at this crucial time.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Northern Ireland

Asked if the Prime Minister had a role in Northern Ireland in the next few days when the devolved administrations get up and running again, the PMOS said a full brief will be given nearer the time but Dr. Paisley did invite the Prime Minister to go to Northern Ireland on the day. Asked if the Prime Minister had any role in restarting the Assembly, the PMOS said no but again, Dr. Paisley invited him during PMQs. Asked if Dr. Paisley had invited the Taoiseach, the PMOS said that was a matter for the Stormont. The PMOS added that it was an occasion where all the parties in Northern Ireland want to celebrate the success of the peace process, and he expected all those who had contributed to be represented.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Memos

Asked if the Prime Minister had sent any memos to the Chancellor, the PMOS asked if the reporter could be more specific, the reporter repeated the question with no further detail, the PMOS said that if he looked puzzled that is because he was and he did not comment on internal communication either.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Dustbins

Asked if the PMOS could explain the Prime Minister's thinking over his comments made this morning regarding dustbin collection, had the Prime Minister taken the bins out recently, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister started off quite rightly saying that it was a matter for local government, the Prime Minister then went on to express a personal position which was a traditionalist position. The Minister responsible for this has also said it is a matter for local government and said that different areas have different needs.

Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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