» Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Alex Salmond
Asked if the Prime Minister had still been too busy to pick up the phone to talk to Mr Salmond, the PMOS replied that as far as he was aware, phones were two-way communication devices. He was not sure whether we had received an approach from Mr Salmond's office either. As he had said before, there would be an appropriate moment, which would be at the conveniences of both offices. Asked if there was any point now that the Prime Minister was leaving next month, the PMOS replied that a month was still a long time.
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Litvinenko
Put that the Russians had so far shown no inclination whatsoever to cooperate, the PMOS replied that the key words in the question were "so far". We should wait and see what their considered formal response was. He understood that the journalist was in the business of 24 hour news, but we were in the business of boring legal responses. Let's see what the legal response was. Whether it was Russia or other countries, there were certain international obligations that people had, let's see whether Russia abides by them.
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Road Pricing
Asked if the petition on the Prime Minister's web site had any effects on the draft Local Transport Bill which would be published today, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the issue had been dealt with at the time. What the petition clearly revealed was the strength of feeling, but that strength of feeling was not a substitute for Government policy. If nothing was done, then congestion would just increase as a problem by a range of up to 25%. We had to have a policy. What the petition underlined was the need to bottom out the policy in terms of getting experience and that precisely was what the pilot schemes were about. The PMOS said that today was about much more than just the issue of road pricing; it was about having a diverse transport policy which reflected local conditions in local areas.
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Litvinenko Case/Russian relations
Asked if the Government was going to extradite Andrei Lugovoi from Russia, the PMOS replied that there was a legal process underway. The Russian Ambassador had had a meeting this morning with the Permanent Under Secretary Peter Ricketts at the Foreign Office to underline our view that Russia should comply with that legal request. Nobody should be in any doubt about the seriousness of this case, but as in any case, the way to deal with it was to let the legal process take its course.
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Home Improvement Packs (HIPS)
Asked if the Government was having second thoughts about the HIPS, the PMOS recommended that the journalist spoke to the department.
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» Monday, May 21, 2007
European Industrialists
Asked for further information about the Prime Minister's meeting with various European industrialists, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) told journalists that some of the businesses included Astra Zeneca, Unilever, Nokia, BP, Total, Rolls Royce and others. They discussed the EU constitution, Russian/EU relations, the environment and various other subjects, including Doha round.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Scottish Sports/Meetings
Asked by the Scotsman if the Prime Minister would welcome a Scottish Olympic team, the PMOS said that as the Prime Minister had always said, he fully recognised and valued Scotland as Scotland, and equally, Scotland within the UK. He believed that both the UK and Scotland were stronger as a result.
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Monthly Press Conferences
Asked when the next Prime Minister's press conference would be, the PMOS said that we were looking at the diary, but it was quite difficult.
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Alex Salmond
Asked if the Prime Minister had congratulated Alex Salmond on his appointment as First Minister, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that the Prime Minister had been to Washington and Iraq, and therefore had been rather busy.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Council Housing
Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Margaret Hodge's comments that priority should be given to British residents when it came to council housing, the PMOS replied that first and foremost the Government had recognised that there was an issue here. That was why they had set up various mechanisms including the Migration Impact Forum, which would be headed by Phil Woolas and Liam Byrne, to provide information on the impact of migration on the wider community. The key to this was increasing the rate of house building in the social sector, and this was up by 50% in the last couple of years. There was also the issue of social housing in general, and Professor John Hills had been looking at this and we would consider what he had to say over the coming months. However this had to be kept in context, we recognised that this had particular impact in particular areas, but overall in 2005-06 only about 1% of lettings (some 1,100 or so) went to foreign nationals. So in particular areas there was an impact, which we recognised, and this was why we were bringing this review to bring it all together, but we should not forget the overall context.
Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
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