» Thursday, June 14, 2007

Prime Minister’s visit to North West England

The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told journalists that the Prime Minister would be visiting the North West this afternoon. He would visit the Kirkby campus of Knowsley College, where he would be taken on a tour and officially open the new Management Innovation Centre. The Prime Minister would then go onto a second location, which was the Yew Tree Community Health and Children's Centre in Dovecot, which he would officially open.

Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)

EU Court of Justice ruling re health and safety

Asked for a reaction to the EU Court of Justice's ruling regarding Health and Safety, the PMS said that although we needed time to study the Court's ruling in detail and absorb its full implications, we were pleased that the Court had accepted the UK's view and we welcomed this as a victory for common sense.

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Leaving Presents

Asked if the Prime Minister was hoping for a big leaving present as a result of a Cabinet whip round, the PMS replied that similar questions had been dealt with at morning lobby. The PMOS had said that not only was it rude to ask for present, but it was also inappropriate to comment on such matters.

Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1)

Cabinet

Asked if next Thursday was the last Cabinet of the "old regime", the PMS said that was correct.

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Press Conferences

Asked if there might be a final monthly press conference, the PMS said that the diary was too full.

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Health

Asked if Patricia Hewitt's speech implied that she would be in charge of the NHS for the next 10 years, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that this was just a different kind of reshuffle question, and one that he would not be involved in, so best to leave it there.

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

Private Members FOI Bill

Asked if the Government was now prepared to adopt the Private Members FOI Bill, the PMOS replied that this was a matter for Parliament.

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Eurofighter

Asked if an agreement had been reached with Saudi Arabia on the next phase of the Eurofighter, the PMOS replied that he would not be commenting on this as it was a commercial matter.

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

Scotland

Put to him that Alex Salmond had now had a response from the Government on Libya prisoner transfer, but that this had come from the Lord Chancellor not the Prime Minister, and asked why the Prime Minister could not bring himself to make contact with the First Minister, the PMOS replied that it was highly usual for relevant Government Ministers to reply to letters from devolved administrations. It was a matter of almost daily occurrence. Let's not pretend there was anything unusual in that. Secondly, as had been said before, there was no doubt that there would be communication at the appropriate time on the appropriate issue. But it was right and proper that the appropriate Minister within Government replied to letters.

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

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