» Friday, July 13, 2007

Germany

The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told journalists the Prime Minister would have a meeting and a dinner with Chancellor Merkel on Monday evening.

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

School Sports

Asked whether the five hours of sports, was a new policy, the PMS said it was a new policy, the previous policy had been for funding available of up to four hours a week, and the announcement today was for funding for up to five hours a week.

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UK/US Relations

Asked what the Government reaction would be if a junior member of President Bush's Government visited the UK and started dictating foreign policy, the PMS said he did not think anybody was telling anybody how to run their foreign policy. The PMS thought the interpretation that was put on Douglas Alexander's words this morning was extraordinary. This was not the interpretation that the PMS would have put on the speech when he read it. As the Prime Minister made clear this morning, he thought that we needed to have a very strong relationship between Britain and the United States and between a British Prime Minister and US President. What he would not do was allow people to separate the United Kingdom from the US in dealing with the common challenges we face around the world.

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

Floods

Asked whether the Government would be announcing how the flood disaster money was being distributed today, the PMS referred people to the Department of Communities & Local Government.

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TUC Reception

Put that the Prime Minister had meet Iraqi trade unionists at the TUC reception and one of the areas they were concerned about was the carve up of Iraq oil reserves by British or American firms, the PMS said he was not aware of any people the Prime Minister may or may not have met at a TUC reception.

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

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