» Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Cabinet
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) informed the assembled press that Cabinet met at 0900 this morning for about an hour and three quarters. This was the first regular meeting of Cabinet on a Tuesday, which was now the normal day on which Cabinet would meet. The PMS told people that the Cabinet had met on a Thursday since 1963, and between 1955 and 1963, it met on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In the years between 1945 and 1955, Cabinet met on Mondays and Thursdays, and prior to World War II, it usually met on Wednesdays. There was nothing especially sacrosanct about Thursdays, as it had met on different days over the years, and as the PMS had explained yesterday, the reason for moving to Tuesday was to ensure that those people who had Parliamentary business did not have to leave Cabinet earlier if Cabinet went on for some length of time.
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Constitution/Statements
Asked what tomorrow's health statement would cover, the PMS said that it would be a wide-ranging statement, and it was therefore better to wait for the statement.
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Terror Incidents
Put that there had been no mention over the past few days of "Muslims" or "Islamic" and was this a deliberate change of tone, the PMS said that it was not true to think that instructions had been sent round the Cabinet to this effect, contrary to reports which had over-interpreted what the PMS had said yesterday. Rather, he would let the Prime Minister's words from Sunday speak for themselves.
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» Monday, July 2, 2007
Counter-Terrorism
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by informing Lobby that the Prime Minister had a meeting before he went into the chamber with Scottish MPs to update them on the situation.
Briefing took place at 15:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Constitutional Reform
Asked about the significance the Prime Minister attached to constitutional reform, given that his first statement to the House would be on this subject, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister felt that the issues to be covered tomorrow in relation to the conduct and manner of the Government, and the balance of power between the Government, Parliament, and the people, merited a Prime Ministerial statement.
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Counter Terrorism
Asked if the doctors who were recently arrested at the weekend in connection with the security alerts and incident at Glasgow airport were in Britain legally, and what was the Prime Minister's view about the fact that professionals were involved, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told journalists that this was an ongoing police investigation and it would therefore be inappropriate for him to comment whilst it was still ongoing.
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Statements
Asked why the Prime Minister was giving the statement to the House tomorrow on the constitution, rather than Jack Straw, and also, was there any further information about the Health statement, the PMS told people that the Prime Minister considered it to be an issue of such importance that he should give the statement, as it was about the conduct and running of Government, and the balance of responsibilities between Government, Parliament and the people. In the Prime Minister's view, that merited a Prime Ministerial statement. With regards to the Health statement, people would have to wait until Wednesday.
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