» Thursday, July 12, 2007
First Minister
Asked how much the Prime Minister was looking forward to meeting the First Minister, the PMS said that he was not able to comment on individual meetings, but he always looked forward to his meetings with the First Minister. The PMS added that they were in contact and had had several discussions, as there had been a good degree of co-operation over the Glasgow terror attacks.
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Naturalisation
Put that the Daily Mail had reported today that a million people had obtain naturalisation since 1997, was this something we welcomed, and what did they contribute to the economy, the PMS replied that applications to British citizenship fell by 32% in 2006, mainly due to the introduction on 1st November 2005 of the new requirement for the applicant to demonstrate a knowledge of life in the UK, as well as their English language ability.
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Prime Minister
Asked if there was any new information about "grace and favour" homes, the PMS replied that there was not.
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Police Inquiry
Asked whether there was any reason for Downing Street to be informed or consulted, the PMS replied that he had no information on the issue at all.
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National Security Committee
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by saying that this was the first time the National Security Committee (NSC) would meet. The Prime Minister announced the establishment of this committee as part of the constitutional reform package on the 3rd July. The Prime Minister would chair the meeting, and members would include the Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Hazel Blears, Alistair Darling, Jack Straw, Ed Balls, Tony McNulty, Admiral West, as well as relevant representatives from the police and security services. The Prime Minister had said that from now on the Government would regularly publish our national security strategy for parliamentary debate and public scrutiny, setting out for the British people the threats we faced and the objectives we were pursuing. The long term and continuing security obligation upon us required us to coordinate military, policing, intelligence, and diplomatic action, as well as winning hearts and minds in this country and around the world. These were the kinds of issues that the NSC would be discussing. The Committee would oversee this strategy, and was charged with bringing together our overseas defence and security, but also our development and community relations effort as well.
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Supercasinos
Asked for any response to growing calls for a statement on super casinos, the PMS replied that as he said yesterday, we were moving into a period of reflection and review. We would need to consider the issues that the Prime Minister raised yesterday in relation to our regeneration objective.
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Iraq
Put that a recent report from the White House to Congress said there had been little progress in Iraq, and asked if there would be a statement soon from the Prime Minister on Britain's position in Iraq, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had spoken on several occasions in recent weeks on Iraq, and had made his position quite clear.
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Russia
Asked if anything was expected imminently in terms of what measures we might be taking, the PMS replied that journalists should keep in touch with the Foreign Office.
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» Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Super Casinos
Put to the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) that Whitehall sources had briefed that Ministers had been putting back decisions regarding small and large casinos, the PMS said that he did not know what Whitehall sources briefings were or meant. The issue that was raised by the Prime Minister today was in relation to super casinos.
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Housing/Planning
Asked how many of the 250,000 new homes a year would be social housing, the PMS said that it depended on policy decisions from the DCLG as well as the outcome of the spending review. DCLG might comment further when their Green Paper was published next week.
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