» Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Iran

Put that both the Prime Minister and Prime Minister Olmert of Israel had talked about further sanctions on Iran in their press conference earlier that day and what would those sanctions include, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had set out that the Government was prepared to step […]

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Honours Inquiry

Asked if the Prime Minister had watched Assistant Commissioner Yates give evidence at the "cash-for-honours" inquiry to the Public Administration Committee, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had only just finished a press conference with another world leader and he would now be focussing on other matters of Government. original source.

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Scottish Elections

Asked if the Prime Minister retained full confidence in Douglas Alexander as the UK General Election coordinator, following a report published today about the Scottish elections, which criticised Mr Alexander, the PMS said that the Prime Minister retained full confidence in all of his cabinet team. The Defence Secretary and Secretary of State for Scotland […]

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Cabinet

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by outlining the two main issues discussed at this morning’s Cabinet. Firstly, there was an update from Jack Straw on the Constitutional Reform Agenda and how that was being taken forward. Secondly, there was a discussion led by Ed Balls on taking forward next steps on diplomas. Asked to […]

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Constitutional Reform

Asked if Constitutional Reform included House of Lords reform, the PMS referred to the Prime Minister’s statement on the Constitutional Reform Agenda on 3 July and said that it was much wider than just the issue of the House of Lords reform. Asked if it was fair to characterise it as everything except House of […]

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Turkey

Asked how concerned the Prime Minister had been that Turkey had threatened to destabilise the only stable region in Iraq, the PMS said that it was best to wait for the Prime Minister’s press conference with Prime Minister Erdogan later that morning. The joint UK/US statement issued over night in Washington, following discussions between the […]

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Population Growth

Asked if the Prime Minister thought that the country was ready for 70 million people, the PMS referred to the ONS press release that morning and pointed out that they prefaced their findings with the phrase ‘if passed trends continue’. They went on to say that ‘the assumptions underlying national population projections’ were ‘demographic trend […]

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Phillips Review

Asked about the letter the Prime Minister had received from the Leader of the Opposition about the Phillips review, the PMS said that it was a party matter. There were ongoing inter-party talks chaired by Sir Hayden Phillips and there was a further meeting due to be held at the end of the month but […]

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Renewable Energy

Asked if the Guardian had been right to say that the Government will do a u-turn on renewable energy, the PMS said that Ministers were not planning a u-turn on any pledges to combat climate change and we were not seeking to effectively abolish the target for renewable energy, which was agreed by the European […]

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