» Wednesday, November 14, 2007Security StatementAsked if the Government was ordering or advising that extra barriers/barricades be put up in certain places to stop car bombs, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS), replied that it depended on who owned them as to whether or not the responsibility fell to the Government or the private sector. There would be a process of […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) SecurityAsked if the Prime Minister had full confidence in his Security Minister to make his own statements and judgements, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that yes he did. Asked what happened then between Lord West going on the Today Programme when he said that he still needed to be fully convinced that we absolutely […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) E-BordersAsked to comment on the e-borders Raytheon bid, the PMS replied that it was best to speak to the Home Office on this. Put that it seemed to have been announced not in Parliament or on a regulatory news service, but in the Sun, the PMS replied that it was best to speak to the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) PakistanPut that General Musharraf had said he would not resign, although he considered it, and that any election would be held under emergency powers, and asked for a reaction, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister and David Miliband set out the Government’s position earlier this week. The Commonwealth position, which we fully supported, called […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) British FootballersAsked about the piece in the Guardian today on British jobs for British workers in the Premier League, and asked if there was anything that the Government could do, the PMS replied that this was clearly a matter for the football authorities. There were discussions that took place between the Government and the football authorities […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Middle East EnvoyPut that the former Prime Minister Tony Blair was seeing President Bush next week, and asked if he would be having talks with the Prime Minister before he goes, and was there a role he could play, the PMS replied that the former Prime Minister was the Quartet’s representative on the Middle East Peace Process. […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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