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PM’s Environment Speech

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by highlighting a number of points from the Prime Minister’s speech on the environment. Firstly, the Prime Minister referred to asking the Committee on Climate Change whether we should go beyond the 60% target for 2050, he went on to say that our own domestic targets should be tightened […]

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Northern Rock

Put that the Treasury had said spoken today of a possible residual reliability to the tax payer and that the only way the Government could get its money back would be to call in the secured loan and bankrupt Northern Rock, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that he thought that quite a few assumptions […]

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Sports Legacy Annoucement

Asked what the Tessa Jowell and James Purnell announcement was about, the PMS said that it was best to check with DCMS. It was an announcement on sports legacy so it sounded like it was something to do with the legacy from the Olympics but it was best to check with DCMS. original source.

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Fiona Phillips

Asked if it had been confirmed that the Prime Minister was looking to offer a job to Fiona Phillips, the PMS said that we would not comment on individuals and referred journalists back to previous statements that had been made by the Prime Minister where he had said that he would welcome all good men […]

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Environment Speech

Asked if the Prime Minister’s speech on the environment was a response to the report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the PMS said that he did not think it was a specific response to that. The Prime Minister responded on behalf of the Government on Saturday specifically to the IPCC report. The […]

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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill

Asked if the Government was considering allowing a free vote on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, the PMS said that the position was that this was a Government Bill and would be treated as such. original source.

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Football

Asked if the Prime Minister was going to be at the England v Croatia game on Wednesday, the PMS said that there were no current plans. Asked why that was, as he had gone to the Scotland game at the weekend, the PMS said that the Prime Minister could not go to every match but […]

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