» Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Sudan

Asked what steps the Government was taking to free the teacher in Sudan, and asked to clear up whether there had in fact been any official contact, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that as the Prime Minister had said this morning, the Embassy was giving all appropriate consular assistance to Ms Gibbons. His information […]

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Party Funding

Asked to be clear whether the Prime Minister had full confidence in Harriet Harman, the PMS replied that there should be no ambiguity about this – the Prime Minister had full confidence in Harriet Harman. Asked if the Prime Minister had been in touch with Baroness Jay, or did he plan to speak to her, […]

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Cabinet

Asked what was covered at Cabinet this morning, the PMS replied that Cabinet had a discussion of data management issue in light of the events of last week with contributions from Alistair Darling and Gus O’Donnell on the review that he was conducting. There was also a general discussion around where we were on counter-terrorism […]

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Capital Gains Tax

Put that the Chancellor today seemed to suggest that there was still room and time for changes to CGT proposals, and asked to clarify the position, the PMS replied that the position was absolutely clear, exactly as set out at the time of the PBR. The Government put forward a number of proposals and HMRC […]

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