» Monday, December 17, 2007
Data Security
Asked if the new measures re data security related to Government or just to HMRC, the PMS said that they related to Government; the O’Donnell review was about looking at all departments. Asked if anyone was expected to resign today, the PMS replied that he had not heard any suggestion that anyone would be resigning […]
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Pakistan
Asked about the situation in Pakistan regarding the escape of Rashid Rauf and whether or not the Prime Minister had been speaking to Pakistani authorities, the PMS said that the High Commission in Islamabad was in close touch with the Pakistani authorities about the escape; the High Commissioner spoke yesterday to the Interim Interior Minister […]
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Prime Minister’s Morale
Asked how the Prime Minister’s morale was, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister’s morale was very good, as you would expect. original source.
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Tripartite Structure
Asked if it was recognised that the Treasury and the Chancellor were looking to gain more control of the way crises were dealt with and that there should be a clear chain of command rather than a battle of command between the Treasury, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Bank of England, the PMS […]
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Governor Of The Bank Of England
Asked if we were disappointed that it appeared that the Governor of the Bank of England had been briefing Irwin Stelzer of the Sunday Times, the PMS said that he was not aware that that was what the Bank of England were saying, in fact, the Bank had been pouring cold water on some of […]
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» Friday, December 14, 2007
Brussels
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman began by giving details to the assembled press about the main issues the Prime Minister would be focussing on in Brussels. The PMS said we were anticipating a declaration from the European Union on globalisation. The main outstanding issue on that particular subject in advance of this morning’s meeting was the […]
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Kosovo
Asked if the Government would be pushing for the EU to recognise Kosovan independence, the PMS said that the Government’s position, which was increasingly the position of the EU, was that we would like some form of supervised independence for Kosovo. As people would know, there was now increasing understanding across the EU that the […]
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Iran
Asked for an outline on the kind of language people could expect concerning Iran, the PMS replied that there would be discussion of that today. The key thing to look out for was how things would be taken forward in the UN. We were expecting further discussions in the UN and the Government was pushing […]
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Northern Rock
Asked whether the Government accepted that the private sale process had run its course, the PMS replied that he would not accept the premise of the question. Negotiations with Virgin and Olivant were still ongoing. The Government’s preferred position was a private sale, but of course as the Chancellor had said, nothing would be ruled […]
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Climate Change
Asked when and where Hilary Benn would be saying something on the outcome of the Bali climate change talks, the PMS replied that he did not know the exact timings. The talks were taking place some way ahead in terms of the time zone and it was the Government’s understanding that talks were still ongoing. […]
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