» Thursday, January 17, 2008

Cabinet Committees

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by telling the assembled press that the Cabinet Office would be announcing the latest list of Cabinet Committees. Two new sub-committees had been created, one on health and wellbeing chaired by Ed Miliband and one on Africa chaired by Douglas Alexander. original source.

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English Language

In advance of his visit to China and India, the Prime Minister had today written an article that would be appearing on the Downing Street website. The PMS went on to say that the article was on the subject of the English language and what more we could do to promote the use of the […]

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British Council

Asked what the Government’s position was in relation to Russia generally and was the new British Council website a way round the closing of offices by belligerent governments, the PMS replied that the purpose of the new British Council website was to enable as many people as possible around the world to learn English. Its […]

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China/India Visit

Put that some Conservative MEP’s had criticised the Prime Minister for going to the Olympic Stadium and had argued for a boycott of the Beijing Olympic Games, the PMS said that he had not seen the statement, so he would not comment on either a statement he had not seen or a statement made by […]

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Respect Agenda

Put that the wife of Gary Newlove had spoken this morning about the Respect Agenda failing, the PMS replied that the Respect Agenda was being taken forward and the Prime Minister was very keen on taking action to deal with the causes of crime, particularly among young people. The Government had created a new department, […]

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Health and Wellbeing Committee

Asked what the Health and Wellbeing Committee would do that wasn’t already done by other health committees and wasn’t the term "wellbeing" a David Cameron copyright, the PMS said that he would not want to respond to the second part of the question. The preventative health agenda was something the Prime Minister took very seriously […]

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