» Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Europe
Asked about the Prime Minister’s meeting with the President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Pottering, and if the report on MEPs’ expenses was raised, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the meeting was still going on when he left for Lobby so had not yet had a read-out of what had been said. The […]
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Harriet Harman
Put that the Prime Minister appeared to be critical of Harriet Harman in PMQs today regarding her praise of Fidel Castro, the PMS replied that he was not sure that he would interpret it like that. Asked how he would interpret the Prime Minister’s words, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister said what he […]
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Drugs Strategy
Asked about the announcement in the drugs strategy that assets could be seized on arrest rather than on conviction, and did this not totally tear up everything about British Justice and the idea of being innocent until proven guilty, the PMS replied that this was not the case. As the Home Secretary had said, if […]
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Misc
Asked if the Prime Minister thought it was good tax planning by a company to put a large amount of its business in the Cayman Islands, and was this something that should be looked at by Revenue and Customs, the PMS replied that he was not going to comment on individual companies, but these were […]
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Houses of Parliament Protest
Asked whether the Prime Minister had any views about the protest taking place, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that we would not be commenting on this particular incident. The Government’s general position on Heathrow was that there was an ongoing consultation on the third runway that would close today. The Government […]
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Hostages in Iraq
Asked whether the Prime Minister was still confident of the release of all British hostages in Iraq, the PMS replied that it was a very sensitive issue and we had to choose our words carefully. There was nothing he could add to the statement issued this morning. Put that the hostage takers had talked of […]
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Windfall Tax
Asked whether the Government had any plans to introduce a windfall tax on energy companies, the PMS said that it was a matter for the Treasury. Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned that energy companies were making excessive profits, the PMS said that Alistair Darling had spoken on behalf of the Government on this […]
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DNA Database
Put that the European Court of Human Rights was considering a case to limit the number of samples on the DNA database, the PMS said that the Prime Minister thought that the DNA database had been shown in recent days to be a very useful and effective tool in the fight against crime. Asked whether […]
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» Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Information Commissioner
Asked if the Prime Minister was minded to accept the Information Commissioner’s ruling on releasing Cabinet notes, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that as the Cabinet Office had said, we would have to give proper consideration to the ruling. We would have to balance off the requirements of openness and transparency […]
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Casinos
Put that Andy Burnham had announced that new casinos would be closed for six hours of every 24 and was there any plans to replicate that in the licensing trade, the PMS replied that there was a review under way in relation to 24 hour licensing and the Prime Minister had been speaking about it […]
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