» Thursday, March 20, 2008Mayor of LondonAsked if the Prime Minister would take onboard the Mayor’s views regarding the closure of post offices, the PMS replied that, as the Prime Minister had said yesterday, difficult decisions had to be taken in relation to the post office, reflecting the fact that demand for postal services was changing. There needed to be some […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked if the Prime Minister took a view regarding city traders spreading malicious gossip, the PMS replied that the Financial Services Authority was conducting an investigation into that so there was nothing we could say at this point. Asked if the Prime Minister took a view regarding renaming the House of Lords as the Senate, […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Wednesday, March 19, 2008TibetAsked about the Prime Minister meeting with the Dalai Lama, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that as the Prime Minister said in PMQs earlier today, he spoke to the Chinese Prime Minister Mr Wen this morning. As we had been saying earlier in the week we had been speaking to both the Chinese Embassy […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) DefenceAsked if the Chiefs of Staff had been "kitted up" and in to see the Prime Minister, the PMS replied that if this referred to the piece in the Evening Standard, we did not recognise that story. The Ministry of Defence was currently focused on a planning round to make sure that resources are allocated […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Government CarsAsked about the story of a Cabinet split over Government cars, the PMS replied that as he said this morning when asked the question, over the last two years the Government Car Agency had moved to greener cars resulting in a 30% reduction in average emissions from Government cars. We would now accelerate the pace […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) FSAAsked for the Prime Minister’s view on the FSA investigation into whether people had been deliberately spreading rumours and shortening stock, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister thought this was a matter for the FSA. original source. Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) National Security StrategyAsked what role the Prime Minister envisaged for the National Security Forum and when the new members would be appointed, the PMS replied that we hoped to appoint new members shortly. The role of the National Security Forum, as the Prime Minister said in his statement today, was to advise the recently constituted National Security […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) IraqAsked if the Government would be marking the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Government had no specific plans to do so, although he was sure that the Prime Minister would mention the situation in Iraq among other things, in his statement to […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) Government CarsAsked repeatedly if the Prime Minister had a view on whether Cabinet cars should be British made, the PMS replied that as people knew from the document published yesterday, over the last two years the Government Car Agency had consistently shifted to greener cars. That had led to a 30% reduction in emissions from cars […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Embryology BillAsked if it was still the Prime Minister’s intention that there should be a whip vote on the issue, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had answered a question on the subject in PMQ’s last week and he had nothing to add to that. Put repeatedly that there was still some confusion about what […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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