» Wednesday, June 4, 2008EconomyPut that the OECD had said that the Government was likely to break its sustainable investment rule next year, and asked if we agreed with them, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that we did not agree with that. The Government was committed to its fiscal rules and the Treasury would be providing an update […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) EmbryologyPut that Cardinal O’Brien was taking a mass in the House of Commons’ crypt tonight where he was once again going to attack politicians who supported the Embryology Bill, the PMS replied that we did not have any specific response to this. The Prime Minister had set out his position very clearly in the article […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ScotlandAsked if the Prime Minister had given a response to Alex Salmond’s letter, the PMS replied that it was not quite clear how many letters there were. We did receive a letter yesterday from Mr Salmond, but it appeared to be a different letter to the one that appeared in newspapers over the weekend. So […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) US ElectionsAsked if there had been any communication between the Prime Minister and Mr Obama or Mrs Clinton, the PMS replied that the Democratic and Republican Party nomination processes were really a matter for the respective parties, and the Presidential election was really a matter for the American people. The UK Government looked forward to continuing […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked if the Prime Minister had any plans to talk to his predecessor tomorrow, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister spoke to his predecessor regularly. original source. Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Tuesday, June 3, 2008BritishnessAsked what the Prime Minister thought about the idea put forward by Liam Byrne suggesting a Great British weekend on the Bank Holiday at the end of August, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister’s general view on the subject was that Lord Goldsmith completed a review on Britishness […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) 42 DaysAsked whether the amendments to 42 days were being delayed, the PMS said that the amendments had been laid. Tony McNulty was doing broadcast media on the subject at the moment and the Home Office would be briefing on the detail of this. The three main changes were that the new proposal would bring forward […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Northern IrelandAsked if there would be any further talks taking place on Northern Ireland, the PMS said that he did not have that much to add to what he had said that morning. The Prime Minister did meet Gerry Adams earlier today but he was not in a position to get into specifics at this point. […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Alex Salmond’s LetterAsked whether Downing Street had received the letter from Alex Salmond that had appeared in some Sunday newspapers, the PMS said that he could confirm that we had received a letter of today’s date. He added that as far as we were concerned, we had no intention of putting it into the public domain so […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) CabinetThe Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by telling the assembled journalists that there had an update from the Home Secretary at Cabinet this morning on pre-charge detention; it was emphasised that, despite the conclusion that the BBC appeared to have reached this morning, it was not the case that we could assume this vote was […] 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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