» Monday, June 2, 2008UN/Food and Agriculture Organisation SummitAsked what the Prime Minister thought about Robert Mugabe attending the UN/ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) summit and what Douglas Alexander’s attitude would be if he encountered Mugabe, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that our position on Mugabe was well known and we thought it particularly unfortunate that he had decided to attend […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Pre-charge DetentionAsked about the meeting between the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Chief Whip this morning, the PMS replied that journalists would not expect him to confirm or comment on internal meetings that the Prime Minister had; it was very clear what the Prime Minister’s position was regarding pre-charge detention, as was set out […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Oil TaxesAsked if the Prime Minister intended to respond to the First Minister’s letter about oil taxes, the PMS said that the Treasury had been responding to this and that the Chancellor had said something yesterday on the Scottish edition of the BBC Politics Show. We would not accept the premise of Mr Salmond’s letter on […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscellaneousAsked what the White Paper on joint birth registration was about, the PMS said that it was about issues relating to the designation of fathers on birth certificates. Asked if the Prime Minister had any plans to have meetings in the House of Commons today, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had meetings in […] 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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