» Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Zimbabwe
Asked whether the tougher sanctions the Prime Minister had spoken about in PMQ’s would be on an EU level, the PMS said we would certainly be discussing this with our EU partners. Put that in PMQ’s, the Prime Minister had said he was going to name and shame Mugabe’s criminal cabal, the PMS said that […]
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Stuart Wheeler Libson Treaty Referendum Court Case
Asked if the Government had a response to the judgement in Mr Wheeler’s case, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that Jim Murphy had given a response earlier today, which said that the judges had come down very clearly on the side of the Government and found that this claim lacked substantive merit and therefore […]
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Zimbabwe
Asked if the Prime Minister thought it was appropriate for British companies to invest money in Zimbabwe, the PMS said that the Foreign Secretary had dealt with this issue in his statement to the House of Commons earlier this week. Our general position on sanctions was that we kept all matters under review; we were […]
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Miscellaneous
Asked if the Prime Minister had any plans to speak to Bill Clinton while the ex-President was in London, the PMS said that he was not aware of any specific meetings planned. Asked if the Prime Minister had any views on recommendations from the Commons Members Estimates Committee’s report on MPs’ allowances, the PMS said […]
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» Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Zimbabwe
Asked if the Prime Minister would be raising the subject of Zimbabwe with Nelson Mandela, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) repeated what he had said at this morning’s lobby; this was a private meeting, taking place because Mr Mandela was in London to attend events marking his 90th birthday. It had been in the diary […]
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Policing
Asked if the Prime Minister had a view on whether or not police forces should be given foundation status, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had a view on the reform of the police and that this was something we were taking forward. The Home Office would be bringing forward proposals on the next […]
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Miscellaneous
Asked for the Government’s response to the law lords ruling on anonymity, the PMS replied that Jacqui Smith had already made the Government’s position clear; this was something we were looking at urgently, including looking at whether or not we could change the law. original source.
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Cabinet
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a summary of Cabinet, which lasted for about 90 minutes. The main items discussed were the future of the NHS on the basis of a presentation from Professor Ara Darzi on the main conclusions of his review, which would be published next week. There was also a […]
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Zimbabwe
Asked what the current situation was in regards to Zimbabwe, the PMS said that we had had a very strong statement from the UN Security Council last night, with the Security Council united in condemning the actions of the Government of Zimbabwe and calling on the results of the 29th March elections to be respected. […]
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Misc
Asked whether the Government was concerned that Iran had taken $75 billion out of foreign banks following the Prime Minister’s comments on sanctions being imposed and was it actually the case that those sanctions had been imposed, the PMS replied that he was not sure that any of the facts being asserted in the question […]
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