» Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Alcohol
Asked about the story on the Mirror’s front page about units of alcohol, the PMS replied that we would shortly be reporting the results of the independent reviews on alcohol price and promotion, and would consider our position in light of that. However the Mirror’s story seemed to be somewhat ahead of itself and rather […]
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» Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Computer Theft
Asked whether the Prime Minister had spoken to Hazel Blears about the theft of her personal computer, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had been informed about this as people would expect and DCLG had issued a statement. Asked whether the Prime Minister would b e conducting a […]
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Congo Basin Announcement
Asked for information on the announcement, the PMS said it was in relation to the Congo Basin project. The UK was today pledging an additional £8million to boost the£50million grant already announced for innovative schemes to prevent deforestation in Central Africa. The Norwegian Government was also today announcing £50million for the fund and we expected […]
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42 Days
Asked why the Prime Minister had engaged with David Davis in the argument about terror laws through his speech this morning, the PMS said that the idea that these issues had suddenly become important issues in the last couple of days was absurd. These had been major issues of public debate for many years. It […]
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Misc
Asked whether the Prime Minister would be supporting the report carried out by Louise Casey, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had chosen to associate himself with the report tomorrow, but the PMS would not start speculating about a Government response to a report that hadn’t been published yet. original source.
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Liberty Speech
The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) started by telling journalists that the Prime Minister would be visiting, ahead of the security and liberty speech, a forensic science service laboratory in Lambeth where DNA samples were analysed for use in criminal cases, including terrorist cases, and cold cases. The overriding message of this morning’s speech was that […]
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Cabinet
The PMS told the assembled journalists that there had been an update this morning at Cabinet from Geoff Hoon on parliamentary business but that most of Cabinet had been spent discussing the economy, led by the Chancellor. The PMS went on to say that there was an update from David Miliband regarding where we were […]
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Economy/Inflation
The PMS said that, in Cabinet this morning, the Chancellor explained that the UK economy was currently facing three major global shocks to credit markets, oil markets and food prices and that all countries were facing these issues. The Chancellor also spoke about inflation and that, as Mervyn King had said in his letter to […]
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MP and Ministerial Pay/Baker Report
The PMS said that there was a discussion at Cabinet this morning on the issue of MP and Ministerial pay. As the journalists were aware, the Baker Review was being published this morning. The key point to take from Harriet Harman’s Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) was that there were two recommendations in particular that the […]
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Miscellaneous
Asked for the Prime Minister’s reaction to France rejoining NATO, the PMS said that he did not have a specific reaction to that at the moment. original source.
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