» Wednesday, July 16, 2008MP’s PayAsked if the Government was proposing to cap the amount of mortgage interest MPs could claim, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that that would be something that would be looked at by the Advisory Panel on Members Allowances, which had been strengthened by the appointment of two independent members. The main issue was that […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked if the Prime Minister would be voting on the fuel vote later, the PMS said that the fuel vote was more of a routine opposition day debate; the Prime Minister had a number of important meetings later today. Asked what the Prime Minister thought of Nick Clegg’s suggestion that if an MP was caught […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MP’s ExpensesThe Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Leader of the House was in the process of tabling a Written Ministerial Statement setting out the Government’s position on the matter. Since the vote on the 3rd July, the Leader of the House had had a number of discussions, not only with Members […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Fuel DutyAsked why the Chancellor had chosen today to postpone the 2p rise in fuel duty and did it have anything to do with the fact that there was a by election coming up, the PMS said that that was not the case. There were a lot of precedents for the postponement of autumn increases 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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