» Friday, October 17, 2008

Financial Services Authority

Asked if the Prime Minister accepted Lord Turner s criticism that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) had been set up on the cheap, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the FSA was staffed by professionals and that, if the implicit suggestion in the question was whether or not the regime had been adequate […]

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David Cameron’s Speech

Asked if the Prime Minister had studied David Cameron s speech, the PMS said that the Prime Minister was on a visit to Nottingham, talking to businesses and local people and getting on with the business of Government. In terms of any reaction to David Cameron s speech, it was best to talk to the […]

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Northern Rock

Asked if the Prime Minister was embarrassed about newly nationalised Northern Rock s approach to property repossessions, the PMS replied that Northern Rock had released a statement refuting any suggestions that they had adopted an overly aggressive stance to repossession. This was a matter for Northern Rock; as we had made consistently clear, the company […]

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Nuclear Power

Asked about the Marketing Research Society (MRS) report on the Government s second public consultation on nuclear power, the PMS said that the particular complaint related to the role of Opinion Leader Research (OLS), which the company itself disputed, and formed only one component of the wider consultation. The outcome of the consultation would stand, […]

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Scotland

Asked for the Prime Minister s response to the demand from the First Minister that Scotland should get an extra 1 billion to get through the economic downturn, the PMS said that what we had seen in the last week was considerable support for Scottish banks which, as the Prime Minister had said, was only […]

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Miscellaneous

Asked for a response to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development s report on bribery, the PMS said that Jack Straw had responded on behalf of the Government. Asked if the Prime Minister was going to the Asia-Europe Meeting next week, the PMS said that David Miliband would be attending on behalf of the […]

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