» 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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» Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Retraining
Asked for more details on the retraining announcement, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that full details were set out in the Department for Work and Pensions press release. This was part funded by the European Social Fund, and part funded by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, and was targeted at retraining […]
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Unemployment
Asked for the Prime Minister s view on rising unemployment and the expectation that it would hit two million by the end of the year, the PMS replied that he was not going to make any forecasts Tony McNulty had also declined that offer several times this morning in his interviews. The Prime Minister did […]
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Iceland & Local Authorities
Put that John Healey would be meeting with the Local Government Association, and asked if we were expected anything concrete to come out of the meeting, the PMS replied that as Hazel Blears had already said, The Department of Communities and Local Government had already taken action to help support Local Authorities in the form […]
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Communication Data Bill
Asked if the Government remained committed to the Communications Data Bill, the PMS replied that Jacqui Smith would say in her speech today that we would consult before introducing the Communications Bill. It had been due to be introduced this session, but now would be opened to consultation. original source.
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