» Wednesday, November 19, 2008
John Sergeant
Asked if the Prime Minister was dismayed about John Sergeant’s decision to quit Strictly Come Dancing, the PMS replied that he was sure there were a number of other distinguished former Chairmen or even the current Chairman of the lobby who might be prepared to step into the breech. top original source.
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BNP
Asked what the Government was doing about public servants who happened to be members of the BNP, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that this was really a matter for the bodies for the relevant public sector professions. In relation to the police for example, membership of the British National Party was prohibited. Asked […]
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Migration
Put that net migration was up at 250,000, and asked if the Prime Minister shared Phil Woolas view that we did not want to see the population rising to over 70 million, the PMS replied that he was not sure that this was Phil Woolas view. The figures that were published this morning showed the […]
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Piracy
Asked if we were dispatching the Royal Navy to return to its historic role of sweeping the sea of pirates, the PMS replied that we had called for the immediate release of the two British crewmembers who were aboard the Sirius Star. Britain was playing its part, HMS Cumberland was on patrol as part of […]
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» Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Efficiency Programme
Asked about the Efficiency Programme s target of 30 billion, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Chancellor would give an interim report on the Government s Efficiency Programme and in particular where things stood in light of the review that we set up in the Budget, which Yvette Cooper announced details of […]
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Iraq
Put that Lord Goldsmith s advice to the former Prime Minister that the Iraq war was legal was flawed, and asked for a response, the PMS replied that we had been over this ground many times before. Fortunately the PMS s predecessor covered this on many occasions. Jack Straw had responded on behalf of the […]
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Immigration
Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Phil Woolas that there were some immigration lawyers out there who were playing the system, the PMS replied that he had not seen the comments, and as usual would like to see them in their entirety to ensure we had the proper context before commenting. But if that […]
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Cabinet
The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by telling the assembled journalists what had been discussed at Cabinet. There was an update from Ed Balls and the Children s Minister Beverley Hughes on where we were on child protection issues in light of the Baby P case. There had been a brief update from the […]
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Child Protection
Asked for more details of the update given by Ed Balls, the PMS said it was really a summary of the events of the last week and the action that the Government had announced in recent days. Asked if there was any sense of surprise around the Cabinet table that no one had resigned over […]
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Government Efficiency
Put that the PMS had said that the Chief Secretary had stated that there was scope to go beyond the figures mentioned, the PMS replied that what the Chief Secretary did say was that the Chancellor would be updating the House in the PBR on what the interim conclusions were of the reviews of the […]
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