» Monday, January 12, 2009
Heathrow
Asked if the subject of Heathrow would be discussed at Cabinet tomorrow, the PMS said we would not normally brief on what would be discussed in Cabinet in advance. We had said that there would be an announcement on Heathrow in January, but it was only the 12th January at the moment, so there was […]
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Misc
Asked for more details on the visit of Ben Bernanke to Downing Street tomorrow, the PMS replied that Mr Bernanke and the Prime Minister had met on a number of occasions before and no doubt they would want to talk about the general situation in the global economy. Asked if the Prime Minister would be […]
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Gaza
Asked for a run down of contacts the Prime Minister had had with Israeli and Arab leaders over the past week the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister had had numerous contacts with people in the region and elsewhere. He continued to speak to Prime Minister Olmert as people would expect. […]
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Economy
Asked if the Prime Minister still saw the need for more coherence in European actions to kick-start the economy, the PMS replied that we were seeing a more coordinated response across Europe to the economic crisis. There was a debate taking place in Germany at the moment about a second fiscal stimulus package, but it […]
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Heathrow
Asked if there would be an announcement from Geoff Hoon on Heathrow this week, the PMS replied that Geoff Hoon had said before Christmas that an announcement would be made in January, and when we were in a position to give people more details we would do. original source.
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» Friday, January 9, 2009
Jacqui Smith
Asked if the Prime Minister was happy with Jacqui Smith’s arrangements regarding expenses, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that people would have seen the statement from Jacqui Smith’s office that made clear that the Home Secretary has always abided fully with Parliament’s rules on expenses, and that she had long-standing written approval from the […]
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Afghanistan
Asked about the new Afghan envoy’s responsibilities, and would there be a new UK Ambassador to Afghanistan, the PMS replied that the Foreign Secretary was due to make a statement on this at 10:30 today. The purpose of the appointment was to reinforce the UK’s strategic engagement both with Afghanistan and with Pakistan, and Sir […]
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Bonuses
Asked if the Prime Minister had made any suggestion that he supported the idea that people should waive their legal entitlement to bonuses, the PMS replied that on the question of legal entitlement, UK Financial Investments (UKFI) would be examining very carefully the exact nature of these legal commitments. Secondly, as implied in the question, […]
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Miscellaneous
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned that it had taken the Home Office almost a year to meet with the South African Visa Commission since Sir Stephen Lander first raised problems with would-be terrorists exploiting the visa regime, the PMS replied that he would have to check on exactly what the Prime Minister’s opinion […]
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» Monday, January 5, 2009
Savings/Public Investment
Asked about taxation of savings, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that savers benefited from the low inflation environment we were seeing at the moment, including the price of many goods coming down, which protected the real value of savings. Since 1997 we had introduced significant support to help savers with the introduction of […]
Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
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