» Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Immigration
Asked about the number of asylum and citizenship applications, the PMS said that the figures for the final quarter of 2007 and the final quarter of 2008 showed that asylum applications had fallen by two per cent. original source.
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» Monday, February 23, 2009
Binyam Mohamed
Asked how much it had cost to fly Binyam Mohamed back from Guantanamo Bay in a private jet, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) replied that he did not have that information. Asked what the current status of his application was, the PMS said that he would be subject to the same immigration considerations as […]
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LDV
Asked how the Government planned to respond to the request for a bridging loan, the PMS said that as Ian Pearson was saying at lunchtime, we had been in close and regular discussion with LDV over recent weeks, as we had with other auto manufacturers. In the first instance, it had to be down to […]
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Misc
Asked about a new website that the Prime Minister had made reference to, the PMS said that there was a website that the Cabinet Office had launched today, in order to put together in one place the various forms of help that the Government was making available for businesses and families to help them deal […]
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Cabinet
The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving journalists a brief readout of Cabinet. There had been a discussion on the economy and there was also a presentation from Ed Miliband and Peter Mandelson on action we were taking to build a low-carbon economy. original source.
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EU Summit
Asked about the summit on Sunday, the PMS said that this would mostly concern the European preparations for the G20 meeting. This would be a meeting of all 27 member states to discuss a set of issues similar to those discussed at the summit in Berlin yesterday. original source.
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LDV
Asked about LDV, the PMS said that as the department had been saying, we had been in close and regular discussions with LDV over recent weeks, as we had with other auto manufacturers. In relation to LDV, in the first instance, it must be down to the parent company to put up the funding needed […]
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Binyam Mohamed
Asked for more detail on the arrival of Binyam Mohamed in the UK, the PMS said that we could confirm that Binyam Mohamed would indeed be returning to the UK later today, but at this stage we were unable to comment on either the location or the exact timing of his arrival. Asked if he […]
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Economy
Asked if it was still the Prime Minister s position that nationalised and part-nationalised banks should be run at arms length, the PMS confirmed that that was the position. We believed that banks should operate in a commercial way in the private sector. We also needed to make sure that the taxpayer s interests were […]
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Misc
Asked about the front page story in the Times regarding Bills in the Queen s Speech, the PMS said it was right that the department continued to keep all of these issues under review as people would expect them to. We were also very clear that we had a strong commitment to fairness and we […]
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