» Wednesday, June 3, 2009Hazel BlearsAsked whether Hazel Blears would be replaced today, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that there were no plans to replace Hazel Blears today. Asked if the Cabinet Secretary or anyone at the Cabinet Office had been involved in checking Hazel Blears expenses again, the PMS replied that there was a […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (2) Hazel BlearsThe Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by commenting on the statement released by Hazel Blears that morning. The PMS told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had spoken to Hazel Blears this morning. In the Prime Minister’s view she had made an outstanding contribution to public life, most recently as Secretary of State for […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Edwin DyerAsked if there was any more information on Edwin Dyer, the PMS said that he had nothing to add to the Prime Minister’s statement form this morning. Put that a number of other hostages had been released and would the Prime Minister look at the Government’s policy of not negotiating with terrorist organisations, the PMS […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Tuesday, June 2, 2009Jacqui SmithAsked to confirm whether Jacqui Smith had asked the Prime Minister to leave the Cabinet in Easter, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that he would not comment on private conversations which may or may not have taken place between the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues. The PMS added that […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) D-DayAsked if the situation surrounding the Royal Family s attendance at the D-day commemoration echoed the situation surrounding the Cabinet reshuffle, the PMS said that that was not the case. It was not for us to start making announcements about Royal Family members. What we had said this morning and what the Prime Minister had […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) CabinetThe Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that at Cabinet this morning there was an update on the car industry and a wider debate about the economy. There was an update from Alan Johnson on swine flu, an update from the Foreign Secretary on Burma and a discussion on constitutional reform. original source. Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Constitutional RenewalThe PMS said the discussion at Cabinet on constitutional renewal had been wide-ranging and concentrated on how to re-establish trust in politics. The Prime Minister believed that we had to respond to the scale of the breakdown of trust in the political process, in a similar way to how we had to respond to the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) D-DayAsked if the White House had asked No 10 to assist them in getting an invite to The Queen, the PMS said that we had been in touch with the White House to understand what exactly had been meant by the suggestion that they had been involved in this; it was news to us. When […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MPs’ ExpensesAsked if the Prime Minister was concerned that three Cabinet Minister had repaid money, the PMS said that lots of people had repaid money across the House of Commons at all levels, so MPs who were also Ministers were not unique in that respect. The Prime Minister believed that those Ministers who had repaid the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) » Monday, June 1, 2009Chancellor/ExpensesPut that the Prime Minister had had several chances today to confirm that the Chancellor would still be in his post in ten days time and had not done so, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had given the standard answer that he would give in relation […] Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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