» Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Parliamentary Standards Authority

Asked if it was the Government s wish to get the Parliamentary Standards Authority in place before the summer recess, the PMS said that we wanted to operate on a cross-party basis, but it was the Prime Minister s view that we would like to try and complete this legislation by the summer recess. Asked […]

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Cabinet

The Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) began by giving a run-down of Cabinet; there was an update on the situation in Afghanistan from the Defence Secretary and the Foreign Secretary, there was a presentation on the Climate Change White Paper by Ed Miliband, which was being published tomorrow, there was a discussion led by Andy […]

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation

The PMS said there was an update from the Prime Minister on where we were on nuclear non-proliferation, following President Obama s announcement last week that he would be holding a conference on this subject next March. In advance of that the Government would be publishing a strategy document on this subject on Thursday. Asked […]

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BBC

Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with the comments made by Ben Bradshaw, the PMS said that Ben Bradshaw had been clear that he viewed the BBC as a unique, high-quality broadcaster. He was a champion of the BBC and was committed to its future. The specific issue in relation to the BBC that came […]

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Afghanistan

Asked for more details on the discussions in Cabinet and whether sending more troops to Afghanistan had been discussed, the PMS said that there was an explanation from the Defence Secretary and the Foreign Secretary on what the latest situation was. As the Prime Minister and others had been saying, this was a difficult period […]

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» Monday, July 13, 2009

Afghanistan

Asked who the best judge of operational requirements in Helmand was, the Prime Minister s Spokesman told the assembled press that Nick Richardson, the spokesman for the British military in Helmand was best placed to deal with those questions and he had made the views of his Commanders on the ground pretty clear in the […]

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US Treasury Secretary Geithner

Asked if the Prime Minister and the US Secretary had made an assessment of how far the participants of the London Summit had gone in meeting their commitments, the PMS said that they had had a good discussion in their meeting. They had talked about the global economy, the good progress that was being made […]

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Afghanistan

Asked about the Prime Minister s visit to RAF Benson this morning, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister went on a private visit to RAF Benson with Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth to meet the Chief of Staff, families and military personnel. They were briefed on aircraft engineering and timelines to […]

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Misc

Asked about the Prime Minister s meeting with the US Treasury Secretary, the PMS said that they would discuss issues relating to the global economy and global financial matters. It was an important meeting as we chaired the last meeting of the G20 and the US would be chairing the next G20 meeting in Pittsburgh […]

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» Thursday, July 9, 2009

G8 Summit

Asked for an update on G8, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had recently spoken to broadcasters. The discussion at the G8 among the major economies had focussed today on world trade, where there had been an agreement among the participating countries to look again at a […]

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