» Monday, August 3, 2009Compensation for ServicemenAsked for the Prime Minister s view on the comments made by Eric Joyce, the Defence Secretary s Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS), regarding compensation for servicemen, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Defence were completely focused on ensuring that our servicemen and women had […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Gary McKinnonAsked if the Prime Minister agreed with Peter Hain that Gary McKinnon s extradition issue had been badly handled, the PMS said that the Home Secretary s article at the weekend made the position clear; we would not comment on an individual case but the Home Secretary, in this instance would not legally be able […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (3) Barclays BankAsked if the Prime Minister was pleased to see a recovery in some parts of the banking system, the PMS said that people were aware of the Prime Minister s view on the need in the banking system for a focus on long-term stability. Whilst not wanting to get into individual banks, we needed to […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked if the Prime Minister agreed with Harriet Harman that male leadership was a bad thing and if the Prime Minister agreed with John Prescott that Harriet Harman should not have brought up the subject of leadership, the PMS said that thankfully both those questions were within a party political context so would have to […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | 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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