» Monday, August 10, 2009Prime Minister’s HolidayAsked whether the Prime Minister had done his voluntary community work yet, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that he had not. It would take place later on this month. Asked if the Prime Minister was content that his holiday cover had been properly organised, the PMS replied that he was. There was a […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Lord MandelsonAsked if Lord Mandelson would be working from No10, the PMS said that questions regarding Lord Mandelson s movements should be addressed to his departmental press office. As we had made clear on Friday, Lord Mandelson would be in London from later today. Asked if he would describe Lord Mandelson s office as the size […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) Food Strategy ReportAsked whether the Prime Minister felt that the findings of the report fitted in with media reports of him eating ready meals late at night, the PMS said that of course the Prime Minister agreed with the content of the Government s food strategy. Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Hilary Benn who had […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) TortureAsked about discrepancies in the answers given by Ministers on torture, the PMS said that he wouldn t agree with the assumptions in the question. The Foreign Secretary and the Home Secretary had set out in detail in the Sunday Telegraph the Government s position on torture and he had nothing to add to what […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) EconomyAsked if the Prime Minister agreed with the Business Secretary that more needed to be done to safeguard the interests of the City, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister believed that the financial services sector was an important part of the UK economy. We had already set out the steps that we needed to […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked if the Prime Minister had been informed about the incident involving Hazel Blears, the PMS said he was not aware that the Prime Minister had been informed. He added that it was a matter for the police. Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about the difficulty in filling Parliamentary Private Secretary positions, the […] 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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