» Monday, August 10, 2009

Food Strategy Report

Asked 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 […]

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Torture

Asked 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 […]

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Economy

Asked 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 […]

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Misc

Asked 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 […]

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» Monday, August 3, 2009

Compensation for Servicemen

Asked 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 […]

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Gary McKinnon

Asked 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 […]

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Barclays Bank

Asked 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 […]

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Misc

Asked 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 […]

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