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Constituency Business

Asked what the Prime Minister was doing in his constituency today the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said the Prime Minister had no engagements and the visit was a scheduled one. original source.

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Territorial Army

Asked about Bill Rammell’s statement on Territorial Army provisions, the PMS said the Prime Minister had responded in writing to the Leader of the Opposition’s query about Territorial Army members deployed in Afghanistan. The PMS said Mr Rammell had restated the Government’s position that all parts of our armed forces are looking at operational efficiencies. […]

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Afghanistan

Asked if there had been any contact between the Prime Minister and Dr Abdullah around the presidential election, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister spoke to him in the run up to the first-round election result as well as President Karzai. The PM had said to both candidates that he welcomed the attitude they […]

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EU Presidency

Asked if the Prime Minister was going to push the issue of Tony Blair’s candidacy for the role of EU President, the PMS said the Lisbon Treaty needs to be agreed then a candidacy process would follow. The PMS said if Tony Blair wished to be a candidate, the Prime Minister would be supportive of […]

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European Council

Asked whether there was a formal agenda for the upcoming meeting yet and would the subject of the EU President form part of the agenda, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the formal agenda had not been confirmed. One of the big issues would be climate change finance and there would […]

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Territorial Army

Asked about the Telegraph story this morning on TA training, the PMS said that the TA played an extremely important role as part of our overall military effort and the Prime Minister was very grateful for what TA members did to support the country. The focus at the moment was on ensuring our efforts in […]

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Copenhagen

Put that the White House had said that the President would not attend the Climate Change Summit and did the Prime Minister still intend to go, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister did intend to go. The Prime Minister had said in September that showing leadership in Copenhagen was important and he was very […]

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Lockerbie

Asked what the Prime Minister thought about the re-opening of the investigation into Lockerbie, the PMS said that the Prime Minister believed that if there was to be a re-opening then it would be a matter for the Scottish authorities. original source.

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