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Lord Mayor’s Banquet

Asked about whether the Prime Minister in his speech tonight at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet would discuss the Quilliam Foundation report on extremism in prison, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the speech would focus on the challenges of Afghanistan: the continuing threat of Al Qaeda and the success that we have had in […]

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Afghanistan

The PMS was then asked whether the speech would refer to a timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan to which he said that there was no intention to withdraw troops. Afghanisation was about working on the ground with Afghan troops and the Afghan police, building up local resources and ensuring that we would be in […]

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EU Presidency

A number of questions were put to the PMS on the issue of the EU Presidency and Tony Blair’s possible candidacy. The PMS said that the Prime Minister had been absolutely consistent on this – that Tony Blair remained the candidate that we would wish to put forward for the Presidency of the Council. The […]

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Childcare vouchers

On the issue of the Government’s childcare vouchers, the PMS was asked whether these would be scrapped, scaled back or kept, to which he replied that this would be announced in the Pre-Budget Report but that the Government is completely committed to supporting hard-working families with childcare costs. That had been a key driver of […]

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Copenhagen

Asked whether the Prime Minister would still sign up to Copenhagen if there were no agreed targets, the PMS said that the Prime Minister was hoping that we would sign up to a politically binding agreement. That is what we hope would happen and were we would hope to get to. original source.

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Child migrants

The PMS was then asked when the Prime Minister would apologise to the British child migrants who had been sent to Australia up until the 1960s. The PMS replied that it was a sad story and that the Prime Minister felt personally upset about this situation. He said that the Prime Minister would make an […]

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Misc

Asked about whether the Floods and Water Management Bill would be in the Queen’s Speech, the PMS replied that we would have to wait and see on Wednesday. Asked about suggestions that the Queen’s speech should be cancelled so that parliament could concentrate on proposals or legislation already underway, the PMS said that it would […]

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