» Thursday, November 26, 2009
Libya
Asked whether the Prime Minister had a view on Lord Mandelson hobnobbing with members of the Gaddafi family, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister thought that whatever the First Secretary did in his own social time was a matter for him. Put that it didn’t look good, the PMS said that Lord Mandelson’s spokesman […]
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Copenhagen
Asked if there was any response to President Obama announcing that he would be attending the summit and the emissions target of 17% he had set, which had been criticised in some quarters for being far too unambitious , the PMS replied that the Prime Minister welcomed the fact that President Obama had decided to […]
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Scottish Independence
Asked if the Prime Minister thought that Lord Forsyth’s idea of holding an independence referendum in Scotland on the same day as the general election was a good one, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had made his views clear about a referendum in Scotland and he did not agree that there should be […]
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Afghanistan
Asked if people should expect the Prime Minister to make a statement to MPs next week on troop numbers, the PMS said that the timing for any announcement was still to be confirmed and any announcement was dependent on meeting the three conditions that the Prime Minister had set for the troop increase. This was […]
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Hizb ut-Tahrir
Asked if the Prime Minister was satisfied that no public money went to schools linked to Hizb ut-Tahrir, the PMS said that the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families had made it clear what the situation was in regards to the two schools mentioned. Both the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister […]
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Lords Expenses
Asked what response the Prime Minister would give to MPs who had labelled any pay rise as madness , the PMS said that he would refer people to the Prime Minister’s letter to Bill Cockburn who had conducted the review. Asked why it was appropriate for the House of Lords to have a flat-rate when […]
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Act of Succession
The PMS was then asked about the forthcoming visit to Trinidad for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and whether the Prime Minister would raise the issue of the Act of Succession, to which she referred the press to the Prime Minister’s answers in yesterday’s PMQs. She iterated that the Prime Minister had said […]
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Afghanistan
The PMS was then asked about Sir Richard Dearlove’s comments on funding in Afghanistan. She said that Richard Dearlove had made a significant contribution to the national security of the United Kingdom but that we would disagree with him on the issues he had raised. The facts were that we have consistently increased funding for […]
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Copenhagen
The PMS was then asked again about the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and why Nicolas Sarkozy would be there. She replied that it was important to have, especially in the run up to Copenhagen, other European voices to help in the discussions. We would hope from CHOGM that we can build a momentum and […]
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» Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Royal Succession
Asked about the talks the Prime Minister had had with the Palace regarding changing the laws of succession, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that this was an issue that had been raised from time to time. The Prime Minister had said today that he considered the Act to be outdated. The […]
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