» Monday, November 23, 2009
Misc
Asked for a response to the charge that the Government’s position on Calman was just a sop to the Nationalists in Scotland, the PMS said he would get back to people on that point. original source.
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» Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sir Christopher Kelly
Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about suggestions that Sir Christopher Kelly was not totally independent and that he had been in collusion with David Cameron, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister was focused on ensuring that we turned our back on the old discredited system of expenses. We were […]
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Social care
Asked if the Prime Minister could deny claims that disability benefits would be cut to pay for homecare for the elderly, the PMS said that the question was in reference to the social care package announced in The Queen’s Speech. The package enabled people to stay at home and receive care rather than having to […]
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European Council President
Asked if the Prime Minister thought that Tony Blair should make it known whether or not he would be a candidate for President of the European Council, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had always said that Tony Blair would be an excellent candidate for the presidency of the council. This was never going […]
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Afghanistan
Asked if the Prime Minister believed that the inauguration of President Karzai washed away all the past problems, the PMS said that we felt President Karzai had listened carefully to what the Prime Minsiter and other world leaders had said. We welcomed the inauguration and the fact that Cabinet members would be appointed in light […]
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Economy
Asked about the public sector borrowing figures, the PMS said that we always knew that we would be in for the long haul and we had to look at what the figures were in relation to the Budget forecast. This was a global recession and these figures reflected that. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and […]
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» Monday, November 16, 2009
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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