» Monday, December 14, 2009

X Factor

Asked if there was a message from the Prime Minister to the X Factor winner, the PMS said that the Prime Minister was not able to watch X Factor. The Prime Minister had said that he wished all three of the finalists well and the PMS understood that the Prime Minister had written private messages […]

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Iraq War

Asked if the Prime Minister would agree with the Defence Secretary who had reportedly said that he would not have supported the Iraq War if he had known that there were no WMDs in Iraq, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had always been very clear on the Iraq situation; he welcomed the fact […]

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Iraq War

Asked if the Prime Minister would agree with the Defence Secretary who had reportedly said that he would not have supported the Iraq War if he had known that there were no WMDs in Iraq, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had always been very clear on the Iraq situation; he welcomed the fact […]

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Misc

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned that Iran was building a nuclear bomb, the PMS referred people to what the Foreign Office had said on this. Asked if the Prime Minister thought that it was right that retiring MPs should go on a spending spree on expenses, the PMS said that the Prime Minister […]

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Misc

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned that Iran was building a nuclear bomb, the PMS referred people to what the Foreign Office had said on this. Asked if the Prime Minister thought that it was right that retiring MPs should go on a spending spree on expenses, the PMS said that the Prime Minister […]

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» Friday, December 11, 2009

MPs’ Expenses

Asked why Quentin Davies had been in Brazil, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) directed journalists to speak to the Ministry of Defence. Asked if the Prime Minister had had any discussions with Quentin Davies about paying back the money he used for roof repairs, the PMS said that she would not get into discussions about […]

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Pre-Budget Report

Asked how great the row was between No 10 and the Treasury regarding the Pre-Budget Report (PBR), the PMS said that the Prime Minister had made his views clear at the press conference this morning when he said that the story of a row between No 10 and the Treasury was completely wrong . The […]

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Climate Change

Asked where the money announced this morning to tackle climate change came from, the PMS said that the money announced this morning for the fast track climate change fund would come from the Department for International Development’s (DfID) budget, which was set out in the PBR. Asked if it was additional money, the PMS said […]

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» Thursday, December 10, 2009

MPs’ Expenses

Asked if the Prime Minister had full confidence in Quentin Davies, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said yes. In terms of expenses the Prime Minister had made his feelings clear in his interview earlier today; we needed to move away from the old system of the past. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) was now […]

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EU Letter/Brussels

Put that the Prime Minister referred to a financial services transaction tax in his letter to the EU this afternoon and if that was another name for a Tobin tax, the PMS said that it was the transaction tax that was mentioned at the G20 and it was one of a number of options the […]

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