» Tuesday, February 9, 2010Constitutional reformAsked if the Prime Minister thought fixed-term parliaments were a good idea, the PMS said that the Prime Minister set out his priorities for constitutional reform in his speech last week. Put that the Government seemed to have been working on constitutional reform for some time, the PMS said that it was a dynamic process […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) AfghanistanAsked about what the Defence Secretary had been saying about current operations in Afghanistan, the PMS said that the Defence Secretary and other senior figures at the Ministry of Defence had over the last few days been talking about Operation Moshtarak. This operation was not yet underway and part of the process was alerting the […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Bulgarian Prime MinisterThe Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister had a warm and constructive meeting with Prime Minister Borissov of Bulgaria yesterday evening. They had a wide-ranging discussion including Afghanistan, where the Prime Minister welcomed Bulgaria’s increased troop levels, and the European economy, where the two leaders agreed on the need to drive forward […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) CabinetThe PMS said that the Prime Minister spoke at Cabinet about Northern Ireland and acknowledged the decommissioning of weapons by the INLA and other groups, which was a significant step forward. The Prime Minister congratulated the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on his efforts. There was then a discussion on Afghanistan led by the […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Pope visitAsked if the visit would be post-election, the PMS said yes, although a specific date had not been confirmed and it would be for the Vatican to do so. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) EconomyAsked how concerned the Prime Minister was about the economic problems in the Eurozone and if he would be meeting President Sarkozy this week to discuss the issue, the PMS said that the problems in the Eurozone were a focus of attention, but given we were not in the Eurozone it was not something that […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Wright ReviewAsked if the Government would endorse all the proposals from Wright and if they would be put into law, the PMS said that a Written Ministerial Statement had been laid this morning about this. It had always been the case that the Government was very supportive of the Wright recommendations and the question now was […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Alternative voteAsked why the Prime Minister thought that the alternative voting (AV) system was such a good idea, the PMS said that the Prime Minister believed that there was an umbilical cord that linked MPs with their constituencies and of the various voting systems this was the one that best protected the relationship between the MP […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Product placementAsked about the Written Ministerial Statement on product placement, the PMS said that this was being led by Ben Bradshaw; there had been a consultation process and we were setting out plans today to allow television product placement in a way that balanced commercial interests and peoples’ concerns. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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