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Hillsborough Agreement

Asked if the Prime Minister thinks it matters whether the Ulster Unionists back the further devolution or since with DUP and Sinn Fein backing it, it will go through anyway, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said the Prime Minister had said this was a critical day for Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State had reminded […]

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Transport

Asked if Lord Adonis said anything at Cabinet or will say anything on Thursday on planning/planning appeals, the PMS said he wasn’t anticipating that, obviously depending what was proposed as far as the high speed network is concerned, there maybe some planning issue around that but think at this stage it is premature to speculate […]

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Europe

Asked to clarify Government policy on further EU Treaties/new Treaties, the PMS said, first of all, the Prime Minister made clear in his Statement in the House on the 17 December 2007 that the Government opposes further institutional change in the relationship between the EU and the member states and that secondly, the conclusions of […]

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Holocaust heroes

Asked who or how these names were put forward and what if any steps have been taken to verify the accounts these people put forward, the PMS said he thought it was through the Holocaust Trust but would check. original source.

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Rugby

Asked if the Prime Minister will be going to the Scotland and England match on Saturday, the PMS said we never talk about the Prime Minister’s engagements but the Prime Minister always takes a close interest in sporting events. original source.

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High Speed Rail

Asked if Lord Adonis’s remarks on High Speed Rail were at odds with the suspension of Intercity trains, the PMS replied that that was not for him to comment on. This was about the big infrastructure picture for the UK; we had a patchwork Network Rail network which had evolved over time and there was […]

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Greece

Asked whether there had been any Cabinet discussion on Greece, the PMS said there was a brief contextual comment on Greece. Asked if it was still the Government’s position to oppose any European treaty change in regard to bailing out other European countries, the PMS said he did not accept the premise of the question. […]

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Economy

Asked about the Chancellor’s comments on the maturity of the UK’s debt and in what context it was spoken about, the PMS replied that one of the comments the Chancellor had made was that it was a feature of the UK economy that we did have longer term maturity of our debt. Asked what the […]

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