» Monday, June 7, 2010

Prime Minister’s economy speech

Asked what the percentage of shrinkage was, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had stated that people shouldn’t have a pre-conceived idea about the size of the state, but it was very important to get the private sector moving and see growth in the private sector. Asked in what way the Prime Minister felt […]

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Prime Minister’s pay

sked if it was the case that the former Prime Minister could have claimed 198k and chose to claim 150k and that the new Prime Minister was choosing to claim 142k but could actually claim 198k, the PMS said the Prime Minister’s salary, both the Ministerial and Parliamentary salaries were set by the Senior Salaries […]

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US Defence Secretary

Asked if the Prime Minister would be meeting the US Defence Secretary, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would be meeting him today. Asked what would be on the agenda, the PMS said that Robert Gates had been touring capitals, he would be meeting the Prime Minister and the National Security Adviser today. They […]

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» Friday, June 4, 2010

BP

Asked whether the BP Chief Executive would be briefing officials at No10 today following reports of such a meeting in The Times this morning, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that he would not be coming into No10. The PMS added that he had mentioned yesterday that the Energy Minister was meeting […]

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Treasury data

Put that the data released by the Treasury today was unreadable, the PMS said that the Treasury had always been very clear that this data was complicated and there was a lot of it, but this was a big step forward in transparency and openness. Rather than reconstructing the data, the Treasury was taking the […]

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Gaza

Asked whether the Irish ship should be allowed to dock in Gaza, the PMS said that the Government’s view remained the same; international law should be upheld and the UN Security Council resolution needed to be fully implemented, meaning there needed to be access for humanitarian aid. The UK Government had advised against travel to […]

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» Thursday, June 3, 2010

Cumbria

Asked whether he would be prepared to say there was no appetite for changing gun laws considering what the Home Secretary had said in the House and the Prime Minster said at the press conference earlier today, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Home Secretary had said that where there were lessons to […]

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Cumbria

Asked if there would be a review into firearms laws after the incidents in Cumbria yesterday, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that there was an ongoing police operation and it was important that we found out the facts of the case before getting into further detail. He added that the UK had some of […]

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Misc

Asked for the Government’s position on City regulation, the PMS said that the Coalition Agreement set out the position on reviewing regulation. The clear objective was to strengthen the regulatory framework. We expected the Chancellor to say a bit more about this in his Mansion House speech. original source.

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» Wednesday, June 2, 2010

PMQs

Put that the Prime Minister had not answered a significant question, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister said he would write to the MP concerned. Asked if the funding for Nissan was in doubt, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would write to the MP concerned and […]

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