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Crime Statistics

Asked whether the Prime Minister stood by his claim made on the 7th of July in PMQs that under the last Government violent crime and gun crime went through the roof, given the figures that came out today, the PMS said there had already been some correspondence between the Home Secretary and the Shadow Home […]

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Facebook

Asked whether the Prime Minister welcomed the fact that the Raoul Moat tribute page had been removed from Facebook, the PMS referred to the comments the Prime Minister made in PMQs yesterday. original source.

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Phone call with Silvio Berlusconi

Asked whether the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had invited the Prime Minister to go on holiday with him, the PMS replied that he had been invited for an official visit. Asked whether the Prime Minister had become friendly with Mr Berlusconi since he had been in office, the PMS said that the Prime Minister […]

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Graduate Tax

Asked for the Prime Minister’s view on Graduate Tax, the PMS replied that Lord Browne was reviewing the issue of funding universities. We needed to look to balance what the taxpayer paid and what graduates paid. The PMS added that we would wait for the Lord Browne review to complete (in the autumn) and that […]

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BP–Lockerbie Bomber

Asked about the United States’ inquiry into BP and the Lockerbie bomber, the PMS said that this was something a number of senators had proposed, rather than the US administration. The PMS added that the position on this was made clear by the last Government. original source.

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Facebook/Raoul Moat

Asked what Downing Street said to Facebook about Raoul Moat, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that we wanted to make Facebook aware of the Prime Minister’s comments made at PMQs; we were not trying to instruct them to do anything. The Prime Minister had taken issue with the views that had been posted on […]

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BP

Asked if the Prime Minister had any comment on statements coming out from American congressmen saying that BP should not do any business with Libya until their role in lobbying the previous government with regard to prisoners was clarified, the PMS said that the last government made the position on this clear; it worked with […]

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Crime statistics

Asked if the Prime Minister applauded the policies of the previous government that had led to today’s low crime figures, the PMS said that the Home Office Minister, Nick Herbert had been talking about the crime statistics published this morning; they were clearly down but they were still too high. original source.

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