» Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Afghan Civilian Casualties
Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with Paul Flynn MP’s comments that British troops had committed atrocities in Afghanistan by causing civilian casualties, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that we deeply regretted all civilian casualties. Protecting the Afghan civilian population was a cornerstone of the Afghan mission, and all British troops underwent comprehensive training […]
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Housing Benefit
Asked whether the government was announcing changes to the housing benefit cap, the PMS said no; we had set out proposals on the housing benefit reform and our intention was to implement those proposals. There would be a White Paper followed by a Bill, and there would be debate in Parliament about these issues; this […]
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Afghanistan Quarterly Report
Asked what the purpose of the Afghanistan quarterly report was, the PMS replied that it was an update allowing us to explain our strategy to the public and inform Parliament of progress on this extremely important issue. original source.
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» Tuesday, October 26, 2010
UK-France Summit
Put that the French Ambassador visited Downing Street today and asked whether that was to do with the Anglo-French Summit coming up, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that there were French diplomats at Downing Street today and the summit was discussed. Asked when and where the summit would be, the PMS said that it […]
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Housing Benefit Reforms
Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with the Deputy Prime Minister’s view that Chris Bryant’s remarks about cleansing London of 200,000 poor people was offensive, the PMS said yes; we were reforming housing benefit because it needed reform and the numbers reported did not bear any relation to reality. Asked what numbers were more realistic, […]
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Lord Mandelson
Asked whether the Prime Minister was happy that Lord Mandelson had expressed support for his welfare reforms, schools policy and the Big Society, the PMS said that we were clear that our agenda was the right one, and it was good to see people agreeing with us. Put that Lord Mandelson was asked before the […]
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» Monday, October 25, 2010
Business Secretary’s speech
Asked whether it was the Government’s policy to return to the principle of sharing the proceeds of growth in future, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that questions about the future course of fiscal policy were something for the Chancellor to decide at future budgets. For the present time we had a […]
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Universal benefits
Asked if the Prime Minister believed rich pensioners should get an increase to their universal benefit in their state pension when rich parents should not by having their child benefit removed, the PMS said that our objective was that there should be a simple state pension for future pensioners, which was easy to understand and […]
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Immigration
Put that the Prime Minister had signalled a rethink on the immigration cap during his speech this morning, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that it was not a rethink; the current position was that we had a temporary cap that ran until next spring and we were consulting on a cap for future years. […]
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European Council
Asked what the Prime Minister’s position would be on the European budget at the European Council this week, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had set out his position on the European budget, and he would make those points at the European Council this week, and seek to build consensus around our position. original […]
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