» Tuesday, November 2, 2010Greek Mail BombsPut that a parcel bomb had been found in Chancellor Merkel’s office and would Downing Street be carrying out a security check, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that we wouldn’t comment on security issues. Put that threats had been made against both the French President and the German Chancellor and would […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Aviation SecurityAsked who took the decision to inform the Prime Minister of the security alert at East Midlands Airport at 2pm last Friday, the PMS replied that decisions were taken by the police. The PMS said that police at the scene assessed the situation and they made a judgement to refer the incident to the Home […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Tuition FeesAsked whether the subject of tuition fees was discussed at Cabinet, the PMS said that it had been. There was a discussion on the policy and there would be an announcement tomorrow. Asked whether any students from low income families would be deterred from going to university due to any new policy, the PMS said […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Voting in PrisonsAsked about the Prime Minister’s own backbenchers disagreeing with the decision on voting in prisons, the PMS replied that we had not made a decision as yet. There were some court cases underway and we would consider those cases when coming to a decision on the best way forward. original source. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) UK-France SummitAsked overall how much money would be saved as a result of the defence and security treaty signed today, the PMS said that the treaty was long term and set out areas where we would cooperate. Many of the details would be worked through over the next year so we didn’t currently have an estimate. […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Prisoner VotingAsked why the Prime Minister asked why the Prime Minister was not standing up to Europe regarding allowing prisoners to vote, the PMS said that we had been considering this issue for some time. There were a number of court cases underway at the moment, which we needed to take account of as we considered […] 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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