» Monday, November 15, 2010ImmigrationAsked if the Prime Minister had agreed to relaxing the Immigration cap so that the UK could attract foreign talent’, the PMS said the Government’s position was that we had not made any final decisions on the policy as yet. The Prime Minister had said in PMQs that he thought that it was possible to […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) DPM In HollandOn whether the Deputy Prime Minister’s trip to the Netherlands was partly down to the fact that he was Dutch, the PMS replied that he didn’t believe that was the reason for the trip. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Civil Service PostsOn whether the Cabinet Secretary had finished his review into the hiring of staff on short-term contracts, the PMS replied that there was a system in place in Government departments which enabled appointments to be made on fixed-term contracts. The PMS added that this had long been the case and was an established procedure. The […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Bank BonusesAsked if the Prime Minister had expressed a view on bankers’ bonuses, the PMS replied that the Government’s position on pay was that we believed that pay should reflect and reward long-term value creation and not short-term risk taking. There were FSA rules in place to that effect. Put that the Prime Minister would not […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Friday, November 12, 2010Regional Building PlansAsked what the Prime Minister’s reaction was to the court judgment against Eric Pickles’s decision to scrap the regional building plans, the PMS referred to the comments already made by Bob Neill on how this judgment changed very little and how later this month we would be introducing the Localism Bill which would sweep away […] Briefing took place at 12:20 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Rape anonymityAsked whether the rape anonymity announcement was a change in policy, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the WMS would set out the position. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Armed forces pensionsPut that a Vice Admiral had said that the Prime Minster’s claims that he supported the armed forces rang hollow, given that the Government would be taking away some of the pensions of war widows, the PMS referred people back to what the Defence Minister Andrew Robathan had said about that decision. He had said […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) EU BudgetOn where we stood on the EU Budget and whether the Prime Minister was confident that the stance he took would now prevail, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had had a meeting in Seoul with Prime Minister Berlusconi, President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel, where they discussed the EU Budget and they had all […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Thursday, November 11, 2010Student riotsPut that some of the alleged perpetrators of the violence yesterday have been bailed until next February and asked how this fits in with the Prime Minister’s call for them to face the full force of the law, the Prime Minister’s Spokeswoman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister would not want to comment on what […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Student riotsPut that some of the alleged perpetrators of the violence yesterday have been bailed until next February and asked how this fits in with the Prime Minister’s call for them to face the full force of the law, the Prime Minister’s Spokeswoman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister would not want to comment on what […] 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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