» Monday, December 6, 2010

Tuition Fees

Asked if the Prime Minister was planning to meet with Lib Dem MPs this week ahead of the tuition fees vote on Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Spokeswoman (PMS) said the Prime Minister regularly had meetings with Ministers and MPs on a variety of issues. Asked if the Prime Minister was confident that the Government would […]

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Russia

Asked if the Prime Minister had received any special briefing regarding the Liberal Democrat MP’s member of staff who was accused of being a spy, the PMS said that she would not comment on individual cases. This case was a matter for the immigration authorities. Asked if the Prime Minister was happy that people such […]

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Tax Avoidance

Asked if today’s announcement on tax avoidance was purely coincidental given the vote on tuition fees later this week, the PMS that we had set out in the June Budget that the Government was committed to tackling tax avoidance, and had been clear that it would build in sustainable defences to address long-standing avoidance risks. […]

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» Friday, December 3, 2010

Cold weather

The Prime Minister’s Spokeswoman (PMS) said that Philip Hammond had chaired a cross-Ministerial working group meeting on the cold weather which was attended by a number of Government ministers. The PMS said that the meeting ran through preparations for the weekend and next week, that the majority of the transport network remained open, and that […]

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World Cup

Asked whether the Prime Minister would congratulate the Russians over their successful World Cup bid, the PMS said the Prime Minister would write to Prime Minister Putin and to the Emir of Qatar to congratulate both countries Asked why the Prime Minister thought England had lost the World Cup bid, the PMS said the Prime […]

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» Wednesday, December 1, 2010

England 2018 bid

Asked how the Prime Minister felt about England’s bid following on from yesterday’s meetings, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the assessment at the present time was that it would go to the wire. Clearly we were in a fight, otherwise the Prime Minister wouldn’t be travelling to Zurich this afternoon. We were still […]

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Wikileaks

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Mervyn King that he lacked experience for the job, the PMS said that he had made clear on Monday that he would not get into commenting on leaked documents and that remained the case. Asked if the Prime Minister had confidence in Mervyn King, the PMS said that […]

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Misc

Asked what the Prime Minister thought about the performance of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), the PMS said that the Prime Minister shared the sentiments of the Deputy Prime Minister set out yesterday where he said that IPSA’s operating practices needed to be strengthened and improved, but the fundamental principle of having the administration […]

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