» Tuesday, February 8, 2011Bank LevyAsked when did the Prime Minister learn about the Bank Levy announcement, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said it was normal practise for the Prime Minister to be told about tax changes before they were made. The Treasury had been explaining why they had made their announcement today. They had made that announcement and it […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Search and RescueAsked what the Prime Minister’s reaction was to suspending privatisation of search and rescue and was he concerned about it, the PMS said the Department for Transport had set out in a Written Ministerial Statement what had happened and why. Asked if he was worried about procurement at the MOD, the PMS replied that there […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) AfghanistanAsked what the Prime Minister thought of authorities in Afghanistan planning to hang a Muslim who had converted to Christianity, the PMS said we had a very clear position on Human Rights and on that specific case he would advise them to speak to the Foreign Office. original source. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) AV BillAsked about the Government losing the vote proposing the 40% threshold and was the Government planning to overturn this in the Lords, the PMS replied that on that that specific amendment he would expect the Government to amend it back when it returned to the Commons. On the AV bill more generally he said the […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Prisoner VotingAsked whether Government Ministers should abstain and did the Government have any desire not to see a vote, the PMS said there would be a vote. We had said we would listen to the views expressed by Parliament. Our position was that we wanted to listen to what Parliament said. And we would take that […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) AV BillAsked if the Government was still confident of meeting the deadline, the PMS said that it was described in Cabinet as being on track’. The PMS said that the amendment in question was an issue that had cross-party support in the House of Commons and the House would no doubt want to come back to […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Bank LevyAsked why the Chancellor had made this announcement now and not as part of the Budget, the PMS said that the Chancellor had set this out himself this morning. He had made this decision and announced it as soon as possible. The Bank Levy was originally designed to be phased in, but since that decision, […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Trade White PaperOn what people could expect from the Trade White Paper, the PMS said that Stephen Green had set out his objectives. These included promoting trade by small and medium sized companies. SMEs that did trade with other countries tended to be more innovative and more efficient. The PMS said that this was about strengthening the […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) AL MegrahiAsked if the Prime Minister agreed with US Senators who had called for a further inquiry into Lockerbie, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had set out his position yesterday. The Prime Minister had also expressed the view in the past that he did not need another inquiry to tell him that the decision […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Search and Rescue HelicoptersAsked why the Secretary of State was not making an Oral Statement to the House on the issue, the PMS said that the Secretary of State had set out the position in a Written Ministerial Statement. Asked how much the public had lost during the process, the PMS advised people to speak to the department […] 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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