» Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Prisoner Voting

Put that there had been two conflicting Government views today in that the Justice Minister had said that some prisoners would be given the right to vote but that the Prime Minister said that he didn’t see why prisoners should get the vote, the Prime Minister’s Spokeswoman (PMS) said that there would be a debate […]

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Military Covenant

Asked if the Military Covenant was legally binding, the PMS said that the fact that we had to deliver on the Military Covenant would be legally binding. We had never had a Military Covenant and in the Coalition Agreement we were clear about commitments to the armed forces, some of which we had started delivering […]

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Sure Start

Asked if the Prime Minister had given a full and accurate representation of Sure Start funding at PMQs this afternoon, the PMS said that we were committed to Sure Start Children’s Centres, which played a crucial role in early intervention. There was enough money in the Early Intervention Grant to retain a network of Sure […]

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Prisoner voting

Asked whether the Prime Minister agreed with Kenneth Clarke that some prisoners would have to be given the vote, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that there was a process ongoing and we were looking at legal advice. There was a vote on the issue tomorrow and the PMS advised people to […]

Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

Military Covenant

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned about claims that the military covenant had been broken, the PMS said that the Prime Minister’s views on the armed forces were well known. The Prime Minister believed that our service personnel made an extraordinary contribution to British life and those serving on the front line risked their […]

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Trade

Asked what the Prime Minister thought about the trade figures released today which showed a 9.2bn gap, a record since figures began in 1980, the PMS replied that the OBR, the IMF and the OECD were all predicting a strong 2011 for trade. We were publishing the Trade and Investment White Paper today, which would […]

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