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Cyber Security

Asked if there were measures coming up regarding cyber security, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that there would be a working group to go and look at detailed proposals, drawing on expertise from the private sector as well, as it was clearly an issue that also affected private sector companies. Asked for a list […]

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Egypt

Asked if the Prime Minister had any more views on Egypt, the PMS said he had set out his position at the end of last week including the need for free democratic elections and civilian rule. original source.

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AV Bill

Asked if it was the Government’s intention to try and overturn all amendments made in the Lords, the PMS said he believed that was the case. Asked if the Government thought that the Lords needed reforming, the PMS said it was the Government’s intention to reform the House of Lords and it would be coming […]

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MOD Budget

Asked about the Ministry of Defence budgets, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Treasury would be laying supplementary estimates later this morning. We had looked very hard at these issues during the SDSR, and we had been clear that we would need to deal with the problems in the Defence […]

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Aid Budget

When asked if the Government was still committed to giving 1billion of aid to India, the PMS said that we had always been very clear that we were committed to increasing our aid budget to 0.7% of GDP and we would stick to that. Some of the poorest people in the world lived in India […]

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Egypt

On whether the UK had frozen the assets of President Mubarak, the PMS said that a request had to made in terms of asset freezing and people should speak to the Treasury for more details. Asked who would need to make the request, the PMS said that there was normally an international effort and countries […]

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Big Society

Asked how the Government planned to make the Big Society work in Scotland, the PMS replied that this was about giving more responsibility to people. Some of the things that Government could do to give people greater responsibility, could operate north of the border, but Big Society was about giving power away, not central Government […]

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Misc

Asked about reports this morning concerning a hotline’ between the Prime Minister and President Medvedev, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would be meeting the Russian Foreign Secretary tomorrow and there could be some more information following that meeting. original source.

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