» Tuesday, May 10, 2011Super-InjunctionsPut that Jeremy Hunt had said that he was going to sit down with Ken Clarke to see what could be done about super-injunctions, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that this was about finding the right balance between individual’s rights of privacy and the right to freedom of expression and transparency. The Prime Minister […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) World Cup BidAsked for the Prime Minister’s view on allegations made by Lord Triesman that FIFA executives had acted improperly, the PMS said that the FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, had said that the claims were being investigated and action would be taken if there was evidence of wrongdoing, which was something we welcomed. The PMS went on […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) David LawsAsked if the Prime Minister wanted David Laws to return to Government, the PMS confirmed that the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister had both said in the past that they hoped one day that David Laws would return to Government. The Deputy Prime Minister had also said that we would await the report from […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) UniversitiesAsked if the Prime Minister had spoken to David Willets, the PMS said he had not. Asked if the Prime Minister regretted the confusion over the idea of allowing students to buy university places, the PMS said that there was no confusion. The PMS went on to advise that there would be a White Paper […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ScotlandAsked if a UK wide referendum was needed, the PMS said there was nothing to add to what had already been said and that this was a matter for the Scottish Parliament and we wouldn’t stand in the way of a referendum. original source. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Coalition First AnniversaryThe Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that there had been a discussion at Cabinet this morning on the implementation of the Programme for Government over the past year. The message from Oliver Letwin and Danny Alexander at Cabinet was that the Government had done a lot of what it had set out to do over […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Fixed Term Parliament BillAsked about the timetable for the Fixed Term Parliament Bill, the PMS said that the Bill was currently at the Report Stage in the House of Lords. original source. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ScotlandAsked if the Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore had spoken at Cabinet about the Scottish referendum, the PMS said that Michael Moore had updated Cabinet on the issues related to Scotland following on from the elections last week. Asked if the Prime Minister contributed to the conversation, the PMS said yes. The Prime […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) UniversitiesAsked if the Prime Minister thought that rich students should be allowed to buy places at university, the PMS said that our universities policy had been designed to do two things; firstly, to deal with the sustainability of university finances, which required us to take some difficult decisions about the way the cost was shared […] 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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