» Thursday, May 12, 2011Madeleine McCannAsked what the Government would now do, the PMS said that we were considering what the McCann’s had said and seeing if there was anything else we could do, but we wanted to help them in any way we could. Put that the Prime Minister would reply to the letter, the PMS said that the […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ExpensesAsked if the Prime Minister welcomed the review into expenses, the PMS replied that the position had been set out by Mark Harper. The Prime Minister’s view was that it was right that we had an independent body in charge of the expenses system, but he like many of his colleagues, thought that there were […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) David LawsAsked if the Prime Minister had seen the David Laws report, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had not seen the report as it was being published at 11am. On whether the Prime Minister or Deputy Prime Minister would be present in the House for David Law’s statement, […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) AfghanistanAsked whether the Prime Minister had discussed different options for the pace of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had lots of meetings with the military and we did not provide briefing on all those meetings. President Karzai had announced in March, the first phase of security transition in Afghanistan. […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) FIFAAsked if the Prime Minister would support a live television debate to help determine who should be the next President of FIFA, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister’s view was that anything that allowed the candidates to set out their views on the future of football would be a good thing. Put that the […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Policing and Crime BillAsked what would happen to the Bill after it was voted against in the Lords, the PMS said it would come back to the House of Commons; the policy was very clearly set out in the Coalition document and that was the Government’s policy. Asked if the Government had been warned in advance that this […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) LibyaAsked about allied support for setting up an independent radio station and funding for police uniforms, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had said that we would be providing additional support to the INTC, including police body armour and help and advice on setting up an independent broadcasting service. When asked what evidence there […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Wednesday, May 11, 2011We now podcast PMQsHi All, Quick post from the people who run DSS, but we now podcast PMQs. RSS feed here Briefing took place at 20:44 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » 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) 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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