» Thursday, May 12, 2011

Madeleine McCann

Asked 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 […]

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Expenses

Asked 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 […]

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David Laws

Asked 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, […]

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Afghanistan

Asked 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. […]

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FIFA

Asked 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 […]

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Policing and Crime Bill

Asked 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 […]

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Libya

Asked 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 […]

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» Wednesday, May 11, 2011

We now podcast PMQs

Hi All, Quick post from the people who run DSS, but we now podcast PMQs. RSS feed here

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» Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Super-Injunctions

Put 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 […]

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World Cup Bid

Asked 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 […]

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