» Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Care home abuse

Asked if the Prime Minister still had confidence in the Care Quality Commissioner (CQC) after the Panorama programme last night showing torture and bullying at a particular care home, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that this was a specific case that was clearly very shocking and the Health Minister, Paul Burstow had asked for […]

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Southern Cross

Asked if there was any contingency planning in the case of Southern Cross Healthcare, the PMS said that there had been discussions between Southern Cross (SC) and the Department of Health (DH) for some time. This was something that DH had been monitoring very carefully and they would continue to do so. Asked if LA’s […]

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FIFA

Asked what the Prime Minister thought of Sepp Blatter’s re-appointment as FIFA President, the PMS said that our view was that we needed to see greater accountability and transparency at FIFA. The organisation needed to reform. We backed the Football Association (FA) in abstaining from the vote and we agreed with the FA that FIFA […]

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Prisons

Asked if the Prime Minister thought it was right that prisoners should be able to father children whilst in jail, the PMS said that the journalist was referring to a case in the paper this morning of a man allowed access to artificial insemination whilst in prison and that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has […]

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Libya

Asked if the Government was directly or indirectly paying private security companies to work in Libya, the PMS said that as people knew we did have an FCO/MoD team in Benghazi, but it was not right to get into details of security arrangements for that team. Clearly we took their security seriously and had arrangements […]

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Economy

Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned that, according to a report out today, we were having the most sluggish recovery since the 1930s, the PMS said that we had a clear strategy in place, which was designed to ensure we had sustainable private sector growth. The first part of that strategy was dealing effectively […]

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Olympic Tickets

Asked if the Government was concerned with the way the lottery system had worked in the distribution of Olympic tickets, the PMS said that arrangements had been put in place to ensure that the allocation of these tickets was as fair as possible, and to ensure access for as wide a range of people as […]

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Health

Asked if the PMS recognised the story that the health reforms would be delayed until February, the PMS said that the listening exercise would come to a close soon and then we would be setting out next steps. Asked when the report would be published, the PMS said that we had not fixed a date. […]

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