» Wednesday, June 29, 2011LibyaAsked if the PM had been aware that the French had supplied weapons to Libyan civilians and whether the UK stood by its position not to, the PMS said he wasn’t aware of the announcement but the UK position was to abide by UN Security Council Resolution 1973. Asked whether the UK considered France’s actions […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Business ratesAsked if the PM was happy with the decision to allow local authorities to set business rates, the PMS said Government policy was to reform business rates to incentivise councils to do more sensible things with the money. original source. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Business ratesAsked if the PM was happy with the decision to allow local authorities to set business rates, the PMS said Government policy was to reform business rates to incentivise councils to do more sensible things with the money. original source. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) StrikesAsked if the Government felt it had done all it could ahead of tomorrow’s strike action and why there hadn’t been last minute talks with the unions, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that there had been meetings with the unions and would be more meetings in the coming weeks, but that some of the […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) JusticeAsked if the Justice Secretary’s comments that there would be no new legislation around self defence were accurate, the PMS said the objective was that home owners and shop keepers who use reasonable force to defend themselves or their property should not be prosecuted, but that how we meet the objective, whether by a change […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Troop withdrawalAsked if there was a connection between announcing the date for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan with the attacks in Kabul last night, the PMS referred them to the Foreign Secretary’s statement. Asked if the Government recognised comments from military advisers that violence always increased when dates of a withdrawal was announced, the PMS said […] 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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