» Wednesday, September 5, 2012Sir Howard DaviesAsked about reports that Sir Howard Davies would chair a commission on airport expansion, the PMOS said he would not comment on speculation, and people would have to await an official announcement. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Press briefing morning 5 September 2012Wednesday 5 September 2012 Growth, aviation and the Paralympics were discussed at this press briefing Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) GrowthThe Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) informed the assembled journalists that a new Cabinet sub-committee focusing on growth implementation would be established in the coming days. The PMS explained that the aim would be to ensure effective implementation of measures that would lead to sustained and balanced growth. Put that this was an emergency committee, the […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) AviationAsked about the Government’s position on the future of Heathrow, the PMS reiterated that the Coalition agreement made clear that this Government would not build a third runway and that position had not changed. Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ParalympicsPut that the attendance of Ministers at the Paralympics was distracting from the Games, the PMS said both the Olympics and Paralympics had been a great success and Ministers had rightly attended events throughout and would continue to do so. Asked what role the former Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt would have in the remainder of […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) » Monday, September 3, 2012Press briefing afternoon 3 September 2012Monday 3 September 2012 The economy, manufacturing, Lords Reform, constituency boundaries and the greenbelt were discussed at this press briefing Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ReshuffleAsked about speculation of a Cabinet reshuffle, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that he would not comment on speculation. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comment (1) Economy and manufacturing figuresAsked about the latest manufacturing figures, the PMOS said that, whilst he would not comment on every specific set of figures released, as the Chancellor had said in his interview yesterday, the country faced a challenging economic environment and that there was work to do to rebalance the economy. Since the last election, significant numbers […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Lords ReformAsked why reform of the House of Lords did not proceed, the PMOS said that it required consensus to move forward with a Bill and that consensus was not forthcoming. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) BoundariesAsked about whether it was still the Prime Minister’s (PM’s) intention to press ahead with reform of constituency boundaries, the PMOS said that the Boundaries Commission was due to report next year and after that, there would be a vote in Parliament, required by the Act. The PM’s view remained that there should be a […] 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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