» Tuesday, October 30, 2012Press briefing 30 October afternoonTuesday 30 October 2012 The Prime Minister’s Spokesman took questions on Hitachi, Hurricane Sandy, the EU Budget and Angela Merkel’s visit Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Heseltine reviewAsked whether the Prime Minister had seen the Hessletine Review the PMS confirmed that he had. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) HitachiResponding to a question on the Hitachi decision the PMS said that it was great news for the UK economy and UK energy security. Asked for the Deputy Prime Minister’s thoughts on the news the PMS pointed out Ed Davey’s comments setting out the merits of the investment noting that “Hitachi bring with them decades […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Hurricane SandyAsked what assistance we had sent the PMS said the UK was in close contact with colleagues in the United States on progress of the storm and its impact. We had deployed two consular officers from the US network to New York. New York Consul General now has four consular experts as well as other […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) EU BudgetAnswering questions on the EU budget, the PMS said that the European Scrutiny Committee debate was an opportunity for MPs to set out their thinking on the European Commission’s proposals for the next budget. Our position was very clear: at a time when the European Commission President himself had said that public finances must be […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Angela Merkel’s visitThe PMS confirmed that German Chancellor Angela Merkel would be visiting on the 7th of November. 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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