» Tuesday, December 18, 2012Press briefing afternoon 18 December 2012Tuesday 18 December 2012 The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on Andrew Mitchell, UK Bill of Rights, the economy and strikes Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Andrew MitchellResponding to questions on the arrest of a police officer around the incident relating to Andrew Mitchell, the PMS said that there had been a number of allegations reported, and that there was a police investigation underway. It was important to get to the bottom of this but there would be no further comment while […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) UK Bill of RightsAsked for a Government response to the Commission report on a UK Bill of Rights, the PMS said that the Government welcomed the work of the commission. It was clear there were a range of views on the issue and the Government would consider the content of the report and respond in due course. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) EconomyQuestioned on the state of the economy going into the New Year, the PMS said that it was the OBR’s job to forecast the economy. The Government believed the economy was healing, that we had recent good news on employment, but clearly it was still a difficult time. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) StrikesAsked to comment on the proposed Boxing Day strikes by rail workers, the PMS said that people would see it for what it was. Taking industrial action at a very busy time for families and shoppers was the wrong thing to do and that both sides needed to get back together to resolve the situation, […] Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Press briefing morning 18 December 2012Tuesday 18 December 2012 The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on Queen at Cabinet and Andrew Mitchell Queen at Cabinet The PMS provided details of the Queen’s visit to Cabinet, that the main business discussed at Cabinet was the G8, adoption and Afghanistan. Prior to the meeting, the Queen was presented with 60 place […] 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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