» Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Chinese Visas
Questioned on Chinese visas for the UK, the PMS said that Chinese people were increasingly coming to the UK for business reasons and tourism. The Government wanted to make it easier for visitors to come to the country for those reasons and were looking at bearing down on the bureaucracy involved when issuing visas.
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West Coast Mainline
Asked about the publication of the Laidlaw Report, the PMS said it would be published in the near future.
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Government Non Executive Directors
Responding to questions on Lord Browne’s Cabinet presentation on Government Non Executive Directors, the PMS said that it was a brief presentation on the progress of private sector Non Executive Directors appointments to Government departments. Lord Browne was pleased with progress to date, but there was more work to be done.
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Boris Johnson Speech
Asked to comment on Boris Johnson’s speech on Britain’s relationship with Europe, the PMS said that the Government position on a referendum and relationship with Europe had not changed, but work looking at the balance of competencies was taking place.
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» Monday, December 3, 2012
Press Briefing morning Monday 3 December 2012
Monday 3 December 2012 The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on the Leveson recommendations, Israel, tax and Tibet The PMS confirmed there would be a Cabinet meeting tomorrow, as well as a short one on Wednesday morning where the Chancellor would brief colleagues on the Autumn Statement.
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Leveson
When questioned about the draft bill on implementing the Leveson recommendations, the PMS said the government was having cross party talks on the recommendations. As part of those talks, the government had agreed to draft the legislation envisaged by the inquiry’s recommendations. Asked about concerns expressed by the opposition on the drafting of legislation, the […]
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Israel
Asked about the PM’s view on the recent announcement of Israeli settlement building, the PMS referred lobby to the statement from the Foreign Office. The FCO this morning summoned the Israeli Ambassador to London to meet with Alistair Burt. The PMS said that Mr Burt had set out our concerns. Responding to questions about whether […]
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Tax
Asked about the criticism of Starbucks, the PMS said the issue was how we tackle tax avoidance and HMT had been setting out what the government intended to do. The PMS said that the government needed to make sure it was tackling aggressive tax avoidance and it was doing this in a number of ways, […]
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Tibet
Asked if ministers were banned from meeting the Dalai Lama earlier this year, the PMS said no, they were not banned. The PM himself met the Dalai Lama in May this year. The PMS said that when it came to government contact with foreign dignitaries, we often coordinated our approach across government.
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