» Thursday, February 14, 2013Press briefing – afternoon 14 February 2013Thursday 14 February 2013 The Prime Minister’s Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on financial transaction tax, horsemeat, opposition 10p tax proposal and immigration. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Major speechQuestioned on John Major’s speech on an EU referendum and the need to start negotiations the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the FCO is leading a balance of competencies review. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Financial Transaction TaxAsked for a response on a potential European Financial Transaction Tax the PMS said that our position was unchanged. We are not opposed to a Financial Transaction Tax in principle but we are clear it would need to be done at a global level. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) HorsemeatAsked if the government would see FSA test results before they were made public the PMS confirmed this was likely. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Opposition 10p tax proposalThe PMS directed questions about the PM’s words in PMQs providing inspiration for the Opposition Leader’s speech on a 10p tax rate to the Opposition. He reiterated that tax is a matter for the Chancellor. Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Immigration from Romania and BulgariaThe PMS confirmed that government does not hold a forecast for the number of Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants expected to enter the country but that it has commissioned NIESR to look at the impact of the two countries entering full freedom of movement status which will be published in due course. He explained that it […] 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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