Asked if there was a reaction to Angela Merkel becoming Chancellor of Germany, the PMOS suggested it premature to comment....

Asked what the Prime Minister's view on a smoking ban in pubs was, the PMOS said that there was a consultation process that had just been completed. No final decisions had been taken on the basis of that consultation...

Asked if the Defence Secretary's statement to the House of Commons today would include troop rotation announcements, the PMOS said that it was purely and simply an update on Iraq. There would not be new announcements...

Asked about progress in Northern Ireland since decommissioning, the PMOS said we should look back at where we were in July. We had heard a very clear form of words from the IRA. We had now seen the decommissioning...

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with David Blunkett that the daily tittle-tattle on his private life did not affect his job, the PMOS said that David Blunkett had a serious job with welfare reform. As he showed...

Asked about the Attorney General's alleged concern about the legality of a 90-day detention period, the PMOS said that we did not comment on the Attorney General's advice. The Government's position was that this...

Asked if the Home Secretary was proscribing new organisations today, the PMOS explained that these were the organisations that were already regarded as terrorist organisations. In regard to the new legislation he...

The PMOS told journalists that the Prime Minister had spoken to President Musharraf of Pakistan yesterday evening to offer his condolences and to offer further help. We had responded so far by committing around &#...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) told journalists that following consultations with other European Heads of Government the Informal EU Summit being held at Hampton Court would be on Thursday 27 October...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: EU Informal Summit, South East Asian Earthquake, Proscription Order, 90-Day Detention Period, David Blunkett, Northern Ireland, Iraq Statement, Smoking...

Organic Annual Report 2005

Tony Blair held informal discussions with French president Jacques Chirac in Paris where they discussed this month's Hampton Court EU summit.

The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Rogers Govender BTh DipTh, to the Deanery of Manchester in succession to the Very Reverend Kenneth Riley on his resignation in June 2005.

The Prime Minister has re-appointed Rick Mather as a Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum for a period of three years from 31 October 2005.

Incidence rises while deaths continue to fall

Factory gate inflation rises to 3.3%

This summary provides a post-campaign evaluation of the 2003 Safer Scotland Acquisitive Crime campaign.

This report provides a post-campaign evaluation of the 2003 Safer Scotland Acquisitive Crime campaign.

This consultation is to gather comments on draft Regulations which set out the form in which a Path Order made under section 22 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 shall be set out, and also on the draft form...

This Office of Chief Researcher Summary provides a post-campaign evaluation of the 2004/05 alcohol misuse campaign.

This Office of Chief Researcher report provides a post-campaign evaluation of the 2004/05 alcohol misuse campaign.

Tony Blair has sent his sympathy to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf after the major earthquake that hit the Muzaffarabad region over the weekend.