Asked if the Prime Minister was concerned that the Chancellor words on wage restraints had diverted from his message today, the PMOS replied that he did not recognise the premise of the question. The Chancellor ...

Asked if there was a response to the Unison claim that they had not been allowed to come to the public sector event today, the PMOS replied that after they had made the complaint, they had since issued a statement...

Asked if we were trying to talk up divisions within businesses to deal with climate change, the PMOS replied that the Prime Minister had been saying for quite some time that we believed that there should be an overall...

Asked what was the Prime Minister's view on the seriousness of the problem regarding 8 of the most serious foreign offenders still being on the loose, as the head of the IND had told a Select Committee, the PMOS...

Asked by the Sun if the Prime Minister would be encouraging further members of the Cabinet to fly St George's flags from their official limos, the PMOS replied that as he had said this morning, and yesterday, both...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Running companies/NHS, Flags/England Team, Prisoners, Climate Change, Unison, Public/Private Sector

Culture Minister, David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on a George II Gothic painted cabinet from Easton Neston, Northamptonshire. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the cabinet...

Tony Blair took part in a special interview with the Downing Street website today to answer questions from the public. Watch the session here, or read the transcript.

The first public hearing for the Committee's 11th Inquiry: Review of The Electoral Commission will take place on:

A summary version of the National Transport Strategy Consultation Paper.

Check Against Delivery

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown and Veterans' Minister Tom Watson joined Henry Allingham, Britain's oldest man and oldest surviving First World War veteran to celebrate his 110th birthday today. To ...

Cabinet Secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, today challenged the civil service to transform itself and raise all aspects of what it does to the level of the best.

Civil Service Head Sir Gus O'Donnell today published the new Civil Service Code.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) today launched a consultation on European Commission proposals to revise the European Union's Television Without Frontiers (TVWF) Directive.

Defra has today published research on the potential impact of CAP reform on tenant farmers. The research has been carried out on behalf of Defra by Coventry University and the University of Hull, led by Professor...

Foreign Office Minister, Dr. Kim Howells, travels to Morocco today and to Algeria on 7 June. In Morocco he will have bilateral meetings with the Deputy Foreign Minister and will co-chair the first round of ministerial...

HE SAID:

Asked why Des Browne had declined to take up residence at Admiralty House, the PMOS said that he refer all estate agency questions to the Cabinet Office....

Asked to explain the situation concerning the Prime Minister's car sporting England flags, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister would give his support in his own way, in his own time. People should be in no doubt...

Asked how regularly the Prime Minister was briefed on the ongoing terrorism operation in the UK, the PMOS said that the Prime Minister was briefed when he needed to be briefed. The frequency depended on the need...

Asked what had come out of the breakfast meeting with FTSE companies concerning the governance of NHS foundation trusts, the PMOS said that what it showed was that there was a genuine enthusiasm for foundation ...

Asked if it was fair to say that there was nothing particularly new in the Prime Minister's speech on reinventing government, the PMOS said what the speech did was pull together the themes that the Prime Minister...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) stressed to journalists that the Government was in total agreement about the need to give certainty to business. That was why we had said that there needed to be agreement...

Changes in health and education are difficult, challenging but essential to deliver 21st century services to the public. You can read the transcript of Mr Blair's conference speech on our website.

Tony Blair set out ways that private firms can help hospital trusts during a breakfast event in Downing Street.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Climate Change meeting, Public Service speech, NHS Meeting, Counter Terrorism, Flags and Admiralty House

Peter Freeman, Chairman of the Competition Commission (CC), has welcomed the appointment of Dr Peter Davis as a new Deputy Chairman of the CC. The appointment was announced today by Minister of State for Trade, ...

Scoping study to assess the implications of E-working and other ICTs on travel behaviour and traffic reduction in Scotland

Scoping study to assess the implications of E-working and other ICTs on travel behaviour and traffic reduction in Scotland

Annual survey of school meals and healthy eating initiatives.

Research to identify the housing support needs of refugees and develop a service specification for local authorities.

Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs, Ian McCartney, today announced the appointment of Peter Davis as the new Deputy Chair to the Competition Commission.

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Tom Watson) has made. the following Written Ministerial Statement.I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of the report...

The Information Commissioner has today published an enforcement notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to requests for information relating to the advice given on the legality of military intervention...

My right honourable friend the Minister of State (Harriet Harman) has made the following Statement in the other place today.My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence and I wish to make the following...

National statistics published on 31 May show continued growth in the number of tax credit recipients:The total number of families benefiting rose to 5.9 million in 2004-05 (a 3.5 per cent. increase compared to 2003...

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence and I wish to make the following statement to the House about inquests due to be held in the Oxfordshire area. All casualties suffered by the UK armed forces...

I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of the report of the survey on service voting conducted by the Defence Analytical Services Agency.The Ministry of Defence has been working with the Electoral...

The Scottish Executive Minister for Education and Young People, (Mr. Peter Peacock) and Ms. Anne Lambert, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, represented the UK during the Education Council in Brussels...

The chairman of Monitor (the statutory name of which is the Independent Regulator of NHS foundation trusts) announced last week that, in accordance with section 6 of the Health and Social Care (Community Health ...

I am pleased that we have been able to agree new funding for children's hospices of £9 million per year for the next three years.I would like to pay tribute to the work of the children's hospice movement...

In January 2006 the Home Office (IND) requested that a pilot scheme be undertaken by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to evaluate the effects that increased reintegration assistance may have on...

On the morning of 27 May at 5.54 am, Indonesians living on the island of Java suffered an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale. The epicentre was near the southern coast of the island, approximately 37 ...

From July 2006 the Department for Work and Pensions will introduce a "right to work" condition into Jobcentre Plus's National Insurance Numbers (NINOs) allocation and decision making process for employment related...

For your use and enjoyment we've added Hansard for the House of Lords (their debates, written questions and ministerial statements, just like the Commons), and a page on each of the members of the House of Lords...

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