Fuel duty, youth unemployment and autism were on the agenda at today s Prime Minister s Questions.
The Prime Minister also took questions on the Holocaust Memorial day, hospices and maths teachers...
Asked if there were any plans for the Downing Street cat to return after rats were spotted in the street, the PMS said there were no plans. original source.
Asked about suggestions that the Prime Minister's support for marriage to be recognised in the tax system was at odds with his support for Lord Strathclyde, the PMS said he would not discuss Lord Strathclyde as...
Asked whether Project Merlin had stalled, the PMS replied that conversations were ongoing, but the Treasury were leading on those discussions. Asked about the new pay structure for Barclays and whether it could...
Asked if there were any Big Society events in the near future, the PMS said he was sure there would be some, but none this week. Asked if the Big Society was being undermined by charities saying that they hadn'...
Asked if any consideration was being given to the extension of the Anglo-French Defence Pact to include Germany, the PMS advised people to speak to the MOD. original source.
On whether the Prime Minister agreed with Chris Huhne that the police needed to look again at the phone hacking allegations, the PMS said that the position was that the CPS were carrying out an assessment of the...
Asked whether the Prime Minister would be meeting Rupert Murdoch this week, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that we wouldn't normally give a list of the Prime Minister's meetings at...
Asked if the Prime Minister was confident there wouldn't be a double dip recession, the PMS said that it was worth noting what the ONS itself had said about the impact of the cold weather on this quarter. It was...
Asked if the Prime Minister was confident there wouldn't be a double dip recession, the PMS said that it was worth noting what the ONS itself had said about the impact of the cold weather on this quarter. It was...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister s spokesperson on: Lord Strathclyde, economy, Sky and misc
Lord StrathclydeAsked if the Prime Minister had spoken to Lord Strathclyde today, the Prime Minister s...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister s spokesperson on: GDP figures, Sky and misc
GDP FiguresAsked if the Prime Minister was confident there wouldn t be a double dip recession, the PMS said that it ...
Fuel duty, youth unemployment and autism were on the agenda at today s Prime Minister s Questions.
The Prime Minister also took questions on the Holocaust Memorial day, hospices and maths teachers...
352,000 households never worked
I regret that due to an administrative error the Written Answer given to Lord Bassam of Brighton on 13 December 2010 (Official Report, col. WA121) was incomplete. The full answer is as follows:
Lord Bassam...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Caroline Spelman) has today made the following Statement.
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for ...
PM leaving the new C-17 Globemaster
21 Jan 11
Prime Minister David Cameron praised the work of Service personnel who provide the ‘airbridge’ between Britain and Afghanistan on...
A transcript of the speech and Q&A given by Prime Minister David Cameron in London on Thursday, 20 January 2011.
Read the transcriptPrime Minister
I think it s very clear we need to combine...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister s spokesperson on: Sky, Phone Hacking, Defence, Big Society, Project Merlin, Lord Strathclyde and Downing St cat
Sky
Asked whether the Prime Minister would...
Prime Minister David Cameron has signed the Book of Commitment for Holocaust Memorial Day.
In the run-up to Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January, the Book of Commitment is signed by hundreds of MPs every...
The Prime Minister has welcomed Dutch PM Mark Rutte to Downing Street for bilateral talks.
The two leaders discussed a range of issues including the European budget and Afghanistan.
The ...
Prime Minister David Cameron has spoken to President Medvedev and offered his condolences and sympathies to all those affected by the attack at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport.
Mr Cameron assured President...
Comparing recessions
Monthly: Net borrowing 16.8bn
1.5% annual rise into November
UK output decreases by 0.5%
352,000 households never worked
Unemployed graduates double
I am pleased to inform the House that polling in the southern Sudan referendum took place between 9 and 15 January 2011. Over 3 million southern Sudanese cast their votes in this historic referendum to decide...
The Treasury has laid before the House of Commons a report required under section 231 of the Banking Act 2009 covering the period from 1 April 2010 to 30 September 2010. Copies of the document are available in...
On 3 November 2010 News Corporation notified the European Commission of its intention to acquire the shares in BSkyB that it does not already own. On 4 November 2010 the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation...
My right hon. Friend the Minister of State with responsibility for agriculture and food represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on 24 January.
There were three...
The trial for the reassessment of incapacity benefit customers in Aberdeen and Burnley has been under way since October last year. Over 1,000 customers have now been informed of the outcome of their reassessment...
The Informal Meeting of Employment and Social Policy Ministers took place on 17 to 18 January 2011 in Budapest, Hungary. I represented the United Kingdom on day one of the meeting and the Under-Secretary of State...
I regret to inform the House that there were inaccuracies in my written answer 15130 given on 4 October 2010, Official Report, columns 1346-48W. The response provided the number of winter fuel payments made in...
The CRC has worked in partnership with Action for Communities in Rural England (ACRE), the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) to produce a guide to help...