Press briefing from the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman on: Airbus, DfES, Trident and Police Inquiry
Airbus
Asked if there was any reaction to Airbus, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the Prime Minister said it all at PMQs in terms of we obviously regret any job losses at all but in terms of securing the future contribution of skill workers in this country to Airbus that is there and the DTI have worked very hard with the company to make sure that it the case.
Asked if the Government felt its voice was being listened to sufficiently by EADA given the announcement, the PMOS said that if people looked at the reassurances that have been given about future work in factories here then and the way in which the DTI have worked with the company then it does bode well for the future. The important thing was that there is a skilled workforce and that skilled workforce has work in front of it. And that is important, much as we regret the need for job loses of any kind at all.
Asked if there were any plans to get a representative from the UK on the board of Airbus, the PMOS said that it was more a question for the department.
DfES
Asked if there was any reaction to the new figures from DfES saying that 13 people who shouldn’t be allowed to teach were allowed to teach given that they should have been on list 99, the PMOS said that the important thing was that the rules are applied and they’re applied properly and that there was an accountable system making sure that that is happening.
Trident
Asked if there will be a debate on Trident on 14th March, the PMOS said that he could not confirm any date.
Police Inquiry
Asked if there were any news, the PMOS said no. Asked if there had been any indication that the police would tell No10 when they have completed their inquiries, the PMOS said it was entirely a matter for the police and the CPS to process what happens.
Asked if there was any understanding that during the period of an election that there would be a criminal moratorium, the PMOS said that there were so many assumptions built into the question that there was no need to address the question.
Asked if there would be a moratorium on police announcements during purdah, the PMOS said that again there was a police investigation, the timing, duration, completion of that police investigation and therefore what is done is entirely a matter for the relevant authorities.
Asked if the normal purdah rules would apply, the PMOS said it was not for him to comment in any way. Asked if there were any purdah rules relating to such an issue, the PMOS said he did not know of any but it was not a matter for Downing Street to have a view on.
Asked if the Prime Minister was likely to engage on the Governments future by putting things on websites, the PMOS said that given that the veil drawn over that question was so thin and it was actually a question about party matters rather than Government matters he would not comment.
delicious
digg
facebook
