Press briefing from the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman on: Smoking Ban, Baghdad, Tripartite Informal Summit, EU Informal Summit and PM’s Education Speech
Smoking Ban
Asked for an update on smoking, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that he had no reason to believe anything had changed.
Baghdad
Asked if the Prime Minister had been informed about the triple bombing in Baghdad, the PMOS said that it had just broken as we had left.
Tripartite Informal Summit
Asked if the David Blunkett/ Alan Johnson paper: A Modern Dimension for Europe, Principles for Reform was the Government’s position, the PMOS said that it was there for journalists to read.
EU Informal Summit
Asked for details on Thursday’s Summit, the PMOS said that he would provide a detailed briefing tomorrow morning. The summit would focus on how Europe would face the challenge from globalisation. It would not be on future finance. Asked how we would measure the success of the informal summit, the PMOS said that if a consensus was reached on the EU’ response to globalisation.
PM’s Education Speech
Asked what would be left for the LEA’s to do, the PMOS said that White Paper would be published tomorrow. The Prime Minister had been indicating that LEA’s should focus on the strategic direction of schools, not the detail freeing schools to be able to do what they are good at.
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