Here you will find a selection of non-political speeches, statements, broadcasts and interviews made by the Prime Minister since May 1997.
They usually relate to matters concerning the PM’s role as head of the Government.
On this page you will find the PM’s statements and so on from 2006. At the bottom you will find links to the archive for the years 1997-2004.
Remember, you can use our search facility to search all of the Tony Blair’s speeches and statements since 1997, by keyword.
Our Nation’s Future lecture series
- Multiculturalism and integration - 8 December
- Social exclusion: Our sovereign value, fairness - 5 September
- Healthly Living: whose responsibility? 26 July
- Criminal Justice System - 23 June
Speeches from 2006
These are pre-prepared and usually given to an invited auidence at a major domestic or international event.
- Speech to Business Leaders in Dubai 20 December
- Speech to Primary Care Trusts 5 December
- Speech at Specialist Schools Conference 30 November
- Speech at the CBI national conference 27 November
- Lord Mayor’s Banquet speech 13 November
- Speech to Caribbean Economic Investment Conference 2 November
- Speech at the Fashion Retail Academy 31 October
- Launch of Stern Review 30 October
- Written Ministerial Statement of EU Heads of State 23 October
- Speech on Offical launch of Langeled gas pipeline 16 October
- Speech at Canada-UK chamber of commerce 16 October
- Speech at Lancaster House Investment Event 10 October
- Clinton Climate Initiative 1 August
- Speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council 1 August
- Speech to News Corps 30 July
- A year after Gleneagles 26 June
- Future Services Network Conference 22 June
- Bevis Marks Synagogue 13 June
- Public Service Reform conference 6 June
- Third foreign policy speech Georgetown USA - 26 May
- Speech at the CBI annual dinner 16 May
- Speech to Jewish Care 15 May
- PM condemns Egyptian bombings 25 April
- Speech to New Health Network 18 April
- Joint Statement with the Taoiseach 6 April
- Power-sharing in Northern Ireland 6 April
- Q & A from PM’s live webchat 4 April
- Greater London Authority London 2012 4 April
- The Power of One Conference 3 April
- Joint press conference with the Indonesian President 30 March
- New Zealand Climate Change Speech 29 March
- Speech to New Zealand chamber of commerce 28 March
- "Global alliance for global values" speech 27 March
- "A clash about civilisation" speech 21 March
- Asia 2015 conference 6 March
- Safer Croydon Partnership 10 February
- Future of Europe 2 February
- Holocaust Memorial Day 26 January
- Respect Action plan launch 10 January
Statements from 2006
These are often given spontaneously by the PM - usually to journalists with a view to addressing a wider audience - but without a question and answer session.
- Christmas message to the Falkland Islands 25 December
- On Bono’s knighthood 23 December
- Joint statement between UAE and UK 20 December
- Written Ministerial Statement - UK’s Nuclear Deterrent 19 December
- Address to troops in Iraq 17 December
- WMS on Cabinet Committees and Policy Review 14 December
- Day of Action for Darfur statement 9 December
- Article on education for the Evening Standard 5 December
- Parliamentary statement on Trident 4 December
- Doorstep at NATO Summit in Riga 29 November
- Statement on Northern Ireland 24 November
- Joint Communiqué with the Kazakhstan President 21 November
- PM’s address to Troops in Kabul 20 November
- Joint Declaration with President Pervez Musharraf 19 November
- At ID card presentaion 6 November
- On the launch of the Fashion Retail Academy 31 October
- Best wishes for Eid 23 October
- Best wishes for Diwali 21 October
- Opening comments from Mayor’s seminar 19 October
- Statement with the Hungarian Prime Minister 11 October
- On North Korea’s first nuclear test 9 October
- Statement on the Independent Monitoring Commission 4 October
- Best wishes on Jewish New Year 23 September
- Statement on Darfur crisis 16 September
- On death of UK servicemen in Afghanistan 2 September
- Statement on UN Lebanon resolution 12 August
- Commons statement on the G8 summit 18 July
- On the Mumbai bombings 12 July
- Joint communique with Abdelaziz Bouteflika 11 July
- On the 7/7 anniversary 7 July
- Joint Statement with the Taoiseach 29 June
- On house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi 19 June
- Commons statement on European Council 19 June
- Joint statement on Darfur 23 May
- Joint statement on future of Iraq 22 May
- Doorstep with the Iraqi President in Baghdad 22 May
- PM’s remarks at meeting with Muslim Women 10 May
- Opening remarks of Number 10 NHS summit 13 April
- On the release of Norman Kember 23 March
- Meeting with students in Bratislava 10 March
- List of bilateral agreements between Brazil and the UK 9 March
- Joint statement on other issues - Lula and PM 9 March
- Joint statement on trade - Lula and PM 9 March
- Tessa Jowell inquiry 2 March
- United States-India nuclear agreement 2 March
- Damage of Askariya Shrine in Samarra 23 February
- Visit to Kliptown 13 February
- Re-building Afghanistan conference 31 January
- Joint Statement with Bertie Ahern 26 January
- Chinese New Year 27 January
- With Bertie Ahern in Dublin 26 January
Press conferences from 2006
Question and answer sessions with reporters, often with an introductory statement from the PM. Included here are the regular monthly events held in Downing Street, as well as so-called ‘doorstep’ interviews.
- Press Conference with the Israeli Prime Minister in Israel 18 December
- Press conference with Palestinian President 18 December
- Press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister in Baghdad 17 December
- Press conference in Cairo 16 December
- Press Conference with the Turkish Prime Minister in Ankara 16 December
- Doorstep at the EU Council meeting in Brussels 15 December
- Monthly press conference 6 December 2006
- Press Conference with President Bush 7 December
- Press conference with the Danish Prime Minister 28 November
- Doorstep with the Greek Prime Minister 21 November
- Joint press conference with the President of Kazakhstan 21 November
- Press Conference with the President of Afghanistan 20 November
- Press conference with the Pakistani President 19 November
- Press Conference with the New Zealand Prime Minister 10 November
- Press conference with the President of Poland 7 November
- Press conference with Romano Prodi 6 November
- Monthly Downing Street press conference 6 November
- Press conference with the German Chancellor 3 November
- Press conference - informal EU conference in Lahti 20 October
- PM’s monthly press conference 17 October
- Joint press conference with Bertie Ahern 13 October
- Press conference with Prime Minister of India 10 October
- Press conference with the Finnish Prime Minister 5 October
- Doorstep with Spanish Prime Minister 4 October
- Press conference with Spanish Prime Minister 3 October
- Press conference with Chinese Premier Wen 13 September
- Press conference with Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora 11 September
- Press conference with President Abbas 10 September
- Press conference with Ehud Olmert 9 September
- PM’s monthly press conference 3 August
- Press conference at The BP Facility in Los Angeles 31 July
- PM and Governor Schwarzenegger’s opening remarks 31 July
- Press conference in San Francisco 31 July
- Doorstep interview in San Francisco 30 July
- Press Conference with President Bush 28 July
- Nouri Maliki in Downing Street 24 July
- Ivo Sanader in Downing Street 18 July
- G8 summit St Petersburg 17 July
- Doorstep with Kofi Annan at the G8 Summit 17 July
- Joint press conference with Canadian PM 14 July
- Press conference with President Bush 16 July
- Press conference with Abdelaziz Bouteflika 12 July
- Briefing with Latvian President 10 July
- Press conference with Bertie Ahern 29 June
- Joint press conference with President Chirac 9 June
- Press Conference at the European Council 16 June
- Joint press conference with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert 13 June
- June Downing Street press conference 8 June
- Respect Cabinet Committee 5 June
- Press conference with George Bush 26 May
- Press conference with Thabo Mbeki 24 May
- Joint doorstep with Alpha Konare 23 May
- Press Conference with the Iraqi Prime Minister 22 May
- Press Conference with the French Prime Minister 10 May
- May Downing Street press conference 8 May
- April Downing Street press conference 24 April
- Doorstep with Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov 4 April
- Joint press conference with the NZ Prime Minister 29 March
- Press conference with the Australian Prime Minister 28 March
- Press conference following EU Council meeting in Brussles 24 March
- March Downing Street press conference 16 March
- Press conference with Swedish PM Persson 14 March
- Press conference with the Czech PM 10 March
- Press conference with the Slovakian PM 10 March
- Press conference with the Brazilian president 9 March
- Briefing on the Education Bill with Ruth Kelly MP 6 March
- Joint conference with Shaukat Aziz 6 March
- Q and A with Ruth Kelly 27 February
- February Downing Street press conference 23 February
- Angela Merkel in Berlin 17 February
- Q and A at Kliptown 13 February
- Joint speech with the South African President 12 February
- Global Governance Summit 12 February
- Joint conference with Bertie Ahern 26 January
- January Downing Street press conference 23 January
Broadcasts from 2006
These are speeches and statements by the PM, often in Parliament, that are broadcast live on this website. The link will take you to a page where you will have a number of download options.
Media interviews from 2006
Question and answer interviews with a single journalist or a panel, open letters, or articles written for the press by the PM.
- Christmas interview with Chris Evans 20 Dec
- Interview with MTV to mark World Aids Day 1 December
- Article for The Mirror on World Aids Day 1 December
- Interview with Bill Bryson 30 November
- Article on slave trade for New Nation 27 November
- Article for The Sun on parenting 21 November
- PM’s interview with Downing Street website
- Article for The Daily Telegraph on ID cards 6 November
- Interview with the New Scientist 2 November
- Article for Newcastle Evening Chronicle 26 October
- Article for the Hindustan Times 10 October
- Interview with BBC on social exclusion 31 August
- Interview on Radio 4 8 August
- Q and A for "My friend needs a teacher’ Campaign 4 July
- Q and A with The British Society of Magazine Editors 27 June
- Newsround interview 4 July
- PM’s interview with Downing Street website 6 June
- Article about the Pensions White Paper 26 May
- Interview with Al Jazeera TV 24 May
- The formation of the new Iraq interview Sky TV 22 May
- TV interview on IMC report 27 April
- Open letter to Trade Justice Movement 27 February
- Open letter to Stop Climate Chaos 27 February
- Carte Blanche Interview 11 February
- London Conference on Afghanistan 31 January
Other links
- Prime Minister’s Question Time broadcasts and transcripts
- Archive of the Prime Minister’s speeches etc for 2005
- Archive of the Prime Minister’s speeches etc for 2004
- Archive of the Prime Minister’s speeches etc for 2003
- Archive of the Prime Minister’s speeches etc for 2002
- Archive of the Prime Minister’s speeches etc for 2001
- Archive of the Prime Minister’s speeches etc for 2000
- Archive of the Prime Minister’s speeches etc for 1999
- Archive of the Prime Minister’s speeches etc for 1998
- Archive of the Prime Minister’s speeches etc for 1997
- Political speeches at the Labour Party website (opens in new window)
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