{"id":34697,"date":"2013-11-13T15:42:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T15:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=06dce659d3aad42b2fc50cb44cd7c3ca"},"modified":"2013-11-13T15:42:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T15:42:45","slug":"press-release-press-briefing-morning-12-november-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=34697","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Press briefing: morning 12 November 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<h2 id=\"cabinet-agenda\">Cabinet agenda<\/h2>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"Prime Minister's Spokesperson\">PMS<\/abbr> said that the agenda for the Cabinet meeting today included: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parliamentary business<\/li>\n<li>the Culture Secretary giving an update on 1st World War centenary plans<\/li>\n<li>Lord Green giving an update on the World Trade Organisation (<abbr title=\"World Trade Organisation\">WTO<\/abbr>) <\/li>\n<li>the Health Secretary giving an update on the Francis inquiry<\/li>\n<li>the Prime Minister (<abbr title=\"Prime Minister\">PM<\/abbr>) and Foreign Secretary giving an update ahead of <abbr title=\"Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting\">CHOGM<\/abbr> which they are both attending.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Asked if there any more details on mid-Staffordshire, the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister's Spokesperson\">PMS<\/abbr> said that there would be a response to the Francis inquiry next week. This government\u2019s drive was to put patients first, ensure the highest standards of care, and where there are failings, making sure a light is shone on them so they can be dealt with. <\/p>\n<p>Asked if there was more information on the <abbr title=\"World Trade Organisation\">WTO<\/abbr>, the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister's Spokesperson\">PMS<\/abbr> said that Lord Green was one of the vice-chairs for the talks being held in December. Lord Green gave an overview on cross-border trade and the push for liberalising trade. The recent <abbr title=\"European Union\">EU<\/abbr>-Canada Free Trade Agreement and negotiations with the USA were also mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the 1st World War centenary plans update at Cabinet, the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister's Spokesperson\">PMS<\/abbr> said the discussions were in the context of the Remembrance Day services held recently. The Culture Secretary updated Cabinet on the government\u2019s plans and was joined by the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister\">PM<\/abbr>\u2019s special representative Andrew Murrison.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lynton-crosby\">Lynton Crosby<\/h2>\n<p>Asked if Lynton Crosby had a Downing Street pass, the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister's Spokesperson\">PMS<\/abbr> confirmed that he did not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister\u2019s Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on the Cabinet agenda and Lynton Crosby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34697\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}