{"id":37941,"date":"2014-01-20T12:42:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T12:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4fd0e99ed9fad6dd68e879b89b5082a0"},"modified":"2014-01-20T12:42:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T12:42:27","slug":"press-release-press-briefing-morning-16-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=37941","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Press briefing: morning 16 January"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<h2 id=\"portsmouth\">Portsmouth<\/h2>\n<p>Asked about Michael Fallon taking ministerial responsibility for Portsmouth, the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister's Spokesperson\">PMS<\/abbr> said there were particular circumstances around Portsmouth regarding the transition from Royal Navy shipbuilding to ship maintenance. Mr Fallon would support jobs and growth in the city, working with local businesses, MPs and across government. The addition to his role would be alongside his current responsibilities. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"positive-discrimination\">Positive discrimination<\/h2>\n<p>Asked for the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister\">PM<\/abbr>\u2019s view on positive discrimination, the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister's Spokesperson\">PMS<\/abbr> said the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister\">PM<\/abbr> did not support positive discrimination, but thought there should be greater black and minority ethnic representation at every level of all professions, including the most senior positions. There was more work to be done regarding this.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"rennard\">Rennard<\/h2>\n<p>Asked about Lord Rennard, the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister's Spokesperson\">PMS<\/abbr> said that Liberal Democrat matters were not for him to discuss.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"personal-space\">Personal space<\/h2>\n<p>Asked about respecting people\u2019s personal space, the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister's Spokesperson\">PMS<\/abbr> said the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister\">PM<\/abbr> thought it was right that people in every walk of life show the respect to others that everyone deserves.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"military-capabilities\">Military capabilities<\/h2>\n<p>Asked about the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister\">PM<\/abbr>\u2019s views on UK military capabilities after Robert Gates\u2019 comments, the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister's Spokesperson\">PMS<\/abbr> said the Ministry of Defence had already put out a statement on the matter.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"scottish-independence\">Scottish independence<\/h2>\n<p>Asked for the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister\">PM<\/abbr>\u2019s view on a proposed 18 month transition period for Scottish independence, the <abbr title=\"Prime Minister's Spokesperson\">PMS<\/abbr> said it was a question for First Minister Alex Salmond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister\u2019s Spokesperson (PMS) answered questions on Portsmouth, military capabilities and Scottish independence.<\/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\/37941"}],"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=37941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}