Afternoon press briefing from 8 May 2008

09.05.08 - 11:49 ... source : 10 Downing Street

... Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Northern Ireland, Scotland and Embryology BillDowning Street press briefings explainedNorthern IrelandThe Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by giving the assembled press a flavour of the Prime Minister's speech that he would be making later that day. The speech would be made to an audience of American investors and would be setting out in very strong terms, the case for them to invest in Northern Ireland.The Prime Minister would say that Northern Ireland was open, flexible, a hub for skills and innovation and a great place to invest. One specific announcement the Prime Minister would be making would be in relation to the amount of assets sales that the Northern Ireland Executive could retain for reinvestment in Northern Ireland. In the PMS's words, the Prime Minister would say that we would allow over the next three years the Northern Ireland Executive to retain 100 ...» Next (HTML)