Journalists asking the prime minister's deputy official spokesperson: Does Mr Sabisky have a job in Downing Street?

Spokesperson: As I say, I'm not going to be commenting on individual appointments.

Q: Does the PM think it's worth thinking about mandatory contraception to prevent a permanent underclass in the UK?

Spokesperson: As I say in relation to this subject, I won't be commenting on individual appointments. The prime minister's views are well publicised and documented.

Q: Does the PM think black people have a lower IQ than white people?

Spokesperson: I've answered your question.

Q: That was a different question.

The prime minister's views are well publicised and well documented.

Q: Can you remind us of the prime minister's views?

Spokesperson: As I say, they're well publicised and well documented.

Q: Can you direct us to where to find the PM's views on eugenics?

Spokesperson: I've answered the question.

Q: You haven't answered the question.

Spokesperson: I've been clear, I'm not commenting on individual appointments and as I say the PM's views on a range of subjects is well publicised and well documented.

Q: Does the PM believe that women's sport is closer to the paralympics than men's sport?

Spokesperson: As I say, the PM's views are well publicised and well documented.

Q: Eustice said it was for the PM to answer - is it?

Spokesperson: As I say, I'm not going to be commenting on individual appointments.

Q: Who will?

Spokesperson: As I say, I'm not commenting on individual appointments.

Q: Would the PM condemn the views attributed to his adviser?

Spokesperson: As I've said, the PM's views on a whole range of topics are well publicised.

Q: If you find anything on those topics can you send them to us by email?

[No answer]

Q: Any involvement by the cabinet office in the recruitment?

Spokesperson: I appreciate the persistence, but I'm not going to be commenting on individual appointments.

Q: Can you comment generally on the appointment of aides?

Spokesperson: I would point to the guidance on the cabinet office website. In response to this one in particular I won't be commenting any further.

Q: Is the Cabinet office looking again at that process to see if it's good enough?

Spokesperson: I would point you to their advice online.

Q: If we can't find a reference to the PM's views on eugenics, what inference can we draw from that?

Spokesperson: As I've said the PM's views are well documented.

Q: They're not.

Spokesperson: As I've said the PM's views are well documented.

Q: None of us know what they are. Could you just tell us?

Spokesperson: As I've said I've answered this several times now.

Q: Should we take it from your lack of comment that he's refusing to condemn the views set out by contractor?

Spokesperson: Not at all, I've been clear. The PM's views are well documented.

Q: You haven't. We don't know what the PM's views are. That's why we're asking.

Spokesperson: I've answered this question.

Q: With respect, you haven't. Should we take it then that if we cannot find a clear condemnation of these specific issues in the PM's previously published remarks, that means the PM does not condemn these suggestions by his own adviser?

Spokesperson: As I've said the PM's views are well publicised and well documented.

Q: Does the PM expect his contractors to reflect his own views?

Spokesperson: As I say, I'm not going to comment on individual appointments. And the prime minister's views are well documented. I appreciate the persistence in this but I'm not going to be commenting further.

Q: Shapps said these were not the government's views, distanced himself. Does the PM think he was right or wrong to do that?

Spokesperson: The transport secretary said what he said. I've said what I'm going to say, which is that the prime minister's views are well documented. I won't be commenting any further on this.

Q: Was the transport secretary speaking on behalf of the government or as an individual?

Spokesperson: I didn't hear specifically what the transport secretary said.

Q: Was he right in saying that? Was he speaking for the government?

Spokesperson: The transport secretary was speaking as the transport secretary. I've answered the question on behalf of the PM. He was speaking as the transport secretary.

Q: One of the PM's most well documented views on race is calling black people "picaninnies". Should we take that as his well documented view that you're referring to?

Spokesperson: As I've said, the prime minister's views are well publicised and well documented.

Q: What about the one about "watermelon smiles"?

Spokesperson: I appreciate the persistence, but I'm not going to be saying any more on this.

Q: By saying you won't comment on appointments, are you confirming he has been appointed?

Spokesperson: As I've said I won't be commenting on individual appointments.

Q: He's been appointed, that's why you won't comment?

Spokesperson: I won't be commenting on individual appointments.

Q: How can we find out whether he's been appointed?

Spokesperson: As I say, I won't be commenting on individual appointments.

Q: Don't you have to confirm special advisers?

Spokesperson: Special advisers are set out in the usual way and they're published in the usual way on the cabinet office website.

Q: Will any ministers be appearing before the commons liaison committee to discuss the reshuffle?

Spokesperson: I'm not aware of any invitation, but the PM appears in front of the liaison committee as and when required.

Q: There has been a call for Mr Cummings to appear before the liaison committee. Would the PM be happy to see that?

Spokesperson: I think it's for politicians and MPs to appear before the liaison committee. As I said I haven't seen an invite yet.

Q: To be absolutely clear, you're refusing to say what the PM's views on the intelligence of black people are?

Spokesperson: I'm not saying that. I'm saying the PM's views are well publicised and well documented.

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Q: When we leave this briefing, we don't know whether the PM is in favour of or not in favour of eugenics?

Spokesperson: I haven't said that. I'm saying the PM's views are well publicised and well documented.

Q: What are they? It should be a really easy question to answer.

Spokesperson: His views are well publicised and well documented.

Q: If we can't find a record of his view on eugenics we won't know his views on eugenics, that's what you're saying?

Spokesperson: I think there are certain things that are a given. And the Prime Minister's views are well documented.

Q: What is a given? What's a given about eugenics?

Spokesperson: As I say, the PM's views are well publicised and well documented.

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Q: Can you understand why we might think these are the PM's views, considering he's hired someone who holds these views? That he condones them?

Spokesperson: I haven't given any indication of that. I've simply stated the PM's views are well documented and well published.