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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 October 2017
The Government is today publishing the Clean Growth Strategy – an ambitious strategy to cut emissions while keeping costs down for consumers, creating good jobs and growing the economy. This is an important component of our modern Industrial Strategy. We ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 October 2017
I am today updating the House on recent developments regarding indemnity arrangements for NHS general practice in England.The Government is committed to ensuring that general practice is an attractive long-term career option that gives stimulus and stabil...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 October 2017
I am today publishing my final Statement of Funds Available for the railway in England and Wales for Control Period 6, which covers the years 2019 to 2024. This follows my publication of a High Level Output Specification and initial Statement of Funds Ava...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 October 2017
I will attend the EU Environment Council, which will take place on 13th October in Luxembourg.Following adoption of the agenda, the list of “A” items will be approved.Under legislative proposals, the Council will debate two proposals with the aim to get a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 October 2017
It is important that departments can start spending to prepare for Brexit when they need to do so. Managing Public Money requires that expenditure on new services must rest on specific legislation. However, delaying spend until legislation has reached Roy...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 October 2017
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry (Claire Perry) has made the following written ministerial statement:The Government is today publishing the Clean Growth Strategy – an ambitious strategy to cut emissions while keep...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 October 2017
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Chris Grayling), has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am today publishing my final Statement of Funds Available for the railway in England and Wales for Control Period 6, which co...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 October 2017
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry (Claire Perry) has made the following written ministerial statement:I will attend the EU Environment Council, which will take place on 13th October in Luxembourg.Following adoption...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 October 2017
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has made the following written statement:I am today updating the House on recent developments regarding indemnity arrangements for NHS general practice in England.The Government is committed to ensuring...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 October 2017
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.It is important that departments can start spending to prepare for Brexit when they need to do so. Managing Public ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 October 2017
I have been asked by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State, to make this Written Ministerial Statement. This statement concerns the application made by Transport for London under the Planning Act 2008 on 29 April 2016 for a proposed developme...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 October 2017
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has held meetings with a number of missions about outstanding parking fine debt, outstanding National Non-Domestic Rates payments and unpaid Congestion Charge debt. The Director of Protocol raises the issue in his intro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 October 2017
In 2016, 12 serious and significant offences allegedly committed by people entitled to diplomatic or international organisation-related immunity in the United Kingdom were drawn to the attention of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Parliamentary and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 October 2017
I wish to inform the House that, on 11th October, the Department for Digital Culture and Media and Sport will publish the Internet Safety Strategy green paper. The accompanying public consultation will close on 7 December 2017. Both can be found at: https...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 October 2017
I wish to inform the House that I am today introducing a change to the dedicated immigration policy for residents of Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk. The Government has been clear that its priority is to ensure that survivors of this tragedy get the acce...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 October 2017
My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Boris Johnson), has made the following written Ministerial statement:The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has held meetings with a number of missions about outstanding...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 October 2017
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Paul Maynard) has made the following Ministerial Statement.I have been asked by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State, to make this Written Ministerial Statement....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 October 2017
My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Boris Johnson), has made the following written Ministerial statement:In 2016, 12 serious and significant offences allegedly committed by people entitled to diplomatic...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 October 2017
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Rt Hon Karen Bradley) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I wish to inform the House that, on 11th October, the Department for Digital Culture and Media a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 October 2017
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Immigration (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I wish to inform the House that I am today introducing a change to the dedicated immigration policy for residents of Grenfell...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 October 2017
My Rt hon. Friend The Minister in the House of Lords (The Rt Hon The Earl Howe PC) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am today announcing that Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the award of Battle Honours to...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 October 2017
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Luxembourg on 10th October. EU Finance Ministers will discuss the following items: Early Morning SessionThe Eurogroup President will brief Ministers on the outcomes of the 9t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 October 2017
A Double Taxation Convention with Belarus was signed on 26 September 2017. The text of the Convention has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and has been made available on HM Revenue and Customs’ pages of the Gov.UK website. The text will be s...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 October 2017
My Rt. Hon. Friend Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union, has made the following statement:I represented the UK at the General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting in Brussels on Monday 25 September. This was the first...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 October 2017
The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council of Ministers will meet on 12 and 13 October in Luxembourg. The Minister of State for Immigration, the Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP, and I will represent the UK for Justice day. The Home Secretary the Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 October 2017
I am today announcing that Her Majesty The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the award of Battle Honours to squadrons of Her Majesty’s Royal Air Force, for their participation in Operation TELIC during the period 1 May 2003 to 22 May 2011, Oper...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 October 2017
My right honourable friend the the Financial Secretary to the Treasury has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.A Double Taxation Convention with Belarus was signed on 26 September 2017. The text of the Convention has been deposited in t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 October 2017
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Luxembourg on 10th October. EU Fin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 October 2017
I represented the UK at the General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting in Brussels on Monday 25 September. This was the first meeting of the GAC under the Estonian Presidency.The main items on the agenda were: Presentation of the Priorities of the Estonian Pre...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 October 2017
My Right Honourable Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Lidington MP) has today made the following written statement:"The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council of Ministers will meet on 12 and 13 October in Luxembourg. ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
The UK is an acknowledged world leader in the provision of development and humanitarian aid. Our aid budget acts not only in the interests of the world’s poorest, but also in Britain’s long term national interest.Our global leadership in development requi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
In 2016 the Government decided to improve the way we support people who have suffered as a result of the infected blood tragedy of the 1970s and 1980s. At this time the Government committed an additional £125 million of support to those affected, more tha...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
The Government has commissioned an independent review of mental health legislation and practice to tackle the issue of mental health detention.There have been concerns that detention rates under the Mental Health Act are too high. The number of detentions...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
I have today laid before Parliament a Departmental Minute describing a Contingent Liability (CL) in the region of £150 million associated with Programme HADES. Programme HADES will provide the continued delivery of Motor Transport, Supply, Aircraft and Gr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
I am today confirming the earnings threshold above which individuals are required to make contributions to the cost of their education from April 2018. I am also confirming the maximum tuition fees for the 2018/19 academic year.Earnings thresholdThe earni...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
I wish to inform the House that, on 9 October 2017, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport laid a minute recording the submission of a bid by Commonwealth Games England, Birmingham City Council, the West Midlands Combined Authority and DCMS ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
The DUP and Sinn Fein continue their discussions towards the formation of an Executive in Northern Ireland. The parties have reduced the number of issues between them - including on some aspects of language and culture - but clear differences still remain...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
My right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for International Development (Priti Patel) has made the following statement:The UK is an acknowledged world leader in the provision of development and humanitarian aid. Our aid budget acts not only in th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
My hon Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement (Harriett Baldwin) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I have today laid before Parliament a Departmental Minute describing a Contingent Liability (CL) in the region of £150 million asso...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has made the following written statement:The Government has commissioned an independent review of mental health legislation and practice to tackle the issue of mental health detention.There have been co...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office would like to correct the Written Answers given to Baroness Helic on 4 November 2015 [HL2981] and 24 November 2015 [HL3595]. The questions asked about the cost to the public purse of supporting the Office of the Quartet...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Jackie Doyle-Price) has made the following written statement:In 2016 the Government decided to improve the way we support people who have suffered as a result of the infected blood trag...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (Joseph Johnson MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I am today confirming the earnings threshold above which individuals are required to mak...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I wish to inform the House that, on 9 October 2017, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport laid a minute r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 October 2017
My Right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (James Brokenshire) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The DUP and Sinn Fein continue their discussions towards the formation of an Executive in Northern Ireland. The...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 September 2017
The latest six-monthly report on the implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong was published today, and is attached. It covers the period from 1 January to 30 June 2017.The report has been placed in the Library of the House. A copy...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 September 2017
EU-Canada Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) – Provisional ApplicationThe Government wishes to inform the House that on 21 September 2017, the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada will be provisionally...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 September 2017
The Government is today publishing its response to the Electoral Commission’s report on the administration of the 2016 elections to the National Assembly for Wales.We are grateful to the Commission for preparing its report and for its ongoing work to supp...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 September 2017
An Exchange of Letters was signed with Bermuda in London on 19 June 2017 and in Hamilton on 27 June 2017. The text replaces the original Exchange of Letters signed in London on 4 December 2007.A first-time Double Taxation Agreement with Kyrgyzstan was sig...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 September 2017
On 15 August 2017, I announced the formal setting up of a public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, to be chaired by Sir Martin Moore-Bick, and its terms of reference. This followed Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s letter to me of 10 August, which advised me of...