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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 September 2021
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Digital and Culture, Caroline Dinenage MP:I am tabling this statement for the benefit of all members of this House ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
Today, I am pleased to announce to the House that the Government is launching a consultation on reforms to the UK’s regime for the protection of personal data. This consultation will be open for 10 weeks, from 10 September 2021 until 19 November 2021.The ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) sits at the heart of the government’s ambitious data agenda, and will play a critical role in helping the UK government to deliver on the priorities set out in the National Data Strategy. The CDEI is the UK...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
I am pleased to inform the House that the Government is, today, publishing an update on the National Data Strategy which sets out our approach to monitoring and evaluating the strategy. It also launches a 12 week call for evidence on the development of an...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
My Right Honourable friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility (Lord Callanan) has today made the following statement:I have set performance targets for the Insolvency Service for the financial year...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
My Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules. We have made changes to the Immigration Rules which will align the travel document requirements for most EEA and Swiss citizens with those wh...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
I am pleased to inform Parliament that Her Majesty the Queen has granted a two-year extension to the appointment of Dame Cressida Dick DBE QPM, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. I recommended this extension to Her Majesty having had regard to a re...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
The HGV driver shortage is a long-standing challenge facing countries across the world. As a result of the pandemic, driver testing was suspended for large parts of the last year. It is now back up and running and the Government has already increased capa...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Media and Data, John Whittingdale OBE MP:The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) sits at the heart o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Media and Data, John Whittingdale OBE MP:Today, I am pleased to announce to the House that the Government is ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Media and Data, John Whittingdale OBE MP:I am pleased to inform the House that the Government is, today, publ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
I have set performance targets for the Insolvency Service for the financial year 2021-22. The Insolvency Service is the Government agency that delivers public services to those affected by financial distress or failure by providing frameworks to deal with...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Future Borders and Immigration (Kevin Foster) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:My Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a Statement of Chang...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2021
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to inform Parliament that Her Majesty the Queen has granted a two-year extension to the appointment of Da...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2021
Following a consultation, the government announced last year that it was raising the age at which National Lottery products can be bought and sold from 16 to 18, protecting young people from the possible risk of gambling harm. The new minimum age comes in...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2021
I wish to inform the House of the action the Government is taking to consider how to further improve uptake of Covid-19 and Flu vaccinations by those who work in our health and social care services. Following a public consultation on making Covid-19 vacci...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2021
Every child should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Children thrive in loving, stable families. However, some face challenges which most of us can only imagine. They will often have experienced abuse and neglect. Where a child cannot live w...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2021
I am announcing today a temporary reduction in the maximum student loan interest rate following the recent decline in the prevailing market rate for comparable unsecured personal loans.In accordance with the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, where t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2021
My Right Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Media and Data, John Whittingdale MP, has made the following Statement:Following a consultation, the government announced last year that it was raising the age at which National Lottery products can be ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2021
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Universities (Michelle Donelan), has made the following statement.I am announcing today a temporary reduction in the maximum student loan interest rate following the recent decline in the prevailing market ra...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2021
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Sajid Javid) has today made the following written statement: I wish to inform the House of the action the Government is taking to consider how to further improve uptake of Covid-19 and Fl...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2021
I am repeating this statement to rectify a minor error within the Written Ministerial Statement published on Monday 6 September - the reference to the 2020 Housing Delivery Test measurement data should have related to the financial years 2017-18, 2018-19 ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2021
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) wrote to the DCMS and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committees on 2nd August to set out the final decision on making an Exclusion Order under the Competition Act 1998, regarding...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2021
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) wrote to the DCMS and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committees on 2nd August to set out the final decision on making an Exclusion Order under the Competition Act 1998, regarding...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
My noble Friend, the Minister of State in the Cabinet Office (Rt Hon Lord Frost CMG), yesterday made the following written statement:The Government set out in its 21 July Command Paper, ‘Northern Ireland Protocol: the way forward’, proposals to find a new...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
I have today published the draft Statutory Instrument “The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021” and accompanying Explanatory Memorandum.Renewable transport fuels already make a substantial contribution towards meeting UK carbon bud...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
As the Environment Bill starts Report stage in the House of Lords today, I am making this statement on the actions taken and commitments made to establish the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) as an independent body, given the significant interest...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
Today I would like to update the House on how the government is protecting the public and providing justice for victims following the Opposition day debate of 9 June 2021.Impact of Covid-19The Covid-19 pandemic has had a truly unprecedented effect on our ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
It is normal practice when a government department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 and for which there is no statutory authority, for the Minister concerned to present a departmental Minute to parliament, giving particul...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
Today I can inform the House that I have launched Spending Review 2021 (SR21) to set departmental Resource and Capital DEL budgets from 2022-23 to 2024-25 and the devolved administrations’ block grants for the same period. SR21 will be presented to Parlia...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
As set out in a previous statement to this House (HCWS100), the Government has proposed a series of measures in the Elections Bill that seek to maintain public confidence in the effective and independent regulation of the electoral system by empowering th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
I have on several occasions announced to this House the importance of road safety to me and my Department. After hearing the public’s concerns about smart motorway safety, I commissioned an evidence stocktake and set out recommendations to raise the bar o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson), has today made the following statement.Every child should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Children thrive in loving, stable families. However, some face ch...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has acquired Sheffield Forgemasters International Limited (SFIL), allowing HM Governmen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Robert Buckland) has made the following Written Statement. "Today I would like to update the House on how the government is protecting the public and providing justice for ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
My Hon Friend Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Domestic Environment) (Rebecca Pow) has made the following Statement.As the Environment Bill starts Report stage in the House of Lords today, I am making this statement on the actions take...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.It is normal practice when a government department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 and fo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today I can inform the House that I have launched Spending Review 2021 (SR21) to set departmental Resource and Capital DEL ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
My Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution (Chloe Smith MP), has today made the following written statement:As set out in a previous statement to this House (HCWS100), the Government has proposed a series of measures in the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2021
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement:I have on several occasions announced to this House the importance of road safety to me and my Department. After hearing the publ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
The aviation sector is vital to our future as a global trading nation as well as playing a critical role in local economies and in the Government’s commitment to level up the economy. However, aviation noise can affect the health and well-being of individ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
This statement provides an update on developments on international travel and on changes to the traffic light system made over the Summer recess period.Global Travel Taskforce July Checkpoint ReviewAs announced on Thursday 29 July, and as part of the seco...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
The Ministry of Justice is today publishing its consultation response on extending fixed recoverable costs (FRC) in civil law cases in England and Wales. This follows the 2019 consultation paper, Extending Fixed Recoverable Costs in Civil Cases: Implement...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has tested our country’s resilience like nothing else has during peacetime. The public has endured great sacrifices, but access to a home – whether owned or rented – should not be one of them. Therefore, despite the unprecedented cha...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
On 21 January 2021, I announced the establishment of a non-statutory, independent inquiry into the circumstances of mental health in-patient deaths at the former North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, the former South Essex Partnership U...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
My Noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation) (Lord Bethell of Romford) has today made the following written statement:Family units and family formation in the UK are vastly different today than they were when the Hu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
Through the COVID-19 Vaccines programme, we have administered over 90 million vaccine doses in the UK, with recent PHE data suggesting that this has prevented over 24 million infections, 105,900 deaths and 82,100 hospitalisations in England alone. The vac...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
I would like to inform the House that I wish to correct the formal record in relation to written answers to the Hon. Member for Streatham on 2 March 2021 and the Hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle on 25 March 2021.The reply suggested that ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
I can today inform the House that on 22 July 2021 the government announced a trading plan to sell part of the government’s shareholding in NatWest Group (NWG, formerly Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS). This is a further step forward in the government’s plan t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
I wish to provide a further update to Parliament on the Ajax equipment project being delivered as part of the Armoured Cavalry Programme. 1. Health and Safety Extensive work has been undertaken on the Health and Safety aspects of the Noise and Vibration c...