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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 September 2016
I am pleased to announce the publication of analysis of English Votes forEnglish Laws in relation to Government amendments to the Wales Bill at Commons Report.The English Votes for English Laws process applies to public bills in theHouse of Commons. To su...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 September 2016
The Electoral Commission has today published its report on the referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union (EU referendum), held on 23 June 2016. The report looks at the key issues that arose on the way to polling day, including th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 September 2016
I wish to inform the House that the first report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) Inspection of the Royal Navy Police (RNP) has been laid before the House today. The Armed Forces Act 2011 places a duty on HMIC to inspect and report t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 September 2016
My honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Welfare Delivery (Caroline Nokes MP) has made the following Written Statement.I am pleased to announce that today I intend to lay regulations to amend the cold weather payment scheme. The...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 September 2016
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Paul Maynard) has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am today publishing the Government’s new Rail Freight Strategy, which has been developed in collaboration with Net...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 September 2016
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Andrew Jones), has made the following Ministerial Statement.HS2 will be the new backbone of our national rail network and help us build an economy that works for all. Good rai...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 September 2016
My Right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Wales (Alun Cairns) has today made the following written statement:I am pleased to announce the publication of analysis of English Votes for English Laws in relation to Government amendments to the Wal...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 September 2016
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel (Mark Lancaster) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I wish to inform the House that the first report from Her Majesty’s ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 September 2016
I should like to inform the House that I have made the following reappointments under Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986: Mr Paul Loveluck CBE reappointed as a Member of the Boundary Commission for Wales, effective from 4 October 2016...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 September 2016
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the bi-annual informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (known as the Gymnich) on 2-3 September in Bratislava, Slovakia. The Gymnich was hosted by Miroslav Lajc...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 September 2016
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Wales (Alun Cairns) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: I should like to inform the House that I have made the following reappointments under Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Co...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 September 2016
My right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Sir Alan Duncan), has made the following written Ministerial statement:My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2016
My Rt Hon Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Ben Gummer) and I would like to update the house on our progress with the National Flood Resilience Review Last year the UK was hit by a number of extreme flood events, including in Cumbria, Yorkshire...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2016
I have today laid before both Houses a copy of the latest annual reports from the Intelligence Services Commissioner and the Interception of Communications Commissioner. Both reports show the rigour and strength of our intelligence oversight system, a sys...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2016
I am pleased to announce that I am today publishing the Review of the Forensic Archive Limited (FAL). FAL was established in October 2012 to manage and maintain material previously held by the Forensic Science Service.The Review makes ten recommendations,...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2016
An informal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Bratislava on 9 – 10 September 2016. The Government is committed to leaving the European Union; in the interim, it continues to participate fully in ECOFIN meetings. EU Fina...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2016
I am today announcing that new regulations regarding cremation in England and Wales have been laid before Parliament. The Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 will come into effect on 1 October 2016.We are making these changes follow...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2016
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons: I have today laid before both Houses a copy of the latest annual reports from the Intelligence Services Commissioner and the Interception of Communications Comm...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2016
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Rural Affairs and Biosecurity (Lord Gardiner of Kimble) My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Andrea Leadsom) has today made the following statement. My Rt Hon Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office (B...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2016
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Fire and Policing (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to announce that I am today publishing the Review of the Forensic Archive Limited (FAL). FAL was established ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2016
My right honourable friend The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Philip Hammond) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.An informal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Bratislava on 9 – 10 September 2016...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 September 2016
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Victims, Youth and Family Justice (Dr Phillip Lee) has made the following Written Statement:"I am today announcing that new regulations regarding cremation in England and Wales have ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2016
Today an independent review has been published which makes recommendations about how to support the effective implementation of IT systems in the health system in England.In October 2015 I asked Professor Robert Wachter, a US clinician and authority on th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2016
I have made a statement under Section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 that, in my view, the provisions of the Finance Bill are compatible with the Convention rights. A copy of the statement has been placed in the Library of the House.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2016
My Rt. Hon friend the Secretary of State for Health has made the following Written Statement:Today an independent review has been published which makes recommendations about how to support the effective implementation of IT systems in the health system in...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2016
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is nearing the completion of an ambitious Estate Optimisation Strategy programme which will provide a plan for a smaller, but significantly better Defence Estate to meet the needs of the Armed Forces. The MOD expects to annou...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2016
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel (Mark Lancaster) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is nearing the completion of an ambiti...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
My right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Defence (Michael Fallon), and I wish to make a joint statement about the significant contribution that Her Majesty’s Government has made to international efforts to ensure the safe destruction of prec...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
This government continues to believe that the best way to achieve stability in Yemen is through a political solution. The UK’s priority is to support the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, in facilitating a credible peace process in Yeme...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
I am pleased to inform the House that from today Southern Railway have reinstated 119 train services into the weekday timetable. This means over 9 out of 10 trains on the network will be running in line with the original weekday timetable, and over a thir...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
I have today published a written submission outlining the Government’s analysis of how the English Votes for English Laws principle relates to all Government amendments tabled for Report stage of Finance Bill 2016.The department’s assessment is that the a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
I wish to update the House on the change in Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) and today is my first opportunity to do so.This Inquiry was established in March 2015 to consider the extent to which state and non-state institut...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
The Government is today publishing its responses to a number of reports published on the administration of the UK Parliamentary General Election and other polls on 7 May 2015. The response to the Electoral Commission’s statutory reports on the elections i...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Paul Maynard) has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am pleased to inform the House that from today Southern Railway have reinstated 119 train services into the weekda...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
My honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jane Ellison) has today made the follwoing Written Ministerial Statement.I have today published a written submission outlining the Government’s analysis of how the English Votes for English Law...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Amber Rudd) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I wish to update the House on the change in Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) and today ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
My right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Defence (Michael Fallon), and I wish to make a joint statement about the significant contribution that Her Majesty’s Government has made to international efforts to ensure the safe destruction of prec...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Boris Johnson), has made the following written Ministerial statement: This government continues to believe that the best way to achieve stability in Yemen is through...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2016
My honorable friend the Minister for the Constitution (Chris Skidmore) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Government is today publishing its responses to a number of reports published on the administration of the UK Parliamentary Gen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016
The majority of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom pay the National Non-Domestic Rates (NNDR) due from them. Diplomatic missions are obliged to pay only 6% of the total NNDR value of their offices. This represents payment for specific services rece...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016
The value of unpaid Congestion Charge debt incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in London since its introduction in February 2003 until 31 December 2015 as advised by Transport for London was £95,811,650. The table below shows t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016
I attended this meeting in my capacity as the Financial Secretary to the Treasury. A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held in Brussels on 12 July 2016. EU Finance Ministers discussed the following items: Anti-Money LaunderingThe C...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016
My noble Friend the Minister of State for Business, Energy and Industrual Strategy (Baroness Neville-Rolfe) has today made the following statement.The Informal Competitiveness Council, chaired by the Slovak Presidency, took placein Bratislava on 18–19 Jul...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016
In the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) the Prime Minister announced the creation of a new £1.3bn Cross-Government Prosperity Fund. I am pleased to announce the publication on GOV.UK of a short paper that details how the Fund is operating...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016
Today, I am laying before Parliament my annual assessment of the NHS Commissioning Board (known as NHS England) for 2015-16. I am also laying NHS England’s annual report and accounts for 2015-16 (HC311). Copies of both documents will be available from the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016
In 2015, 11 serious and significant offences allegedly committed by people entitled to diplomatic immunity in the United Kingdom were drawn to the attention of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection of the Metropoli...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016
I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of a report into the condition of the Reserves and delivery of the Future Reserves 2020 programme compiled by the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association External Scrutiny Team. This is the second rep...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016
In 2015, 4,858 parking fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in London were brought to our attention by local councils, Transport for London and the City of London. These totalled £477,499.The Foreign and Commonwealth Offic...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016
I am pleased to announce that I have invited Tim Flesher CB and Vilma Patterson MBE to continue to serve as Members of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body, for a further three year term of office commencing on 1 March 2017. This appointment has been conduct...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016
My hon Friend Edward Timpson, Minister of State at the Department for Education, and I have today launched a public consultation which considers whether statutory measures focused on reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect should be introduced in ...