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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has acquired Sheffield Forgemasters International Limited (SFIL), allowing HM Government to refinance the company and secure the supply of components for critical current and future UK defence programmes. The MOD also intends...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
On 19 May 2021, I responded to an oral question about insurance and indemnity arrangements for care homes.In my responses to Baroness Wheeler and Baroness Walmsley, I referred both to CQC data “from the insurance industry” and CQC data indicating “pressur...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement:This statement provides an update on developments on international travel and on changes to the traffic light system made over th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Robert Courts) has made the following Ministerial Statement.The aviation sector is vital to our future as a global trading nation as well as playing a critical role in local economies ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Robert Buckland) has made the following Written Statement."The Ministry of Justice is today publishing its consultation response on extending fixed recoverable costs (FRC) ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
Family units and family formation in the UK are vastly different today than they were when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (the HFE Act) was introduced and last reviewed. In a modern society, some individuals are choosing to start their familie...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Housing (Christopher Pincher) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The COVID-19 pandemic has tested our country’s resilience like nothing else has during peacetime. The public has endured...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
My Hon Friend the Minister for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health (Nadine Dorries) has today made the following written ministerial statement:On 21 January 2021, I announced the establishment of a non-statutory, independent inquiry into ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment) (Nadhim Zahawi) has today made the following written ministerial statement:Through the COVID-19 Vaccines programme, we have administered over 90 million vacci...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
My hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I wish to provide a further update to Parliament on the Ajax equipment project being delivered as part of the Armoured Cavalry Progra...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 September 2021
The Government set out in its 21 July Command Paper, ‘Northern Ireland Protocol: the way forward’, proposals to find a new balance in the operation of the Protocol.The Government proposed to the EU on 23 July a ‘standstill’ arrangement to maintain the ope...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 August 2021
In the wake of the tragic shootings in Plymouth on 12 August, my heartfelt condolences are with the family and friends of those who lost their lives - Maxine Davison, Lee and Sophie Martyn, Stephen Washington, and Kate Shepherd - as well as with those tha...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 August 2021
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:In the wake of the tragic shootings in Plymouth on 12 August, my heartfelt condolences are with the family and friends...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
In 2019, our roads handled 88 per cent of all passenger travel by distance, the vast majority of it by car or van. Even doubling rail use across the country would only reduce this proportion to 75 per cent, assuming that overall demand did not rise. The r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
Defra has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £275,000. The requirement has arisen because there is an urgent requirement to proceed with the procurement of scheme administrators for the packaging Extended Producer Responsibilit...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
On 12 April, the Government announced that the Prime Minister had asked Nigel Boardman to investigate the development and use of supply chain finance in Government, especially the role of Lex Greensill and Greensill Capital (including associated companies...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
Today I am issuing a direction to the Department of Health, the Minister of Health, the Health and Social Care Board, and to the First and deputy First Minister, to commission and make abortion services available in Northern Ireland as soon as possible, a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs will incur new expenditure in connection with the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021-22.Parliamentary approval for resources of £4,206,110,000 for this new expenditure will be sought in a Supplementary...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
I can today inform Parliament that the British Council, a non-departmental public body of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, will sell its IELTS English language test business in India to IDP Education, for £130 million. The business will b...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
Today I am pleased to announce the Ministry of Defence’s intent to publish a Defence wide strategy for dealing with rape and serious sexual offences in the Service Justice System (SJS). As set out in the cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls s...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
I am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following Machinery of Government change.With effect from 1 August 2021, the Vaccine Taskforce will become a joint-unit of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
On 19 November 2020, the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) published their report entitled ‘GCHQ Accommodation Procurement: A Case Study’.The procurement of Nova South as the headquarters of the NCSC was a unique challenge, undertake...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
Today, the UK has imposed asset freezes and travel bans on five individuals under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021.This is the second set of designations under this regime since the Regulations were laid in April 2021. The regime can ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
On 6 July, the Government introduced the Nationality and Borders Bill in Parliament. This is part of the Government’s New Plan for Immigration, delivering the most comprehensive reform in decades to deliver a fair but firm immigration system. The Bill – a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
UK Innovation Strategy Today the Government is publishing the UK Innovation Strategy, ‘Leading the future by creating it.’ Innovation is central to tackling the largest challenges the world faces, from climate change to global pandemics. The UK must be in...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has strained our country’s resilience like nothing we have seen out of wartime, and the public has endured huge sacrifices. Our mission now is to respond by transforming the country for the better, levelling up, and making opportunit...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
Earlier this year, Ministers asked NHS England to set out options for boundary alignment in integrated care systems in specific geographies where upper-tier local authorities currently have to work across more than one ICS footprint and to assess the impa...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) Appointed Person reports covering England and Wales for the period 2017/18 to 2020/21, are today being laid before Parliament. The Appointed Person is independent of Government and scrutinises the circumstances and ma...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson), has made the following statement.The 31st report of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) is being published today. Its recommendations cover the remit issued in Decembe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Sajid Javid) has today made the following written ministerial statement:I am responding on behalf of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister to both the 34th Report of the NHS Pay Review Bo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 12 October 2020 [HCWS502] I told the House that I had issued invitations...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement:In 2019, our roads handled 88 per cent of all passenger travel by distance, the vast majority of it by car or van. Even doubling ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Hon Friend Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Domestic Environment) (Rebecca Pow) has made the following Statement. Defra has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £275,000. The requirement has arisen because ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution (Chloe Smith MP), has today made the following written statement:On 12 April, the Government announced that the Prime Minister had asked Nigel Boardman to investigate the developmen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs will incur new expenditure in connection with the government’s response to the Covid-1...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following statement:Today I am issuing a direction to the Department of Health, the Minister of Health, the Health and Social Care Board, and to the First and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Honourable Friend, the Minister for Asia (Nigel Adams), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I can today inform Parliament that the British Council, a non-departmental public body of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, wil...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Leo Docherty MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Today I am pleased to announce the Ministry of Defence’s intent to publish a Def...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Dominic Raab), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today, the UK has imposed asset freezes and travel bans on five individuals under the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 6 July, the Government introduced the Nationality and Borders Bill in Parliament. This is part of the Government’s ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:On 19 November 2020, the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) published their report entitled ‘‘GCHQ Accommodation Procurement: A Case Study’’.The procurement of Nova ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:I am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following Machinery of Government change.With effect from 1 August 2021, the Vaccine Taskforce will become a joint-unit o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Kwasi Kwarteng) has today made the following statement:UK Innovation Strategy Today the Government is publishing both the UK Innovation Strategy, ‘Leading the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Michael Gove MP), has today made the following written statement:The COVID-19 pandemic has strained our country’s resilience like nothing we have seen out of wartime, and the public has endured...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Health (Edward Argar) has today made the following written ministerial statement:Earlier this year, Ministers asked NHS England to set out options for boundary alignment in integrated care systems in specific geogra...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2021
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) Appointed Person reports covering England and Wales for the period 2017/18 to 20...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2021
I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Hon. Members to bring to their attention spend under the Industrial Development Act 1982. In addition to the obligation to report on spend under the Industrial Development Act annually, the Coronavirus Act 20...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2021
I am writing to notify Parliament of a contingent liability that will be created when the government signs the Host Country Agreement for hosting the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Chang...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2021
I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to respond to the loot box call for evidence. The call for evidence received over 30,000 responses which clearly reflects the immense amount of interest in the issue.The Government takes concerns about...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2021
The Report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review (IMMDS Review) was published on 8 July 2020.On 11 January, I updated the House on the government’s progress in responding to the recommendations of the IMMDS Review.I am pleased to ...