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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2026
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Jake Richards MP) has today made the following statement:"Today, the Government published its response to Isabelle Trowler’s independent review into the safeguarding of children ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2026
My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities (Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP) has made the following statement:The government has today published its formal response to the consultation on proposals to establi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2026
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Since I became Chancellor, the UK economy has grown by 2.1% - the fastest growth among European G7 economies in that peri...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2026
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Simpon Lightwood), has made the following Ministerial Statement.I wish to provide the House with an update on the implementation of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (the “AV Act”).Today...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2026
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Preet Kaur Gill MP) has made the following statement:This Government is committed to ensuring the safe, reliable and effective operation of our critical national infrastructure and our Natio...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2026
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Hilary Benn) has today made the following statement:I wish to inform the House that the report of the Robert Hamill Inquiry, originally chaired by Sir Edwin Jowitt and now by Sir John Evans, wi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
The Government is committed to improving victims’ confidence in the criminal justice system and ensuring that victims’ voices are heard throughout the prosecution process.Today, I am pleased to announce that, following successful testing in four Crown Pro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
Development of ports in England, as in other parts of the United Kingdom, is essential for supporting growth, energy resilience and energy transition. It is equally important that this development should take place with consideration for the environment, ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
In May, Year 6 children across England sat their end of Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Tests – known as SATs. Schools were expecting the results of these tests to be returned to them on Tuesday 7 July 2026 but I am informing the House that there will be ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
I am writing to update the House on the impacts of the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela and the action the Government is taking in response.On 24 June, two major earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 in magnitude, caused widespread destruction across sev...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
In February this year at the Munich Security Conference the United Kingdom, together with our European partners Sweden, Germany, France and the Netherlands, confirmed that prominent Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal tox...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
I refer honourable members to the oral statement I will make to the House today, 6 July, on the publication of the Police Leadership Commission report. The report is available at www.college.police.uk/police-leadership-commission.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
Today, the Security Minister and I have laid and published the Government’s full response to Philip Rycroft’s independent review into countering foreign financial influence and interference in UK politics, which we jointly commissioned in November 2025. W...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
Today, I would like to inform the House of the publication of the NHS Staff Standards, which will make staff experience an organisational priority within the NHS.It is crucial that we look after the people who look after us, not only because it is the rig...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Keir Mather), has made the following Ministerial Statement.Development of ports in England, as in other parts of the United Kingdom, is essential for supporting growth, energy resilien...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities (Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP) has made the following statement:In May, Year 6 children across England sat their end of Key Stage 2 National Curriculum Tests – kn...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories (Stephen Doughty MP) has today made the following statement:In February this year at the Munich Security Conference the United Kingdom, together with our Europea...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and Crime (Sarah Jones) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I refer honourable members to the oral statement I will make to the House today, 6 July, on the publication of the Police L...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Multilateral, Human Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean (Chris Elmore MP) has today made the following statement:I am writing to update the House on the impacts of the devastating ear...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (Steve Reed OBE MP) has today made the following statement:Today, the Security Minister and I have laid and published the Government’s full response to Philip ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2026
My Right Honourable Friend, the Solicitor General (Rt Hon Ellie Reeves KC MP) has today made the following statement in the other place.The Government is committed to improving victims’ confidence in the criminal justice system and ensuring that victims’ ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
[This is a joint statement made with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.]Human genomic data drives medical and scientific breakthroughs that benefit people by helping to identify some of the underlying factors in who will develop diseas...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
The Government is committed to maintaining the highest standards of information security, transparency, propriety, and record-keeping. These standards are essential to ensure public trust in how we make decisions.In recent years, the way we all communicat...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
In response to an oral question on Tuesday 23 June, I announced that the government will take forward a new approach on VAT on free-of-charge donations of medicines, consisting of either changes to the VAT rules or a reimbursement scheme. I can now give t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
On 13 April 2026, the Chair of the Southport Inquiry, Sir Adrian Fulford published his Phase 1 report. Sir Adrian sets out five fundamental failings, and makes 67 recommendations for central government, and a range of national and local partners to consid...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
Today, the Prime Minister has delivered an Apology on behalf of the state for historic forced adoption practices in England. These practices, which predominantly occurred between 1949 and 1976, involved mostly young, unmarried women being coerced into hav...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
I am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following Machinery of Government change.As part of the reforms the Government is making to nuclear regulation, I am today announcing that responsibility for the Office for Nuclear Regulatio...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
Today, the government is providing an update on HMRC’s Transformation Roadmap, setting out the progress made in the first year of delivery and sharing HMRC’s transformation priorities for 2026 to 2027.Published in July 2025, HMRC’s Transformation Roadmap ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Dan Tomlinson) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.In response to an oral question on Tuesday 23 June, I announced that the government will take forward a new approach on...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
It has been brought to my attention that five written answers given to Lord Scriven require correction.The replies to Parliamentary Questions HL15722, HL15723, HL15724, HL15725 and HL15726 stated or implied that the former Chief Executive’s redundancy aro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Preet Kaur Gill MP) has made the following statement:[This is a joint statement made with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.]Human genomic data drives medical and scienti...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Shabana Mahmood) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 13 April 2026, the Chair of the Southport Inquiry, Sir Adrian Fulford published his Phase 1 report. Sir Adrian ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities (Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP) has made the following statement:Today, the Prime Minister has delivered an Apology on behalf of the state for historic forced adop...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
I have made a statement under Section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 that, in my view, the provisions of the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Bill are compatible with the convention rights. A copy of the statement has been placed in the Li...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
My honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister (The Rt Hon Darren Jones MP) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Government is committed to maintaining the highest standards of information security, transparency, ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Dan Tomlinson) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today, the government is providing an update on HMRC’s Transformation Roadmap, setting out the progress made in the fir...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2026
I am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following Machinery of Government change.As part of the reforms the Government is making to nuclear regulation, I am today announcing that responsibility for the Office for Nuclear Regulatio...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
This Government inherited a prison system in crisis, with prisons on the verge of collapse. Dame Anne Owers’ Independent Review of Prison Capacity has set out that shortly after the announcement of the 2024 General Election at one point there were fewer t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
I wish to provide an update regarding the Civil Service Pension Scheme administered by Capita.Capita has been working to restore, to contractual levels, administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme following its failed transition in December last ye...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
Today the Government is announcing a major Call for Evidence on National Lottery good causes funding: National Lottery Good Causes: Fund What Matters To You. When John Major launched the National Lottery in 1994 he promised that the new lottery would give...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
I am today announcing that the year-round Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccination programme will be extended to include more adults at risk of severe illness. From 1st September 2026, individuals aged 65 to 74 years with specific chronic respiratory...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
High quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child’s outcomes, breaking down barriers to opportunity for every child. Recruiting, retaining and supporting expert teachers across schools and colleges is central to...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
I am pleased to inform the House of the Government’s publication of the Terms of Reference for a review into the organisation, performance, and transformation of the permanent Civil Service. This Government is committed to strengthening the delivery, acco...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
On 25 and 26 June, the Foreign Secretary attended the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 (URC26) in Gdańsk, Poland, where she was joined by the Deputy Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The annual conference is the major international recov...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
Please refer to the Oral Statement made earlier today.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
My Rt Hon. Friend the Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds MP) has today made the following statement:I wish to provide an update regarding the Civil Service Pension Scheme administered by Capita.Capita has be...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
My Right Honourable Friend the Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Rt Hon David Lammy MP) has today made the following statement:"This Government inherited a prison system in crisis, with prisons on the verge of coll...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The first job of any government is to keep people safe. Since I’ve been Chancellor, I’ve been clear that national security is c...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP:Today the Government is announcing a major Call for Evidence on Nati...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2026
My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities (Bridget Phillipson MP) has made the following statement:High quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child’s outcomes,...