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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 July 2015
Before 1991, thousands of patients contracted HIV, hepatitis C, or both viruses, from treatment with NHS-supplied blood or blood products. This is aptly described by many as one of the great tragedies of modern health care and on the 25 March 2015 the Pri...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
As part of our commitment to cleaner air the Government will amend the current Environmental Permitting Guidance to state clearly that all Small Waste Oil Burners burning waste oils in England fall under the scope of the Industrial Emission Directive. Thi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
Today I am launching a public consultation on revised subject content for seven GCSEs and five A levels which will be taught from 2017. This represents an important step in the third phase of GCSE and A level reform. Our aims for GCSE and A level reform a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
I have published today “Learning not blaming” (CM9113), which sets out the Government’s position on the Freedom to Speak Up Consultation, the Public Administration Select Committee report ‘Investigating Clinical Incidents in the NHS’, and Dr Bill Kirkup’s...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
I am responding on behalf of my Rt hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the Seven Day Services Reports of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) and the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB). The reports have been laid before Parliament (CM9107...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
On 12 March 2015, I made a statement to the House announcing the establishment of the statutory inquiry into undercover policing and the appointment of Lord Justice Pitchford as its Chairman. The inquiry is to be undertaken by Lord Justice Pitchford alone...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
In April 2015 the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) informed the Home Office that information in a number of files they held on behalf of the relevant Northern Ireland departments had been destroyed between 2010 and 2013. The bulk of this action was un...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
The first report of the Police Remuneration Review Body was published today. In line with my letter setting the Body’s remit, it has made recommendations on pay and allowances for police officers up to and including the rank of Chief Superintendent in Eng...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
I am pleased to announce that today my hon Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and I are publishing the annual report of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) (HC 286). Copies of the report have been laid before the House and will...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
On 11 November 2014, the previous Justice Secretary made a statement about the apparent recording and monitoring of confidential communications between a prisoner and their Member of Parliament (MP). It was thought that the communications between prison...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
I am pleased to release today the Ministry of Defence’s formal response to the Service Complaints Commissioner’s (SCC) annual report for 2014 on the fairness, effectiveness and efficiency of the Service complaints system. The SCC’s report commented on the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
On 23 June 2015 the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice announced his intention to work with the judiciary to reform the courts and tribunals in England and Wales. Reform will bring quicker and fairer access to justice and create a justice ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
I am pleased to announce that I have agreed with my Rt. Hon friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Greg Hands MP) to inject new capital into CDC Group plc – the UK’s development finance institution – to create jobs, boost growth and in doing so help ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
I have today laid before both Houses copies of the half-yearly report from the Interception of Communications Commissioner, the Right Honourable Sir Anthony May, who is appointed by me to keep under review the compliance by public authorities with Part 1 ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) is committed to providing high quality, cost effective and compassionate support to British nationals abroad, focusing on vulnerable groups and those that most need our help.In January 2015, my right Honourable ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
I am pleased to provide Parliament with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s annual statement of Government support for the principles and institutions of international justice in 2014/15 and our plans for the year ahead. Tomorrow marks International Jus...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My Noble Friend the Minister of State for Civil Justice (Lords Minister), Lord Faulks QC, attended the Justice and Home Affairs Council on the 16 June, where a General Approach was agreed on the General Data Protection Regulation. Notwithstanding seriou...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
I am today laying before Parliament the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2015, which will end the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) in December 2015. The Electoral Commission has recomm...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
In 2014, 14 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 · 16 July 2015
On 9th September 2014 my predecessor, Sajid Javid MP, announced an independent review into TV Licence Fee Enforcement. The obligation to conduct a review of the sanctions regime for TV licence evasion is contained in section 77 of the Deregulation Act 201...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
I have today published and laid before Parliament, the Department for International Development’s Annual Report and Accounts for the year 2014-15. The report provides information on DFID’s activities during 2014-15 in line with the International Develop...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
In 2014, 5,307 parking fines incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in the United Kingdom were brought to our attention by councils. These totalled £536,289.The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has held meetings with a number of mi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
The House may welcome an update on the military campaign against ISIL in Iraq and Syria. ISIL presents a direct threat to the UK and to UK interests and the Government has been playing a key role in the Global Counter-ISIL Coalition since its formation la...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
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 · 16 July 2015
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 2014 as advised by Transport for London was £87,440,287. The table below shows t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
World class schools are a vital part of the Government’s long term economic plan, and are one of the key drivers of the productive economy of the future. We are therefore committed to making school funding fairer, to maintaining the amount of money that f...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
Under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (”TAFA 2010”), the Treasury is required to report to Parliament, quarterly, on its operation of the UK’s asset freezing regime mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 1373.This is the sixteenth report un...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
I am pleased to lay and publish the Chief Coroner’s second annual report to the Lord Chancellor, under section 36 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (‘the 2009 Act’). The report covers the Chief Coroner’s work in 2014 and the first half of 2015 and is...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 20 July. The Foreign Affairs Council will be chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My noble friend the Minister of State for Civil Justice (Lord Faulks QC) has made the following Written Statement. "In response to widespread concerns about the high number of whiplash claims and the impact they have on the price of motor insuranc...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
With the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, I will today publish the second Annual Report of the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO). The JCIO provides support to the Lord Chief Justice and myself in our joint responsibility for the system...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
The previous government updated the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (the Victims’ Code) in 2013 to give victims clear entitlements - including the right to ask to read their personal statement to the court - and to give greater flexibility to core...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
I have today placed a copy of the Annual Statement on the Government Wine Cellar for the Financial Year 2014-15 in the Libraries of both Houses.Following the outcome of the review of the Government Hospitality Wine Cellar in 2011, this fourth Annual State...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
An informal meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council took place on 9 and 10 July in Luxembourg. I attended on the Interior Day (9 July), and the UK was represented by senior officials on the Justice Day (10 July). The following items were dis...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
On Tuesday 25 November 2014 the Triennial Review of the Information Commissioner’s Office was announced in Parliament. The Review was publicised on my Department’s website and stakeholders were invited to contribute through a Call for Evidence. I am gra...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 12 March 2015, I made a statement to the House announcing the establishment of the statutory inquiry into undercove...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice and Victims (Mike Penning) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to announce that today my hon Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
In the ‘Iran: Nuclear Deal’ statement of Wednesday 15 July (HL Deb, col 587) I mistakenly told the noble Lady, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, that the ‘Road Map for the Clarification of Past and Present Outstanding Issues Regarding Iran’s Nuclear Progra...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Jeremy Hunt) has made the following written ministerial statement.I have published today “Learning not blaming” (CM9113), which sets out the Government’s position on the Freedom to Speak Up Consultation...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Karen Bradley) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:In April 2015 the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) informed the Home Office that information in a number o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel and Veterans (Mr Mark Lancaster) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to release today the Ministry of Defence’s formal response to ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The first report of the Police Remuneration Review Body was published today. In line with my letter setting the Body’s...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation (Andrew Selous) has made the following Written Statement."On 11 November 2014, the previous Justice Secretary made a sta...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid (Shailesh Vara) has made the following Written Statement."On 23 June 2015 the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice anno...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Philip Hammond), has made the following written Ministerial statement:The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) is committed to providing high quality, cost effect...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Philip Hammond), has made the following written Ministerial statement:I am pleased to provide Parliament with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s annual statement ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for International Development (Justine Greening) has made the following statement: I have today published and laid before Parliament, the Department for International Development’s Annual Report and Accou...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Philip Hammond), has made the following written Ministerial statement:In 2014, 14 serious and significant offences allegedly committed by people entitled to diplomat...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My Honourable friend the Minister for Constitutional Reform (John Penrose) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: I am today laying before Parliament the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 (Transitional Provisions) Order 201...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Minister for Human Rights (Dominic Raab) has made the following Written Statement."My Noble Friend the Minister of State for Civil Justice (Lords Minister), Lord Faulks QC...