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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Robert Goodwill) has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am today announcing to the House the Government’s package of measures to provide assistance to owner occupiers along the line of rou...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My honourable Friend , Minister for State for Energy and Climate Change made the following statement today.This statement concerns the application made by National Grid Carbon Limited under the Planning Act 2008 on 18 June 2014 for the construction of a p...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Michael Gove) has made the following Written Statement."This Government is committed to making sure our prisons become places of reform, where offenders can change the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My honourable Friend , Minister for State for Energy and Climate Change made the following statement today.This statement concerns an application made under the Planning Act 2008 by SMart Wind Limited on 30 January 2015 for a proposed development known as...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today I am publishing a report of the Biometrics Commissioner, on the retention of biometric material by the police on...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My hon. Frriend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Jane Ellison) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am today announcing that a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination pilot for men who have sex with men (MSM) will start this Ju...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Universities and Science (Jo Johnson) has today made the following statement.I can confirm that I am laying regulations today, which are subject to Parliamentary scrutiny, to launch a new postgraduate master’s loan....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My honorable friend the The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Harriett Baldwin) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA 2010), the Treasury is required to report to Parliament, qu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My honorable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (David Gauke) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.A double taxation convention with Uruguay was signed on 24 February 2016 and with the United Arab Emirates on 12 April 201...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Many people in this country of different faiths follow religious codes and practices, and benefit from the guidance th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
The final report of the Insurance Fraud Taskforce was published on 18 January 2016. It was established as an independent body by HM Treasury and the Ministry of Justice in January 2015 in order ‘to investigate the causes of fraudulent behaviour and recomm...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for International Development (Justine Greening) has made the following statement:I would like to update the House on my recent visit to the World Humanitarian Summit, where I headed the UK delegation. Th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My Right Honourable Friend, Minister for Europe (David Lidington), has made the following written Ministerial statement:My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the Foreign Affairs Council on 23 May a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons: The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) reported in March 2015 on Women in the UK Intelligence Community, and today I am laying the Government’s response ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Children & Families (Edward Timpson) has made the following Ministerial Statement.Today I am publishing Alan Wood’s review of the role and functions of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), along w...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (Mr Ed Vaizey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council will take place in Brussels on 31st May. Baroness Neville-Ro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
During oral questions on Monday 25 April I said that the Bowes Museum and Durham County Council split the profits of a recent Yves Saint Laurent exhibition. I should have said that the Bowes Museum and Durham County Council are in the process of setting u...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following statement.My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment (George Eustice), represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:A meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 20 May. I attended on behalf of the UK. The Counci...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
On 12 May, I attended the Foreign Affairs Council for Development in Brussels. The meeting was chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, Federica Mogherini. She a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Sajid Javid) has today made the following statement.Today the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced its decision to create a combined BIS headquarters and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
I represented the UK at the EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) in Brussels on 13 May 2016. A summary of the main discussions follows. EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)Trade Commissioner Malmström introduced CETA and made clear t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Patrick McLoughlin), has made the following Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to inform the house that my department has published its refreshed programme for rail franchising. Through thi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 May 2016
My Right Honourable Friend John Penrose MP made the following statement in the House of Commons today:It is normal practice, when a government department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 for which there is no specific sta...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 May 2016
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Brussels on 25 May 2016. EU Finance Ministers are due to discuss the following items: Anti-Tax Avoidance Package The Presidency will seek a Council general approach on a compromise te...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 May 2016
The Telecommunications Council will take place in Brussels on 26th May 2016.The UK’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Shan Morgan, will represent the UK. Below are the agenda items and the positions we intend to adopt. The first item is for agre...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 May 2016
Yesterday I tabled a motion inviting the House to approve the appointment of Lucy Scott-Moncrieff CBE, a former President of the Law Society of England and Wales, as Commissioner for Standards for the House of Lords. The current Commissioner is Paul Kerna...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 May 2016
My honorable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (David Gauke) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Brussels on 25 May 2016. EU Finance Ministers are...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 May 2016
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (Mr Ed Vaizey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Telecommunications Council will take place in Brussels on 26th May 2016.The UK’s Deputy Permanent Repres...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 May 2016
My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Sceretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Minister for Intellectual Property (Baroness Neville-Rolfe) has today made the following statement.The Competitiveness Council is taking place in Brussels o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 May 2016
The Competitiveness Council is taking place in Brussels on 26th May -27th May. I will be representing the UK on day one (internal market and industry) with Shan Morgan (Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU) representing the UK on day two (research an...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 May 2016
My Right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Wales (Alun Cairns) made the following Written Ministerial Statement on 19 May 2016:The Government’s second legislative programme announced in the Queen’s Speech on 18 May contains a wide range of meas...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 23 May and I will attend the General Affairs Council on 24 May. The Foreign Affairs Council will be chaired by the High Repre...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
Yesterday, (18 May 2016) I laid the response to the National Infrastructure Commission consultation [CM 9289]. This reconfirms the government’s plans to establish the Commission via primary legislation, and sets out a number of areas where policy has deve...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
Following yesterday’s State Opening of Parliament, and for the convenience of the House, I am listing the Bills, which were announced yesterday: Better Markets BillBill of RightsBus Services BillChildren and Social Work BillCounter-Extremism and Safeguard...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
Following the passage of the Scotland Act 2016, the Scottish Parliament is now poised to become one of the most powerful devolved parliaments in the world. Ensuring the smooth transfer of those new powers will be a major priority for the UK Government ove...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
The second session UK legislative programme unveiled in the Queen’s Speech on 18 May includes a number of measures directly relevant to the people of Northern Ireland. The majority of the 22 new Bills containing provisions that apply in Northern Ireland e...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
The Government’s second legislative programme announced in the Queen’s Speech on 18 May contains a wide range of measures that will apply to Wales either in full or in part. The following Bills and draft Bills will extend to in whole or in part: Better Ma...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
My right honorable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Greg Hands) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Yesterday, (18 May 2016) I laid the response to the National Infrastructure Commission consultation [CM 9289]. This recon...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
My Right Honourable Friend, Minister for Europe (David Lidington), has made the following written Ministerial statement:My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 23 Ma...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
Following yesterday’s State Opening of Parliament, and for the convenience of the House, I am listing the Bills which were announced yesterday:Better Markets BillBill of RightsBus Services BillChildren and Social Work BillCounter-Extremism and Safeguardin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
My Right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Scotland (David Mundell) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Following the passage of the Scotland Act 2016, the Scottish Parliament is now poised to become one of the most power...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 May 2016
My Right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Theresa Villiers) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The second session UK legislative programme unveiled in the Queen’s Speech on 18 May includes a number of ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 May 2016
The Informal Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 19-20 April in Amsterdam. Emily Shirtcliff, Deputy Director in the BIS Labour Market Directorate, represented the United Kingdom. The first day involved a plenary session o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 May 2016
My Noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon) has made the following Ministerial Statement:The Department for Transport’s three motoring services agencies (the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 May 2016
Ownership of the most significant works within the Ministry of Defence Art Collection (MODAC) is to be transferred to other public institutions in order to ensure their continued protection and public display. The MODAC currently comprises more than 2,000...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 May 2016
My right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Baroness Anelay of St Johns), has made the following written Ministerial statement:In September 2013, the UK became the first country to implement the UN Guiding Princ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 May 2016
An informal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held in Amsterdam on 22-23 April 2016. EU Finance Ministers discussed the following items:EU BudgetFollowing an introduction from Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva, Ministe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 May 2016
At the Summer Budget the Chancellor announced that HM Treasury will establish the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) before the end of the financial year to support the UK’s foreign policy and national security goals and help maintain the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 May 2016
My noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment (Lord Price) has today made the following statement. The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) will take place in Brussels on 13 May 2016. Lord Price will represent the UK. In relation to WTO Pos...