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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
The Minister of State for Transport (Baroness Kramer): My Right Honourable friend, the Minister of State for Transport (John Hayes), has made the following Ministerial Statement: There is a critical need to improve the national networks to address road co...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. My noble friend Lord Levene of Portsoken has conducted the third annual review of the implementation of his Defence Reform r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Energy (Matthew Hancock) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement today. On 8 October 2013 as Minister for Energy and Climate Change, the Rt hon Michael Fallon MP announced the commencement ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My Rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Universities and Science (Greg Clark) has today made the following statement:I have today laid before Parliament a Command Paper “Our plan for growth: science and innovation”. The document sets out the Government...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My Honourable Friend The Minister for Disabled People (Mark Harper MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Government is pleased to announce that the first Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment, carried out by...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My Right Honourable Friend The Minister for Pensions (Steve Webb MP) has made the following Written Statement.I am today announcing the proposed automatic enrolment thresholds for next year.We intend to lay an Order before Parliament in the New Year whi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My hon. friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (Jane Ellison) has made the following written ministerial statement. We have today laid regulations to allow mitochondrial donation to prevent the transmission of serious mito...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My hon. friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (Jane Ellison) has made the following written ministerial statement. The Government has today published a response to the consultation on regulations to end smoking in private...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My hon. friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (Jane Ellison) has made the following written ministerial statement.The Government has today published Age of Sale for Nicotine Inhaling Products – consultation on proposed re...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Security and Immigration (James Brokenshire) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The interception of communications plays a vital role in preventing terrorist attacks and tackling serious and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime Prevention (Lynne Featherstone) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The “Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Animals Bred, Supplied or Used for Scientific Purposes”, is being la...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims (Mike Penning) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I have today placed in the Library my proposals for the aggregate amount of grant to Local Policing Bo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My rt hon friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Eric Pickles) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement I would like to update hon. Members on a series of steps we are taking to improve the quality of local govern...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
I am writing to report discussions at the Energy Council in Brussels on 9 December. The UK was represented by the Deputy Permanent Representative, UKREP.The Council discussed the governance of the 2030 climate and energy framework. The Commission emphasis...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
I shall be making a statement to the House, about a new contract for the Post Office card account, later today.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
Following their consideration of the Pre-Feasibility Study on the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster in October 2012, the House of Commons Commission and the House of Lords House Committee agreed that a more detailed study should be carr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
On 11 November 2014, I announced that HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (HMCIP) would undertake an independent investigation, which will, by early 2015, report in full on the facts and make recommendations. On 30 November, HMCIP provided me with his interim...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bates) has today made the following written ministerial statement:I am pleased to announce that today I am publishing the annual reports of the Biometrics Commissioner, National D...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
The Electoral Commission has today published its report on the Scottish Independence Referendum, held on 18 September 2014. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the issues relating to the referendum, from the passage of the legislation through ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
I chaired the third meeting of the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council in London on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 December. The key theme of this year’s Council was building the prosperity and economic development of the Territories. The Council wa...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held in Brussels on 9 December 2014. Ministers discussed the following items: Financial Transactions Tax The Presidency provided a state of play update on the Financial Transactions Tax, outlinin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My noble friend the Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton) 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, quarterl...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
At Autumn Statement 2014 the Government announced that it would review the increasing use of overarching contracts of employment by employment intermediaries such as ‘umbrella companies’. These arrangements enable workers to obtain tax relief for home to ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
The Treasury has laid before the House of Commons a report required under section 231 of the Banking Act 2009 covering the period from 1 April 2014 to 30 September 2014. Copies of the document are available in the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
The Armed Forces Covenant was launched in recognition of the obligation and debt that the Government and the Nation owe to those who serve, or have served, and to their families. Its two key principles are that members of the Armed Forces Community should...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
New Homes Bonus allocations My Department is announcing today £1.2 billion of provisional New Homes Bonus funding for local authorities in England. The New Homes Bonus rewards the delivery of additional homes and is a powerful, simple and transparent in...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Energy (Matthew Hancock) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement today.I am writing to report discussions at the Energy Council in Brussels on 9 December. The UK was represented by the Depu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My Right Honourable Friend The Minister for Pensions (Steve Webb MP) has made the following Written Statement.I shall be making a statement to the House, about a new contract for the Post Office card account, later today.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
I am pleased to announce that today I am publishing the annual reports of the Biometrics Commissioner, National DNA Database Strategy Board and the Surveillance Camera Commissioner.Mr Alastair MacGregor, the Biometrics Commissioner appointed under Section...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement."On 11 November 2014, I announced that HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (HMCIP) would undertake an ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (James Duddridge) has made the following written Ministerial statement:I chaired the third meeting of the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council i...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (George Osborne) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held in Brussels on 9 December 2014. Ministers discussed th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My honourable friend the Financial Secretary Secretary to the Treasury (David Gauke) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.At Autumn Statement 2014 the Government announced that it would review the increasing use of overarching contra...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
Following their consideration of the Pre-Feasibility Study on the Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster in October 2012, the House of Commons Commission and the House of Lords House Committee agreed that a more detailed study should be carr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
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 fourteenth report ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Andrea Leadsom) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Treasury has laid before the House of Commons a report required under section 231 of the Banking Act 2009 covering...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Armed Forces Covenant was launched in recognition of the obligation and debt that the Government and the Nation owe to ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Brandon Lewis) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. New Homes Bonus allocations My Department is announcing today £1.2 billion of provisional New Homes Bonus funding for loca...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
The next Agriculture and Fisheries Council will be on 15 and 16 December in Brussels. My hon. friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (George Eustice), will represent the UK. Richard Lochhead MSP and Mich...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
I represented the United Kingdom at the 21st Ministerial Council meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), held in Basel, Switzerland on 4-5 December 2014 and hosted by Swiss Federal President and OSCE Chairman-in-Office ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
Today I am publishing the Command Paper Cm 8985 ‘The benefit cap: a review of the first year’.This Review is published in line with the statement made by the then Minister for Employment on 1 February 2012. The document draws on a suite of evaluation co...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
Introduction The Firefighters Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 were laid in Parliament on 28 October. Reforms to pension schemes are essential. People are living longer, with the average 60-year-old living 10 years longer now than they did in the 1970s. As...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
Today the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Danny Alexander) and I have published and laid before Parliament an updated Charter for Budget Responsibility. This Charter must be approved by the House of Commons before it is brought into force. A debate and v...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
During a recent review of the annual fly-tipping data for England, it has come to my attention that an IT error by a local authority led to some inaccurate regional data being supplied to Defra, regarding the number of vehicle seizures for fly-tipping off...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following statement.The next Agriculture and Fisheries Council will be on 15 and 16 December in Brussels. My hon. friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Enviro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
My Right Honourable Friend the Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington) has made the following written Ministerial statement:I represented the United Kingdom at the 21st Ministerial Council meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Euro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
My Right Honourable Friend The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Iain Duncan Smith MP) has made the following Written Statement.Today I am publishing the Command Paper Cm 8985 ‘The benefit cap: a review of the first year’.This Review is publishe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Penny Mordaunt) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Introduction The Firefighters Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 were laid in Parliament on 2...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (George Osborne) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Today the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Danny Alexander) and I have published and laid before Parliament an updated ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
In February 2008, under the previous Government, Northern Rock was nationalised due to the financial crisis. In January 2010 the previous Government restructured the activities of Northern Rock between Northern Rock plc, a newly created company which was ...