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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial StatementHM Treasury and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury have agreed additional Resource DEL funding of £40,500,000 for National S...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The UK’s status as a global financial centre, our openness to trade and investment, and the ease of doing business here are ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I have today laid before Parliament an update to the Special Resolution Regime Code of Practice. This update accounts for the tran...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2020
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Covid-19 is the biggest threat this country has faced in decades and, throughout the first and now second waves of the viru...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2020
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today I can inform the House that I have asked the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to prepare an economic and fiscal...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.On 24 November, in a Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) (HCWS595), I committed to working with the Financial Conduct Author...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2020
In line with the approach set out in the Spending Review document on 25 November (CP 330), the Government will use the September Consumer Price Index (CPI) figure (0.5%) as the basis for setting all National Insurance limits and thresholds, and the rates ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2020
On 29 August, shortly before the inauguration of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), I announced that I wanted to reinforce the Independent Commission for Aid Impact's (ICAI) role in helping Government deliver maximum impact for UK ai...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2020
The next meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee will take place on 17 December 2020, by video conference, hosted by the EU.The meeting will be co-chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, and Vice President ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2020
Today the Government is publishing the response to the consultation on the standard method for assessing Local Housing Need and setting out further steps in our plan to increase housing delivery as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.Our manifesto set o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2020
The Government introduced the Follower Notice regime in Finance Act 2014, following a consultation titled ‘Raising the Stakes on Tax Avoidance’. The Government considers that the Follower Notice regime is an important element in the legal framework availa...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2020
I have made a statement under Section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 that, in my view, the provisions of the Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill are compatible with the convention rights. A copy of the statement has been placed in the Library of...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2020
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Dominic Raab), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 29 August, shortly before the inauguration of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Develo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2020
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Cabinet Office (Michael Gove MP), has today made the following Written Statement:The next meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee will take place on 17 December 2020,...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2020
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:Today the Government is publishing the response to the consultation on the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
Today I am publishing a paper on the characteristics of group-based child sexual exploitation, which was prompted by high profile cases of sexual grooming in towns including Rochdale and Rotherham. An External Reference Group, consisting of independent ex...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
I have today laid before both Houses a copy of the annual report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner 2019. The report was drafted and submitted by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, Sir Brian Leveson QC.Overall, this report demonstrates that the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
At the beginning of Prime Minister’s Questions on 18 November, I updated the House on the Cabinet Office investigation into the unauthorised disclosure on 30 October of the decision to put in place further restrictions across England to combat the spread ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
The UK spends around £290 billion per year on public procurement. Leaving the EU offers us a huge opportunity to reform how this money is spent so that it better meets the needs of this country. We can create a new, simpler procurement regime that will re...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
This government is committed to levelling up opportunity for everyone, no matter what their background. We are also determined to eliminate discrimination in the workplace. To meet those ambitions, we must ensure that policy and advice on equality is evid...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
My Right Honourable friend Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility (Lord Callanan) has today made the following statement:This statement sets the Government’s Business Impact Target in respect of the economic...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
Since 2010, the Government has been at the forefront of opening up data to allow Parliament, the public and the media to hold public bodies to account.Despite the need to reprioritise resources to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, tremendous progress cont...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
On Saturday, 12 December, the United Kingdom co-convened the Climate Ambition Summit with the United Nations and France, and in partnership with Chile and Italy, on the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement. The Summit marked a major milestone on the roa...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
As a government we have made it a national priority that education and childcare settings should continue to operate as normally as possible during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and we have continued to work with the profession to continue full-tim...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:At the beginning of Prime Minister’s Questions on 18 November, I updated the House on the Cabinet Office investigation into the unauthorised disclosure on 30 October of the decision to p...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:I have today laid before both Houses a copy of the annual report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner 2019. The report was drafted and submitted by the Investigatory Powers Commissio...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
Today my Honourable Colleague, Julia Lopez, Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office, announced the publication of a Green Paper and public consultation on 'Transforming Public Procurement':The UK spends around £290 billion per year on public procure...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today I am publishing a paper on the characteristics of group-based child sexual exploitation, which was prompted by h...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
My Right Honourable Friend The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Dr Thérèse Coffey MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Government’s Plan for Jobs is already supporting people back into employment. Jobcentres are open across the countr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
My Hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Secretary (Julia Lopez MP) has today made the following written statement:This government is committed to levelling up opportunity for everyone, no matter what their background. We are also determined to eliminate discrim...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
This statement sets the Government’s Business Impact Target in respect of the economic impact on business of qualifying regulatory provisions which come into, or cease to be, in force for this Parliament, and covers related matters as required under secti...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
My Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution (Chloe Smith MP) has today made the following written statement:Since 2010, the Government has been at the forefront of opening up data to allow Parliament, the public and the media...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA 2010), the Treasury is required to prepare a quarterly report regarding its...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma has today made the following statement:On Saturday, 12 December, the United Kingdom co-convened the Climate Ambition Summit with the United Nations ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2020
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following written ministerial statement.As a government we have made it a national priority that education and childcare settings should continue to operate as...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
The third round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations with Australia took place between 23rd November and 4th December. During the two weeks, negotiators completed 46 discussions, spanning the breadth of the Free Trade Agreement. For every area, text was s...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
On 10 December, I imposed asset freezes and travel bans on 11 individuals and an asset freeze on one entity under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020. This was the third set of designations under this regime since the Regulations were laid ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
Between Monday 23 and Thursday 26 November, 2020 I chaired, with Baroness Sugg, the Eighth UK-Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council. The meeting was held virtually and was attended by OT Leaders and elected representatives from Anguilla, Ascensio...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
Today the Government has published the Energy White Paper which sets out the strategic vision for how we will transform our energy system to build a cleaner, greener future for our country, people and planet. Building on the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Pla...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
On 15 July 2020 a written ministerial statement (HLWS361/HCWS369) welcomed the statements from eight Overseas Territories committing to introduce publicly accessible registers of company beneficial ownership. In a welcome step forward, the British Virgin ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
At Spring Budget 2020, the Chancellor announced funding for substance misuse treatment and recovery services for vulnerable people sleeping rough in England. Today, I am announcing the allocations of this year’s funding, totalling £23 million across 43 pr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
Under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA 2010), the Treasury is required to prepare a quarterly report regarding its exercise of the powers conferred on it by Part 1 of TAFA 2010. This written statement satisfies that requirement for the per...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
I would like to inform the House that the Government, along with the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Government, will be updating the blood donor selection criteria. This move will enable men who have sex with men in a long-...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
The Government’s Plan for Jobs is already supporting people back into employment. Jobcentres are open across the country, including 262 Jobcentres that recently started opening on Saturdays, and we are now making over 750,000 contacts a week. With an extr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade (Liz Truss MP) has today made the following statement.The third round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations with Australia took place between 23rd November and 4th December. During the two wee...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Dominic Raab) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: On 10 December, I imposed asset freezes and travel bans on 11 individuals and an asset fre...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
My hon Friend the Minister for the European Neighbourhood and the Americas (Wendy Morton) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: Between Monday 23 and Thursday 26 November, 2020 I chaired, with Baroness Sugg, the Eighth UK-Overseas Te...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma has today made the following statement:Today the Government has published the Energy White Paper which sets out the strategic vision for how we will...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
My hon Friend the Minister for the European Neighbourhood and the Americas (Wendy Morton) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: On 15 July 2020 a written ministerial statement (HLWS361/HCWS369) welcomed the statements from eight Over...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2020
My Hon. Friend, the Minister for rough sleeping and housing (Kelly Tolhurst) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:At Spring Budget 2020, the Chancellor announced funding for substance misuse treatment and recovery services for vulner...