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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 March 2015
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs (Jo Swinson) has today made the following statement. Advice and Guidance services currently provided by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline will transfer...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 March 2015
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I wish to inform the House of progress in responding to the High Court’s decision in 2013 that a process akin to a Coroner’s ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 March 2015
My Noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Baroness Verma) and I attended EU Environment Council in Brussels on 6 March.After adopting the agenda, Climate Ministers discussed the Commission’...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 March 2015
My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Minister for Intellectual Property (Baroness Neville-Rolfe) has today made the following statement.As an Executive Agency and Trading Fund of the Department fo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 March 2015
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 12 and 13 March in Brussels. My hon Friend the Minister of State for Civil Justice and Legal Policy (Lord Faulks QC) and I attended on behalf of the United Kingdom. The following items were discussed....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 March 2015
As an Executive Agency and Trading Fund of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, we set targets which are agreed by Ministers and laid before Parliament. For 2015 – 2018 our targets are: We will complete all necessary steps for the domestic ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 March 2015
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Dan Rogerson) has today made the following statement.My Noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Baroness Verma) and I attended EU En...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 March 2015
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has made the following written statement. "The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 12 and 13 March in Brussels. My Honourable Friend the Ministe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2015
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 9 March 2015 in Brussels. Shan Morgan, Deputy UK Permanent Representative to the EU, represented the UK.The Council held a policy debate on the European Semester 2015. The UK, suppo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2015
At its meeting on 16 March, the Commission again considered implementation of the recommendations of the Committee on House of Commons Governance.The Commission noted that the House of Commons Commission Bill passed all its Commons stages on 24 February a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2015
As part of the Supplementary Estimates 2014-15, Parliamentary approval for additional resource of £34,201,000, additional capital of £28,255,000 and additional cash of £4,344,000 is sought for the Security and Intelligence Agencies to reflect a number of ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2015
The Government has published its report of the work of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce - ‘Future in mind: promoting, protecting and improving our children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing’. The work of t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2015
The main recommendations put forward by the Low Pay Commission concern the rates of the National Minimum Wage. The Commission has recommended that the adult hourly rate of the National Minimum Wage should increase from £6.50 to £6.70. The Commission has r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2015
My Right Honourable Friend The Minister for Employment (Esther McVey MP) has made the following Written Statement. The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 9 March 2015 in Brussels. Shan Morgan, Deputy UK Permanent Repre...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2015
My Right Honourable friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Francis Maude) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:As part of the Supplementary Estimates 2014-15, Parliamentary approval for additional resource of £34...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2015
My Rt Hon friend the Minister of State, Department of Health (Norman Lamb) has made the following written ministerial statement. The Government has published its report of the work of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce -...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 March 2015
My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Vince Cable) has today made the following statement.The main recommendations put forward by the Low Pay Commission concern the rates of the National Minimum Wage. The Commission ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2015
My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement on 13 March 2015. I would like to update the House on the actions t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2015
On Thursday 12 March I published the Department for Education’s review of asbestos management in schools. The review was initiated following a statement by the Department of Health’s Committee on Carcinogenicity on the vulnerability of children to asbesto...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2015
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the informal Foreign Ministers meeting on 6-7 March in Riga, Latvia.The informal format of the Gymnich allows EU Foreign Ministers to engage in a free-ranging ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2015
I would like to inform the House of plans to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE Day. On VE Day in 1945 millions of people across the UK and abroad, shared a sense of relief and euphoria that the war in Europe was over. The 70th anniversary is an oppor...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2015
I would like to update the House that a report into the main findings of the Muslim Brotherhood Review will be published alongside the Government’s new counter-extremism strategy.As we consider broader policy questions emerging from the review and the wid...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2015
“My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Schools (Mr David Laws) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On Thursday 12 March I published the Department for Education’s review of asbestos management in schools. The review was ini...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2015
My Right Honourable Friend the Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington) has made the following written Ministerial statement:My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the informal Foreign Ministers mee...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2015
My Rt Hon. Friend the Leader of the House of Commons has made the following statement to the House of Commons: I would like to inform the House of plans to commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE day. On VE Day in 1945 millions of people across the UK and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2015
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons: I would like to update the House that a report into the main findings of the Muslim Brotherhood Review will be published alongside the Government’s new counter-...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 March 2015
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 (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill are compatible with the convention rights. A copy of the statement has been pl...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 March 2015
I would like to update the House on the actions that the Coalition Government has put in place to support a healthy and prosperous private rented sector. The private rented sector is an important part of the housing market providing flexibility and allowi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
On 4 February 2015 I made a statement to the House announcing my intention to appoint Justice Lowell Goddard to head the Independent Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry, and that I would be disbanding the former Inquiry and would be setting up a new statutory inqu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
Access to Work plays a key part in building a Disability Confident Britain. In 2013/14 Access to Work spent £108m to help 35,540 disabled people enter or remain in work, over 4,000 more than in 2012/13. I want to build on this by continuing to improve cus...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
The commercial process for the exit of Remploy Employment Services as announced to the both Houses in July 2014 is now complete. The Remploy Board and DWP have agreed that Remploy Employment Services will be established as a new company, free from Governm...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
I am pleased to inform the House that the triennial review of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) as a Non-Departmental Public Body and a Scientific Advisory Committee has now been completed and its findings will be published later today. The ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
I am today announcing funding of £1 million to support the development of the Big Bike Revival – a programme of activities on the ground, designed to unlock cycling potential by encouraging people who don’t currently cycle but would actively consider it, ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
I will attend the first Transport Council under the Latvian Presidency (the Presidency) taking place in Brussels on Friday 13 March. There are only two main agenda items for discussion. The first item on the agenda will be a policy debate on the Market ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
I am writing to report discussions at the Energy Council in Brussels on 5 March at which I represented the UK. The Council discussed the Commission’s Communication on the Energy Union which had been published on 25 February. The Commission described the k...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Graham Farrant as the next Chief Executive of the Land Registry and Chief Land Registrar. He will take on his new role in June. His appointment follows an open competition following the announcement in September...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
I announce to the House that under powers in section 1 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 I have formally appointed (through Appointment Order SI 2015/376) Highways England to be the strategic highways company with effect from 1 April 2015. This marks a sign...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
The next Agriculture and Fisheries Council will be on 16 March 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 Rebecca Evans ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
When I made my statement to the House on 6 March 2014 [Official Report column 1061], announcing the findings of the Stephen Lawrence Independent Review by Mark Ellison QC, I announced that there would be a judge-led statutory inquiry into undercover polic...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
On 22 July 2014, I announced in a written ministerial statement the commencement of the triennial review of VisitBritain (VB) and VisitEngland (VE). I am now pleased to announce the completion of the review and publication of the final report. The review ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
I would like to update the House on the implementation of the recommendations made in the report of the Al-Sweady Inquiry, chaired by Sir Thayne Forbes, and published on 17 December 2014. As I explained in my statement to Parliament (Official Report, colu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (the Act) requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant three-month period on the exercise of her TPI...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
On 18 July 2011 (Official Report col 84WS), I announced plans to implement the Government’s commitment to end the testing of household products in animals using licensing powers provided by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. Since that time, th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
Today, I am pleased to draw the attention of both Houses to the publication of two reports relating to intelligence matters and the use of intrusive powers in the UK. While each report has a different origin and focus, they both support this Government’s ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
The Police Federation of England and Wales commissioned Sir David Normington to lead an independent review of its own operation and structures, which published its report early in 2014. The report raised significant concerns about the functioning and cult...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
The Government did not opt in to the European Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a European Union agency for law enforcement training (CEPOL), repealing and replacing the Council Decision 2005/681/JHA.The Commission’s proposal is intended...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
Following last summer’s public consultation on reform of the Riot (Damages) Act 1886, I am today publishing the Home Office response to that consultation, together with draft legislation that shows how we intend to implement our final proposals. These pro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
The National Crime Agency was established to lead the fight to cut serious and organised crime, and to focus on the relentless disruption of serious and organised criminals. It has the power to task other law enforcement and a capability that reaches from...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
I have today laid before the House a departmental Minute proposing the gifting of equipment to the 3rd Land Border Regiment of the Lebanese Armed Forces.Contagion from the worsening crisis in Syria is having a direct effect on its neighbours, particularly...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 March 2015
I wish to update the House about our plans for funding conflict prevention, stabilisation, security and peacekeeping activities for the financial year 2015/16. As announced in the Spending Round 2013, the Government has introduced a new, more strategic ap...