State Opening of Parliament
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2016
Her Majesty the Queen will open a new session of this Parliament on Wednesday 18 May 2016.
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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2016
Her Majesty the Queen will open a new session of this Parliament on Wednesday 18 May 2016.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 March 2016
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Reserves (Mr Julian Brazier) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. In April 2014 all Air Cadet Organisation gliding was paused due to airworthiness concerns with th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2016
I would like to inform the House of the steps the Government is taking to make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world. Perhaps the single most important thing we can do is to create a learning rather than a blame culture, so that clinicians fee...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 March 2016
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Jeremy Hunt) has made the following written ministerial statement. I would like to inform the House of the steps the Government is taking to make the NHS the safest healthcare system in the world. Perh...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
I am today placing in the Library of the House the Department’s analysis on the application of Standing Order 83L in respect of the Government amendments tabled for Commons Report stage for the Enterprise Bill.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Baroness Neville-Rolfe) has today made the following statement. The Competitiveness Council took place in Brussels on Monday 29th February. I represented the U...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
I would like to update the House on recent developments on the Korean Peninsula, the international response and what actions the Government is taking.I remain deeply concerned by North Korea’s continued development of its nuclear and ballistic missile pro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
I am responding on behalf of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the 29th Report of the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB). The report has been laid before Parliament today (Cm9210 ). Copies of the report are available to hon Members from the Vote Office, ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
I am responding on behalf of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the 44th Report of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB). The report has been laid before Parliament today (Cm 9211). Copies of the report are available to hon M...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
I attended the EU-Turkey Summit and Informal European Council meeting in Brussels on 7 March. The context for this summit was the significant increase in the number of people crossing the Aegean from Turkey to Greece in the early months of 2016, compared ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
The fifteenth report of the Prison Service Pay Review Body (PSPRB) (Cm 9206) has been laid before Parliament today. The report makes recommendations on the pay for Governing Governors and other operational managers, prison officers and related support gra...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
The 2016 Report of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body (AFPRB) has now been published. I wish to express my thanks to the Chair and members of the Review Body for their Report. The AFPRB recommendations are to be accepted in full and will become effective f...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Brussels on 8 March 2016. EU Finance Ministers are due to discuss the following items:Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxationThe Council will hold a discu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
On Tuesday 8 March, to mark International Women’s Day, the Government is publishing it’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy for this Parliament. A copy will be placed in the House Library.We have made progress since publishing the original C...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council is due to be held on 10 and 11 March in Brussels. I will be attending Interior Day on behalf of the United Kingdom.Thursday (Interior Day) will begin with a discussion on migration, continued over lunch, during w...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
My right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Hugo Swire), has made the following written Ministerial statement:I would like to update the House on recent developments on the Korean Peninsula, the international re...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Jeremy Hunt) has made the following written ministerial statement. I am responding on behalf of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the 29th Report of the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB). The report ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Jeremy Hunt) has made the following written ministerial statement. I am responding on behalf of my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister to the 44th Report of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Rem...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation (Andrew Selous) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. "The fifteenth report of the Prison Service Pay Revi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The 2016 Report of the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body (AFPRB) has now been published. I wish to express my thanks to the Chair...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On Tuesday 8 March, to mark International Women’s Day, the Government is publishing it’s Violence Against Women and Gi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
My Rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise (Anna Soubry) has today made the following statement. I am today placing in the Library of the House the Department’s analysis on the application of Standing Order 83L in r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
The Competitiveness Council took place in Brussels on Monday 29th February. I represented the UK for the Internal Market and Industry discussion. The Council started with the ‘competitiveness check-up.’ The discussion focussed on the issue of scale-up wit...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
My honourable friend the Finacial 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 8 March 2016. EU Finance Ministers are...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons:I attended the EU-Turkey Summit and Informal European Council meeting in Brussels on 7 March. The context for this summit was the significant increase in the num...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2016
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council is due to be held on 10 and 11 March in Brussels. My Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary (Theresa May) will be attending Interior Day on behalf of the United Kingdom and I will be attending Justice Day. Th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 March 2016
In November 2015, the EU committed to provide €3bn of resources over 2016 and 2017 for Turkey under the EU-Turkey Action Plan. In return Turkey committed to enhance its support for Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey and to strengthen cooperation...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 March 2016
I am today setting out the Government’s response to the key recommendations of the independent review of the overseas domestic worker (ODW) visa, which was undertaken by James Ewins QC and published on 17 December 2015. The Government acknowledges the v...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 March 2016
The government is today launching the first stage of its consultation on national funding formulae for schools and high needs.As part of our commitment to governing as One Nation and to educational excellence everywhere, we must fund pupils with the same ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 March 2016
Today, jointly with Transport for the North (TfN), we are publishing the first annual update report on development of the Northern Transport Strategy. The report sets out progress across the full range of the transport strategy, covering roads, rail, smar...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 March 2016
My right Honourable Friend, Minister for Europe (David Lidington), has made the following written Ministerial statement:In November 2015, the EU committed to provide €3bn of resources over 2016 and 2017 for Turkey under the EU-Turkey Action Plan. In retur...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 March 2016
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Immigration (James Brokenshire) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am today setting out the Government’s response to the key recommendations of the independent review of the overseas dom...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 March 2016
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Andrew Jones), has made the following Ministerial Statement. Today, jointly with Transport for the North (TfN), we are publishing the first annual update report on development...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 March 2016
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Nicky Morgan) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The government is today launching the first stage of its consultation on national funding formulae for schools and high nee...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2016
Science and research are vital to our country’s prosperity, security and wellbeing. At a time of tight control over public spending, the Government continues to protect investment and support our world-class research base. The Government is protecting sci...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2016
During Prime Minister’s Questions on 2 March I should have said that the latest available figures show that there are 432 fewer secondary schools operating at full or over-capacity than there were in 2010, and not 453 schools (official report column 942).
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2016
I have today laid before Parliament a Ministry of Defence Departmental Minute describing a gifting of Land Rovers that the UK intends to make to the Government of Bulgaria. This gift meets a specific Bulgarian request for assistance to help patrol its bor...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2016
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Universities and Science (Jo Johnson) has today made the following statement. Science and research are vital to our country’s prosperity, security and wellbeing. At a time of tight control over public spending, the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2016
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Michael Fallon) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I have today laid before Parliament a Ministry of Defence Departmental Minute describing a gifting of Land Rovers that the UK...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will take place on 7th March 2016 in Brussels. The Council will be invited to seek a general approach on the Proposal for a Council Decision on guidelines for employment policies in Member...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
The Government is focused on delivering maritime sector growth in the United Kingdom. This includes enhancing government leadership and creating a supportive environment that will enable the sector to thrive. The vital work of the General Lighthouse Autho...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
In June 2015, I announced plans to move UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) into the private sector. The company’s success means there is strong market interest in GIB from private sector investors and 100% Government funding is no longer needed.The compan...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
I am today publishing the Government’s target in respect of the economic impact of new regulation on business for this Parliament, along with related matters as required under section 21 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (“the Act”...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
I will attend the EU Environment Council in Brussels on the 4th March, along with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change, Lord Bourne. The Scottish Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Dr Aileen McLeod MSP, will...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
The Government was elected with a manifesto commitment to build a new fleet of four Successor ballistic missile submarines. On 23 November 2015, the Government announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) that the Successor Submarine Prog...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
Today the Government and Northern Ireland Executive have published a progress report on the Northern Ireland Economic Pact. The “Building a Prosperous and United Community: 2016 Progress Report”, highlights our successes since the Economic Pact was first ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
A meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council took place on 25th February, which I attended on behalf of the UK. The Council began with a discussion on the European Commission’s proposal for an amendment to the Schengen Border Code to make syste...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Robert Goodwill) has made the following Ministerial Statement. The Government is focused on delivering maritime sector growth in the United Kingdom. This includes enhancing government leadership a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
My Right Honourable Friend The Minister for Employment (Priti Patel MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will take place on 7th March 2016 in Brussels. The Council will be invited ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2016
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Rory Stewart) has today made the following statement.I will attend the EU Environment Council in Brussels on the 4th March, along with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change,...