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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 March 2020
I am today confirming details of the next round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, which opens in 2021. The latest round will be open to renewable technologies including onshore wind and solar, with proposals to introduce floating offshore wind. This...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 March 2020
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The van benefit charge and fuel benefit charges for cars and vans will be uprated by the Consumer Price Index from...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 March 2020
My honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work (Justin Tomlinson MP) has made the following Written Statement.I would like to update the House on the Department’s plans, under the Health Transformation Programme, to refor...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 March 2020
My Rt honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, made the following Statement today:I am today confirming details of the next round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, which opens in 2021. The latest round ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
In February last year, former Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced that Professor Dame Carol Black had been appointed to lead a major independent Review of Drugs. Dame Carol was asked to look at a wide range of issues, including the system of support and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
Today the UK Government has published a Command Paper “The Future Relationship with the European Union: the UK’s approach to negotiations”. Copies have been placed in the Libraries of the both Houses.This paper sets out our vision of the future relationsh...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
I am pleased to place in the Library of the House the 2019 financial summary of the Defence Equipment Plan, which sets out our plans to deliver the equipment needed by our Armed Forces to defend the country and protect our national interest. The threat to...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
Today the Ministry of Defence is publishing the Reports of the Service Justice System Review and its response to them, copies of which will be placed in the Library of the House. The Service Justice System Review was conducted by HH Shaun Lyons, a retired...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
Today, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) wrote to me setting out the options for their second forecast for the 2019-20 financial year, consistent with fulfilling their duties under the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (BRNA). The...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
I would like to provide an update on next steps for the Whiplash Reform Programme.The Government remains firmly committed to implementing measures to tackle the high number and cost of whiplash claims. The Reform Programme includes the measures in Part 1 ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
The Cabinet Office has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £82,663,000.This routine requirement arises each year because the Cabinet Office receives a high proportion of its voted funding at Supplementary Estimate, and as a cons...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
Our airports are national assets and their expansion is a core part of boosting our global connectivity. This in turn will drive economic growth for all parts of this country, connecting our nations and regions to international markets, levelling up our e...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
In September 2019, the Government commissioned Sir Amyas Morse to lead the Independent Loan Charge Review. The Loan Charge is designed to tackle disguised remuneration avoidance schemes. These are tax avoidance arrangements that seek to avoid Income Tax a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:In February last year, former Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced that Professor Dame Carol Black had been appointed ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Michael Gove) has made the following statement:Today the UK Government has published a Command Paper “The Future Relationship with the European Union: the U...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to place in the Library of the House the 2019 financial summary of the Defence Equipment Plan, which set...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
My hon. Friend the Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Johnny Mercer MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Today the Ministry of Defence is publishing the Reports of the Service Justice System Review and its response to them, cop...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) wrote to me setting out the options for their second forecast for the 201...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
My Right Honourable Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (The Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP) has made the following written ministerial statement:"I would like to provide an update on next steps for the Whiplash Reform Programme.Th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.In September 2019, the Government commissioned Sir Amyas Morse to lead the Independent Loan Charge Review. The Loa...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 February 2020
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement:Our airports are national assets and their expansion is a core part of boosting our global connectivity. This in turn will drive ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 February 2020
Today the Government is setting out its approach to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.The Government has set in train the biggest review of our foreign, defence, security and development policy since the end of the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 February 2020
Our outstanding police deserve the upmost respect, support and recognition. Brave officers put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe, demonstrating remarkable courage, sacrifice and public duty. They face extraordinary pressure as they protect...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 February 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyToday the Government is setting out its approach to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Fore...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 February 2020
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Our outstanding police deserve the upmost respect, support and recognition. Brave officers put their lives on the line...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
In 2018, three serious and significant offences allegedly committed by people entitled to diplomatic or international organisation-related immunity in the United Kingdom were drawn to the attention of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Parliamentary a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials have held meetings with a number of diplomatic missions and international organisations about outstanding parking fine debt, outstanding National Non-Domestic Rates payments and unpaid Congestion Charge debt...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
The Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 heralds a new system of consent for organ and tissue donation in England. Subject to Parliament’s approval of the secondary legislation and Code of Practice for healthcare professionals, the new system is inten...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
The Finance Bill will be published on 19 March. Explanatory notes on the Bill will be available in the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office and placed in the Libraries of the House on that day. Copies of the explanatory notes will also be available on...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
Legislation governing public service pensions requires them to be increased annually by the same percentage as additional pensions (State Earnings Related Pension and State Second Pension). Public service pensions will therefore be increased from 6 April ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
Today the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published its latest report, which can be found at www.iicsa.org.uk. This report relates to its investigation into Westminster. I pay tribute to the strength and courage of the victims and survivor...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
In 2007 the Government, endorsed by a Parliamentary vote, began a programme to maintain the UK’s nuclear deterrent beyond the early 2030s. The 2015 Strategic Defence & Security Review (Cm 9161) confirmed the UK’s commitment to an independent minimum credi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Dominic Raab), has made the following written Ministerial statement:In 2018, three serious and significant offences allegedly committed by people entitled to diplomat...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Dominic Raab), has made the following written Ministerial statement:Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials have held meetings with a number of diplomatic mis...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Finance Bill will be published on 19 March. Explanatory notes on the Bill will be available in the Vote Office...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Steve Barclay) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Legislation governing public service pensions requires them to be increased annually by the same percentage as additi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
My Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Care (Helen Whately) has made the following written statement:The Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 heralds a new system of consent for organ and tissue donation in England. Subject to Parliament’s approval ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published its latest report, which can be found at www.iicsa...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2020
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. In 2007 the Government, endorsed by a Parliamentary vote, began a programme to maintain the UK’s nuclear deterrent be...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2020
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published the Government response to the consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood on Friday 21st February. This consultation ran between August and October 2018.Wood burning sto...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2020
Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a Licensing Hours Order (‘Order’) relaxing opening hours for licensed premises (any premises with a premises licence or a club premises certificate) in Eng...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2020
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs published the Government response to the consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and w...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2020
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service (Kit Malthouse) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a L...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2020
IntroductionI made a statement on 28th January about concerns regarding maternity services in East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust. I explained that I had sought reports from both the Health Service Investigation Branch and the Care Quality...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2020
Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a Licensing Hours Order (‘Order’) relaxing opening hours for licensed premises (any premises with a premises licence or a club premises certificate) in Eng...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2020
Automatic enrolment into workplace pensions (AE) has been a great success to date with over 10 million people having been automatically enrolled and more than 1.6 million employers meeting their duties. Over 2019/20, working people will save an estimated ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2020
My Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Patient Safety (Nadine Dorries) has made the following written statement:IntroductionI made a statement on 28th January about concerns regarding maternity ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2020
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service (Kit Malthouse) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a L...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2020
My honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions & Financial Inclusion (Guy Opperman MP) has made the following Written Statement.Automatic enrolment into workplace pensions (AE) has been a great success to date with over 10 mi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2020
A strong and growing maritime industry is vital to the economy of the United Kingdom and it is critical that we treasure and protect this vital artery if we are to remain a world-leading maritime centre. The work of the General Lighthouse Authorities, whi...