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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2020
Children and young people who need a social worker, and who are in or have left care are some of the most vulnerable in our society. It is a priority for this Government that these children and young people have the support, protection and care they deser...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2020
I am announcing today the establishment by the Home Office of an inquiry, under the Inquiries Act 2005, to investigate the circumstances of the death of Jermaine Baker during a Metropolitan Police Service operation on 11 December 2015. Establishing an inq...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2020
Following the publication of the third annual report from the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme on 21 May 2019, and the statement I made at the time, I am today pleased to be publishing the Government’s response to that report. A co...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2020
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Baroness Morgan of Cotes, has made the following Statement: DCMS and the Home Office are today publishing an initial response to the Online Harms White Paper consulta...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2020
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Children and young people who need a social worker, and who are in or have left care are some of the most vulnerable in...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2020
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am announcing today the establishment by the Home Office of an inquiry, under the Inquiries Act 2005, to investigate...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2020
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Nusrat Ghani) has made the following Ministerial Statement.A strong and growing maritime industry is vital to the economy of the United Kingdom and it is critical that we treasure and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2020
My Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Care (Caroline Dinenage) has made the following written statement:Following the publication of the third annual report from the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme on 21 May 2019, and the state...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2020
DCMS and the Home Office are today publishing an initial response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation. This is an important step towards our aim of making the UK the safest place in the world to be online, and the best place to start and grow a d...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2020
I would like to update the House on the department’s progress in making backdated payments to Personal Independence Payment claimants who are benefitting from the MH and RJ decisions of the Upper Tribunal.The MH decision changed how overwhelming psycholog...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2020
The Statistics Board (known as the UK Statistics Authority) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £33,000,000. The cash advance is required to support additional Resource expenditure including the Census Data Collection Transf...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2020
I have today placed in the in the Library of the House a copy of a letter that I have sent to Major General (Retd) Simon Lalor, the Chairman of the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association External Scrutiny Team, to respond to the recommendations contained...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2020
I am writing to inform the House of changes to National Minimum Wage Enforcement. We want to make it as easy as possible for businesses particularly SMEs to comply with the law, whilst ensuring that workers get the wages that they are entitled to, and if ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2020
Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will make the world wealthier, healthier, greener and more equal. Multilateral Development Banks, such as the World Bank and the African Development Bank, provide financing and expertise at scale, playin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 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 progress in making backdated payments to Personal Independe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 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 have today placed in the in the Library of the House a copy of a letter that I have sent to Major General (Retd) Sim...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2020
My honourable Friend, the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility, made the following Statement today: I am writing to inform the House of changes to National Minimum Wage Enforcement. We want to make it as easy as possible for...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2020
Today the Government has launched a consultation on Freeports policy, allocation and governance. A Freeport is commonly defined as a place inside a country’s land border but where different customs rules apply. Countries around the world have successfully...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2020
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Rishi Sunak) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today the Government has launched a consultation on Freeports policy, allocation and governance. A Freeport is commonly...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
The government is establishing breathing space to help those individuals in problem debt. Today, the government is updating the House in order to reaffirm our commitment to implementing this in 2021, as planned, and to provide figures from the impact asse...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
I gave a statement to Parliament on 26 September 2019 on matters related to the breaches of the Undertaking given to the Court of Appeal on 20 June 2019 by the then Secretary of State that we would not grant new licences for export to Saudi Arabia of arms...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
Today I laid before the House the ‘Local Government Finance Report (England) 2020–21’, the ‘Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2020-21’ and the ‘Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Alternative Notional A...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
This morning the Department for International Trade launched a public consultation to inform the development of the UK’s new independent tariff policy.Now that Britain has left the EU, it will use its new powers to make its mark internationally as a champ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
On Monday the Prime Minister set out our approach to negotiations with the European Union. This statement sets out the Government’s proposed approach to negotiations with other priority partners. Further details will be made available to parliament as the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon), has made the following written Ministerial statement:I announce today the transfer of the Cemeteries Endowment Fund (‘the Fund’) from the High Comm...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
The UK did not attend the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on 27 January 2020.The UK Government decided that until the 31st of January UK Ministers and officials only attend EU meetings where the UK has a significant national interest in the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
The Ministry of Defence Votes A Estimate 2020-21, will be laid before the House on 6 February 2020 as HC 33. This outlines the maximum numbers of personnel to be maintained for each Service in the Armed Forces during Financial Year 2020-21.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
I announce today the transfer of the Cemeteries Endowment Fund (‘the Fund’) from the High Commission in New Delhi to the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia (“BACSA”), a UK based charity.The Fund was originally established in India in the lat...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 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. The Ministry of Defence Votes A Estimate 2020-21, will be laid before the House on 6 February 2020 as HC 33. This out...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
My Honourable friend the Minister of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (George Eustice) has made the following Statement.The UK did not attend the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on 27 January 2020.The UK Government decided that ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The government is establishing breathing space to help those individuals in problem debt. Today, the government is updating ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
My Rt Honourable friend the Secretary of State (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following Written Statement.I gave a statement to Parliament on 26 September 2019 on matters related to the breaches of the Undertaking given to the Court of Appeal on 20 ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
My Rt Honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Trade (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following Written Statement.This morning the Department for International Trade launched a public consultation to inform the development of the UK’...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 February 2020
My Rt Honourable friend the Secretary of State (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following Written Statement.On Monday the Prime Minister set out our approach to negotiations with the European Union. This statement sets out the Government’s proposed ap...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2020
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Baroness Morgan of Cotes, has made the following Statement. On 5 February the Government launched a consultation on decriminalising TV licence evasion. The consultati...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2020
This government is committed to ensuring the police have the powers they need to protect the public, and that our criminal justice system has at its heart the welfare and best interests of victims. That’s why on the 5 November we launched a review of pre-...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2020
On 5 February the Government launched a consultation on decriminalising TV licence evasion. The consultation invites views from both members of the public and organisations on whether the Government should proceed with the decriminalisation of TV licence ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2020
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:This government is committed to ensuring the police have the powers they need to protect the public, and that our crim...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2020
Today the report of the Independent Inquiry into the issues raised by the former breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been published.This report follows two years of work by the Inquiry, led by Bishop Graham James. The Bishop has adopted a strong commitment to...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 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 · 4 February 2020
I would like to update Parliament on the loan to Ireland. In December 2010, the UK agreed to provide a bilateral loan of £3.2 billion as part of a €67.5 billion international assistance package for Ireland. The loan was disbursed in 8 tranches, and the fi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2020
The Government is committed to supporting working families to balance work with their caring responsibilities. We have laid Regulations in Parliament which, subject to Parliamentary approval, will implement our commitment to give employed parents a statut...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2020
I have today laid before Parliament, pursuant to Section 86 of the Climate Change Act 2008, the “State of the Estate in 2018-19”. This report describes the efficiency and sustainability of the Government’s Civil Estate and records the progress that the Go...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2020
I hereby give notice of the Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General’s intention to seek a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £1,900,000. The Department requires an advance to meet its cash requirements pending parliamentary a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2020
My Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Jeremy Quin) has made the following written statement:I have today laid before Parliament, pursuant to Section 86 of the Climate Change Act 2008, the “State of the Estate in 2018-19”. This...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2020
My Rt hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Andrea Leadsom), has today made the following statement: The Government is committed to supporting working families to balance work with their caring responsibilities. ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2020
My Rt Hon. Friend the Secertary of State for Health and Social Care (Matt Hancock) has made the following written statement:Today the report of the Independent Inquiry into the issues raised by the former breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been published.Thi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I would like to update Parliament on the loan to Ireland. In December 2010, the UK agreed to provide a bilateral loan of £3...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today 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 regardi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 February 2020
My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr Alister Jack MP) has today made the following statement: I hereby give notice of the Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General’s intention to seek a repayable cash advance from the Conting...