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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2024
My Rt Hon. Friend the Attorney General (Victoria Prentis KC MP) has made the following Written Statement: I would like to inform the House that a cash advance from the Contingencies Fund has been sought for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).The advance is re...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2024
My right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Graham Stuart) made the following Statement today:The Government has today announced that the UK is withdrawing from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). The statement follows the Go...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2024
My Honourable friend the Minister for Local Government (Simon Hoare MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:All Honourable Members will recognise the critical role local councils play in providing essential statutory services to their res...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2024
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Business and Trade (Nusrat Ghani MP) has today made the following statement.This week marks the two-year anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked and illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The UK and its allies stand uni...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2024
My Hon Friend the Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business (Kevin Hollinrake MP) has today made the following statement.On 10 January, the Prime Minister and I announced a major step forward in response to the Horizon scandal. The Prime Ministe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2024
My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Indo-Pacific (Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP), has today made the following statement:Today, HM Government is publishing its first sanctions strategy.The world is more complex and more dangerous. It is marked...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2024
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister had made the following statement:On 5 December 2023, the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament published their report entitled ‘International Partnerships’.The UK's international intelligence alliances are f...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
I have terminated the appointment of David Neal, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, after he breached the terms of appointment and lost my confidence. Mr Neal was informed that his appointment would be immediately terminated yeste...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
The Government is today launching a consultation on removing a firearm accessory known as a sound moderator from firearms licensing controls. The intention is to do this by making use of a Legislative Reform Order, made under section 1 of the Legislative ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
My noble friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord Callanan) has today made the following statement:Today, I am announcing the work the Government is undertaking to improve consumer protection in the green heating and insulation sectors.This...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
I am today informing the House of HMS Vanguard’s recent Demonstration and Shakedown Operation. A Demonstration and Shakedown Operation is a routine operation which takes place when a ballistic missile submarine completes its planned deep maintenance perio...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
I would like to update the House on the Government’s commitment to implement Martha’s Rule in England. Today, we are announcing plans to implement Martha’s Rule in at least 100 acute or specialist NHS sites in England by March 2025. Martha’s Rule is an in...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
On 2 February 2023, I announced that I would establish an independent statutory inquiry into the preventability of the Omagh Bombing. The Real IRA-perpetrated terrorist atrocity in August 1998 killed 29 people and two unborn children, and injured 220 othe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
For the purposes of Police and Crime Commissioner and UK Parliamentary elections and recall petitions, Returning Officers and Petition Officers are statutorily independent officers and are separate from both central and local government. As a result, they...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (James Cleverly) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I have terminated the appointment of David Neal, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, after ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire (Chris Philp) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Government is today launching a consultation on removing a firearm accessory known as a sound moderator from f...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
Today, I am announcing the work the Government is undertaking to improve consumer protection in the green heating and insulation sectors.This announcement is in response to today’s progress update from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Green hea...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I am today informing the House of HMS Vanguard’s recent Demonstration and Shakedown Operation. A Demonstration and Sh...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
My Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Victoria Atkins MP) has made the following Written Statement:I would like to update the House on the Government’s commitment to implement Martha’s Rule in England. Today, we are announci...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Chris Heaton-Harris) has today made the following statement:On 2 February 2023, I announced that I would establish an independent statutory inquiry into the preventability of the Omagh Bombing...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 February 2024
My Honourable friend the Minister for Local Government (Simon Hoare MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:For the purposes of Police and Crime Commissioner and UK Parliamentary elections and recall petitions, Returning Officers and Peti...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2024
The government is today publishing a progress report on our implementation of the Independent Review of Prevent recommendations. Prevent is a fundamental part of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy, known as CONTEST. Prevent aims to stop people becoming t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2024
Farming in England is going through the biggest change in a generation. The bureaucratic Common Agricultural Policy disproportionately rewarded the largest landowners and held back smaller farmers, while delivering little for food productivity or the envi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2024
I am pleased to lay the government’s response to the consultation on legislation required to deliver rail reform today. I am also publishing the draft Rail Reform Bill today, ahead of pre-legislative scrutiny which will be carried out by the Transport Sel...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2024
The government is announcing plans today for a fourfold increase in water company inspections to drive the improved performance that the public rightly expect to see. Going forward, every water company operating wholly or mainly in England should expect t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2024
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (James Cleverly) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The government is today publishing a progress report on our implementation of the Independent Review of Prevent rec...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2024
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Steve Barclay) has made the following Statement.Farming in England is going through the biggest change in a generation. The bureaucratic Common Agricultural Policy ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2024
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Steve Barclay) has made the following Statement.The government is announcing plans today for a fourfold increase in water company inspections to drive the improved ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2024
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Mark Harper), has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am pleased to lay the government’s response to the consultation on legislation required to deliver rail reform today. I am al...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
My rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules. Changes to the Ukraine schemes Almost two years on from the start of the conflict, we continue to stand firm with the people of Ukraine and s...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
My Rt Hon. Friend Home Secretary (James Cleverly) and I have published on 14 February 2024 a Progress Report on the End-to-End Rape Review Action Plan (published June 2021). This is the fifth progress report on implementation and demonstrates the Governme...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
Today, the Department for Education published new guidance to ban the use of mobile phones in schools. This guidance provides advice to school leaders on how to develop, implement and maintain a policy that prohibits the use of mobile phones throughout th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
The sixth round of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) took place between 29 January and 9 February.The round was hosted in London and held in a hybrid fashion. A number of GCC negotiators tr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
The Minister of State, Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, on 9 February 2024, made the following statement:Throughout the pandemic, the Government acted to save lives and livelihoods, prevent the NHS being overwhelmed, and deliver a world-leading vaccine rol...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
Following consultation on a registration scheme for short-term lets in England, today the Government sets out further details on how the scheme will operate.Short-term lets are an integral part of the UK’s visitor accommodation offer, and the Government i...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
Last week, I set out the next step in this Government’s long-term plan for housing, announcing a package of measures to ensure more homes get built where they are needed most – in our inner cities – while ensuring the Green Belt and environmentally sensit...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Education (Gillian Keegan), has made the following statement.Today, the Department for Education published new guidance to ban the use of mobile phones in schools. This guidance provides advice to sch...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
My Rt Hon Friend the Minister for Trade Policy (Greg Hands MP) has today made the following statement.The sixth round of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) took place between 29 January and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
My Right Honourable Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice has made the following statement:'My Rt Hon. Friend Home Secretary (James Cleverly) and I have published on 14 February 2024 a Progress Report on the End-to-End Rape Review ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Legal Migration and the Border (Tom Pursglove) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:My rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a Statement of Changes in Immigration Ru...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations (The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Last week, I set out the next step ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2024
Following consultation on a registration scheme for short-term lets in England, today the Government sets out further details on how the scheme will operate.Short-term lets are an integral part of the UK’s visitor accommodation offer, and the Government i...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 February 2024
Throughout the pandemic, the Government acted to save lives and livelihoods, prevent the NHS being overwhelmed, and deliver a world-leading vaccine rollout which protected the nation. In establishing the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, the Government recognised the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2024
Following Russia’s unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine, in May 2022 the UK led the world by being the first country to remove all remaining tariffs under our Free Trade Agreement with Ukraine. This approach was followed by the EU and other partners...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2024
The first round of United Kingdom-Republic of Korea (RoK) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations took place during the week commencing 22 January. A delegation of officials undertook technical discussions in-person in Seoul with some talks taking place v...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2024
On 18 December 2023 I updated the House that the Government would appoint a group of clinical, legal and social care experts to advise the Cabinet Office on detailed technical considerations of responding to the Infected Blood Inquiry’s recommendations on...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2024
The Minister for Pensions (Paul Maynard) and I can now announce that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have started to write to people whose National Insurance records may be affected by some missing periods of Home Responsibilities Protection, inviting them ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2024
This update follows from my oral and written ministerial statements to the House in September, October and December 2023.There are over 22,000 schools and colleges in England and the vast majority are unaffected by RAAC. A final list of schools and colleg...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2024
The Government is today publishing its response to a recent public consultation on establishing minimum service levels on strike days for fire and rescue services. At the same time, the Government is laying regulations before Parliament setting out the se...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2024
On 18 December 2023 I updated the House that the Government would appoint a group of clinical, legal and social care experts to advise the Cabinet Office on detailed technical considerations of responding to the Infected Blood Inquiry’s recommendations on...