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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2019
Today I am setting out the Government’s recent action on drones, including legislative amendments to the Air Navigation Order 2016 that will be laid before Parliament today.Last year, the Government legislated to make flying drones above 400ft or within 1...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2019
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sajid Javid) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today I am announcing new stop and search powers for police to tackle acid attacks and the misuse of drones.These new ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2019
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Following Carillion’s liquidation in January 2018, the Government’s response ensured continu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2019
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (James Brokenshire), has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.On 28 January, I announced £56.5 million of new funding to help councils p...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 February 2019
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Legislation governing public service pensions requires them to be increased annually by the same percentage as addi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2019
My right hon. Friend the Minister in the House of Lords (The Rt Hon The Earl Howe PC) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The UK's chemical protection programme is designed to protect against the use of chemical weapons. Such a programme...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2019
The National Planning Policy Framework is fundamental to delivering the homes and other development that we need, achieving high quality places and protecting our environment.Last year we published a revised Framework, which implemented a range of reforms...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2019
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) was held in Brussels on 12 February 2019. The UK was represented by Mark Bowman (Director General, International Finance, HM Treasury). The Council discussed the following:Early Morning Sess...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2019
The UK's chemical protection programme is designed to protect against the use of chemical weapons. Such a programme is permitted by the Chemical Weapons Convention, with which the United Kingdom is fully compliant. Under the terms of the Convention, we ar...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2019
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Philip Hammond) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) was held in Brussels on 12 February 2019. The UK was re...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 February 2019
My Hon Friend, the Minister of State for Housing (Kit Malthouse) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The National Planning Policy Framework is fundamental to delivering the homes and other development that we need, achieving high qu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 February 2019
I wish to inform the House regarding future arrangements for probation services in the South West and Wales. The House will be aware that Community Rehabilitation Companies were set up just over four and a half years ago (with contracts awarded in Decembe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 February 2019
The Government has decided to opt in to the European Commission's proposals for Council Decisions authorising the acceptance by certain Member States of the accession of named countries to the 1980 Hague Convention on the civil aspects of international ch...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 February 2019
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Gauke) has made the following Written Statement."I wish to inform the House regarding future arrangements for probation services in the South West and Wales. The...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 February 2019
My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Sir Alan Duncan), has made the following written Ministerial statement:The Government has decided to opt in to the European Commission's proposals for Council Decision...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
Lord Callanan, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union, has made the following statement:I will attend the General Affairs Council in Brussels on 19 February 2019 to represent the UK. Until we leave the European Union, we remain committed to fulf...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
Six months on from its formal declaration, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains challenging to contain. I am updating the House on how the UK Government is continuing to support the response in DRC, and preparedness in neig...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 18 February. It will be chaired by the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
Government continues to make progress in putting in place all the necessary measures to ensure that the UK can operate as an independent and responsible nuclear state upon the UK’s withdrawal from Euratom and the European Union.The UK has now concluded al...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
Since the discovery that a Glass-Reinforced Plastic (GRP) composite fire door from Grenfell Tower marketed as meeting a 30 minute standard failed a test after approximately 15 minutes, Government has led a programme of work to investigate fire door perfor...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
On 22 November 2018, the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament published two reports: its 2017-18 Annual Report; and its report into the terror attacks in 2017, titled ‘The 2017 Attacks: What Needs to Change?’. Our thoughts remain with the vic...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
The Ministry of Justice requires an advance to discharge its commitments which are set out in its Supplementary Estimate 2018-19, laid before Parliament on February 11th 2019. The Ministry of Justice has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingenc...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
The first meeting of EU Interior and Justice Ministers during the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU took place on 7 and 8 February 2019 in Bucharest. The Immigration Minister represented the UK on Interior day. I represented the UK on Justice d...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
I will attend the General Affairs Council in Brussels on 19 February 2019 to represent the UK. Until we leave the European Union, we remain committed to fulfilling our rights and obligations as a full member.The provisional agenda includes:Multiannual Fin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Greg Clark), has today made the following statement:Government continues to make progress in putting in place all the necessary measures to ensure that the UK can operat...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Sir Alan Duncan), has made the following written Ministerial statement:My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will atte...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (James Brokenshire), has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Since the discovery that a Glass-Reinforced Plastic (GRP) composite fire do...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Gauke) has made the following Written Statement."The Ministry of Justice requires an advance to discharge its commitments which are set out in its Supplementary ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Gauke) has made the following Written Statement."The first meeting of EU Interior and Justice Ministers during the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for International Development, has today made the following statement: Six months on from its formal declaration, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains challenging to contain. I am up...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 February 2019
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons:On 22 November 2018, the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament published two reports: its 2017-18 Annual Report; and its report into the terror attac...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2019
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £17,049,000 to ensure the CMA’s relocation to new offices remains on schedule.The CMA will only receive its voted funding for this project at th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2019
In a Written Statement on 22 March 2018 (HCWS579) I informed Parliament that the Government intended to amend the Reinsurance (Acts of Terrorism) Act 1993 to enable the Government’s agreement with Pool Re, the terrorism reinsurer, to be expanded to includ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2019
My hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Kelly Tolhurst) has made the following statement:The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 February 2019
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.In a Written Statement on 22 March 2018 (HCWS579) I informed Parliament that the Government intended to amend the Reinsuranc...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
I wish to inform the House that the Secretary of State for Transport has reached agreement with Stagecoach Group to continue to operate train services on the East Midlands rail franchise. This Direct Award means that passengers from London St Pancras Inte...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
I am today announcing to the House the launching of a consultation on statutory guidance to be issued to taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) licensing authorities and that the Government has issued its response to the report of the Task and Finish Group o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
I would like to inform the House about the introduction of a second Additional Provision to the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill, which is currently before a Select Committee.As part of this Government’s industrial strategy we are investing in...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
My Noble Friend the Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of Trafford) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 20 July 2017, the Home Secretary extended the remit of the National DNA Database Ethics Group (NDNADEG) to cov...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
My Noble Friend the Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Williams of Trafford) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:My rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House the Annual Report of the National DNA Databa...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Brussels on 12 February 2019. The UK will be represented by Mark Bowman (Director General, International Finance, HM Treasury). The Council will discuss the following:Early M...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
My rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House the Annual Report of the National DNA Database Strategy Board for 2017/18. This report covers the National Fingerprints Database and the National DNA Database (NDNAD).Chief Constable Jam...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Philip Hammond) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Brussels on 12 February 2019. The UK wi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
On 20 July 2017, the Home Secretary extended the remit of the National DNA Database Ethics Group (NDNADEG) to cover the ethical issues associated with all forensic identification techniques and renamed the group as the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Grou...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Nusrat Ghani) has made the following Ministerial Statement.I would like to inform the House about the introduction of a second Additional Provision to the High Speed Rail (West Midland...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Nusrat Ghani) has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am today announcing to the House the launching of a consultation on statutory guidance to be issued to taxi and private hir...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 February 2019
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Andrew Jones) has made the following Ministerial Statement.I wish to inform the House that the Secretary of State for Transport has reached agreement with Stagecoach Group to continue ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2019
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 Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2019
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Gymnich) on 31 January and 1 February. It was chaired by the High Representative and Vice President of the European Union...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2019
I am pleased to announce today, two important steps to ensure millions of people have greater security in retirement.A Stronger Pensions RegulatorToday, the Government has published its response to the consultation “Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Sche...