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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2021
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today, I am announcing the government’s response to the November 2019 consultation entitled, ‘Strengthening Police Pow...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2021
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Robert Buckland) has made the following Written Statement."Following my recent announcement of the government responses on reforms to the judicial pension scheme and on pro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 March 2021
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:As set out in the Government’s roadmap for easing the lockdown restrictions...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
On 27 March 2017, the then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Rt Hon Greg Clark MP informed the House of the defective procurement between 2012 and 2014 of the contract for the clear up of the 12 Magnox sites, of the decision...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
Net cash requirement for the year exceeds that provided by the Main Estimate, and is within that provided by the Supplementary Estimate. The Supplementary Estimate has not yet received Royal Assent. The Contingencies Fund advance is required in order to m...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
My Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules. We have made a change to the Immigration Rules which will open the new Graduate route to enable international students to remain in the UK to...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
Last year, in response to growing numbers across the country living with excess weight and obesity, the Government published our new strategy, ‘Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives’. Worryingly, during the Covid-19 pand...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
This statement provides an update to the House on uplifts to State Pension which has been a matter of Parliamentary interest since 2020. We are committed to making sure that those people found to have been underpaid State Pension receive the money they ar...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
The lockdown has reduced social contact and, as such, the number of Covid-19 cases, hospital admissions and death rates have reduced significantly but continue to remain high across the country. As of 25 February, the weekly case rate for all ages in Engl...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng has today made the following statement:On 27 March 2017, the then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Rt Hon Greg Cl...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Net cash requirement for the year exceeds that provided by the Main Estimate, and is within that provided by the Suppl...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade (Liz Truss) has made the following statement.Last year, the Government established the independent Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) to place UK farming at the heart of our trade policy....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Future Borders and Immigration (Kevin Foster) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:My Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a Statement of Chang...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
My Hon. friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care) (Jo Churchill), has made the following statement:Last year, in response to growing numbers across the country living with excess weight and...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
My Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for COVID Vaccine Deployment) (Nadhim Zahawi) has made the following written statement:The lockdown has reduced social contact and, as such, the number of Covid-19 cases, hospital admissi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 March 2021
My honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions & Financial Inclusion (Guy Opperman MP) has made the following Written Statement.This statement provides an update to the House on uplifts to State Pension which has been a matt...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2021
Copies of the British Council’s Annual Report and Accounts for the 2019-20 financial year have been placed in the libraries of both Houses.The British Council builds connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and other countries through...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2021
The EEA EFTA Separation Agreement agreed with Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, protects Citizens’ Rights, and includes other separation provisions. These provisions wind down certain arrangements that the UK has with the EEA EFTA States by virtue of the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2021
As part of the pragmatic and proportionate implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Government is taking several temporary operational steps to avoid disruptive cliff edges as engagement with the EU continues through the Joint Committee. These...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2021
My honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions & Financial Inclusion (Guy Opperman MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Pension Schemes Act 2021 received Royal Assent on 11 February. We are now setting out next s...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2021
My Honourable Friend, the Minister for Asia (Nigel Adams), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: Copies of the British Council’s Annual Report and Accounts for the 2019-20 financial year have been placed in the libraries of both Houses.The...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2021
My Honourable Friend, the Minister for the European Neighbourhood and the Americas (Wendy Morton), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: The EEA EFTA Separation Agreement agreed with Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, protects Citizens’ Ri...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 March 2021
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following statement:As part of the pragmatic and proportionate implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol, the Government is taking several temp...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 March 2021
Last year, the Government established the independent Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) to place UK farming at the heart of our trade policy. Today the Commission publishes its advisory report on trade and agriculture. The report makes recommendation...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 March 2021
Today, the Government published its response to the consultation on secondary legislation to define the sectors subject to mandatory notification under the National Security and Investment Bill. This Government is a champion for free trade, recognising th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 March 2021
The Pension Schemes Act 2021 received Royal Assent on 11 February. We are now setting out next steps, delivering on the commitment made during the passage of the Pension Schemes Bill and following extensive engagement since report stage in the House of Co...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 March 2021
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng has today made the following statement:Today, the Government published its response to the consultation on secondary legislation to define the se...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2021
The first duty of the Government is to protect the public, and we are committed to improving the security of public venues, as outlined in our 2019 manifesto. The Government is proposing the Protect Duty whereby certain venues and organisations would be r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2021
Today, I am pleased to announce the publication of the Government’s Review into the offence of Controlling or Coercive Behaviour (CCB) in an intimate or family relationship (as provided for in section 76 of the Serious Crime Act 2015). The Review follows ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2021
On 1st March 2021 the Government launched an independent review of Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) in England. The review aims to examine and assess how such organisations are funded and structured, and how they perform their roles. The review...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2021
The Department for Education has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £1,550,000,000.The requirement has arisen due to increased costs relating to essential expenditure, including that relating to the Covid -19 response. The fund...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2021
I can confirm today that I have laid a Treasury Minute informing the House of certain liabilities that HM Treasury has taken on in authorising the sale of?the remaining?loan assets and share capital of?Bradford & Bingley plc (B&B) and NRAM Limited. This s...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2021
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The first duty of the Government is to protect the public, and we are committed to improving the security of public ve...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2021
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Safeguarding (Victoria Atkins) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today, I am pleased to announce the publication of the Government’s Review into the offence of Controlli...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2021
My Honourable Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Sport and Tourism, Nigel Huddleston MP, has made the following Statement:On 1st March 2021 the Government launched an independent review of Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) in England. The r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2021
My Rt Hon Friend, The Secretary of State for Education has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Department for Education has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £1,550,000,000.The requirement has arisen due to in...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 March 2021
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I can confirm today that I have laid a Treasury Minute informing the House of certain liabilities that HM Treasury has taken on...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
The department has published the latest update on progress on making backdated payments to Personal Independence Payment claimants who are affected by the MH and RJ decisions of the Upper Tribunal. The release is published at: https://www.gov.uk/governmen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
I would like to inform the House that the Government has decided to allow the use of UK sourced plasma for the manufacture of immunoglobulins.In the wake of the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic in the 1990s, a number of extra precautionary ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
The new rates of war pensions and allowances proposed from 12 April 2021 are set out in the tables below. The annual uprating of war pensions and allowances for 2021 will take place from the week beginning 12 April. Rates for 2021 are increasing by 0.5 pe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
The Finance Bill will be published on 11 March. Explanatory Notes on the Bill will be available in the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office and placed in the Libraries of both Houses on that day. Copies of the Explanatory Notes will also be available ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
I am announcing today the publication of the revised Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel. The new Code represents an important step forward in the UK’s approach to ethical international recruitment. It ta...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
Today, I am announcing £489 million of capital funding to support local authorities to create new school places needed for September 2023. This investment will support the Government’s priority to ensure that every child has the opportunity of a place at ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
The UK condemns the coup in Myanmar in the strongest possible terms and we stand with the people of Myanmar who were clear at the elections in November that they want a democratic future.Since 01 February the UK has led a strong, co-ordinated internationa...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
I am today announcing the establishment of the statutory review of the “closed material procedure” (CMP) provisions in the Justice and Security Act 2013 (the Act). The use of CMP is set out in sections 6 to 11 of the Act, about the disclosure of sensitive...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
I hereby give notice of the Scotland Office’s intention to seek an advance from the Contingencies Fund. The department requires an advance to meet an urgent cash requirement pending parliamentary approval of the Supplementary Estimates 2020-21.The Scotlan...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
Consultations on judicial pensions I am today publishing the Government response to two consultation documents on judicial pensions which my department launched, and which I presented to this House, on 16 July 2020:(i) in Judicial pensions: proposed respo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
The European Union and the United Kingdom held the first meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee following the end of the transition period on 24 February.The parties welcomed the progress made on citizens’ rights in recent weeks in implementi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has today published revised guidance to prosecutors on when they may institute or reinstitute criminal proceedings after a decision not to prosecute or to terminate proceedings has been communicated to a suspect or defe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
My honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work (Justin Tomlinson MP) has made the following Written Statement.The department has published the latest update on progress on making backdated payments to Personal Independenc...