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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Johnny Mercer MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The new rates of war pensions and allowances proposed from 12 April 2021 are se...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
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 11 March. Explanatory Notes on the Bill will be available in the Vote Office...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Steve Barclay) made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Government will deliver the Levelling Up Fund UK-wide using the financial assistance powers in the UK Internal Market Act. ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Care (Helen Whately) has made the following statement: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 ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
My Right Honourable Friend the Minister of State for School Standards (Nick Gibb) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today, I am announcing £489 million of capital funding to support local authorities to create new school places needed f...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Care (Helen Whately) has made the following written statement: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 ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Dominic Raab), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: The UK condemns the coup in Myanmar in the strongest possible terms and we stand wit...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Robert Buckland) has made the following Written Statement."I am today announcing the establishment of the statutory review of the “closed material procedure” (CMP) provisio...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Robert Buckland) has made the following Written Statement.Consultations on judicial pensions "I am today publishing the Government response to two consultation documents on...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Michael Gove MP), has today made the following written statement:The European Union and the United Kingdom held the first meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 February 2021
My Right Honourable Friend the Attorney General for England and Wales (Suella Braverman QC MP) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has today published revised guidance to prosecutors on when they...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2021
The pandemic and associated restrictions have had a substantial impact on children and young people’s learning. To address this challenge, the government has committed to work with parents, teachers and education providers to develop a long-term plan to m...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2021
The Government will deliver the Levelling Up Fund UK-wide using the financial assistance powers in the UK Internal Market Act. This will extend the benefits of funding for priority local infrastructure to local areas in Scotland, Wales and Northern Irelan...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 February 2021
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The pandemic and associated restrictions have had a substantial impact on children and young people’s learning. To address this challeng...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
In 2017, the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Benkharbouche v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2017] UKSC 62 held that certain provisions of the State Immunity Act 1978 were incompatible with Articles 6 and 14 of the European ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
It is normal practice, when a Government Department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 for which there is no specific statutory authority, for the Minister concerned to present a departmental minute to Parliament giving par...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
The next meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee will take place on 24 February 2021, by video conference, hosted by the UK.The meeting will be co-chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, and Vice President ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
Today the UK-EU Partnership Council has agreed to extend the date on which provisional application of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) will cease from 28 February 2021 to 30 April 2021.The decision was taken by written procedure: the EU co-chair ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
A Protocol to the Double Taxation Convention with Sweden was signed on 23 February. The Protocol will give effect to certain OECD/G20 base erosion and profit shifting recommendations that protect tax treaties against avoidance activities, ensuring that th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
I wish to update the House on the Government’s continuing commitment to protecting tenants over the national lockdown period, whilst ensuring landlords can access justice in the most serious cases. Preventing the enforcement of evictions against residenti...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 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 I told the House on 12 October 2020 [hyperlink / column reference (HCWS5...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
My Rt. Hon friend The Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following statement.Last week the Department for Education laid the ‘Higher education: free speech and academic freedom’ Command Paper in Parliament and then published ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
My Honourable Friend, the Minister for Asia (Nigel Adams), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: In 2017, the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Benkharbouche v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2017] UKSC 62 held...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Michael Gove MP), has today made the following written statement:Today the UK-EU Partnership Council has agreed to extend the date on which provisional applic...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Michael Gove MP), has today made the following written statement:The next meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee will take place on 24 February 2...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.A Protocol to the Double Taxation Convention with Sweden was signed on 23 February. The Protocol will give effect ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 February 2021
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Housing (Christopher Pincher) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I wish to update the House on the Government’s continuing commitment to protecting tenants over the national lockdown pe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2021
I hereby give notice of the Department for Transport having drawn advances from the Contingencies Fund totalling £4,000,000,000 to enable expenditure on COVID-19 support packages to be spent ahead of the passage of the Supply and Appropriation Act. The sc...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2021
I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable Members to bring to their attention the details of an amendment to the Contingent Liability for the fusion activities of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, here on referred to as ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2021
Last week the Department for Education laid the ‘Higher education: free speech and academic freedom’ Command Paper in Parliament and then published it more widely. This sets out how Government proposes to deliver on its 2019 manifesto commitment to streng...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2021
As I told the House on 12 October 2020 [hyperlink / column reference (HCWS502] I have issued invitations under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (the 2007 Act) to principal councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire, and Somerset, i...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2021
I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable Members, to bring to their attention the support that the Government is providing to United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded doctoral students to address the chall...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2021
The UK has a proud history of scientific excellence and invention. Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and later, Alan Turing pioneered early predecessors of the computer. Thomas Newcomen and James Watt gave us the steam engine, and Michael Faraday gave us the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2021
My Honourable friend the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation (Amanda Solloway) has today made the following statement:I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable Members to bring to their attention the details ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2021
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement.I hereby give notice of the Department for Transport having drawn advances from the Contingencies Fund totalling £4,000,000,000 t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2021
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng has today made the following statement:The UK has a proud history of scientific excellence and invention. Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and late...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 February 2021
My Honourable friend the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation (Amanda Solloway) has today made the following statement:I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable Members, to bring to their attention the support...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 February 2021
I informed the House on 30 September 2020 of Ed Ollard’s intention to retire from the office of Clerk of the Parliaments with effect from 1 April 2021. A recruitment process for his successor as Clerk of the Parliaments has now concluded.Four applicants f...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2021
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...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2021
I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of a report into the condition of the Reserves and delivery of the Future Reserves 2020 programme compiled by the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations External Scrutiny Team. I am most grateful to...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2021
The normal minimum pension age is the minimum age at which most pension savers can access their pensions without incurring an unauthorised payments tax charge (unless they are taking their pension due to ill-health). The normal minimum pension age is curr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2021
On 05 October 2020, the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) published their report entitled ‘Northern Ireland-Related Terrorism’ (NIRT). Our thoughts remain with those who have been impacted by the enduring threat of violence in Northe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2021
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Robert Courts MP), 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...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2021
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 Library of the House a copy of a report into the condition of the Reserves and delivery of...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2021
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The normal minimum pension age is the minimum age at which most pension savers can access their pensions without incurring an una...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 February 2021
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:On 05 October 2020, the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) published their report entitled ‘Northern Ireland-Related Terrorism’ (NIRT). Our thoughts remain with thos...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2021
I am today publishing the consultation on the Government’s environmental objectives which the spaceflight regulator will take into account when exercising its spaceflight functions under the Space Industry Act 2018. We are also consulting on the associate...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2021
The Cabinet Office is looking to consult on widening the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) data matching powers and updating the NFI Code of Data Matching Practice. The powers are embedded within the Local Audit and Accountability Act, 2014 (the Act). The p...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2021
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Rachel Maclean) has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am today publishing the consultation on the Government’s environmental objectives which the spaceflight regulator will ta...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 February 2021
My Hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Secretary (Julia Lopez MP) has today made the following written statement:The Cabinet Office is looking to consult on widening the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) data matching powers and updating the NFI Code of Data Mat...