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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
The Dartford – Thurrock Crossing Charging Scheme account for 2013-14 is published today under Section 3 (1) (d) of the Trunk Road Charging Schemes (Bridges and Tunnels) (Keeping of Accounts) (England) Regulations 2003. A copy of the accounts will be place...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
The Coalition Government made a commitment to review public bodies, with the aim of increasing accountability for actions carried out on behalf of the state. The Triennial Review of the Land Registration Rule Committee (LRRC) is one of the Department of B...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
Today, I am pleased to announce the publication of the third DECC annual report on the roll-out of smart meters, which fulfils DECC’s commitment to provide an update to Parliament on the past year’s progress.Smart meters give consumers greater control ove...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
I have today laid before the House a draft statutory instrument containing my decision, as Justifying Authority under the Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004, that the generation of electricity from the nuclear reactor...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
I am announcing today the level of payment due from members of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) in 2015 to keep health service spend on branded medicines within the levels agreed under the Scheme. The PPRS payment percentage for 2015 will...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has prepared a Trust Statement providing an account of the collection of revenues which are due to be paid to HM Treasury. The Statement includes the value of fines and confiscation orders imposed by ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
I am today announcing the publication of two related public consultations that will close on 5th March 2015. · HGV Periodic Testing and Inspections Exemptions· Goods Vehicle Operator Licensing Exemptions Consultation Historically certain heavier vehicles ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for International Development will attend the Development Foreign Affairs Council on 12 December, my Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Fore...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
The Government can announce that it has awarded the licence for the Private Rented Sector Housing Guarantee Scheme to PRS Operations Ltd, a subsidiary of Venn Partners LLP. Venn Partners’ bid was selected through an open and competitive procurement proces...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
On 22 July, I gave a statement to the House on this Government’s ongoing work to ensure the highest standards of integrity in the police. I informed the House that I would undertake a number of reviews, including an end-to-end review of the police complai...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Anita Bharucha and Paul Leighton as members of the Police and National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Bodies. These appointments will be to 31 August 2017, commencing on 11 December.Anita Bharucha is curren...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (the Act) requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant three-month period on the exercise of her TPI...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Department for International Development and the Ministry of Defence, are today publishing an Implementation Plan for the UK's National Action Plan on Women, Peace and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
In November 2011 we published the UK Cyber Security Strategy and each year since then I have presented an annual report to Parliament on progress against the Strategy’s objectives. I am pleased to present the third of these reports to both Houses today al...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
The statement laid today should have been proceeded by the following statement:My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Edward Davey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Today. I have today laid be...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
I have today laid before the House a draft statutory instrument containing my decision, as Justifying Authority under the Justification of Practices Involving Ionising Radiation Regulations 2004, that the generation of electricity from the nuclear reactor...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (John Hayes) has made the following Ministerial Statement: The Dartford – Thurrock Crossing Charging Scheme account for 2013-14 is published today under Section 3 (1) (d) of the Trunk Road Charging...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My Rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise and Energy (Matthew Hancock) has today made the following statement.The Coalition Government made a commitment to review public bodies, with the aim of increasing accountability for action...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (James Duddridge) has made the following written Ministerial statement:I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Anita Bharucha and Paul Leighton as members of the Police and National ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (the Act) requires the Secretary of Stat...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Edward Davey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Today. I am pleased to announce the publication of the third DECC annual report on the roll-out of smart m...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid (Shailesh Vara) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement."Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has prepare...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My hon friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (George Freeman) has made the following written ministerial statement. I am announcing today the level of payment due from members of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Brandon Lewis) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Government can announce that it has awarded the licence for the Private Rented Sector Housing Guarantee Scheme to PRS Op...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My Right Honourable Friend the Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington) has made the following written Ministerial statement:My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for International Development will attend the Development Foreign Affairs Counci...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 22 July, I gave a statement to the House on this Government’s ongoing work to ensure the highest standards of integ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My Right Honourable friend the Minister for Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Francis Maude) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: In November 2011 we published the UK Cyber Security Strategy and each year since then I have presented a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Claire Perry) has made the following Ministerial Statement:I am today announcing the publication of two related public consultations that will close on 5th March 2015. · HGV P...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
The Commercial Secretary to the Treasury (Lord Deighton): My hon Friend the Economic Secretary (Andrea Laedsom)) has today made the following written ministerial statement. In February 2008, under the previous Government, Northern Rock was nationalised du...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
On 27 November 2014 I announced my intention to award the InterCity East Coast rail franchise to Inter City Railways Limited, a joint venture of Stagecoach Transport Holdings Limited and Virgin Holdings Limited, following the completion of a standstill pe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Minister for Intellectual Property (Baroness Neville-Rolfe) has today made the following statement. The Competitiveness Council took place in Brussels on ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
I will be attending the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO), which will be held on 11 December 2014 in Brussels.The Council will seek political agreement on a Directive concerning Working Time in inland waterway transpor...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
The Government has consulted on a number of tax policies following their announcement at Budget 2014. Today, the Government is publishing responses to these consultations alongside draft legislation to be included in Finance Bill 2015. This fulfils our ob...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
My Noble Friend, the Minister of State for Transport, (Baroness Kramer), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: I have today launched the Government’s £25m Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Competition to support the development of a domestic...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 4 and 5 December in Brussels. My rt hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling MP) and I attended on behalf of the United Kingdom. The following items were discussed. The Justice D...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Patrick McLoughlin), has made the following Ministerial Statement: On 27 November 2014 I announced my intention to award the InterCity East Coast rail franchise to Inter City Railways Limit...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
My Right Honourable Friend The Minister for Employment (Esther McVey MP) has made the following Written Statement.I will be attending the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO), which will be held on 11 December 2014 in B...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
My honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Government has consulted on a number of tax policies following their announcement at Budget 2014. Today, the Government is publishi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
The Competitiveness Council took place in Brussels on 4-5 December. I represented the UK during the Internal Market and Industry discussion on day one, with Shan Morgan the Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU representing the UK for the Research dis...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
I have today launched the Government’s £25m Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Competition to support the development of a domestic advanced biofuel industry, we have also published the independent feasibility study on the Department’s website at www.gov.uk/...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 4 and 5 December in Brussels. My rt hon Friends the Home Secretary (Theresa May MP) and the Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling MP) attended on behalf of the United Kingdom. The following i...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
In May this year, I published a formal consultation setting out our proposals to review the biomethane injection to grid tariff under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). Since then DECC has engaged extensively with stakeholders on our proposals and receiv...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
I attended the second Transport Council under the Italian Presidency (the Presidency) in Brussels on Wednesday 3 December. The first item under consideration was on TEN-T, where the Presidency opened proceedings by outlining the link between the Council c...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To address the wider weaknesses that were highlighted in Birmingham’s governance culture by the report into the allegations concerning Birmingham’s schools, the leader of Birmingham City Council Sir Albert Bore and I asked Sir Bob Kerslake to lead a revie...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
During the passage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 the Ministry of Justice committed to report to Parliament on the operation of the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) Mandatory Gateway within two years of its implementation. Thi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) Council met in Brussels to discuss health issues on 1 December. The UK was represented at the meeting by the UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU. The Italian Presidency provided a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
The Minister of State for Schools and I are today launching a consultation on proposals to support the teaching profession in England in becoming truly world-class.Evidence from around the world consistently shows that the quality of teaching is the singl...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Brussels on 9 December 2014. Ministers will discuss the following items: Financial Transactions TaxThe Presidency will present a short state of play update on this file, both in light...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
On 10 July, I announced the establishment of the Gosport Independent Panel, chaired by Bishop James Jones, set up to review documentary evidence held across a range of organisations concerning the initial care of families’ relatives and the subsequent inv...