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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
At their meeting of 1-2 December in Brussels, Foreign Ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) took an important political decision on enlargement, and asked the Secretary General to invite Montenegro to begin the accession process, with...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
In May 2015, I announced at the Police Federation conference a comprehensive review of targets in policing, to be led by Chief Superintendent Irene Curtis. I said that the review would examine the use of targets in each force to understand where, how and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
The management and care of transgender people in prison is a complex issue and one that the Government takes very seriously. NOMS is committed to incorporating equality and diversity into everything it does and treating offenders with decency and respect....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Philip Hammond), has made the following written Ministerial statement:At their meeting of 1-2 December in Brussels, Foreign Ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Or...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (George Osborne) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Brussels on 8 December 2015. Ministers are due t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:In May 2015, I announced at the Police Federation conference a comprehensive review of targets in policing, to be led ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
The Competitiveness Council took place in Brussels on 30th November and 1st December. The UK was represented by Shan Morgan (Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU). Day one started with a “Competitiveness Check-Up”. The Presidency updated Council memb...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Minister for Women, Equalities and Family Justice (Caroline Dinenage) has made the following Written Statement."The management and care of transgender people in prison is a ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
The visitor and migrant National Health Service cost recovery programme was established in July 2014 to design and implement improvements in the systems for charging patients who are not resident of the United Kingdom. The programme has focused so far on ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
On Saturday 5 December, I launched a public consultation on introducing a new Stalking Protection Order. Stalking is an insidious crime which traumatises its victims and, at its most extreme, can lead to the loss of innocent lives. We are addressing stalk...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
We have today announced that we will table a substantive Government amendment to the Education and Adoption Bill.The Bill fulfils the Government’s manifesto commitment to raise standards across the country by speeding up the process by which failing maint...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
A meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council was held in Brussels on 24 November. Fiona Hyslop, Scottish Government Minister for Culture, Europe, and External Affairs, represented the UK for the cultural and audio-visual section of the Cou...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On Saturday 5 December, I launched a public consultation on introducing a new Stalking Protection Order. Stalking is a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Jeremy Hunt) has made the following written ministerial statement.The visitor and migrant National Health Service cost recovery programme was established in July 2014 to design and implement improvemen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
My honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education has today made the following statement:We have today announced that we will table a substantive Government amendment to the Education and Adoption Bill.The Bill fulfils the Government’s manifesto c...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (Mr Ed Vaizey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. A meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council was held in Brussels on 24 November. Fiona Hys...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015
My noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment (Lord Maude of Horsham) has today made the following statement. The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) took place in Brussels on 27 November 2015. I represented the UK on all the issues discus...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015
Further to the statement provided to the House on 2 June 2015 [HCWS10], the Chancellor has announced that the trading plan to sell part of the Government’s shares in Lloyds Banking Group will be extended. We will stop the plan before the launch of the Gov...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015
Yesterday the UK became the seventh member of the AIIB after ratifying the Articles of Agreement: the first non-regional member, first member of the G7 and first major western country to do so. In order to come into force the Articles of Agreement need to...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Harriett Baldwin) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Further to the statement provided to the House on 2 June 2015 [HCWS10], the Chancellor has announced that the trading...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015
The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) took place in Brussels on 27 November 2015. I represented the UK on all the issues discussed at the meeting. A summary of those discussions follows. DDA/WTO - 10th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference On t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (George Osborne) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Yesterday the UK became the seventh member of the AIIB after ratifying the Articles of Agreement: the first non-regional...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
Today I have announced the successful conclusion of negotiations for a new Directly Awarded Franchise agreement with London Midland. This deal will see London Midland continue to run passenger rail services on the West Midlands franchise until October 201...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will take place on 7 December 2015 in Brussels. Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, will represent the UK....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
On 4th November 2015 the Chair of the Horserace Betting Levy Board (‘the HBLB’) informed me that the HBLB had been unable to approve a recommendation from the Bookmakers’ Committee as to the terms of the 55th Levy scheme. Under section 1(2) of the Horsera...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will meet on 7 December in Brussels. The Health and Consumer Affairs part of the Council will take place in the afternoon.The main agenda items will be the following:Council conclusions – ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
The courts take money from offenders in a number of ways, including fines, the victim surcharge, compensation orders, prosecution costs and the Criminal Courts Charge.This array of penalties, fines and charges is complex and confusing. I have therefore as...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
I am pleased to share with the House the Government’s progress in galvanising a coordinated global response against online child sexual exploitation.On 16 and 17 November the UK and United Arab Emirates brought together governments, companies and civil so...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Claire Perry) has made the following Ministerial Statement:Today I have announced the successful conclusion of negotiations for a new Directly Awarded Franchise agreement with...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage (Tracey Crouch) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 4th November 2015 the Chair of the Horserace Betting Levy Board (‘the HBLB’) informed ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
My Right Honourable Friend The Minister for Employment (Priti Patel MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will take place on 7 December 2015 in Brussels. Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Par...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health (Jane Ellison) has made the following written ministerial statement.The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will meet on 7 December in Brussels. The Hea...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
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 share with the House the Government’s progress in galvanising a coordinated global response against on...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Michael Gove) has made the following Written Statement."The courts take money from offenders in a number of ways, including fines, the victim surcharge, compensation o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
Today I am announcing the Government response to a consultation on better targeting of Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs), which are available to Higher Education students from England. Disabled Students’ Allowances are non-repayable grants that assist ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
My noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment (Lord Maude of Horsham) has today made the following statement.I wish to inform the House that on 16 November 2015 the Government opted in to the Council Decision relating to the ‘LDC Services...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
I am writing to report discussions at the Energy Council held under the Luxembourg Presidency which I attended in Brussels on 26 November 2015.Speaking for the Commission Vice-President Sefcovic outlined the first annual report on the State of the Energy ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
A meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council will be held on 3-4 December. 3 December will be Justice Day, and my rt hon Friend James Brokenshire MP and my noble Friend Lord Faulks QC, Minister for Civil Justice, will attend. 4 December will be...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Universities and Science (Jo Johnson) has today made the following statement.Today I am announcing the Government response to a consultation on better targeting of Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs), which are ava...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
Today my hon Friend the Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change (Andrea Leadsom) has made the following statement.I am writing to report discussions at the Energy Council held under the Luxembourg Presidency which I attended in Brussels on 26 Nove...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
I wish to inform the House that on 16 November 2015 the Government opted in to the Council Decision relating to the ‘LDC Services Waiver’ at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The LDC Services Waiver is part of the Bali Package of measures agreed at the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has made the following written statement. “A meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council will be held on 3-4 December. 3 December will be Justice Day, and my...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
My noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment (Lord Maude of Horsham) has today made the following statement.I wish to inform the House that on 3 November 2015 the Government opted in to the Council Decision relating to the Accession of L...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
Yesterday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Standard Bank Plc (now known as ICBC Standard Bank Plc) in accordance with Section 45 and Schedule 17 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. This was the first ti...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the Foreign Affairs Council on 16 November. My Right Honourable Friend, Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Howe attended the Forei...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
On 2 March 2015, the European Commission brought forward proposals for two Decisions authorising the EU to sign the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions on behalf of Member States. One Decision related to betting and s...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
My Right Hon. Friend the Attorney General has made the following written ministerial statement:The Attorney General (Jeremy Wright: Yesterday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Standard Bank Plc (now kn...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
I wish to inform the House that on 3 November 2015 the Government opted in to the Council Decision relating to the Accession of Liberia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO).The Council Decision has the effect of extending to Liberia the horizontal commit...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
My right Honourable Friend, Minister for Europe (David Lidington), has made the following written Ministerial statement:My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the Foreign Affairs Council on 16 Novem...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
My Honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage (Tracey Crouch) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 2 March 2015, the European Commission brought forward proposals for two Decisions auth...