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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2020
I am pleased to confirm the Government has today launched a number of immigration routes under the new UK points-based system, including the Skilled Worker route. This is a significant milestone and delivers on this Government’s commitment to take back co...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2020
Today, the Government publishes in draft the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Repeal) Bill, which is required to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (FTPA), and in doing so revive the prerogative power to dissolve Parliament.The Bill makes express ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2020
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Security (James Brokenshire) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I intend to lay legislation in 2021 which will commence the Criminal Finances Act 2017 in Northern Ireland. As part of this,...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2020
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Future Borders and Immigration (Kevin Foster) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to confirm the Government has today launched a number of immigration routes ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2020
My Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution (Chloe Smith), has today made the following Written Statement:Today, the Government publishes in draft the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (Repeal) Bill, which is required to repeal...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2020
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement.Today (1 December 2020), we are announcing that £825 million of additional borrowing will be made available to the Greater London...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2020
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following written ministerial statement on Monday 30 November.The Prime Minister has announced the exit from national restrictions on 2 Dec, and set out our re...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2020
I wish to update the House on relaxing local restrictions to enable retail opening hours to be extended in England for Christmas.On Monday 23 November, the Government published its Covid Winter Plan which will see the return to a regional tier approach to...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2020
I wish to inform the House that the Government has today published its 5G Diversification Strategy, which sets out the Government’s approach to building a resilient, open and sustainable 5G supply chain. Digital connectivity is now a core part of the ever...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2020
The Prime Minister has announced the exit from national restrictions on 2 Dec, and set out our return to a regional tiered approach. The strengthened tiering approach takes into account advice from Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and shou...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2020
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:I wish to update the House on relaxing local restrictions to enable retail ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2020
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden CBE MP, has made the following statement: I wish to inform the House that the Government has today published its 5G Diversification Strategy, which sets...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable Members to bring to their attention the contingent liabilities relating to the contract signed between the Government and Imperial College London for the Human Challenge Projec...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
I wish to inform the House of the publication of Public Health England’s Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year 2019/20. A copy of the Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20 (‘the Report’) has been laid before both Houses.Public Health England (PHE...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
Today we have published the report into the events surrounding the death of Elizabeth Dixon – a baby who sadly died in December 2001 from asphyxiation resulting from a blocked tracheostomy tube and while under the care of a private nursing agency. I offer...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
On 23 November, the Prime Minister set out our COVID-19 Winter Plan in Parliament. Our COVID-19 Winter Plan puts forward the UK Government’s programme for suppressing the virus, protecting the NHS and the vulnerable, keeping education and the economy goin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma has today made the following statement:I am tabling this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable Members to bring to their atte...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Matt Hancock) has made the following written statement:I wish to inform the House of the publication of Public Health England’s Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year 2019/20...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Matt Hancock) has made the following written statement:On 23 November, the Prime Minister set out our COVID-19 Winter Plan in Parliament. Our COVID-19 Winter Plan puts forward the UK Gove...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
My Hon Friend the Minister of State (Minister for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health) (Nadine Dorries) has made the following written statement:Today we have published the report into the events surrounding the death of Elizabeth Dixon –...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today, the Government and UK Statistics Authority have published the response to their joint consultation on the reform to Retail ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.HM Revenue and Customs will incur new expenditure in connection with the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2020
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Steve Barclay) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The government will bring forward regulations that will increase most tax credits rates and thresholds and will increase th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2020
The government will bring forward regulations that will increase most tax credits rates and thresholds and will increase the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance rates in line with the general rise in prices as measured by the September 2020 Consumer Pr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2020
I have concluded my statutory annual review of benefit and State Pension rates. The new rates will apply in the tax year 2021/22, and come into effect on 12 April 2021. The Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Act 2020 enables me to increase the basic ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2020
On 24 November 2020, agreement was reached between the UK Government and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland on a time-limited change to social contact restrictions over the Christmas period.Christmas is an important time...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2020
Today, the Government and UK Statistics Authority have published the response to their joint consultation on the reform to Retail Prices Index (RPI) methodolgy. The consultation response document can be found at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/g...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2020
HM Revenue and Customs will incur new expenditure in connection with the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-21. Parliamentary approval for additional resources of £21,715,000,000 will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for HM Revenu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2020
I hereby give notice of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy having drawn an advance from the contingencies fund totalling £2,262,587,000 to enable expenditure on Covid-19 support packages for business to be spent ahead of the passa...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2020
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Cabinet Office (Michael Gove), has today made the following Written Statement:On 24 November 2020, agreement was reached between the UK Government and the devolved administration...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2020
My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Dr Thérèse Coffey MP) has made the following Written Statement.I have concluded my statutory annual review of benefit and State Pension rates. The new rates will apply in the tax ye...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2020
My Honourable friend the Minister for London and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets) (Paul Scully) has today made the following statement:I hereby give notice of the Department for Business, E...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2020
My Noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Baroness Vere of Norbiton) has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am today 24 November 2020 publishing the Statement of Reasons Command Paper for the High Speed Rail (West ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2020
On 23 May 2019, I laid a direction before Parliament using the powers conferred by sections 77(1) and (2) and 78(5) and (6) of the Financial Services Act 2012 (“the Act”) and set this out in a Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS1584). I formally directed ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2020
I have today launched a public consultation to seek views on a range of firearms safety issues. The firearms laws in this country are among the toughest in the world and the Government keeps them under constant review to ensure they continue to safeguard ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2020
On 7 October, at the request of the Prime Minister, the Government announced the launch of our Global Travel Taskforce. Co-chaired by the Secretary of State for Transport and the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the aim of the Taskforce was ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2020
The Tailored Review of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (more commonly known as Historic England) is published today.As a Non-Departmental Public Body, Historic England is required to undergo a Tailored Review at least once in e...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2020
I am today 24 November 2020 publishing the Statement of Reasons Command Paper for the High Speed Rail (West Midlands to Crewe) Bill. The Command Paper is titled the ‘Government overview of the case for HS2 Phase 2a and its environmental impacts – Update f...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2020
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime and Policing (Kit Malthouse) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I have today launched a public consultation to seek views on a range of firearms safety issues. The firearms laws in this...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2020
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Transport (Robert Courts) has made the following Ministerial Statement.On 7 October, at the request of the Prime Minister, the Government announced the launch of our Global Travel Taskforce. Co-c...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2020
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden CBE MP, has made the following statement:The Tailored Review of the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (more commonly known as Hist...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.On 23 May 2019, I laid a direction before Parliament using the powers conferred by sections 77(1) and (2) and 78(5) and (6) ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2020
The latest Six-monthly Report on the implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong was published today, and is attached. It covers the period from 1 January to 30 June 2020. The report has been placed in the Library of the House. A cop...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2020
I would like to update the House on the outcome of an investigation under the Ministerial Code.In reaching my decision I took advice from the Independent Adviser, Sir Alex Allan, in relation to the allegations made earlier this year around the Home Secret...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2020
The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (“the Amendment Regulations”) will be laid before Parliament to increase National Health Service dental patient charges in England from 14th December 2020.This is the fifth and fina...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2020
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Dominic Raab) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: The latest Six-monthly Report on the implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2020
My Hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care) (Jo Churchill) has made the following written statement:The National Health Service (Dental Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (“the Am...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:I would like to update the House on the outcome of an investigation under the Ministerial Code. In reaching my decision I took advice from the Independent Adviser, Sir Alex Allan, in rel...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2020
The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) has today laid before Parliament a report of the former Committee on GCHQ accommodation procurement: a case study, examining the procurement process for the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on all of the Overseas Territories, including Gibraltar, where it has impacted on around 60% of its economy. The Government of Gibraltar also instituted a lockdown and financial support package broadly similar ...