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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2020
I have made the Equality (War Crimes etc.) Arrangements 2020 and the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) (War Crimes etc.) Arrangements 2020 to enable a Home Office Minister to subject applications from certain nationalities for British citizenship to more ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2020
Today I am publishing an updated Cabinet Committee list. I have placed a copy of the new list in the Libraries of both Houses.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement: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 t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 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 have made the Equality (War Crimes etc.) Arrangements 2020 and the Race Relations (Nort...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:Today I am publishing an updated Cabinet Committee list. I have placed a copy of the new list in the Libraries of both Houses.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2020
This Government is committed to strengthening victims’ rights and ensuring that comprehensive support is available at the right time. One of my key priorities is that victims clearly understand and receive the rights provided by the Code of Practice for V...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2020
The Prime Minister has today set out a Ten Point Plan to drive a Green Industrial Revolution in the UK - an innovative and ambitious programme of job creation that will support levelling up, and up to 250,000 jobs across the UK. As we rebuild, we must bui...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2020
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Chalk) has made the following Written Statement."This Government is committed to strengthening victims’ rights and ensuring that comprehensive support is available at the ri...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2020
My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma has today made the following statement:The Prime Minister has today set out a Ten Point Plan to drive a Green Industrial Revolution in the UK - an i...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2020
I am today announcing the publication of the Social Housing White Paper. This White Paper will bring transformational change for social housing residents and the new approach and regulatory changes we set out will make a measurable difference to their liv...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2020
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues to deliver on its 25-year strategy to modernise its estate. As part of this work we wish to confirm programme changes to individual sites: The disposal of DSG Colchester can be brought forward one year to 2021; the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2020
High Speed Two (HS2) is at the heart of our plans to build back better from the Covid-19 pandemic, creating thousands of skilled jobs, boosting connectivity between our towns and cities and helping to rebalance opportunity across the country for years to ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2020
I have received the third substantive report from the Independent Reporting Commission (IRC). The IRC emanated from the Fresh Start Agreement of November 2015. The Agreement set out the Northern Ireland Executive’s commitments around tackling paramilitary...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2020
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Andrew Stephenson), has made the following Ministerial Statement.High Speed Two (HS2) is at the heart of our plans to build back better from the Covid-19 pandemic, creating thousands of skilled jo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2020
My hon Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement (Jeremy Quin) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues to deliver on its 25-year strategy to modernise its estate. As part of this work we wish to conf...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2020
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following statement: I have received the third substantive report from the Independent Reporting Commission (IRC). The IRC emanated from the Fresh St...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 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 am today announcing the publication of the Social Housing White Paper. Th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
On the 14 November the Falkland Islands were declared mine-free under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (the Ottawa Convention); a major step forward for the Islanders as they look forward to a peaceful future. This project has taken more than 38 yea...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
On 16 November, the government launched the bidding process for the allocation of Freeports in England by publishing a bidding prospectus. The bidding period will close on 5 February 2021.Leaving the EU creates new opportunities for the UK to strengthen t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
Today I want to update both Houses on policy developments for reform within the university admissions system.On Friday 13 November, I announced the Department’s intention to explore a Post Qualification Admissions (PQA) system for higher education, where ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Universities (Michelle Donelan) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. As a Government we have made a commitment to ensure students living at university will be able to go home at the end of te...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
My hon. Friend the Minister for the European Neighbourhood and the Americas (Wendy Morton MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.On the 14 November the Falkland Islands were declared mine-free under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.As part of the Government’s July 2019 Economic Crime Plan[1], the Treasury undertook to consider the case for a Government power t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.In line with the tax policy-making framework, the Government consulted on a number of tax policies announced at Spring B...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today I want to update both Houses on policy developments for reform within the university admissions system.On Friday ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2020
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Steve Barclay) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.On 16 November, the government launched the bidding process for the allocation of Freeports in England by publishing ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
In line with the tax policy-making framework, the Government consulted on a number of tax policies announced at Spring Budget 2020. Today, the Government is publishing responses to some of the consultations that were extended due to COVID-19, alongside dr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
Responsibility for the Justifying Authority for new nuclear power transferred from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 6 October 2020.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
The National Crime Agency (NCA) leads the fight against serious and organised crime (SOC). It has the power to task other law enforcement partners and a capability, with local to international reach, to disrupt the impact of SOC on the UK. This is the sev...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
I have been asked by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State, to make this Written Ministerial Statement. This statement concerns two applications made under the Planning Act 2008 relating to the A303. The first application concerns the propose...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
High Pathogenicity H5N8 Avian Influenza has been circulating in Europe in recent weeks. There have now been two diagnosed cases in poultry in the UK, in Cheshire and Herefordshire, as well as several findings in wild birds in south-west England. The risk ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
I am today informing the House that, after further and full consideration of an earlier decision announced in February 2020 in response to the Service Justice System (SJS) Review, I have taken a decision to maintain jurisdictional concurrency when dealing...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England decided at its meeting ending on 04 November to ask for an expansion i...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The National Crime Agency (NCA) leads the fight against serious and organised crime (SOC). It has the power to task ot...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Andrew Stephenson), has made the following Ministerial Statement.I have been asked by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State, to make this Written Ministerial Statement. This statement...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food)(Victoria Prentis) has today made the following statement.High Pathogenicity H5N8 Avian Influenza has been circulating in Europe in recent weeks. There have...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am today informing the House that, after further and full consideration of an earlier decision announced in Februar...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
I would like to apologise for any confusion that arose from my statement on 7 October 2020, regarding the collection of customer, visitor and staff contact details regulations. In my statement, I said that “the initial fine is £1,000 and is reduced to £50...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:Responsibility for the Justifying Authority for new nuclear power transferred from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the Department for Environment, Food and...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2020
I am today introducing the National Security and Investment Bill to update the Government’s investment screening powers and strike the right balance between maintaining an open economy and giving us the tools we need to intervene in cases of serious conce...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2020
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England decided at its meeting ending on 04 November to ask for an expansion in the maximum limit of purchases that may be undertaken by the Asset Purchase Facility (APF). This will encompass up to £150 b...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2020
As part of the Government’s July 2019 Economic Crime Plan[1], the Treasury undertook to consider the case for a Government power to block listings[2] on UK financial markets on the grounds of national security. This work has concluded and indicates that t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 November 2020
As a Government we have made a commitment to ensure students living at university will be able to go home at the end of term, if they choose to do so. Today, I am announcing the measures that we are putting in place to enable students to return home as sa...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 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 today introducing the National Security and Investment Bill to update the Government’s investment screen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 November 2020
Today, the Government is announcing new measures to improve the transparency and accountability of relations between the UK Government and the devolved administrations.We are taking these steps because the Government recognises that effective transparency...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 November 2020
Today the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published its latest report, which can be found at www.iicsa.org.uk. This report relates to its investigation into the extent of any institutional failures to protect children from sexual abuse wit...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 November 2020
There is an increasing consensus that the UK’s system of Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) needs to evolve if it is to transition successfully to the internet era. That is why today the government is announcing a new Advisory Panel to provide independent ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 November 2020
The Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/541) provides powers for the Treasury to make equivalence directions and exemption directions for the European Economi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 November 2020
My honourable Friend the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work (Justin Tomlinson MP) has made the following Written Statement.Yesterday marked twenty-five years since the introduction of the landmark Disability Discrimination Act. The Dis...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 November 2020
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published its latest report, which can be found at www.iicsa...