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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 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:Today, the Government is announcing new measures to improve the transparency and accountability of r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 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:There is an increasing consensus that the UK’s system of Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) needs to evolve if i...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 November 2020
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Equivalence Determinations for Financial Services and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 201...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2020
The second UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiating round took place from 19th October to 2nd November. Negotiators carried out 46 sessions over two weeks, covering all areas of the proposed FTA, and bringing us closer to agreeing an ambitiou...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2020
The Government has welcomed the publication of the report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) independent rapporteur, Professor Wolfgang Benedek on Belarus. The report was initiated under the Moscow Mechanism to consider A...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2020
On the 25th June 2020, the Government published the Final Report on Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases, alongside an Implementation Plan. The Report contained a number of recommendations from a Panel that included...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2020
Yesterday marked twenty-five years since the introduction of the landmark Disability Discrimination Act. The Disability Discrimination Act (and the subsequent Equality Act) has stood the test of time and provides a strong and straightforward legal framewo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade (Liz Truss MP) has today made the following statement.The second UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiating round took place from 19th October to 2nd November. Negotiators carried ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 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 Government has welcomed the publication of the report by the Organization for Security ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2020
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Chalk) has made the following Written Statement."On the 25th June 2020, the Government published the Final Report on Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Privat...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 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: Today, in light of the national restrictions, I have announced targeted, a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2020
On 27th December 2019 my Rt Hon Friend the then Secretary of State (Theresa Villiers) commissioned an independent review following the severe flooding in South Yorkshire in November 2019. The River Don recorded its highest ever peak flows at Rotherham and...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2020
The hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) has replaced the hon. Member for Dunfermline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman) as a Member of the United Kingdom delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2020
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon) has made the following Written Statement: FCDO Services operates as a trading fund of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Notwit...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2020
I wish to inform the House of the publication of the Prosperity Fund’s fourth Annual Report for the Financial Year 2019/20.Over the last four years, the Prosperity Fund has aimed to promote economic growth and reduce poverty in developing countries. As we...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2020
I am pleased to lay and publish the Chief Coroner’s combined sixth and seventh annual reports to the Lord Chancellor on the operation of coroner services under section 36 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (‘the 2009 Act’). The joint report covers both ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2020
Today, in light of the national restrictions, I have announced targeted, additional support for areas with higher numbers of rough sleepers, to enable local authorities to protect the most vulnerable in our society from the effects of COVID-19.This contin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 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 hon. Member for Lanark and Hamilton East (Angela Crawley) has replaced the hon. Member...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2020
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Domestic Environment) (Rebecca Pow) has today made the following statement.On 27th December 2019 my Rt Hon Friend the then Secretary of State (Theresa Villiers) commissioned an indepen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2020
I wish to inform the House of the publication of the Prosperity Fund’s fourth Annual Report for the Financial Year 2019/20.Over the last four years, the Prosperity Fund has aimed to promote economic growth and reduce poverty in developing countries. As we...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2020
FCDO Services operates as a trading fund of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Notwithstanding Covid-19, I have set the following ambitious performance targets for 2020-2021:Achievement of the return on capital employed (ROCE) of at ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2020
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Chalk) has made the following Written Statement."I am pleased to lay and publish the Chief Coroner’s combined sixth and seventh annual reports to the Lord Chancellor on the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 November 2020
On Tuesday, the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, JTAC, raised the UK terrorism threat level from SUBSTANTIAL to SEVERE. This means that an attack is highly likely. JTAC’s assessments are made independently of Ministers and are based on the latest intellig...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 November 2020
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Priti Patel) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On Tuesday, the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, JTAC, raised the UK terrorism threat level from SUBSTANTIAL to SEVERE...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2020
My Right Honourable friend Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility (Lord Callanan) has today made the following statement:I have set performance targets for the Insolvency Service for the financial year 2020-...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2020
Today is “Purple Tuesday”, a day dedicated to ensuring that the needs of disabled people, as valued consumers, are properly recognised and that they receive the best levels of customer service. As the Minister with the Department for Transport responsible...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2020
After careful consideration of the ongoing public health situation and the national working environment, the current easement of the suspension of the Minimum Income Floor in Universal Credit that was due to expire on 12th November 2020 will be extended t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 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:The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 was a national tragedy. 72 people died in t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2020
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Matt Hancock) has made the following written statement:The Prime Minister has announced tougher national restrictions in England from Thursday. These restrictions will apply nationally ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2020
I have set performance targets for the Insolvency Service for the financial year 2020-21. The Insolvency Service is the Government agency that delivers public services to those affected by financial distress or failure by providing frameworks to deal with...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2020
My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Chris Heaton-Harris), has made the following Ministerial Statement.Today is “Purple Tuesday”, a day dedicated to ensuring that the needs of disabled people, as valued consumers, are properly recog...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2020
My Right Honourable Friend The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Dr Thérèse Coffey MP) has made the following Written Statement.After careful consideration of the ongoing public health situation and the national working environment, the current ea...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
The Government and the Mayor of London have agreed a second extraordinary funding and financing package for Transport for London for the period to March 31 2021. It replaces the agreement signed in May. It will ensure the continued operation of public tra...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
In 1993 the Ministry of Defence (MOD) entered into a Government owned Contractor operated (GoCo) arrangement with Hunting-BRAE whereby Hunting-BRAE operated the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) on behalf of the Government. In 1999, following a competiti...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
The fifth UK-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiating round took place from 19 to 30 October 2020. This was the most intensive round of negotiations held so far, with 38 sessions covering 19 different chapter areas.Almost all chapter areas are now in t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
Under section 364 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 the Director of Service Prosecutions is appointed by Her Majesty the Queen. The term of the current incumbent, Andrew Cayley QC, comes to an end on 2 November 2020. I can inform the House that Her Majesty has...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
I am today laying before both Houses of Parliament a draft of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (Democratic Consent Process) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 which will, if approved, reflect in domestic law the consent mechanism set out in the Ireland/No...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 was a national tragedy. 72 people died in the greatest loss of life in a residential fire since the Second World War; many more mourn the loss of their families, friends, community, and homes.Grenfell Tower Inquiry publishe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
The Prime Minister has announced tougher national restrictions in England from Thursday. These restrictions will apply nationally for four weeks up to Wednesday 2 December. At the end of the period, we will look to return to a local and regional approach,...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement.The Government and the Mayor of London have agreed a second extraordinary funding and financing package for Transport for London ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP) has made the follwing Written Ministerial Statement.In 1993 the Ministry of Defence (MOD) entered into a Government owned Contractor operated (GoCo) arrangement with Hunti...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 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. Under section 364 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 the Director of Service Prosecutions is appointed by Her Majesty the Q...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade (Liz Truss MP) has today made the following statement. The fifth UK-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiating round took place from 19 to 30 October 2020. This was the most intensive round ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2020
My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Brandon Lewis) has today made the following statement:I am today laying before both Houses of Parliament a draft of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (Democratic Consent Process) (EU...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2020
My Hon Friend the Minister for the European Neighbourhood and the Americas (Wendy Morton MP) has made the following statement. The Withdrawal Agreement provides citizens with the certainty they need about their rights now that the UK has left the EU. It p...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2020
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps), has made the following Ministerial Statement.The 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, will be the biggest sporting and cultural event that the city and the region hav...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2020
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for School Standards has made the following written ministerial statement on Friday 23 October.Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy, published in January 2019, committed to a range of measures to help...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2020
Today Japan’s Foreign Minister?Motegi?Toshimitsu and I are signing the UK-Japan Partnership Agreement in Tokyo. This is the first trade deal that the UK has struck as an independent trading nation.This British shaped deal goes beyond the existing EU agree...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2020
This statement concerns an application made by Horizon Nuclear Power Limited under the Planning Act 2008 for development consent for the construction and operation of a new nuclear power station and associated infrastructure at Wylfa Head on the Isle of A...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2020
Today, I am pleased to launch the next stage of the review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below in England. The review is an opportunity to develop a qualifications system where every student, including those with SEND and from disadvantaged bac...