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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2017
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment (Thérèse Coffey) has today made the following statement.I am pleased to inform the House that the United Kingdom has completed ratification of an amendment to the United Nations’...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2017
An error has been identified in the Written Answer given to Baroness Tonge [HL1800] tabled on 9 October and answered on 23 October. The answer given was as follows: While we have not raised this specific issue, we have consistently called on the Israeli G...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2017
I am today announcing the reappointment of Dr. Gillian Tully as Forensic Science Regulator (FSR). The FSR is an independent office holder responsible for establishing and encouraging compliance with quality standards for forensic science. Dr Tully will be...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2017
My hon. Friend the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, has today made the following statement in the House of Commons.Today DCMS publishes The Mendoza Review: an independent review of museums in England and the Strategic Review of DCMS-sponsored muse...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2017
My hon Friend the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility (Margot James), has today made the following statement:A meeting of the General Affairs Council (Cohesion) will be held in Brussels on 15 November 2017. The UK will be r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2017
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for School Standards (Nick Gibb) has made the following written ministerial statement.Today I am confirming that the Government has decided to transfer the functions of the National College for Teaching and...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 November 2017
With the expiry of the call-out order made on 9th November 2016, a new order has been made under section 56(1B) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 to enable Reservists to be called into permanent service in support of United Kingdom operations in Afghanistan....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 November 2017
My right hon. Friend the Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Tobias Ellwood) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. With the expiry of the call-out order made on 9th November 2016, a new order has been made under section 56(1B) of the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) will take place in Brussels on 10 November 2017. I will represent the UK.The substantive items on 10 November will be: the state of play of preparations for the 11th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference, t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
On 9 October 2017, the Government published two White Papers [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-sets-out-vision-for-post-eu-trade-and-customs-policy]. These papers set out the Government’s approach to legislating for the UK’s future trade poli...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
I am today announcing new arrangements for the governance and management of the Forestry Commission. The Scottish Government is legislating to complete the devolution of forestry, with the effect that from 2019 – the centenary year of the Forestry Commiss...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
I have been asked by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State, to make this Written Ministerial Statement. This statement concerns the application made by Transport for London under the Planning Act 2008, of 29 April 2016 for a proposed developm...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
Following the Opposition Day debate motion on 1 November, the Government is making arrangements to respond to the motion which called on the Government to provide the Committee on Exiting the European Union with “impact assessments arising from” the secto...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
Local government in DorsetI am announcing today that, having carefully considered all the material and representations I have received, I am ‘minded to’ implement the locally-led proposal for improving local government in Dorset. This was submitted to me ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
Finance (No.2) Bill will be published on Friday 1 December. Explanatory notes on the Bill will be available in the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office and placed in the Libraries of both Houses on that day.Copies of the explanatory notes will also be...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Brussels on 07 November. EU Finance Ministers will discuss the following items: European Free Trade Association (EFTA) dialogue Ministers will have their annual meeting with ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
I would like to update the House on the UK’s bilateral loan to Ireland.In 2010, the Government committed to providing a £3.2 billion bilateral loan to Ireland as part of an international assistance package of €67.5 billion including loans provided by the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Sajid Javid) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I issued the London Boroughs of Hackney and Waltham Forest with a written notice, on 2 December 2016, o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
My Rt.Hon Friend The Minister of State for Trade Policy (Greg Hands) has today made the following statement:On 9 October 2017, the Government published two White Papers [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-sets-out-vision-for-post-eu-trade-and-c...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Paul Maynard) 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....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mel Stride) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Finance (No.2) Bill will be published on Friday 1 December. Explanatory notes on the Bill will be available in the V...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Sajid Javid), has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Local government in DorsetI am announcing today that, having carefully considered all the material and...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Brussels on 07 November. EU Financ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
My Rt.Hon Friend The Minister of State for Trade Policy (Greg Hands) has today made the following statement:The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) will take place in Brussels on 10 November 2017. I will represent the UK.The substantive items on 10 Novembe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment (Thérèse Coffey MP) has today made the following statement.I am today announcing new arrangements for the governance and management of the Forestry Commission. The Scottish Gover...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 November 2017
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Philip Hammond) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I would like to update the House on the UK’s bilateral loan to Ireland.In 2010, the Government committed to providing a ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2017
I attended the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg on 13 October. Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, also attended.I wish to update the House on the matters discussed.The Effort Sharing Regulation ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2017
I represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 9 October in Luxembourg. The Council opened with an exchange of views on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities. Council agreed to consider EU-wide issues surrounding fishing for eels ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2017
I issued the London Boroughs of Hackney and Waltham Forest with a written notice, on 2 December 2016, of a direction that I proposed to give requiring that both councils comply with the provisions in the March 2011 code of recommended practice on local au...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2017
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment (Thérèse Coffey MP) has today made the following statement:I attended the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg on 13 October. Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Envir...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2017
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice) has today made the following statement:I represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 9 October in Luxembourg. The Council opened with a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2017
Today I am announcing that Defra and the Environment Agency (EA) will be undertaking a review of multi-agency flood plans produced by local resilience forums (LRFs) in England. These plans are used by local responders (including the emergency services, lo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2017
On 11 July 2017, the Prime Minister announced that a full, independent public inquiry would be held into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 1980s, and promised to work with the victims and families of those affected by this tragedy in order t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2017
Today, Government and its partners (NHS England, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, National Institute for Health Research, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, NHS Improvement, Academic Health Science Networks) are publish...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2017
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Michael Gove) has today made the following statement.Today I am announcing that Defra and the Environment Agency (EA) will be undertaking a review of multi-agency flood plans produced by local resilience forums ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2017
The First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.On 11 July 2017, the Prime Minister announced that a full, independent public inquiry would be held into the contaminated blood scandal o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2017
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Jackie Doyle-Price) has made the following statement:Today, Government and its partners (NHS England, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, National Institute for Health Re...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2017
Today I am publishing an updated version of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessment Guide which provides guidance for Health Professionals carrying out PIP assessments on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions. The department routinely ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2017
The Government has decided to opt in to a new EU proposal for a Regulation to establish a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third country nationals and stateless persons (TCN) (“the draft Regulati...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2017
The Government is announcing today that it will introduce the National Insurance Contributions (NICs) Bill in 2018. The measures it will implement will now take effect one year later, from April 2019. This includes the abolition of Class 2 NICs, reforms t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2017
My honourable Friend the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work (Penny Mordaunt MP) has made the following Written Statement.Today I am publishing an updated version of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessment Guide which provide...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2017
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Amber Rudd) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Government has decided to opt in to a new EU proposal for a Regulation to establish a centralised system for the id...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2017
My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Andrew Jones) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Government is announcing today that it will introduce the National Insurance Contributions (NICs) Bill in 2018. The ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017
I am pleased to be able to update the House on the Government’s significant recent achievements in modernising the global definitions of Official Development Assistance. No task is more urgent than ending extreme poverty. Our aid saves lives and brings ho...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017
The Government wants a private rented sector that provides fairness, security and stability for tenants and landlords and is keen to see all tenants receiving a good and affordable service. We recognise the valuable service that good letting agents provid...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017
On 25th July 2017, I appointed the independent Grenfell Recovery Taskforce to support and challenge the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) following the Grenfell Tower disaster.I am grateful for the Taskforce’s work over the last three months,...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017
In November 2016 the IMF approved a three-year, $12 billion loan to support the Egyptian Government’s comprehensive economic reform plan. This also required the international community to commit support to fill the Government of Egypt’s remaining financin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017
Following the conclusions of the fresh Hillsborough inquests, the then Home Secretary, my rt hon Friend the member for Maidenhead commissioned the Rt Rev James Jones KBE, the former Bishop of Liverpool to produce a report on the experiences of Hillsboroug...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017
I am pleased to publish this statement about the safeguarding of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children jointly with my Right Honourable Friend Brandon Lewis MP, Home Office Minister of State (Immigration and International).Today the Department...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017
The Government has today laid before Parliament and published a report on progress toward ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (the “Istanbul Convention”). The UK signed the Istanbul Co...