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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017
My right honourable friend, the Secretary of State for International Development (Priti Patel) has made the following statement: I am pleased to be able to update the House on the Government’s significant recent achievements in modernising the global defi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 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.The Government wants a private rented sector that provides fairness, security and stability for tenants...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Amber Rudd) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Following the conclusions of the fresh Hillsborough inquests, the then Home Secretary, my rt hon Friend the member for ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government ( Sajid Javid), has todaymade the following Written Ministerial Statement.On 25th July 2017, I appointed the independent Grenfell Recovery Taskforce to support and challenge th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017
The Minister of State for Children and Families (Robert Goodwill MP) and the Minister of State (Immigration and International) (Brandon Lewis MP) have made the following Written Ministerial StatementI am pleased to publish this statement about the safegua...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 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 today laid before Parliament and published a report on progress toward ratification of the Council o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
Today, I can confirm that the Government is resuming the process required to sell part of the “plan 1” (i.e. pre-2012) English student loan book as previously announced to the House on 6 February 2017. The sale covers loans issued by English local authori...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
Today I am publishing a consultation on the reform of the regulation of healthcare professionals in the UK.This takes forward the manifesto commitment to legislate to reform and rationalise the current outdated system of professional regulation of healthc...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
I wish to inform the House that on 31st October 2017, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published a consultation on proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility requirements across the gambling industry.The Governm...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
In the Culture White Paper, published in March 2016, we undertook to review the government’s position on ratification of the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. Earlier this year we said we were considering plans ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
Supported housing is a lifeline for vulnerable older people, for individuals with learning and physical disabilities, for those at risk of domestic abuse, and for many others. It is an investment in our society and our economy, with the savings it brings ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
Today the Government is publishing an updated list of Cabinet Committees and Implementation Taskforces. The new list includes a new sub-Committee and changes to an existing sub-Committee.The new EU Exit and Trade (Domestic Preparedness, Legislation and De...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (Joseph Johnson MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today, I can confirm that the Government is resuming the process required to sell part o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
My hon friend the Minister of State for Health has made the following Written Statement:Today I am publishing a consultation on the reform of the regulation of healthcare professionals in the UK.This takes forward the manifesto commitment to legislate to ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Tracey Crouch) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: I wish to inform the House that on 31st October 2017, the Department fo...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
My hon. Friend the Minister of Arts, Heritage and Tourism (John Glen MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. In the Culture White Paper, published in March 2016, we undertook to review the government’s position on ratification of the 200...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
My Hon Friend the Minister for Local Government ( Marcus Jones) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Supported housing is a lifeline for vulnerable older people, for individuals with learning and physical disabilities, for those at r...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017
The First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Today the Government is publishing an updated list of Cabinet Committees and Implementation Taskforces. The new list includes a new sub-C...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 23rd October 2017 in Luxembourg. Margot James, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, re...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017
I am today announcing the publication of the Government’s interim response to the Law Commission’s report on Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty, a copy of which is attached.In England, around 2 million people with conditions such as dementia, lear...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017
My Noble Friend Baroness Williams of Trafford has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to announce the publication today of the 9th annual report of the National DNA Database Ethics Group. The Group was established on 25 Jul...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017
I have today laid before Parliament, and shared with the Chair of the Justice Select Committee, the Government’s post-legislative memorandum for the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) 2012, introduced by the Coalition Government...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017
My honourable Friend the Minister of State for Employment (Damian Hinds MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 23rd October 2017 in Luxembourg. Margot James, Minister for Smal...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Jackie Doyle-Price) has made the following written statement:I am today announcing the publication of the Government’s interim response to the Law Commission’s report on Mental Capacity...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017
I am pleased to announce the publication today of the 9th annual report of the National DNA Database Ethics Group. The Group was established on 25 July 2007 to provide Ministers with independent ethical advice on the operation and practice of the National...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Lidington) has made the following Written Statement."I have today laid before Parliament, and shared with the Chair of the Justice Select Committee, the Governme...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2017
As I have made clear, this Government is determined to listen and take account of views from all sides of the House. Where there is opportunity for the Government to listen and better enable the effective work of Parliament, we will do so.To that end, I a...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2017
The UK is one of the world’s largest and most open economies. The government is committed to tackling the risk of illicit financial flows from money laundering and terrorist financing, and to protecting the UK as an attractive country for legitimate busin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2017
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Stephen Barclay) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The UK is one of the world’s largest and most open economies. The government is committed to tackling the risk of illi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017
My noble friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (Lord Prior of Brampton) has today made the following statement:Today we are publishing two consultations on payment practices wit...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017
A Protocol to the 1993 Double Taxation Convention with Ukraine was signed on 9 October 2017. The text of the Protocol has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and has been made available on HM Revenue and Customs’ pages of the Gov.UK website. Th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017
A formal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) was held in Luxembourg on 10 October.Ministers discussed the following items: Early Morning SessionThe Eurogroup President briefed Ministers on the outcomes of the Eurogroup meeting h...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017
This time last year, the government selected a new Northwest Runway at Heathrow as its preferred scheme for delivering much-needed new airport capacity in the south east. This was a move made in the national interest – to spread the opportunity to travel ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Baroness Anelay of St Johns, DBE, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union, has made the following statement:I represented the UK at the General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday 17 October. The main it...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017
Today we are publishing two consultations on payment practices within the construction sector. In publishing these consultations, the Department is delivering two commitments.The first is to undertake a non-statutory post implementation review of the 2011...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mel Stride) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.A Protocol to the 1993 Double Taxation Convention with Ukraine was signed on 9 October 2017. The text of the Protoco...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Chris Grayling), has made the following Ministerial Statement.This time last year, the government selected a new Northwest Runway at Heathrow as its preferred scheme for delivering much-nee...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.A formal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) was held in Luxembourg on 10 October.Minist...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017
I represented the UK at the General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting in Luxembourg on Tuesday 17 October. The main items on the agenda were: preparations for the October European Council on 19 and 20 October; and a discussion on the Rule of Law and Media Plu...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2017
This is the eleventh written statement on the security situation in Northern Ireland since the Independent Monitoring Commission concluded its work in July 2011. It covers the threat from Northern Ireland Related Terrorism, rather than from international ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2017
My noble Friend, Baroness Williams of Trafford, has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The informal G6 group of Interior Ministers held its most recent meeting in Seville on 15 and 16 October 2017. Representatives from Morocco and the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2017
The annual report to Parliament under the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 for the period 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 has today been laid before Parliament.The report is prepared in line with the requirements set out in the Infrastructure ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2017
On 29 June I informed the House that women normally resident in Northern Ireland would no longer be charged for abortions received in England. Since the date of the announcement, the three main providers of abortions in England have not been charging resi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2017
I have today laid before Parliament a Ministry of Defence Departmental Minute detailing a gift which the UK intends to make to the Government of Canada. This reflects our long shared history and the closeness of our current bilateral relationship. Sir Joh...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2017
My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Andrew Jones) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The annual report to Parliament under the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 for the period 1 April 2016 to ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2017
The informal G6 group of Interior Ministers held its most recent meeting in Seville on 15 and 16 October 2017. Representatives from Morocco and the European Commission also attended the meeting.The summit was chaired by the Spanish Minister of the Interio...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2017
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (James Brokenshire) has today made the following statement:This is the eleventh written statement on the security situation in Northern Ireland since the Independent Monitoring Commiss...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2017
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities (Justine Greening) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.On 29 June I informed the House that women normally resident in Northern Ireland ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2017
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Justice (Dominic Raab) has made the following Written Statement."When the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of R (Unison) v Lord Chancellor on 26 July, the Government took immediate steps to...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2017
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Lidington) has made the following Written Statement."Justice and Home Affairs Council took place on 12 and 13 October in Luxembourg. I represented the UK for Jus...