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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
Today I am updating the House on the measures we have taken to tackle TB in cattle since we published our Strategy in April 2014.Between 1997 and 2010, TB in cattle increased nine-fold, threatening the future of our beef and dairy industries and our food ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
Today I am making a joint statement with my hon Friend the Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime (Karen Bradley). Together we wish to inform the house that the Government is publishing the UK’s first cross-government anti-corruption plan. Corr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
Remploy Ltd will publish its Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14 later today. I will place a copy in the Libraries of both Houses and electronic copies will be available on the Remploy website. Remploy Ltd achieved the following against its 2013-14 per...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 11 December 2014 in Brussels.The Council agreed General Approach on both the Directive applying existing employment directives to seafarers and the proposed Regulation on the Europe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
In the course of my evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into Access to Work, I accepted that during the reorganisation of Access to Work operations, from April to October 2014, we had not met our customer service standards. Today I ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
Today the Government is introducing the Lords Spiritual (Women) Bill to the House of Commons, with explanatory notes. The Bill follows the legislation permitting women to be ordained bishops. That was completed by the General Synod of the Church of Englan...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
I can today inform the House that the Government has reached an agreement on devolution with the Sheffield City Region, which will transfer powers over economic growth to local control. The Deal will give the Sheffield City Region LEP and Combined Authori...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
The Government is reforming AS and A level qualifications to ensure they are academically rigorous and provide students with the knowledge and understanding to prepare them for higher education, and employment. The Government has already published subje...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
The annual conference of the parties (COP) to the United Nations framework convention on climate change took place in Lima, Peru, from 1-14 December. The United Kingdom was represented by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.What we agreed...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
I wish to update the House on the progress of the Balance of Competences Review that my right hon. Friend the former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague) launched on behalf of the Government in July 2012. I am pleased...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
Today I am publishing the Independent Library Report and depositing a copy in the House Library. This has been undertaken by William Sieghart and I would like to state on record my particular thanks to him and his expert panel for their endeavour and ambi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
I am today signing contracts with the new owners of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). This is another major step towards implementing the government’s probation reforms.Despite almost £3billion a year investment in prisons and just under...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
Further to the Written Ministerial Statement given by My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Robert Goodwill) on 24th October 2013, the Department for Transport has continued to work with the Health and Safety Exec...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
Copies of the British Council’s Annual Report and Accounts for the 2013-2014 financial year have been placed in the libraries of both Houses. The Report can also be found at the British Council’s website www.britishcouncil.orgDuring the period the British...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
My honourable friend and former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice (Helen Grant) announced in a debate on 30th October 2012 (Official Report: Column 53WH) a fundamental review by the Public Guardian of how the Office of the Public Guardi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
The Government plans to use the UK share of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived to provide additional support for school breakfast clubs in England. Under the plans, which will be led by the Department for Education, this money would be allocat...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
I am pleased to inform the House that in 2015 the South Atlantic Medal will be presented, on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen, to the Falkland Islands, in recognition of the assistance provided to the Forces of the United Kingdom during the liberation of t...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
I am today publishing the Government’s response to the consultation on ‘Marriages by non-religious belief organisations’ launched on 26 June 2014 and concluded on 18 September. Copies will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.The consultation sough...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
Further to my Statement of 10 May 2013 announcing the creation of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel to shine a light on the circumstances of Daniel Morgan’s murder and my statement of 3 July 2014 announcing the appointment of Baroness Nuala O’Loan as th...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
I would like to update hon. Members on the work of my Department on integration. We are committed to confronting and challenging extremism in all its forms, tackling the violence and hatred that seeks to create division. We are championing what unites our...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
Domestic abuse is a serious crime that shatters the lives of victims, trapping them in cycles of abuse that too often end in tragic and untimely deaths. There are over a million calls for assistance to the police each year for domestic abuse-related incid...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
I wish to inform the House of arrangements put in place to regularise the status of British military personnel serving in Iraq, as part of our contribution in response to the Government of Iraq’s request for support in dealing with the threat posed by ISI...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
The Government is today publishing for public consultation a number of documents relating to the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill. These are: A draft Code of Practice for officers exercising functions under what will become Schedule 1 of the Counter-T...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
The College of Policing published last week the results of its consultation on improving the way pre-charge bail is managed, which provides the police with welcome guidance on the way they should operate the current system. However, as I announced in my s...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
On behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister and other members of the National Security Council, I am pleased to present the fourth annual report of progress in implementing the 2010 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review as attach...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that he has outlined a trading plan to sell more of the Government’s shares in Lloyds Banking Group. This decision was made on the basis of advice from UK Financial Investments Ltd that it would be appro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
As part of the Government’s continuing commitment to protect people and property from flood risk, my Department and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recently consulted on a proposal to make better use of the planning system to secure...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
On 18 May 2011, the then Secretary of State for Defence, the Right Hon. Member for North Somerset (Dr Liam Fox) made an oral statement to the House (Official Report column 351) announcing the approval of the Initial Gate investment stage for the procureme...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
At Budget 2014, the Government set out plans for a new Urban Development Corporation to deliver a Garden City settlement of up to 15,000 homes at Ebbsfleet in Kent. This is being taken forward in consultation with local MPs, councils and residents. Urba...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of a letter that I have sent to Lt Gen (Retd) Brims, the Chair of the Future Reserves 2020 External Scrutiny Team to update him on the programme, and particularly on the recommendations that his team’...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
The Government has today published the report of the Government’s review of the operation of sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. This has been an important piece of work, conducted jointly by the Home Office and the Department of Health. ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
I am today laying before Parliament, the European Union Finances 2014: statement on the 2014 EU Budget and measures to counter fraud and financial mismanagement (Cm 8974). This is a routine annual publication. It is the thirty fourth in the series. The St...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
Today, I, along with my Honourable Friend the Minister for Disabled People (Mark Harper MP) and my Noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lord Freud), are publishing the Command Paper Cm 8986 ‘Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 200...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
The Government is pleased to announce that the first Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment, carried out by Paul Gray, will be published later today. This is the first of two Independent Reviews as required by the Welfare...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
Today a new pension scheme for Ministers is being laid and is available in the Libraries of both Houses. The scheme will apply to all Ministers after the General Election in 2015. The scheme is consistent with the principles and design parameters of other...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
I would like to update hon. Members on a series of steps we are taking to improve the quality of local government services and ensure value for taxpayers’ money. London Borough of Tower Hamlets On 4 November, I informed the House that I was satisfied,...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
Today I am announcing details of school revenue funding for 2015-16 through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). 1. The distribution of the DSG to local authorities will continue to be set out in three spending blocks for each authority: an early years ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
The interception of communications plays a vital role in preventing terrorist attacks and tackling serious and organised crime. Interception is used in some form in the majority of MI5’s top priority counter-terrorism investigations. It plays a crucial ro...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
The “Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Animals Bred, Supplied or Used for Scientific Purposes”, is being laid before the House today. Copies will be available in the Vote Office.The Code of Practice is intended to be a reference document that c...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
On 8 October 2013 as Minister for Energy and Climate Change, the Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP announced the commencement of the Triennial Review of the Coal Authority. I am now pleased to announce the completion of the Review.The Coal Authority was establishe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
I have today laid before Parliament a Command Paper “Our plan for growth: science and innovation”. The document sets out the Government’s strategy to build on the great strengths of British science and enterprise, the Government’s priorities for investmen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My noble friend Lord Levene of Portsoken has conducted the third annual review of the implementation of his Defence Reform recommendations of 2011, and has written to me setting out his findings. I welcome Lord Levene’s conclusion that he is impressed by ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
I have today placed in the Library my proposals for the aggregate amount of grant to Local Policing Bodies in England and Wales for 2015/16, for the approval of the House. Copies will also be available in the Vote Office.The Department for Communities and...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
There is a critical need to improve the national networks to address road congestion and crowding on the railways, to facilitate safe and reliable journeys, and to provide a transport network that is capable of stimulating and supporting economic growth. ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
I am today announcing the proposed automatic enrolment thresholds for next year.We intend to lay an Order before Parliament in the New Year which will include the following: - £5,824 for the lower limit of the qualifying earnings band;- £42,385 for the up...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
We have today laid regulations to allow mitochondrial donation to prevent the transmission of serious mitochondrial disease from mother to child. Mitochondrial disease is passed from mother to child through faults in the mitochondrial DNA. It is estima...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
The Government has today published a response to the consultation on regulations to end smoking in private vehicles carrying children and has laid draft regulations in Parliament. The Government wants to protect young people from the serious health harms ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
The Government has today published Age of Sale for Nicotine Inhaling Products – consultation on proposed regulations to be made under the Children and Families Act 2014. In February 2014, the Government took regulation-making powers in the Children and ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My Right Honourable friend the Minister for Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Francis Maude) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: Today a new pension scheme for Ministers is being laid and is available in the Libraries of both Houses....
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
My Right Honourable Friend The Minister for Pensions (Steve Webb MP) has made the following Written Statement.Today, I, along with my Honourable Friend the Minister for Disabled People (Mark Harper MP) and my Noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secreta...