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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
Today I am updating the House on the implementation of the Government’s strategy to eradicate bovine TB in England by 2038.The strategy continues to deliver results. Earlier this year, England applied to the European Commission for Officially TB-Free (OTF...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
The Government’s Housing White Paper, ‘Fixing our broken housing market’ set out our commitment to promoting fairness and transparency for the growing number of leaseholders. Leasehold has been part of the UK’s housing landscape for generations, usually p...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
I wish to update the House on how the Government has been supporting poverty reduction and global and UK prosperity using the cross-government Prosperity Fund (PF).Details of the Prosperity Fund, its set-up, strategy, country and sector focus, and project...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
On 11 and 12 December in Brussels, I represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council alongside representatives from the devolved administrations.On fisheries, the focus of the Council was EU quota negotiations, involving decisions ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
Today I am publishing the public health allocations to local authorities in England for 2018-19 along with indicative allocations for 2019-20.Through the public health grant and the pilot of 100% retained business rate funding for local authorities in Gre...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
As the Government announced last month, a full statutory inquiry into the infected blood scandal will be established under the 2005 Inquiries Act, and sponsored by the Cabinet Office. The inquiry will have full powers, including the power to compel the ?p...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
I am today announcing that new regulations regarding cremation in England and Wales have been laid before Parliament. The Cremation (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 will come into effect on 6 April 2018.We are making these changes followin...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
The Government decided in August to opt in to this Council Decision which involves the agreement of EU Member States to an EU negotiating mandate which sets out the position of the EU in discussions in UNCITRAL on possible instruments on the enforcement o...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice) has today made the following statement.Today I am updating the House on the implementation of the Government’s strategy to eradicate bovine TB in England by 2038.The ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 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’s Housing White Paper, ‘Fixing our broken housing market’ set out our commitment to pr...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
The Minister for the Constitution has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I wish to update the House on how the Government has been supporting poverty reduction and global and UK prosperity using the cross-government Prosperity Fund (PF...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
My hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Steve Brine) has made the following written statement:Today I am publishing the public health allocations to local authorities in England for 2018-19 along with indicative allocations ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (George Eustice) has today made the following statement:On 11 and 12 December in Brussels, I represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council alongside represen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Lidington) has made the following Written Statement."The Government decided in August to opt in to this Council Decision which involves the agreement of EU Membe...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Dr Phillip Lee) has made the following Written Statement."I am today announcing that new regulations regarding cremation in England and Wales have been laid before Parliamen...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons: As the Government announced last month, a full statutory inquiry into the infected blood scandal will be established under the 2005 Inquiries Act, and sponsored...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
Today I am publishing the Defence Industrial Policy. This meets a commitment in the 2015 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review. A copy has been placed in the Library of the House and on the Gov.uk website. Building on the Na...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
The Government has today confirmed that universal high speed broadband will be delivered by a regulatory Universal Service Obligation (USO), giving everyone in the UK access to speeds of at least 10Mbps by the end of 2020.Following the creation of new ena...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
In March 2017, government committed to introduce a two-year national trial to expand the powers of the First-tier Tribunal (SEND) to make non-binding recommendations on the health and social care aspects of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans alongside...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
On 18 May 2011, the then Secretary of State for Defence, (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 procurement of the successor to the VANGUARD Clas...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
I have today laid before both Houses a copy of the final annual reports from the Intelligence Services Commissioner, the Interception of Communications Commissioner and the Chief Surveillance Commissioner. These reports are the last reports to be complete...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
The Government is announcing today that it is committing up to £370 million in new investment to the post office network for the three years from the start of April 2018 to the end of March 2021.The post office network plays a vital role in communities, w...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
The United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe is constituted as follows:Mark Pritchard MP - LeaderFull RepresentativesLord BownessLord DubsPeter Grant MPMark Hendrick MPBaroness Hil...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
The Government is committed to tackling fuel fraud. HMRC’s oils fraud strategy has seen the UK tax gap for fuels reduce from £1.5bn in 2002 to less than £100m in 2015-16. In Northern Ireland, where this issue has been a particular problem, the illicit mar...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
The Bank of England today announced plans to ensure continuity in financial services in the unlikely event of no deal with the European Union. The December European Council decided that sufficient progress had been made in the first stage of the EU exit n...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Today I am publishing the Defence Industrial Policy. This meets a commitment in the 2015 National Security Strategy and Strat...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
My Honourable Friend the Minister for Digital (Rt Hon Matthew Hancock) has made the following Written Statement:The Government has today confirmed that universal high speed broadband will be delivered by a regulatory Universal Service Obligation (USO), gi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 18 May 2011, the then Secretary of State for Defence, (Dr Liam Fox) made an oral statement to the House (Official Report, column 351) announc...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Children and Families (Robert Goodwill) has made the following written ministerial statement.In March 2017, government committed to introduce a two-year national trial to expand the powers of the First-tier T...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
My hon Friend the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility (Margot James), has today made the following statement:The Government is announcing today that it is committing up to £370 million in new investment to the post office n...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Andrew Jones) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Government is committed to tackling fuel fraud. HMRC’s oils fraud strategy has seen the UK tax gap for fuels reduce ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Philip Hammond) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The Bank of England today announced plans to ensure continuity in financial services in the unlikely event of no deal wi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons: I have today laid before both Houses a copy of the final annual reports from the Intelligence Services Commissioner, the Interception of Communications Commissi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons:The United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe is constituted as follows:Mark Pritchard ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
In 2016 the Prime Minister asked the Right Honourable Member for Tottenham to chair ‘An Independent Review into the Treatment of, and Outcomes for, BAME Individuals in the CJS’. The Review made 35 recommendations for the Government to implement, and today...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
I would like to update the House on the work the government is doing to consider the long term arrangements for surface water management. Following the National Flood Resilience Review we are better prepared this winter for flooding from all sources: the ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
Today I am confirming the school and early years funding allocations for 2018-19. This announcement covers the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), the Education Services Grant (ESG) protections for academies, and the Pupil Premium. This is supported by the add...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
Lord Callanan, 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 Brussels on Tuesday 12 December. The main items on the agenda were: preparations for the...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
The UK’s Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) opt-in was triggered by three Articles in a proposed Regulation amending EU Regulation 1889/2005 on Controls on Cash Entering or Leaving the Union. In the proposed regulation, provisions in Article 6 oblige Member S...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
I have today placed in the Library my proposals for the aggregate amount of grant to Local Policing Bodies in England and Wales for 2018/19, for the approval of the House. Copies are also available in the Vote Office. The Welsh Government is also setting ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
Through the Children and Social Work Act 2017 we legislated to place a duty on the Secretary of State for Education to make regulations requiring:All schools providing primary education in England to teach age-appropriate ‘relationships education’ to pupi...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
My Hon Friend Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment (Thérèse Coffey) has today made the following statement.I would like to update the House on the work the government is doing to consider the long term arrangements for surface water ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mel Stride) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The UK’s Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) opt-in was triggered by three Articles in a proposed Regulation amending EU ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service (Nick Hurd) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I have today placed in the Library my proposals for the aggregate amount of grant to Local Policing Bodies in E...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Lidington) has made the following Written Statement."In 2016 the Prime Minister asked the Right Honourable Member for Tottenham to chair ‘An Independent Review i...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
I represented the UK at the General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 12 December. The main items on the agenda were: preparations for the December European Council on 14 and 15 December; a follow-up to the October European Council; leg...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Justine Greening) has made the following written ministerial statement.Through the Children and Social Work Act 2017 we legislated to place a duty on the Secretary of State for Education to ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 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 the school and early years funding allocations for 2018-19. This announcement covers the Dedicated...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2017
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 7th December 2017 in Brussels. Damian Hinds, Minister of State for Employment, represented the UK. The Council agreed a partial General Approach on the Long-Term Care and Family Ben...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2017
Later today, I will publish Command Paper 9540 “Government’s response to the Second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessment”. The review was carried out by Paul Gray and published on 30 March 2017.Alongside this, the Depar...