Thursday, 9 February 2012
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today made the following Statement. Having considered consultation responses and the report of the Select Committee on Environment, Food and...
The Informal EU Competitiveness Council took place in Copenhagen on 2 and 3 February 2012. I represented the UK on both days of the council. A summary of those discussions follows. The research...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries (Richard Benyon) has today made the following Statement. I am today, in conjunction with the...
On 8 December 2011, I made a Written Statement to the House notifying Members that the Administration and Works Committee had agreed to a three-month trial of new vehicle access arrangements in...
My right honourable friend the Minister for Agriculture and Food (Jim Paice) has today made the following Statement. The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is today publishing a plan setting out how the...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today made the following Statement. I would like to update the House on preparations for the UN conference on Sustainable Development,...
My noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (Baroness Wilcox) has today made the following statement: The Informal EU Competitiveness Council took place in...
I am today announcing the launch of the Government’s “Coastal Communities Fund” which will allow seaside towns to seize the opportunity to boost economic growth along our coast....
Following constructive discussions with the firefighters’ trade unions, on 8 December I wrote to all of the firefighters’ trade unions to issue the cost ceiling for the...
I am today announcing £20 million funding for local housing authorities for preventing repossessions. Some £19 million is allocated for a Preventing Repossessions Fund and £1...
Following parliamentary approval, I have now made orders under section 9N of the Local Government Act 2000, which come into force today, and which require mayoral referendums to be held on 3 May...
I regret that the written ministerial statement I laid on 7 February, Official Report, column 11WS, contained an error of detail. I am therefore laying a revised statement today. The next...
I am announcing today the publication of the Government response to the pre-legislative scrutiny and public consultation on individual electoral registration (IER) and changes to electoral...
This Government are committed to promoting decentralised energy and the take-up of small-scale low-carbon technologies by the public and by communities. The feed-in tariffs (FITs) scheme is an...
I am today, in conjunction with the Environment Agency, announcing details of flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes going ahead in the next financial year. In additional to the...
I would like to update the House on preparations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio plus 20, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 20- 22 June this year. It follows...
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) is today publishing a plan setting out how the agency will be transformed over the next five years so that it delivers both vastly improved service to its...
Having considered consultation responses and the report of the Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, I am today laying before Parliament the waste water national policy...
I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is today publishing the Enduring Strategic Partnership document between the UK and Afghanistan which was signed by the Prime...
Members will recall that in July 1997 the Government announced their policy on preventing British companies from manufacturing, selling or procuring equipment designed primarily for torture....
I am announcing proposals to change the fees for immigration and nationality applications made to the UK Border Agency. The Government review these fees on a regular basis and make appropriate...
I am today announcing the publication of the Government’s response to the civil justice consultation on “Solving disputes in the county courts”, which included proposals to...
Today I am pleased to announce the Government’s decisions on the proposals set out in last summer’s consultation on the reform of the Air Travel Organiser’s Licensing (ATOL)...
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will be held on 17 February 2012 in Brussels. The Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my hon. Friend...
Written Ministerial Statements were introducted in late 2002 to stop the practice of having “planted” or “inspired” questions designed to elicit Government statements.
They are just that – statements on a particular topic by a Government Minister.