Written Ministerial Statements
Thursday, 10 May 2012

• House of Lords
  • Government: Legislative Programme
    Following yesterday's State Opening of Parliament and for the convenience of the House, I am listing below 15 Bills which the Government intend to bring forward in the current Session: Banking...
  • National Careers Service
    My honourable friend the Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning (John Hayes) has today made the following Statement. On 5 April 2012, I launched the National...
  • Veterinary Products Committee
    My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Food and Farming (Jim Paice) has today made the following Statement. I have received the annual report of the Veterinary Products Committee...
• Business, Innovation and Skills
  • National Careers Service and the National Careers Council
    On 5 April 2012, I launched the National Careers Service, and published “The Right Advice at the Right Time” in which I said that we would establish an independent National Council...
• Treasury
  • Anti-avoidance
    I am announcing a change in legislation to protect public finances and prevent tax avoidance. This follows a decision of the Court Justice of the EU which affects the way in which the UK treats...
• Culture Media and Sport
  • Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council
    The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council will take place in Brussels on 10- 11 May. The culture, audio-visual and sport issues will be taken on 10 May. I will represent the UK at the...
• Defence
  • Findings of Squirrel HT2 ZJ 247 Board of Inquiry
    I wish to inform the House today of the findings of the Army board of inquiry into the accident involving Squirrel ZJ 247 on 29 May 2008. The purpose of the board of inquiry is to establish the...
• Deputy Prime Minister
  • Electoral Registration and Administration Bill
    I am announcing today that the Government are introducing the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill into the House of Commons. The Bill will tackle electoral fraud by speeding up the...
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
  • Veterinary Products Committee and Sub-Committees (Annual Report)
    I have received the annual report of the Veterinary Products Committee and its sub-committees 2011, which has been published today. Copies of the report have been placed in the Libraries of both...
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Foreign Affairs Council and Development Foreign Affairs Council
    My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 14 May. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International...
• Home Department
  • Abu Qatada
    Yesterday, the panel of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights met and rejected Abu Qatada’s request for a referral of the Court’s 17 January judgment to the Grand...
  • Counter-terrorism Codes of Practice
    The Terrorism Act 2000 (Codes of Practice for the Exercise of Stop and Search Powers) Order 2012 has been laid before Parliament today. This order introduces codes of practice for Great Britain...
  • Equality Act 2010 (Harmonisation Power)
    I am required under subsection (11) of section 203 of the Equality Act 2010 to report to Parliament on the exercise of a harmonisation power provided for in that section. This reporting...
• Justice
  • Appointments and Diversity: A Judiciary for the 21st Century
    The judiciary play a critical role in the administration of justice. It is therefore vital that we select candidates for judicial office on merit, through fair and open competition, from the...
  • Service Personnel (Deaths Overseas)
    My hon. Friend the Minister for the Armed Forces and I wish to make the latest of our quarterly statements to the House giving details of the inquests of service personnel who have died overseas....
  • Transparency in the Justice System
    The Government have today introduced legislation to enable the filming and broadcast of selected court proceedings in England and Wales. As a first step, we plan to allow filming of judgments and...
• Leader of the House
  • Government's Legislative Programme 2012-13
    Following yesterday’s State Opening of Parliament, and for the convenience of the House, I am listing below 15 Bills which the Government intend to bring forward in the current Session:...
• Northern Ireland
  • Government's Legislative Programme 2012-13 (Northern Ireland)
    The second Session UK legislative programme unveiled in the Queen’s Speech on 9 May contains measures of relevance to the people of Northern Ireland. The following is a summary of the...
• Scotland
  • Government's Legislative Programme 2012-13 (Scotland)
    The legislative programme for the Second Session was outlined by Her Majesty on Wednesday 9 May. The Government remain committed to reducing the deficit and restoring economic stability. This...
• Wales
  • Government's Legislative Programme 2012-13 (Wales)
    The Government’s legislative programme for the Second Session of Parliament was announced in the Queen’s Speech on 9 May. The programme contains a wide range of measures that will...
• Work and Pensions
  • Work Programme (Prime Contractor)
    I am pleased to inform the House that there has been a recent change in the prime contractor network delivering the Government’s flagship Work programme. Interserve, the international...
  • Credit Union Feasibility Study
    The Government have previously announced that we will work with credit unions to look at ways in which the future progress of this sector can best be supported. A feasibility study looking at how...