Written Ministerial Statements
Thursday, 14 June 2012

• House of Lords
  • EU: Justice and Home Affairs
    The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 7 and 8 June in Luxembourg. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Justice (Kenneth Clarke) and my right honourable friend...
  • National Minimum Wage
    My honourable friend the Minister for Employment Relations, Consumers and Postal Affairs (Norman Lamb) has today made the following Statement. I am pleased to announce that the Government have...
• Business, Innovation and Skills
  • National Minimum Wage
    I am pleased to announce that the Government have today written to the Low Pay Commission setting out the remit for their 2013 report. The Government support the national minimum wage (NMW)...
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • General Affairs Council
    I attended the General Affairs Council (GAC) which met in Brussels on 29 May. The GAC was chaired by the Danish EU presidency, Mr Nicolai Wammen, Minister for European Affairs. A provisional...
• Home Department
  • Disclosure and Barring Service (Appointments)
    The new Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) will bring together the work of the Criminal Records Bureau and the Independent Safeguarding Authority, and represents an important element of the...
  • Modern Workplace Consultation (Government Response)
    Today the Government are publishing their response to an element of the modern workplaces consultation. This is our proposal to require employers who lose an employment tribunal case on equal pay...
  • Justice and Home Affairs Council
    The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 7 and 8 June in Luxembourg. My right hon. and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and I attended on...
• Transport
  • EU Transport Council
    I attended the final Transport Council under the Danish presidency (the presidency) in Luxembourg on Thursday 7 June. The Council reached a partial general approach on two multi-annual financial...
  • Fixed Penalty Notices for Careless Driving
    The Department has today published a consultation paper on changes to the treatment of penalties for careless driving and other motoring offences. This follows up key commitments from the...
• Work and Pensions
  • Draft Universal Credit Regulations
    The Welfare Reform Act 2012 sets out the overall framework for universal credit. The implementation of these arrangements will require the passage of detailed regulations. The Department, as...