Written Ministerial Statements
Wednesday, 27 June 2012

• House of Lords
  • Credit Unions
    On 10 May 2012 the Department for Work and Pensions published the credit union feasibility study looking at the sustainability of credit unions. It also examined what more can be done to expand...
  • EU: Agriculture and Fisheries Council
    My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Caroline Spelman) has today made the following Statement. The Agriculture and Fisheries Council on...
  • Insolvency Service: Performance Targets
    My honourable friend the Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs, has today made the following Statement. I have today agreed to the publication of the Insolvency Service's...
• Business, Innovation and Skills
  • Insolvency Service Performance Targets
    I have today agreed to the publication of the Insolvency Service’s performance targets for the period 2012-13. Over the past two years there has been a significant fall in the number of...
• Treasury
  • Tax-advantaged Employee Share Schemes
    The Government have today published two separate consultation documents on changes to tax-advantaged employee share schemes. The first contains the Government’s initial response to the...
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
  • Agriculture and Fisheries Council
    The Agriculture and Fisheries Council on Tuesday 12 June in Luxembourg dealt only with fisheries business. The Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend...
  • Agricultural and Fisheries Council
    The Agriculture and Fisheries Council on Monday 18 June in Luxembourg was attended by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for agriculture and food. Alun Davies AM also attended. The...
• Health
  • Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council
    Health Ministers met on 22 June in Luxembourg for the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) Council. I represented the UK. The Council agreed a partial general approach...
• Home Department
  • Terrorism Act
    I am pleased to announce that Mr David Anderson QC has completed his second annual report as the statutory independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, on the operation of the Terrorism Act...
  • Security Industry Authority (Annual Report)
    I am pleased to announce that the annual report 2011-12 and accounts of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) will be laid before Parliament and published today. Copies of the report will be...
• Justice
  • Fraud Act 2006
    I have today laid before Parliament the Government’s memorandum to the Justice Committee on post-legislative scrutiny of the Fraud Act 2006. Copies are available in the Vote Office and the...
• Transport
  • Local Sustainable Transport Fund
    I am pleased to announce today that I am awarding a further £266 million to support authorities in delivering local economic growth while cutting carbon emissions from transport. This...
• Work and Pensions
  • Credit Union Expansion Project
    On 10 May 2012, the Department for Work and Pensions published the credit union feasibility study looking at the sustainability of credit unions. It also examined what more can be done to expand...