Written Ministerial Statements

Thursday, 8 November 2012

  • House of Lords

    • Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008

      My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise (Michael Fallon) has today made the following Statement. I am announcing today that when considering whether to make...

  • Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008

      I am announcing today that when considering whether to make orders under the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 to provide a regulator with powers to impose certain civil sanctions as...

  • Treasury

    • ECOFIN (Budget)

      The Economic and Financial Affairs Council—Budget will be held in Brussels on 9 November 2012. The following items are on the agenda to be discussed (as of 7 November 2012): Preparation...

  • Justice

    • Waterhouse Inquiry

      Following the Prime Minister’s statement on 5 November, I am announcing today a review of Sir Ronald Waterhouse’s inquiry into the abuse of children in care in the Gwynedd and Clwyd...

    • Prison Competition and Efficiency

      In July 2011 the Government announced the start of a new programme of competition for the management of nine prisons: Acklington and Castington (now together known as Northumberland), Coldingley,...

What is this?

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.

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