Written Ministerial Statements
Tuesday, 13 November 2012

• House of Lords
  • Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
    My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following Statement. The Department for International Development (DfID) will shortly commence the...
  • Employment: Parental Leave and Flexible Working
    My honourable friend the Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Jo Swinson MP) has made the following Statement. The Government...
• Business, Innovation and Skills
  • Flexible Parental Leave and Flexible Working
    The Government believe the UK economy should be supported by a framework of laws that ensures we have a strong and efficient labour market which is flexible, effective and fair. Today the...
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Foreign Affairs Council/Defence Affairs Council/General Affairs Council
    My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on the afternoon of 19 November. The Under-Secretary of State for...
• International Development
  • Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
    My Department will shortly commence the triennial review of its oversight arrangements for the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom (CSC). The Government made a commitment...
• Northern Ireland
  • Patrick Finucane Review
    I would like to announce that the report of the Patrick Finucane review, chaired by Sir Desmond de Silva QC, will be published during the week of Monday 10 December. In my written statement to...
• Transport
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
    The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has recently run a competition to procure a front office counter service provider for its face-to-face motoring services from next April. I can...