Written Ministerial Statements
Tuesday, 29 January 2013

• House of Lords
  • National Parks
    My right honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries (Richard Benyon) has today made the following Statement. Today I am announcing a public inquiry...
• Communities and Local Government
  • Revocation of the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Strategy
    I have today laid in Parliament an order to revoke the last Administration’s regional strategy for Yorkshire and Humber. This follows an assessment as outlined in the written ministerial...
• Defence
  • War Pension Scheme Uprating 2013
    The new rates of war pensions and allowances proposed from April 2013 are set out in the tables below. The annual uprating of war pensions and allowances for 2013 will take place from the week...
• Education
  • Early Education and Childcare
    Today I am publishing a report “More great childcare” which sets out this Government’s plans for improving quality in early education and child care. The report also...
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
  • Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks
    Today I am announcing a public inquiry to hear representations to the variation orders to extend the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales national parks, including objections from six local...