Written Ministerial Statements
Tuesday, 12 February 2013

• House of Lords
  • Damages Act 1996
    The Ministry of Justice, the Scottish Government and the Department of Justice, Northern Ireland, have today jointly published a consultation paper Damages Act 1996: The Discount Rate-Review of...
• Treasury
  • Ecofin
    A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Brussels on 12 February 2013. We expect the following items to be on the agenda and discussed: Current legislative...
• Defence
  • Afghanistan (Roulement)
    The next roulement of UK forces in Afghanistan is due to take place in April 2013. Around half of these units will form Taskforce Helmand under command of 1 Mechanised Brigade. The remainder will...
  • European Defence Agency Membership Review
    I am announcing today that following a review of our membership of the European Defence Agency (EDA), the UK will at the present time remain a member of the agency. In 2010 the UK reviewed its...
  • Military Low Flying (2011-12)
    I have today placed in the Library of the House a document providing detailed statistics of the low-flying training that has taken place in the UK low-flying system for the training year 1 April...
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • International Criminal Court (Victims Fund)
    I can announce today that the UK will contribute an additional £500,000 to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Trust Fund for Victims. This is in addition to two previous...
• Home Department
  • London 2012 Games Security
    The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and G4S have today announced that they have reached a settlement following G4S’s failure to deliver in full...
• Justice
  • The Damages Act 1996: The Discount Rate
    The Ministry of Justice, the Scottish Government and the Department of Justice, Northern Ireland have today jointly published a consultation paper “Damages Act 1996: The Discount...
• Work and Pensions
  • Judgment in Wilson/Reilly Case
    The Court of Appeal has today ruled that the Government’s back to work schemes do not breach article 4 of the European convention on human rights. While the judgment supports the principle...