Baroness Hollis of Heigham: My honourable friend the Minister of State for Pensions (Malcolm Wicks) has made the following Written Statement. We are aware that trustees of schemes whose sponsoring employers are currently in financial difficulty are uncertain as to whether they would be able to be considered for PPF compensation once the PPF is launched next year. The Government are now able to state that eligible...
Lord Sainsbury of Turville: My honourable friend the Minister for Trade and Investment (Douglas Alexander) has made the following Written Statement. Details of UK Trade & Investment's £16 million programme of support for UK company participation in supported groups at overseas exhibitions, seminars and sector-focused outward missions will be placed in the Library of the House. Accredited trade organisations that bid...
Ian Pearson: On 31 March 2003 I announced the Government's final decisions in response to the O'Hare report on the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's arrangements for the provision of agri-food education and research and development (R&D) in Northern Ireland. I am today announcing my intention to set up an advisory non-departmental public body to provide independent advice on education,...