Darren Jones On 1 March 2025, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and her Ukrainian counterpart Minister Marchenko signed a £2.26bn ($3bn) loan agreement under the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA)...
Wes Streeting Today I am updating the House on work underway to improve the working lives of NHS staff. The 2023 Agenda for Change (AfC) pay deal, agreed between the previous government and the NHS Staff...
Dan Jarvis Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIM) Act 2011 (the Act) requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the...
Ashley Dalton In November 2024, Secretary of State announced his commitment to publish a call for evidence to support the development of England’s first Men’s Health Strategy. Today we are...
Ashley Dalton I would like to update the House regarding the final round of negotiations on the international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response – the Pandemic Accord – at...
Chris Bryant I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Noble Friend, the Minister for Gambling and Heritage and DCMS Lords Minister, Baroness Twycross: The...
Diana R. Johnson The Government is today publishing its response to the public consultation on establishing personal liability measures on senior executives of online platforms and marketplaces who fail to remove...
Nick Thomas-Symonds On 29 April, I will be meeting with the European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maroš Šefčovič for this Government’s first meeting of the Withdrawal...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Rt Hon Peter...
Peter Kyle Today, I am laying in Parliament Ofcom’s draft codes of practice for child safety duties under the Online Safety Act, setting out the statutory duties providers face and the measures they...
Janet Daby I announced on 1 April that the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) will be continuing from April 2025, with a budget of £50m. I fully appreciate the importance of ASGSF...
Chris Bryant I am pleased to publish an update on the proposal for the construction of a Universal Destinations and Experiences (UDX) theme park and resort in Bedford, further to the Prime Minister’s...
Matthew Pennycook Sustained economic growth is the only route to delivering the improved prosperity our country needs and the higher living standards working people deserve. That is why it is this...
Shabana Mahmood This Government inherited a crisis in our criminal justice system. This extends to the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate which has seen increased levels of violence and instability...
Diana R. Johnson The Government will move forward with the proposal to issue a Licensing Hours Order under Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003, following growing and overwhelming support from the public to...
Bridget Phillipson I am today announcing that I have taken action against Oxford Business College, a private provider of Higher Education courses franchised by five institutions registered with the Office for...
Baroness Twycross I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Honourable Friend, the Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism, Sir Chris Bryant MP: I am...
Baroness Twycross The Government has published the response to the consultation on the inventories of living heritage, one of the key obligations under the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the...
Jim McMahon Industrial action continues to affect waste-disposal services at Birmingham City Council. The government has repeatedly called for Unite to call off these strikes, and accept the fair deal on the...
Yvette Cooper In my statement to the House on 23 October 2024, I announced a number of reforms in relation to police accountability and misconduct, and set out the further work that the Government would be...
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.