Wednesday, 19 April 2006
I have tasked the Patent Office with managing and shaping an intellectual property system which encourages innovation and creativity, balances the needs of rights holders and the public, promotes...
A key aim of the armed forces diversity policy is that they should become more representative of the society they serve. The intention is that by 2013 the proportion of ethnic minority personnel...
Hon. Members will wish to be aware that with effect from 1 April 2006, the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency (NRTA), the Army Training and Recruiting Agency (ATRA), and the Royal Air Force...
I am today announcing a review of the institutional structures for delivery of housing and regeneration. Achieving mixed, sustainable communities in the 21st century is a key Government priority....
On 29 March, the wild bird surveillance helpline was notified of a single dead swan in Cellardyke Harbour, Fife. It was collected and samples taken from it were sent to the Veterinary Laboratory...
I am pleased to announce this joint response from the Government, the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly of Wales to the report of the independent review of avian quarantine, or the...
I attended the Environment Council in Brussels on 9 March 2006. The Council unanimously adopted conclusions on the Thematic Strategy on Air Quality, which set out the Commission's vision for EU...
I announced in my written statement of 16 March 2006, Official Report, col. 104WS, that in light of the unacceptable progress in implementing the Single Payment Scheme, steps were being taken...
On 16 March I informed the House of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's (MHRA) suspension on 14 March 2006 of the phase 1 clinical trial for a drug in development known as...
I have decided reform is needed to the arrangements under which state compensation is paid for miscarriages of justice. The purpose of the reforms which include some important changes being made...
The IMPACT Programme, a key element of our work to deliver Sir Michael Bichard's recommendations following the murders in Soham, has already delivered some significant benefits to the police...
The Government are committed to maintaining effective immigration controls while at the same time ensuring that genuine passengers are able to pass through our ports with the least possible...
Further to my oral statement to the House yesterday, copies of the joint statement made by the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach in Armagh on 6 April have been placed in the Libraries of both...
My hon. Friend Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Minister for Science and Innovation today made the following statement: "I have tasked the Patent Office with managing and shaping an Intellectual...
In the autumn of 2005 we issued the draft Occupational Pensions Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2006 for consultation. One of the proposals contained in the draft regulations was...
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.
