Tuesday, 16 May 2006
The provision for the Government Indemnity Scheme is made by the National Heritage Act 1980. The scheme facilitates public access to loans of works of art and other objects for public display...
I would like to place on record my appreciation for the important work being done by Professor Simon Wessely and his colleagues at King's College, London, on the health of personnel who have...
The following performance targets for 2006-07 have been set for the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD). To evaluate pesticide approval applications and applications for detergent derogations...
I have set the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) the following performance targets for 2006-07. To authorise veterinary medicines against legislative requirements according to published...
The following performance targets for 2006-07 have been set for the Central Science Laboratory (CSL). Service Delivery To achieve a minimum of 90 per cent. of project milestones in commissioned...
I have set the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) the following performance targets for 2006-07. Financial To achieve full cost recovery. Efficiency To deliver 2.5 per cent. efficiency savings....
I have set the Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) the following performance targets for 2006-07. Fishing vessel licensing Issue 100 per cent. of over 10 metre licences by 23 March and 100 per cent....
Section 29 of the Human Tissue Act 2004 sets out the procedure for approval of certain codes of practice of the human tissue authority. The codes have today been laid before Parliament. The codes...
I am today announcing an allocation of £24 million for the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: Research and Development Programme. DFID is supporting this programme in partnership with the...
I am making a statement today to the House on the interaction of existing Government policy and planning procedures with regard to the need for additional gas supply infrastructure. This...
It has been a tight winter for energy supply, and this has led to high energy prices. The energy market had taken steps to prepare for the winter, and Government worked closely with Ofgem and...
We announced in November last year that the Department for Transport will be undertaking a small number of trials at stations on London's surface and underground rail networks, to test the...
I have today published my Department's annual report for 2006. Copies have been laid before Parliament and placed in the Libraries of both Houses. The report sets out the Department's activities...
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.
