Thursday, 30 November 2006
During the Summer Recess, work was carried out in the Moses Room to provide the infrastructure required to support live transmission of Grand Committee proceedings. From 5 December, live web...
I am pleased to announce that the Ascent Consortium has been selected as the preferred bidder for the UK military flying training system (UKMFTS) training system partner. The Ascent Consortium...
I have today launched the first annual report card of the marine climate change impact partnership. This MCCIP report card is the first ever holistic assessment of the impacts of climate change...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs made an oral statement on the report of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) on 25 October...
The Cabinet Office launched the new civil service code on 6 June. The code sets out the core values of the civil service and the standards expected of civil servants. The code has been redrafted...
The House will be aware that there was a disturbance at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre yesterday. I would like to pay tribute to the speed and professionalism of the services who...
I will be attending the Competitiveness Council in Brussels on 4 December. Mauri Pekkarinen, Finnish Minister for Trade and Industry, will chair the Council. The first item on the agenda will be...
At DTI questions on 17 October and during the Westminster Hall debate on 7 November, I undertook to come back to the House in an appropriate forum at each stage to keep hon. Members up to date,...
Sir Rod Eddington will tomorrow publish the conclusions of his study into the effects of transport on economic growth, competition and productivity. Copies of his final report and advice will 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.
