Tuesday, 6 February 2007
My department has today published the government response to the consultation on new rules of court for the new Court of Protection established under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The...
Our local government White Paper, "Strong and prosperous communities", proposed that a move to whole council elections should be a matter for local discretion. We have now included provision to...
The 16th report of the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB) is being published today. It covers a range of matters referred to the STRB in May 2006. Copies are available in the Vote Office, the...
I represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on 29 January 2007. The Agriculture Commissioner presented proposals to reform the fruit and vegetable...
I am pleased to announce that the annual report 2005-2006 and accounts of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) will be laid before Parliament and published today. Copies of the report 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.