Monday, 21 May 2007
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ed Balls) has made the following Written Statement. Budget 2006 announced that the second Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) would be...
My right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary (Margaret Beckett), Sir John Grant (UK Permanent Representative to the EU) and I represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations...
Budget 2006 announced that the second Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) would be informed by a series of policy reviews. One of the reviews announced at the Budget was a joint HM Treasury and...
I am pleased to announce today that the MOD has placed an order with BAE Systems to commence work on the build of the fourth submarine in the Astute Class, which will be known as Audacious. The...
I have set the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) the following Performance Targets for 2007-08. Service Delivery Customer Satisfaction 1. To achieve a minimum of 90 per cent. of project milestones...
The Agriculture Development scheme (ADS) is an Exchequer-funded, competitive scheme which has operated in its present form since 2003 to help farmers and other bodies within the food chain to...
My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary Sir John Grant (UK Permanent Representative to the EU) and I represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in...
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