Thursday, 24 May 2007
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls, has made the following Written Statement. The United Kingdom signed the joint Council of Europe/OECD Convention on Mutual...
The United Kingdom signed the joint Council of Europe/OECD Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters on 24 May 2007. The text of the convention is published on the websites...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government intends to publish on 29 May, for consultation, her proposed changes to the draft revision of the Regional...
The Royal School of Military Engineering Public Private Partnership (PPP) project has for some time been assessing a range of options for the relocation of two units that fall within the scope of...
The new edition of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's code of practice for infertility clinics has been approved and laid before Parliament today. The code has been placed in the...
The Assets Recovery Agency's annual report 2006-07 and annual plan 2007-8 have been laid before Parliament today. The annual report covers the agency's fourth full year of operation and provides...
Seizing criminal assets delivers a wide range of benefits, from depriving criminals of capital to reducing the incentives for crime and the harm caused by crime, as well as promoting fairness and...
I am today informing Parliament of an ongoing police operation to locate three British citizens who are believed to have absconded from Control Orders on Monday night. It is believed that these...
On 19 February 2007 I announced the allocation to police authorities in England and Wales of an additional £25 million of capital for 2006-07, which came from money originally held back for...
On 15 March 2007 I informed Members of improvements to the process by which notice is given to the House when Ministers plan to make an oral statement. I set out plans that wherever notice had...
On 29 January 2007, I announced a way forward on the issue of faith-based adoption and fostering agencies and the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007. As I set out at that time,...
On 26 February 2007, I issued an intervention notice under section 42(2) of the Enterprise Act 2002 in respect of British Sky Broadcasting Group's acquisition of a 17.9 per cent. stake in ITV...
The following statement provides information on the Competitiveness Council in Brussels on 21 and 22 May 2007, at which I represented the UK. Day 1 Monday 21 May The Council opened with a...
The regional funding allocations (RFAs) process has, for the first time, given regions a say in decision-making about transport schemes that affect them at the regional and local levels. In July...
I am today announcing the publication of a report on future reform of the trust port sector. More than 50 ports in England and Wales are trust ports; independent statutory bodies, governed by...
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