Written Ministerial Statements

Tuesday, 7 October 2008

  • Children, Schools and Families

    • The Rights of the Child

      On 3 October 2008 the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child published their Concluding Observations on the United Kingdom's report on the implementation of the United Nations...

  • Communities and Local Government

    • Local Government

      As I told the House on 20 May 2008, we have published a consultation document, inviting views on whether or not we should, subject to parliamentary approval, move the date of the English local...

  • Defence

    • Defence Estate Stewardship Report

      The "Stewardship Report on the Defence Estate 2007-08" will be published today. The publication of the report implements the commitment in "The Defence Estate Strategy 2006—In Trust &...

    • Armed Forces Act 2006

      I am today announcing that the timescale for implementation of the Armed Forces Act 2006 is being extended. When it is implemented, the Armed Forces Act 2006 will allow us to replace the three...

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    • Marine Bill

      A Command Paper was laid before Parliament on 25 September 2008, providing the Government's response to the pre-legislative scrutiny and public consultation on the draft Marine Bill. The...

    • North-East Flooding

      Between Friday 5 and Sunday 7 September, severe flooding affected parts of England, with the most affected areas being Morpeth, Rothbury and Ponteland in Northumberland. Following forecasts of...

  • Health

    • Unsustainable NHS Providers

      On 10 September 2008 the Government launched a consultation exercise on the regime for unsustainable national health service providers. The consultation sets out details for tackling poor...

    • Dental Services

      The House of Commons Health Select Committee published its report on dental services on 2 July 2008. We are today laying before Parliament the Command Paper setting out the interim Government...

  • Justice

    • Public Guardian Board

      The Public Guardian Board have provided the Lord Chancellor with a copy of their first annual report on the Public Guardian. A copy of the report is available in the Libraries of both Houses....

  • Northern Ireland

    • Independent Monitoring Commission

      I have today published and laid before Parliament my fourth annual report on the operation of the agreement between the British and Irish Governments which established the Independent Monitoring...

  • Wales

What is this?

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.

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