Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Today, my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (John Denham) has made the following Written Statement. Acting on the advice of the Bank and the...
My right honourable friend the Prime Minister (Gordon Brown) has made the following Statement in the House of Commons. I recently announced a series of changes to ministerial responsibilities. I...
I am today revising the Debt Management Office's (DMO) 2008-09 financing remit to raise £37 billion to facilitate bank recapitalisation. The £37 billion will be raised through: £30...
A number of Icelandic banks went into administration in the middle of last week. It quickly became clear that many local authorities were among those who had deposits in those banks. The...
I would like to inform Parliament that we have issued today an invitation to local authorities to make proposals which they consider would encourage the improvement of the economic, social or...
Digital switchover is the process by which the UK's analogue television signals are switched off and replaced by digital television signals. Switchover will take place ITV region by ITV region....
Acting on the advice of the Bank and FSA, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer last week took action to protect the retail depositors in three Icelandic banking operations in the...
In accordance with Section 20(5) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, I have today laid before the House the Committee's annual report for 2007. Copies are available in the Vote...
Acting on the advice of the Bank and FSA, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer last week took action to protect the retail depositors in three Icelandic banking operations in the...
I have placed in the Libraries of both Houses a communications booklet outlining the UK's regional development strategy for the Caribbean 2008-13. Achieving a higher rate of growth is vital for...
Over the last few days, the Cabinet Office has been working actively to determine the economic situation some charities may find themselves facing. Only a small fraction of a total of £56...
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.
