Thursday, 16 October 2008
My right honourable friend the then Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform wrote to the Business and Enterprise Select Committee in September to...
I represented the UK at the Energy Council in Luxembourg on 10 October. The council reached political agreement on the Commission's third energy package on the functioning of the internal energy...
My right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform wrote to the Business and Enterprise Select Committee in September to inform...
I represented the UK at the Energy Council in Luxembourg on 10 October. The Council reached political agreement on the Commission's third energy package on the functioning of the internal energy...
I am today depositing copies of the annual report on the number of incidents of fly-tipping recorded by local authorities on the Government's Fly-capture database in 2007-08. This report gives...
On 8 January 2008 I wrote to the Police Negotiating Board (PNB) asking them to consider a multi-year deal for police officers starting in September 2008. In my letter I made clear that, if the...
This year sees the biggest changes to Britain's immigration and border security system for 45 years. Our policy will deliver strong borders, a selective migration system and an expectation that...
I am today announcing details of the House of Commons calendar until October 2009, details of which can be found on the Leader's Office website at www.CommonsLeader.gov.uk. The House will rise...
The senior president of tribunals and I are today issuing the following joint statement: We are making this joint statement in recognition of the concerns expressed by members of the armed forces...
I attended the first Transport Council of the French presidency in Luxembourg on 9 October. Following a debate on the draft conclusions presented by the presidency on the greening of transport,...
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.
