Thursday, 23 April 2009
I am pleased to announce that the Ministry of Defence has signed a £574 million, nine-year contract, with BAE Systems for the logistic support of the Harrier fleet until the aircraft's...
A new call-out order has been made under section 56 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 so that reservists may continue to be called-out into permanent service to support military operations in the...
Warm Front is one of our key tools for tackling fuel poverty among private sector households in England. The scheme was introduced in 2000 and has helped almost 2 million households vulnerable to...
The General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) will be held on 27 April in Luxembourg. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary will represent the UK. The agenda items are as...
I am today publishing the Adult Social Care Work Force Strategy. The adult social care work force is made up of about 1.5 million hard-working, committed, and talented people working in many...
I represented the UK at the North-South Corridor Conference held in Lusaka on 6 and 7 April, attended by Presidents of Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia, and other Ministers from the...
Today I have deposited copies of the "Freedom of Information Act 2000—Statistics on Implementation in Central Government: Q4—October-December 2008" in the Libraries of both Houses....
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.
