Written Ministerial Statements

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

  • House of Lords

    • Engaging Communities in Criminal Justice

      My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, my right honourable friend the Home Secretary and I are today announcing the publication of Engaging Communities...

    • Afghanistan: Country Plan 2009-2013

      My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following Statement. Afghanistan and Pakistan are of critical strategic importance to the UK. Helping...

      Sri Lanka

      My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr Mike Foster) has made the following Statement. I would like to update the House on my recent...

  • Children, Schools and Families

    • Lamb Inquiry

      I have welcomed today the report from Brian Lamb, Chair of the Special Educational Consortium, on information for parents of children with special educational needs and disabled children (SEND),...

  • Defence

    • Afghanistan Troops Levels (Election Support)

      My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in his statement to the House on Afghanistan today that our force levels in that country will increase to 9,000 over the course of the Afghan...

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    • Ministerial Correction

      I regret that the written answer given to the hon. Member for North-West Leicestershire (David Taylor), on 4 February, Official Report, column 1197W, was incorrect. The correct information is...

    • Veterinary Medicines Directorate

      Following consultation on the future of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) I have decided to retain the VMD as a DEFRA executive agency. The VMD is one of the DEFRA regulators covered by...

  • Health

    • Autism Strategy (Adults)

      I am today launching a consultation on the development of an autism strategy for adults. We are committed to delivering real change for adults with autism through this strategy but, before...

  • International Development

    • Sri Lanka

      Mr. Michael Foster: I would like to update the House on my recent visit to Sri Lanka to assess the humanitarian situation. I urged the Government of Sri Lanka to support a ceasefire to allow the...

    • Afghanistan Country Plan

      Afghanistan and Pakistan are of critical strategic importance to the UK. Helping both countries to ensure their own security, stability, growth and development is vital both for the Afghan and...

  • Justice

    • "Engaging Communities in Criminal Justice"

      My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary, my right hon. and noble Friend the Attorney-General and I are today announcing the publication of "Engaging Communities in Criminal Justice" (Cm 7583), a...

  • Transport

    • Travel Plans

      My right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning and I are today publishing "Delivering Travel Plans through the Planning Process—Good Practice Guidelines". This document...

    • Statutory Senior Traffic Commissioner

      The Government are today publishing their consultation on draft guidance from the Secretary of State to the statutory senior traffic commissioner as part of their implementation of the Local...

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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