Monday, 8 June 2009
In October 2006, the Government introduced a means-testing scheme for legal aid for defendants being tried at the magistrates' courts. Since then, net savings of over £80 million have been...
My right honourable friend the Minister of State (Business) (Pat McFadden) has made the following Statement. The EU Competitiveness Council took place in Brussels on 28 and 29 May 2009. The then...
Members of the public who receive civil legal aid for a money or property dispute, and who succeed in obtaining a financial benefit from their case, are required to repay their legal aid costs,...
I am today announcing a financial restructuring of London and Continental Railways Ltd (LCR). This is a further step toward this Government's stated intention to complete the restructuring and...
I am delighted to announce that later today the UK will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in New York. In addition, we aim to start the parliamentary process for...
HM Treasury is today publishing further research, carried out by Ipsos MORI, on the second pilot of the Saving Gateway. The Saving Gateway is a cash saving scheme, which aims to kick-start a...
The EU Competitiveness Council took place in Brussels on 28- 29 May 2009. The then Minister for Trade and Consumer Affairs represented the UK on the morning of 28 May, covering the then BERR...
A meeting of the Education, Youth and Culture Council was held on 11- 12 May. The Scottish Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution, Michael Russell, represented the UK for the...
The Forensic Science Service Ltd, formerly an Executive Agency of the Home Office, was vested as a Government-Owned Company (GovCo) in December 2005. My predecessor my right hon. Friend the...
I should like to inform the House that I have made the following appointment under Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986: The Honourable Mr Justice Sales appointed as Deputy...
Tackling drug issues remains a key priority for Government. In the last 12 years prison drug treatment funding has risen year on year and now stands at over 13 times that of 1997. In this time...
I am delighted to announce that later today the UK will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in New York. In addition, we aim to start the parliamentary process for...
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.
