Thursday, 11 June 2009
My honourable friend the Minister of State, Government Equalities Office (Maria Eagle) has made the following Statement. The Equality Bill, currently before Parliament, will introduce a new...
A Justice and Home Affairs Council was held in Luxembourg on 4 and 5 June 2009. My noble friend Admiral Lord West, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Kenny...
On 19 May 2009 I informed the House that the House Committee had agreed to commission an independent external review of the financial support available to Members of the House and that detailed...
On 4 December I announced that I was asking my officials to lead a short study which would bring together the evidence about the issues facing the advice sector on the ground. I asked them to...
The following statement provides information on the Competitiveness Council which took place in Brussels on 28- 29 May 2009. The industry session of the Council took place on 28 May, and was...
On 19 January 2009 I asked Graham Badman to carry out a review of elective home education in England. The terms of reference for the review emphasised the Government's recognition of parents'...
The Department's annual report for 2009 (Cm 7593) was laid before Parliament today. Copies are in the Library of the House and are available for hon. Members from the Vote Office.
A Justice and Home Affairs Council was held in Luxembourg on 4 and 5 June 2009. My noble Friend Admiral Lord West, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Security and Counter-Terrorism; my noble...
The Government are today announcing the conclusion of an agreement between the United Kingdom and the Government of Belarus in respect of the travel of children affected by the Chernobyl incident...
The Equality Bill, currently before Parliament, will introduce a new single Equality Duty which will bring together the three existing race, disability and gender equality duties and extend to...
In 2005, the Government made public their commitment to work towards equality for disabled people by 2025. Since then we have come a long way but, as many disabled people know, we still have a...
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.
