Tuesday, 14 July 2009
The Government published their response to consultation and impact assessment on Crown Court means testing on 8 June 2009. The response sets out the Government's intentions in respect of the...
On 26 February 2008, the then Secretary of State, the right honourable member for Bolton West, made a Statement about the performance of the First Great Western Franchise, in which she informed...
My right honourable friend the Minister for Higher Education and Intellectual Property (David Lammy) has made the following Statement. I have tasked the Intellectual Property Office with managing...
Copies of the 2009-10 edition of the "Tax Benefit Reference Manual" (TBRM) are today being deposited in the House of Commons Library. HM Treasury publishes the TBRM annually. It is a technical...
I have tasked the Intellectual Property Office with managing and shaping an Intellectual Property system which encourages innovation and creativity, balances the needs of rights holders and the...
The Government will publish the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan shortly. This will set out the UK's approach to becoming a sustainable-advanced low-carbon country, which means cutting our...
Today I have released to the EU the UK's response to the NATO 2008 defence planning questionnaire. This questionnaire contains information on our forces and capabilities which we, and all other...
The "2008-09 Annual Report and Accounts for Animal Health" will be laid before Parliament today.
In response to the urgent question on 9 July 2009, Official Report, column 1131 by the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Dr.Harris), I undertook to report back to the House at an...
It is almost two months since the conflict ended in Sri Lanka. I would like to update the House on the humanitarian situation on the ground and to reiterate that meeting the humanitarian needs of...
The Local Transport Act 2008 includes provisions aimed at making bus quality contracts schemes a more realistic option for local transport authorities outside London. The Department for Transport...
I am pleased to inform the House that the proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Local Government) Order 2009 has been laid today, as Command Paper (Cm 7680). Copies of...
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.
