Thursday, 16 July 2009
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Helen Goodman) has made the following Statement. I am pleased to announce publication of the annual report...
I have today published the department's annual report and resource accounts for 2008-09 (HC 454). Copies have been laid before Parliament and placed in the House Libraries. The report sets out...
The informal meeting of employment and social policy Ministers took place on 8 to 9 July 2009 in Jonkoping, Sweden. I represented the United Kingdom. The theme of this informal meeting was...
I am publishing today details of the number of and cost to departments of the provision of allocated cars and drivers by the Government Car and Despatch Agency to Ministers during 2008-09. The...
A new framework document which sets out the relationship and the revised governance and sponsorship arrangements between the Department for Transport and the Highways Agency has been published....
Her Majesty the Queen will open the new Session of this Parliament on Wednesday 18 November.
The Minister of State for Borders and Immigration, Phil Woolas, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The biggest shake-up to our border protection and immigration system for over...
The Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing, David Hanson, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to announce that today my right honourable...
The Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing (David Hanson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to announce that the annual report 2008-09 and...
The Secretary of State for the Home Department, Alan Johnson, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. In her Written Ministerial Statement to the House on 12 February ( Official...
The Ministry of Justice has today published proposals to refocus limited civil and criminal legal aid resources on priority cases. Proposals in the first part of the paper are the product of...
The Secretary of State for the Home Department, Alan Johnson, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to announce Her Majesty the Queen's Appointment of Timothy Godwin...
My noble Friend, The Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs, Lord Young of Norwood Green, at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has made the following statement....
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held in Brussels on 7 July 2009. The following items were discussed: Presentation of the presidency work programme The Council took note of the...
The Treasury is today publishing the "Public Expenditure 2008-09 Provisional Outturn" White Paper. The White Paper is an annual report to Parliament on the provisional outturn for public...
As the tax law rewrite project will soon complete the work of rewriting mainstream direct tax legislation, it is necessary to consider whether it should rewrite other parts of the direct tax...
I am today publishing a consultation on the future of gaming machines tax policy, copies of which have been placed in the House Library. Following reforms to gambling taxation over the last...
The Government strongly welcome the publication today of the consultation document of Sir David Walker's independent review of the corporate governance of UK banks and other financial...
Today, the Cabinet Office's "Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09" (HC 442) has been laid before Parliament The annual report and accounts reports a loss and a contingent asset following the...
The Government have today published their first annual report on Gypsy and Traveller policies, as set out in its response to the Task Group on Site Provision and Enforcement for Gypsies and...
The Government have today published the "Thames Gateway Annual Report 2008-09". Copies have been placed in the Library of the House and can be accessed via the Communities and Local Government...
Yesterday, the Government published their "Low Carbon Transition Plan". To respond to the challenge of climate change, we need to become a low-carbon country, achieving an 80 per cent. reduction...
On 15 May 2008, Official Report, column 66WS, my predecessor announced that Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) and its intimate supporting elements would move to Innsworth in...
Today the Department has published the Defence Estate Development Plan (DEDP) 2009-the first annual update of this vital internal planning document. The updated plan is evolutionary in nature and...
I am pleased to inform the House that a new non-departmental public body (NDPB) has been set up, entitled the "Science Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less Lethal Weapons"...
I have today published a Green Paper "The Nation's Commitment to the Armed Forces Community: Consistent and Enduring Support". Last summer's publication of the Command Paper, "The Nation's...
In July last year DEFRA launched an open consultation to seek the views of a range of stakeholders on the principle of whether some members of National Park and Broads Authorities should be...
I have set the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) the following performance targets for 2009-10. Service delivery quality To administer common agricultural policy and other schemes to meet the following...
I wish to update the House on recent developments related to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG, Kew). I am pleased to announce that on 1 August 2009 Sir Neil Chalmers, Warden of Wadham...
As required under the Animal Health Act 1981 (as amended by the Animal Health Act 2002) the Government will publish today a review of controls on the import of animal products for the financial...
As at 30 June, the end of the regulatory payment window for the 2008 single payment scheme, a total of £1.625 billion, representing some 99.69 per cent. of the estimated total fund had been...
I am pleased to announce Her Majesty the Queen's appointment of Timothy Godwin OBE, QPM as the next Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. I made my recommendation to Her Majesty...
The biggest shake-up to our border protection and immigration system for over 45 years is well underway. The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill, which will fundamentally overhaul the laws...
The Identity and Passport Service Annual Report and Accounts 2008-09 have been laid before the House today and copies placed in the Vote Office. Publication will take place shortly.
I am pleased to announce that today my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and I are laying before Parliament the Annual Report of the Independent Police Complaints...
In her written ministerial statement to the House on 12 February, Official Report, columns 87-88WS, the then Home Secretary, the right hon. Member for Redittch (Jacqui Smith), provided a...
I am pleased to announce that the annual report 2008-09 and accounts of the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) will be laid before Parliament today. Copies of the report will be available...
I have today published, and laid before Parliament, the Department for International Development Annual Report and Resource Accounts for 2008-09 (HC 867-1 and HC 867-11). The report sets out the...
I am today announcing the Government's response to the Law Commission's report on Housing: Proportionate Dispute Resolution. The Law Commission published its report on 13 May 2008. This follows...
The tribunals service was created in April 2006, bringing together the administrative support for over 23 tribunals from across government into a single organisation so that tribunals were...
Revised operational guidance to police forces on the issue of penalty notices for disorder for retail theft and criminal damage has been published today. Copies will be placed in the Libraries of...
I have today laid before each House a revised copy of the Lord Chancellor's Code of Practice on the management of records, issued under section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I have...
Her Majesty the Queen will open the new Session of this Parliament on Wednesday 18 November 2009.
I am pleased to announce that I am today publishing the Northern Ireland Prison Service annual report and accounts 2008-09. They combine the agency's annual performance report and agency resource...
I have today published a list of gifts received and given by Ministers valued at more than £140 for the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009. Copies of the lists have been placed in the...
I have today published a list of all overseas visits undertaken by Ministers costing £500 or more during the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009. The list provides details of the date,...
I have today published a list of official and charity receptions held at 10 Downing Street for the financial year 2008-09. The total cost of official receptions held at 10 Downing Street and...
I have today published a list of those who have received official hospitality at Chequers for the financial year 2008-09. Marcus Agius Kate Agius Tim Allan Lord Alii Lisa Aziz Sly Bailey Peter...
Listed below are the names of special advisers in post at 16 July 2009, the special advisers' pay ranges for 2009-10, the number of special advisers in each pay band by Department and the total...
I have today published a list of the UK visits I made during the financial year 2008-09. Date Official visit to: 1 April London 2 April London 8 April London 14 April London ...
I have today published the 10th report of the independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. The report provides an account of the work of the committee in giving advice about...
I can announce to the House that I have arranged for the annual reports of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner, the right hon. Sir Christopher Rose, HC 704, the Interception of Communications...
I am today laying before the House the Government's "Road to 2010" plan (Cm 7675). This is a strategy that will lead us into the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference and...
On 14 July last year, my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow, South (Mr. Harris), made a statement offering assurance to Parliament that a statement will be published at least every 12 months...
The Local Transport Act 2008 includes powers for the Secretary of State to confer additional functions on Passenger Focus (formally known as the Rail Passengers' Council-the statutory rail...
Under section 19 of the Transport Act 1985, the Secretary of State has the power to designate bodies who may issue permits under that section to eligible community transport operators. These...
The air travel organiser's licence (ATOL) system provides financial protection to those taking flight-inclusive package holidays overseas. It ensures that in the event of a tour operator becoming...
I am pleased to announce publication of the annual report by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund 2008-09 and the Social Fund Commissioner's annual report 2008-09. The...
On 11 May 2004, a tragic factory explosion occurred at the ICL Plastics premises in Glasgow. Nine people were killed and 33 were seriously injured. Proceedings were subsequently taken against...
I am pleased to announce that the Department for Work and Pensions has today laid in the House the 2008-09 annual reports and accounts for the Rent Service (HC652) and the Child Maintenance and...
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.
