Wednesday, 9 September 2009
An informal lunch of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held in Brussels on 2 September 2009. The informal focused primarily on preparing a European position ahead of the meeting of...
The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting was held in London on 4 and 5 September. Discussions at the meeting focused on the global economy, financial regulation and...
The Prime Minister has been pleased to appoint Professor Alasdair Smith as the next chair of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body, for a three-year term of office commencing on 1 March 2010. This...
I am delighted to announce that the contracts for the third tranche of Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft have now been signed by the general manager of the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado...
Further to the announcement on 19 July 2005, Official Report, column 59WS, volume 436, regarding the continuing programme of investment at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE), I should like...
Part one of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill, currently before Parliament, seeks to establish a new executive non-departmental public body called the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The...
The latest report on the implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong was published today. Copies have been placed in the Library of the House. A copy of the report is also...
I am pleased to announce the publication of the second annual report of the "National DNA Database Ethics Group" on 9 September 2009. The group was established on 25 July 2007 to provide...
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Christopher Hughes, OBE, as chair of the National DNA Database Ethics Group. Mr. Hughes replaces Professor Peter Hutton, who resigned in March...
On Thursday 4 September I laid before Parliament the "Commonhold (Amendment) Regulations 2009". The regulations make consequential amendments to the Commonhold Regulations 2004, arising from the...
On Monday 29 June, the Prime Minister announced the Government's plans for "Building Britain's Future". The consultation on the Government's Draft Legislative Programme for the 2009-10 session...
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.
