Tuesday, 30 March 2010
The Minister of State for International Development has made the following Statement. On 9 March, I hosted a high-level meeting in the Houses of Parliament in London to review progress towards...
I have tasked the National Measurement Office to provide a measurement infrastructure which supports innovation, facilitates fair competition, promotes international trade and protects consumers,...
I am today announcing an independent review of the transport sector's response to the severe weather experienced this winter 2009-10 and lessons for the future. The winter of 2009-10 has seen the...
My right honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development has made the following Statement: Today my department has published the annual review of DfID's...
My noble friend the Minister for Science and Innovation, Lord Drayson has today made the following statement: I have tasked the National Measurement Office to provide a measurement infrastructure...
Buying Solutions has been set four performance targets for 2010-11. These are as follows: to facilitate at least £1,000 million value-for-money improvements (£800 million cashable) for...
The Finance Bill will be published on Thursday 1 April. Explanatory notes on the Bill will be available in the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office and in the Libraries of both Houses on...
Over the Easter recess, the Cabinet Office will publish "Mutual Benefit: giving people power over public services". The paper sets out the potential for mutuals to stimulate and secure greater...
On 18 January I asked Sir Roger Singleton, the Government's independent chief adviser on the safety of children, to review the use of the defence of reasonable punishment in certain part-time...
The 19th report of the School Teachers Review Body (STRB) is being published today, covering a range of matters referred to them in October 2009. I am grateful for the careful consideration which...
I am announcing today the implementation of the duty for local authorities to respond to petitions, giving real power to local people to raise the issues they care about with their council and...
I am publishing today a paper "Park Homes Site Licensing Reforms: The Way Forward and Next Steps" which sets out the Government's proposals for the reform of licensing of park home sites in light...
I am publishing a consultation paper today, 30 March, on the arrangements for the production of the second local spending report. The aim of the local spending reports is to assist local...
The Government committed to implementing in full all the recommendations arising from the review of the armed forces compensation scheme when it was published on 10 February 2010. As the review...
The Government have accepted the findings of the review board for Government contracts as detailed in their report of the 2010 general review of the profit formula for non-competitive Government...
I am today publishing "Adapting to Coastal Change: Developing a Policy Framework", which takes forward some of the ideas on supporting community adaptation to coastal change that we consulted on...
I wish to announce that for 2009-10 DEFRA will switch £25 million available near-cash resource DEL budget to cover a forecast deficit against its capital DEL control total, in accordance...
I have set the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) the following performance targets for 2010-11. Service delivery quality To administer common agricultural policy and other schemes to meet the following...
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has recently undertaken a review of the fees charged for visa and consular services, both in the UK and overseas. On 10 February 2010 Her Majesty in Council...
The General Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council were held on 22 March in Brussels. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary represented the UK. The agenda items covered were as...
The Western European Union (WEU) has played a valuable role in discussion on European security. It embedded the principle of mutual defence in post-war Europe, promoted consultation and...
Today the Government are laying before Parliament the White Paper, "Building the National Care Service" (Cm 7854). We have listened to the views of the public and stakeholders through the 2008...
The Police Pensions Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVC) Scheme, which was introduced in 1990, has served as a useful means by which police officers can top up their retirement pension....
This week marks the end of phase 2 of the tackling knives and serious youth violence action programme (TKAP). Over the past 12 months, we have targeted nearly £7 million of funding on 15...
I am today publishing the Government's "Cyber Crime Strategy" (Cm 7842) which sets out the Government's proposals for tackling cyber crime. Copies are available in the Vote Office. Cyber crime is...
Today my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and I are announcing the final stage of the UK's first global review of visa regimes in relation to the...
On 9 March I hosted a high-level meeting in the Houses of Parliament in London to review progress towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support in East and Southern...
Today my department has published the annual review of DFID's works with the World Bank "The UK and the World Bank 2009". This report reviews the UK's work with the World Bank from December 2008...
On 16 July 2009, I announced to this House the Government's intention to consult directly academy schools, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), the Financial Ombudsman Service and...
I am today pleased to announce the appointment of Louise Casey as Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses. The Victims Commissioner's key objectives, as defined in Coroners and Justice Act 2009,...
I wish to inform the House that from 1 April 2010, there will be established 29 further probation trusts operating in England and Wales. This brings to 35 the total number of probation trusts...
At the request of Sir Hayden Phillips, and on his behalf, I am today placing in the Library of the House the agendas, papers and minutes for the five meetings which he chaired and which were...
I am announcing today the Government's intention to establish an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 to investigate the death of Azelle Rodney in April 2005. The inquiry will be established by...
The Government are publishing today two reports on important aspects of constitutional reform. The first is a summary of responses to the Green Paper, "Rights and Responsibilities: developing our...
The Highways Agency's business plan target for the programme of national schemes in the development phase, contained in the Highways Agency business plan 2009-10, has been revised so as to remove...
The Local Transport Act 2008 includes provisions designed to make bus quality contracts schemes-the London-style model of bus contracts-a more realistic option for local transport authorities...
A range of high-level targets for the 2010-11 year has been set on behalf of the agencies within the Motoring and Freight Services Group: the Driving Standards Agency, the Driver and Vehicle...
I am today able to announce the annual performance targets in 2010-11 for the executive agencies of the Department for Work and Pensions and of our crown Non-departmental Public Bodies-the Child...
I am pleased to announce the publication of the Government's response to Rita Donaghy's report into the underlying causes of fatal construction accidents. The UK is rightly regarded as having one...
I am pleased to announce that the gross discretionary social fund budget for 2010-11 will be £802 million. With the net funding available, I have been able to allocate a gross national SF...
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