Wednesday, 17 November 2010
My honourable friend the Minister for Business and Enterprise (Mark Prisk) has today made the following Statement. I regret that my Written Answer of 11 November ( Official Report, Col. 479W),...
An extraordinary EU competitiveness council took place in Brussels on 10 November 2010. This comprised a discussion on suggested amendments by the Belgian presidency to the Commission proposal...
I regret that my written parliamentary question response of 11 November, Official Report, column 478-79W, which referenced the future direction of the right to request time to train, gave an...
My noble Friend the Minister for Innovation and Skills, Baroness Wilcox, has today made the following statement: An extraordinary EU Competitiveness Council took place in Brussels on 10 November...
Today, I am setting-out the steps the Government are taking to support workers to establish employee-led mutual organisations. Every Government Department will put in place a "Right to Provide"-a...
I represented the UK at Budget ECOFIN on 11 November, resuming on 15 November. The Council meeting took place alongside a meeting of the Council-European Parliament conciliation committee on...
The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council will be held on 18- 19 November in Brussels. Culture, audio-visual and sport issues will be taken on 18 November. The Deputy UK Permanent...
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will meet on 6- 7 December. The health and consumer affairs part of the Council will be taken on 7 December. Legislative items...
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.
