Thursday, 25 November 2010
The General Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council were held on 22 October in Brussels. I represented the UK. The agenda items covered were as follows: General Affairs Council (GAC) The...
I wish to inform the House that, today, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, will publicly launch the UK's...
Today, I formally launch the Department of Health action plan, improving services for women and child victims of violence. This document sets out how the Department, in partnership with others,...
We are today publishing a cross-Government strategy-"Recognised, valued and supported: next steps for the Carers Strategy". This sets out the Government's priority areas for the next four years...
The Government's ambition is nothing less than ending all forms of violence against women and girls. This is a key priority for us and today, on the international day for the elimination of...
This statement sets out the Government's plans for investment in rail infrastructure and rolling stock. It builds on the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the outcome of the...
In the course of the Opposition day debate on housing benefit, 9 November 2010, I stated that: "We now know that, according to the Office for National Statistics, the private marketplace in...
The Government have previously announced their plans for radical reforms of the welfare-to-work system and the implementation of the Work programme. Work to deliver the programme is progressing...
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.
