Tuesday, 18 January 2011
My right honourable friend the Prime Minister has made the following Statement. Responsibility for all competition and policy issues relating to media, broadcasting, digital and telecoms sectors...
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Brussels on 18 January 2011. The following items are on the agenda: Presentation of the Presidency Work Programme The Hungarian...
A new protocol to the Double Taxation Convention with Mauritius was signed at Port Louis on 10 January 2011. The text of the protocol has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and made...
I am publishing today a statement regarding the transfer of the management of the eight royal parks and the Royal Parks Agency (RPA) from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to the...
Today, we are announcing our intention to deliver on this commitment by introducing a ban on sales of alcohol below the rate of duty plus VAT. The Government acknowledge the growing concern over...
On Friday 7 January 2011, the Ministry of Justice announced the Government's plans to extend the scope of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and to further increase transparency in public...
Responsibility for all competition and policy issues relating to media, broadcasting, digital and telecoms sectors has been transferred from the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and...
The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) is responsible for setting standards and conducting theory and practical driving tests for motorists in England and Wales. The DSA is a trading fund which is...
In my statement to the House on marine aids to navigation of 26 July 2010, Official Report, columns 75-76WS, I said that the Government believe a solution needs to be found as soon as possible...
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.
