Thursday, 3 November 2011
My right honourable friend the Minister of State has today made the following Statement. I am pleased to announce that the Government published the interim response to the Farming Regulation Task...
The Justice and Home Affairs Council was held on 27 and 28 October in Luxembourg. My honourable friend the Minister of State for Immigration (Damian Green), my right honourable friend the...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following Statement. In my Statement of 22 July 2010 I confirmed the Government's willingness to...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries (Richard Benyon) has today made the following Statement. On 7 September 2010, I outlined in a Written...
My right honourable friend the Minister for Agriculture and food (Jim Paice) has today made the following Statement. I informed the House in February (col. 791W) that I expected the revised...
I would like to update the House on my Department’s work to address the shortage in pupil places being experienced by some local authorities, and reduce the level of prescription and...
I am pleased to announce that the Government published the interim response to the farming regulation taskforce report today. I established the taskforce in June 2010, asking its members to...
On 7 September 2010, I outlined in a written statement, Official Report, column 9WS the Government’s support for Thames Water’s plans for a tunnel to reduce the amount of untreated...
I informed the House in February, Official Report, column 791W, that I expected the revised edition of the UK Forestry Standard to be published later this year. I am delighted to say that we...
On 1 November the Kimberley Process (KP) plenary meeting in Kinshasa reached an agreement to ensure credible and effective safeguards and monitoring of the diamond mines in the Marange region of...
I am pleased to announce the publication today of the Government’s response to Mr David Anderson QC’s report on the operation in 2010 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and part 1 of the...
The Justice and Home Affairs Council was held on the 27 and 28 October in Luxembourg. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, the Scottish Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland and I...
I have received the Senior Salaries Review Body report and recommendations on police and crime commissioners pay. On 20 January 2011 I wrote to the chair of the Senior Salaries Review Body...
In my statement of 22 July 2010 I confirmed the Government’s willingness to finance an airport for St Helena on condition that: an acceptable contract price is achieved; the risk of cost...
The Department for Transport has today published a consultation on a proposal to exempt vehicles of historic interest (vehicles manufactured prior to 1 January 1960) in Great Britain (GB) from...
Personal independence payment will replace disability living allowance for people of working age from April 2013. The coalition Government are committed to supporting disabled people to lead...
The Department for Work and Pensions has obtained approval for an advance from the contingencies fund of £46 million to allow for the continued development of IT for universal credit before...
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.
