Thursday, 24 November 2011
The House will meet at 10 o'clock on Thursday 15 December 2011, starting with oral questions. This has the agreement of the usual channels and is for the convenience of a number of participants...
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council—Budget was held in Brussels on 18 November 2011. The following items were discussed: Preparation of the Conciliation Committee meeting with the...
The last Government’s housing market renewal pathfinder programme imposed large scale Whitehall targets for demolition and clearance across the midlands and the north of England. The...
In response to detailed enquiries about the information provided in answer to previous parliamentary questions on the cost of providing abortions in the NHS in England the Department has...
Sir David Nicholson, the NHS chief executive, is publishing “The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012-13” today, which sets out the priorities for next year. The NHS...
I am today laying before Parliament the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s 2010-11 annual report and accounts. Copies will be available in the Vote Office.
On the 30 June the Department for Transport launched a consultation on proposals to change the charging regime at the Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing. The consultation closed on 23 September....
As the House will know, as part of the spending review settlement in October 2010, the then Secretary of State agreed to carry out an independent review to examine whether Government have the...
I am pleased to announce that today the first United Kingdom Government report on implementation of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities was submitted to the United...
The Government are pleased to announce the publication of Professor Malcolm Harrington’s second independent review of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), the second of five such annual...
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.
