Thursday, 8 December 2011
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Universities and Science has today made the following Statement. The UK has a global reputation for innovation and research and our future...
My honourable friend the Minister for Cities (Greg Clark) has today made the following Statement. The Government are today publishing Unlocking Growth in Cities, which describes a new framework...
In my closing statement to Lord Hunt of Chesterton's Question for Short Debate on United Nations Specialised Agencies of 22 November I said that the United Kingdom is the largest contributor to...
At its meeting on 29 November, the Administration and Works Committee agreed to a three-month trial of new access arrangements for Peers' car park, to begin in the new year. Under the new...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has today made the following Statement. I am today laying before Parliament Water for Life, our water White Paper. This sets out the Government's...
The UK has a global reputation for innovation and research and our future prosperity rests on our ability to continue to compete in a global economy. Innovation and research is a key priority for...
The Government are today publishing “Unlocking Growth in Cities”, which describes a new framework for the relationship between our largest cities and central Government. In...
A double taxation agreement with Germany was signed on 7 December 2011 in relation to both countries’ bank levies. The text of the agreement has been deposited in the Libraries of both...
The autumn statement announced that public sector pay awards will average 1 % for each of the two years following the end of the current pay freeze, and that departmental budgets will be adjusted...
I am today publishing the Government’s formal proposals on distribution of formula grant to English local authorities for 2012-13. Total formula grant for 2012-13 will be £27.8...
In a written statement on 23 June 2011, Official Report, column 24WS, my predecessor the right hon. Member for North Somerset (Dr Fox) informed the House that the costs of Operation...
I am pleased to inform the House that, following a review, women in the Royal Navy will be allowed to serve in submarines in the future. The decision follows an 18-month thorough analysis, which...
I am today publishing a consultation setting out my “minded to” decision in relation to the academies funding transfer for 2011-12 and 2012-13. The decision has been reached in...
I have today laid before Parliament Funded Decommissioning Programme (FDP) guidance for prospective operators of new nuclear power stations, together with the Government response to the December...
I am today laying before Parliament “Water for Life”, our water White Paper. This sets out the Government’s vision for securing sustainable and resilient water supplies through...
On 5 December, Germany hosted and Afghanistan chaired the international Afghanistan conference in Bonn, entitled “Afghanistan and the International Community: From Transition to the...
The health part of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs (EPSCO) Council met on 2 December in Brussels. Andy Lebrecht, Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union,...
I promised to update the House about ongoing activity in relation to Winterbourne View private hospital. The House will wish to note that 10 people employed at Winterbourne View have now been...
At the very heart of the coalition Government is a commitment to fairness and equality. Celebrating the diversity of the UK and enabling all to be able to play their full part will lead to a...
The informal G6 group of Ministers of the Interior from France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and the UK held their most recent meeting in Paris on 1 December under the French presidency of the...
I have today placed in the Library my proposals for the aggregate amount of grant to police authorities (referred to in the report as the police core settlement) in England and Wales for 2012-13,...
It is in the interests of victims and witnesses, and of the criminal justice system generally, that court procedures should be made as efficient as possible, for example by cutting out...
I have arranged for copies of the fourth report of Robert Whalley CB, Independent Reviewer of the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (the “2007 Act”), to be laid before...
In conjunction with my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, the Member for Huntingdon (Mr Djanogly), I wish to inform the House of serious errors that have been identified in the...
I am pleased to announce today a £60 million package of bus measures to improve buses and community transport coupled with the £30 million investment to improve the environmental...
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 1 December 2011 in Brussels. I represented the United Kingdom. There were two negotiations at this Council. In the first...
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.
