Monday, 12 March 2012
On 20 December I reported to the House on the heads of agreement on the principal civil service pension scheme to be introduced in 2015, which set out the Government’s final position on...
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will be held in Brussels on 13 March 2012. The following items are on the agenda to be discussed: Financial transaction tax (FTT) The presidency will...
On 20 December the Secretary of State for Education reported to the House on the heads of agreement on the teachers’ pension scheme to be introduced in 2015, which set out the...
I am pleased to inform the House of three announcements from my Department—the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)—with regard to the safe management of radioactive waste....
On December 2011, I reported to the House that a heads of agreement had been reached on a new NHS Pension Scheme for England and Wales for introduction in 2015. The heads of agreement set out the...
The appropriate provision of marine aids to navigation preserves life at sea and protects our coasts from pollution, a task the Government entrust to the three general lighthouse authorities for...
During consideration of the personal independence payment (PIP) clauses of the Welfare Reform Bill on 17 January, the Government announced their intention to have a graduated introduction of the...
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.
