Thursday, 22 March 2012
My honourable friend the Minister for Employment Relations, Consumers and Postal Affairs has today made the following Statement. As part of the coalition agreement, all government departments are...
My honourable friend the Minister for Employment Relations, Consumers and Postal Affairs (Norman Lamb) has today made the following Statement. The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) took place in...
My honourable friend the Minister for Business and Enterprise (Mark Prisk) has today made the following Statement. We will shortly commence a triennial review of the Industrial Development...
I am today announcing that key performance targets have been agreed for the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre for the period 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013. The agency's principal financial...
The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) took place in Brussels on 16 March 2012. I represented the UK on all the issues discussed at the meeting. A summary of those discussions follows. Two...
We will shortly commence a “Triennial Review” of the Industrial Development Advisory Board, to Cabinet Office guidelines. As part of the coalition agreement, all Government...
As part of the coalition agreement, all Government Departments are required to review all their non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) at least every three years. ACAS has been selected as one of...
The Government’s response to Fire Futures on 12 April 2011 said that the college can achieve its full potential only if there is greater involvement from other sectors (whether private,...
The EU Foreign Affairs Council will meet in defence formation on 22 March 2012 in Brussels. I will represent the UK. We have yet to receive a detailed formal agenda. However, we expect current...
Today we are publishing data, based on returns from 151 local authorities, showing that across the country 85.3% of families received an offer at their first preference secondary...
I am pleased to announce that the Government have published their report on the habitats and wild birds directives implementation review. The review was launched at the autumn statement. At that...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 23 March. I will attend the General Affairs Council (GAC) on 26...
FCO Services operates as a trading fund of the FCO. I have set the following performance targets for 2012-13: 1. An in-year surplus before interest and tax producing a net margin of between 1%...
I have reviewed the reservation for immigration functions which the UK lodged to the UN convention on the rights of people with disabilities when the UK ratified that convention in 2009, in line...
The Government on 16 March decided not to opt in to the European Commission’s proposed regulation establishing for the period 2014-20 the justice programme. The stated objectives 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.
