Thursday, 7 March 2013
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food (David Heath) has today made the following Statement. I made a Statement on 6 December 2012 ( Official Report, col. 76WS)...
Further to my Written Ministerial Statement of 13 December (Official Report, col. WS136) an error has been identified relating to a citation in the Statement. The relevant extract from the...
Her Majesty the Queen will open a new Session of this Parliament on Wednesday 8 May 2013.
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment and Fisheries (Richard Benyon) has today made the following Statement. An urgent cash advance of £1,500,000...
I have today deposited in the Libraries of both Houses drafts of the following secondary legislation to be made under the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Bill: The draft Financial Services...
I would like to update the House on the loan to Ireland. Ireland completed the eighth quarterly review of its International Monetary Fund and European Union programme of financial assistance on...
I made a statement on 6 December 2012, Official Report, column 76WS about payments to farmers in England under the EU common agricultural policy single payment scheme (SPS) for 2012. I informed...
An urgent cash advance of £1.5 million is required to fund Ofwat’s immediate operating cost commitments and prevent default to contractual suppliers while we await Royal Assent of...
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) and I will attend the General Affairs Council (GAC), both on 11...
Tomorrow, on international women’s day, the Government are publishing an updated violence against women and girls action plan. A copy will be placed in the Library of the House. Last year...
Her Majesty the Queen will open a new Session of this Parliament on Wednesday 8 May 2013.
I will attend the first Transport Council of the Irish presidency (the presidency) taking place in Brussels on Monday 11 March. There will be an introductory discussion on the proposal for a...
Drug driving is a menace on our roads with an estimated 200 drug-driving related deaths a year in Great Britain. The Government have a zero tolerance approach to illegal drug use and it is...
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 28 February 2013 in Brussels. I represented the UK. There was a discussion on the European semester 2013 focusing on 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.
