Thursday, 21 March 2013
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Dr Vince Cable) has today made the following Statement. I would like to update the House on progress made to...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following Statement. The Department for International Development (DfID) will shortly commence the...
I have today written to the chair of the Law Commission to set out the Government's formal response to the commission's report, Intestacy and Family Provision Claims on Death (Law Com No 331)....
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Natural Environment, Water and Rural Affairs (Richard Benyon) has today made the following Statement. Today I am announcing the start of...
We have today laid before Parliament the Government response to the House of Commons Health Select Committee's eighth report of session 2012-13 on the National Institute for Health and Clinical...
I have made a Statement under Section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 that, in my view, the provisions of the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill are compatible...
I would like to update the House on progress made to set up a new British business bank to support the provision of finance to small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). Inadequate access to finance...
I am pleased to lay before Parliament today the Service Complaints Commissioner’s fifth annual report on the fairness, effectiveness and efficiency of the service complaints system. Since...
Today I am publishing outcomes of the Department’s internal review of personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education. PSHE remains an important and necessary part of all...
Today I am publishing the revised statutory guidance “Working Together to Safeguard Children”. In May 2011 Professor Eileen Munro concluded her review of the system in England for...
Today I am announcing the start of the triennial review of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). Triennial reviews of non-department public bodies are part of the Government’s...
The Government have decided not to opt in at this stage to the draft Council decisions concerning the signature and conclusion of the agreement between the European Union and the Republic of...
On 9 November 2012 the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee published its eighth report of the Session 2012-13 “The Work of the UK Border Agency (April-June 2012)”. I am today...
The Department for International Development (DFID) will shortly commence the triennial review of its oversight arrangements for the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI). The Government...
I am today launching two new websites: the road safety comparison site and the road safety observatory. The road safety comparison site will help the public and road safety professionals compare...
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.
