Monday, 14 October 2013
On 19 September 2013, the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (Ed Vaizey MP) made the following Statement: The Departmental minute laid today is in respect of an...
An arrangement comprising an exchange of letters amending the 1955 arrangement with the Isle of Man was signed on 10 October 2013 to permit automatic exchange of information. At the same time an...
On 11 October my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister opened round 5 of the regional growth fund (RGF). Under round 5 up to £300 million will be available to bidders from the private...
I wish to provide an update on progress with the Jimmy Savile investigations relating to national health service institutions. There are currently three main investigations under...
On 30 January 2013, I issued a written statement to the House— Official Report, column 46WS—confirming the commencement of a consultation exercise seeking views on how proposals for...
The informal G6 group of Ministers of the Interior from the six largest European Union countries, including representatives of the United States of America and the European Commission, held its...
On 13 November 2012, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development announced the commencement of the triennial review of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in...
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will be held on 15 October 2013 in Luxembourg. There are no health or consumer affairs issues on the agenda. The United Kingdom...
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.