Friday, 25 October 2013
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Vince Cable) has made the following statement. It is normal practice when a Government department proposes to...
My hon Friend the Minister of State, Department of Health (Norman Lamb) has made the following written ministerial statement. We have today laid before Parliament Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the...
It is normal practice when a Government Department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 for which there is no specific statutory authority for the Minister...
This Government are committed to delivering a progressive tax system that is affordable, fair and encourages growth. As announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 17 September 2013 the...
I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Ministry of Defence and the Department for International Development, is today publishing the 31st progress...
We have today laid before Parliament “Post-legislative Scrutiny of the Mental Health Act 2007: Response to the Health Committee of the House of Commons” (Cm 8735). The response...
Today I have published the intercity east coast prospectus, pre-qualification documents and submitted for publication an Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) notice. These steps mark 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.