Monday, 4 November 2013
In March 2011 the Government responded to the Public Accounts Select Committee report ‘Smaller Government: Shrinking the Quango state’ setting out the Coalition’s plans for...
My honourable Friend Secretary of State for Education (Rt Hon Michael Gove MP) made the following announcement: I announced in February my intention to reform GCSEs to ensure they are rigorous...
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Minister for Business and Energy (Michael Fallon) has made the following statement. The Government has committed to ending the culture of tick-box regulation and creating...
My right hon Friend the Home Secretary (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement: The Government’s response to the report of Mr David Anderson QC on the...
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Wales (David Jones) has made the following Ministerial Statement: The Chancellor, Chief Secretary to the Treasury and I are pleased to set out the...
On 12 July 2013, following a public consultation, the Government announced their intention to reform the regulatory framework for the recruitment sector. We intend to replace the Employment...
Government have committed to ending the culture of tick-box regulation and creating an environment that gives business confidence and certainty to grow. Primary authority promotes business...
On Wednesday 30 October an incident occurred in British Gibraltar territorial waters (BGTW) involving dangerous manoeuvring by a Spanish guardia civil boat. Following media reporting of the...
The Government’s response to the report of Mr David Anderson QC on the operation in 2012 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and part 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006 is being published today. I thank...
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.