Tuesday, 10 June 2014
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Owen Paterson) has today made the following statement. Growing the rural economy and improving the environment remain two of my absolute priorities. In...
Paragraph 38 of Schedule 7 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 requires the Treasury to report to Parliament after each calendar year in which a direction under the Schedule is at any time in...
The Minister for Disabled People (Mike Penning MP): Today the Government will publish a call for evidence as part of the fifth Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), carried...
My Rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Universities and Science (David Willetts) has today made the following statement. The seventeenth Annual Review of the Government Chemist has been...
My right hon Friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Eric Pickles) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement I would like to update hon. Members on the...
My right honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove) made the following announcement: The 24th report of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) is being published...
Under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (“TAFA 2010”), the Treasury is required to report to Parliament, quarterly, on its operation of the UK’s asset freezing regime...
The 17th annual review of the Government chemist has been received. The review will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses plus those of the devolved Administrations in Wales and Northern...
I would like to update hon. Members on the actions that the coalition Government have put in place on housing and planning, as part of our long-term economic plan. We have implemented a range of...
The 24th report of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) is being published today, responding to the remit I issued in October 2013. The report contains recommendations on how to apply...
Growing the rural economy and improving the environment remain two of my absolute priorities. On 19 December, Official Report, column 125WS, I announced an initial range of decisions about how...
Following the Committee’s enquiry into the Mental Capacity Act, the House of Lords Select Committee published its report on 13 March 2014. We welcome the report, which contains 39...
Access to Work helps over 30,000 disabled people to take up and remain in employment each year, providing support such as specialist aids and equipment, travel to work and support workers. This...
Today the Government will publish a call for evidence as part of the fifth independent review of the work capability assessment (WCA), carried out by Dr Paul Litchfield. The first three...
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.
