Tuesday, 10 February 2015
I am today announcing an increase to the tariff of payments made under the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme which was introduced by the Mesothelioma Act in April 2014. I will shortly...
I would like to inform the House that a response I gave on 9 February 2015 during consideration of Commons Amendments 7-11 (Hansard Column 1052) to the Infrastructure Bill was incorrect....
I have today laid before the House a Departmental Minute describing a package of surplus Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) equipment, comprising 1,000 surplus VALLON...
Legislation governing public service pensions requires them to be increased annually by the same percentage as additional pensions (State Earnings Related Pension and State Second Pension)....
Today I am announcing that I am laying the regulations to increase the weight and speed limits of tractors and trailers on roads in Great Britain. These changes, which I announced on 17...
Commencement of the Triennial Review of the British Hallmarking Council (BHC) was announced in Parliament through a Written Ministerial Statement on 9th October 2013 and I am now pleased to...
I am pleased to announce Mr David Bolt’s appointment as the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration. The appointment has been made in accordance with the UK Borders Act...
I am writing to inform the House of the publication today, of the report of the independent feasibility study on resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory by consultants KPMG LLP. We...
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.
