Wednesday, 11 February 2015
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council was held in Brussels on 27 January 2015. Ministers discussed the following items: Investment Plan for Europe The Commission...
Later today I intend to publish an update paper entitled Automatic transfers: A framework for consolidating pension savings. This paper sets out the progress we have made in designing a...
The Ministry of Defence Votes A Estimate 2015-16, will be laid before the House today as HC 1054. This outlines the maximum numbers of personnel to be maintained for each Service in the Armed...
At its meeting on 9 February, the House of Commons Commission again considered implementation of the recommendations of the Committee on House of Commons Governance. The Commission agreed a...
I am announcing today £14.5 million of new investment in the Food and Environment Research Agency through a joint venture with Capita and Newcastle University . This is part of...
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.