Thursday, 12 February 2015
Today, my right Honourable friend the Minister of State for Schools and I are announcing £1.6 billion of capital funding to support the creation of the new school places needed by...
The government is reforming qualifications to provide students with the knowledge and understanding that will prepare them for employment and further study. The new GCSEs will provide young...
The House of Commons Commission Bill was introduced on Wednesday 4 February 2015. The Bill makes the legislative changes required to implement the recommendations of the House of Commons...
We are today announcing that Regional Growth Fund support in England has been expanded by nearly £300 million, bringing the total investment in local jobs and enterprise over the 6 rounds...
I am today publishing revised Statutory Guidance to Trust Special Administrators appointed to NHS Trusts, in accordance with section 65N of the National Health Service Act 2006 (the 2006 Act)....
Clause 17 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill requires the Secretary of State to publish factors that she considers are appropriate to take into account when deciding whether to impose...
I wish to inform the House that the Foreign Secretary has taken the decision on security grounds to suspend temporarily the services of the British Embassy in Sana’a and to withdraw...
I would like to update the House on the outcome of the recent London Conference of the five Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) nuclear-weapon states (the ‘P5’). The Conference...
I represented the UK at the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 26 January in Brussels. Rebecca Evans AM and Richard Lochhead MSP were also present Fisheries: Multiannual plan for...
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