Thursday, 26 February 2015
The Report of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament on the Intelligence Relating to the Murder to Fusilier Lee Rigby was published on 25 November 2014. The Government’s...
The Government has made a priority of addressing the high costs of civil litigation in England and Wales. To that end, Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO)...
In 2012, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills together with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) asked the Law Commission to review the law relating to the making of groundless...
Today, I will lay before both houses a Minute setting out the revised details of the contingent liability created by the provision of indemnities to local authorities where schools in Private...
Statement regarding investigations relating to Jimmy Savile and a number of children’s homes and schools in England. On 27 March 2014 The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP informed the House...
I am pleased to announce that the Prime Minister has appointed Nicholas Caton, as a Member to the Prison Service Pay Review Body for three years, commencing 26 November 2014. The appointment...
Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 provides for a statutory register of consultant lobbyists, which the Government is...
The Government is committed to tackling tax avoidance to ensure the Exchequer is protected and fairness is maintained for the taxpayer. HMRC has become aware of a proposed transaction...
This is the seventh statement on the security situation in Northern Ireland and the final regular statement of this Parliament. It covers the threat from domestic terrorism in Northern...
I would like to update hon. Members on Rotherham Council. On 4 February, I informed the House that I was satisfied, having considered the report of the inspection by Louise Casey CB, that the...
My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Minister for Intellectual Property (Baroness Neville-Rolfe) will today make the following...
The Report of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament on the Intelligence Relating to the Murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby was published on 25 November 2014. The Government’s...
The independently-led Review of Choice in End of Life Care has published its advice to Government today. I commissioned this Review in July 2014 to look into how quality and experience for...
The Home Office is seeking an advance of £275,000,000 (two hundred and seventy five million pounds) in 2014-15 from the Contingencies Fund under Category D of the Supply Estimates...
I have decided to call for an independent, QC-led investigation into the collapse of the R v ‘Mouncher and others’ 2011 trial. Stephen Miller, John and Ronald Actie, Yusef...
Today is another significant milestone in bringing the reforms in the Immigration Act 2014 into force. We are finishing the task of sweeping away the remains of the excessive number of rights...
I am today announcing a further renewal of concessions to the Immigration Rules for Syrian nationals lawfully in the UK. In light of the ongoing violent conflict in Syria it has been decided...
I have made an authorisation under paragraph 17(4)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Equality Act 2010, the Equality (Consideration of Immigration Applications and Removal Directions) Authorisation...
This Government strongly supports the vital contribution that responsible businesses, including local pubs, hotels, restaurants and community premises make to our economy and to their...
The latest Six Monthly Report on the implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong was published today, and is attached. A copy of the report is also available on the...
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.
