Monday, 10 October 2016
My right honorable friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Ben Gummer) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Further to the Government’s...
My honorable friend the Minister for the Constitution (Chris Skidmore) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to publish the Government’s plans setting out...
The Ministry of Defence is required to review their Non Departmental Public Bodies at least once every three years to ensure that they have regular independent challenge. I am today...
Over the past decade a series of court judgments have extended the reach of the European Convention on Human Rights to combat zones. This extra-territorial jurisdiction was never envisaged by...
Further to the Government’s statement of March 2016, the transfer of CERT-UK (the Computer Emergency Response Team, UK) functions and staff to the new National Cyber Security Centre has...
I am pleased to publish the Government’s plans setting out how we will deliver on our manifesto pledge to remove the current 15 year time limit on British citizens who live abroad...
Today, the UK completed the signing of a new bilateral loan commitment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), valued at 9,178.2 million SDRs, equivalent to £10,278m using exchange...
Further to the statement provided to the House on 4 December 2015, today I can inform the House that the trading plan to sell the Government’s shares in Lloyds Banking Group has been...
I would like to update hon. Members on the main item of business undertaken by my Department since the House rose for conference recess. When people claim Employment and Support Allowance...
The General Affairs Council on 20 September was chaired by the Slovak Presidency and held in Brussels. General Affairs Council The General Affairs Council on 20 September discussed the...
The Home Office requires an advance to start recruitment of the Director General of the Office for Police Conduct. This advance is to cover recruitment costs only, as the successful candidate...
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.
