Wednesday, 29 November 2017
The annual Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations framework convention on climate change took place in Bonn, Germany, from 6-17 November. I led the United Kingdom delegation,...
My Rt. Hon. Friend Greg Clark (Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) has today laid before Parliament a Direction ensuring that the Oil and Gas Authority consults...
The Competitiveness Council will take place on 30 November and 1 December in Brussels. Day one – Internal Market and Industry The Council will aim to agree a General Approach on the...
Under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA 2010), the Treasury is required to report to Parliament, quarterly, on its operation of the UK’s asset freezing regime mandated by...
Under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA 2010), the Treasury is required to report to Parliament, quarterly, on its operation of the UK’s asset freezing regime mandated by...
I am today publishing ‘Connecting people: a strategic vision for rail’, which describes our vision for the railways, and the actions we are taking to make it a reality. We are...
We are today laying a non-urgent remedial order to allow a single person to apply for a parental order, which transfers legal parenthood after a surrogacy arrangement. Surrogacy has an...
In 2015, the UK agreed to be a founder contributor of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The AIIB will support economic growth in the Asia and drive up living standards. The...
Uber has today estimated that the data breach which occured in October 2016 has affected approximately 2.7 million user accounts in the UK that were using its service or working for 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.
