Monday, 4 December 2017
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has made the following written statement: Together with my Right Honourable friend, Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, we...
Today the Government is launching a public consultation on its proposed approach to revising the eligibility criteria for the early education entitlement for disadvantaged 2 year olds in light...
The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) will meet in Buenos Aires during the 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Council will meet on the 10th December...
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Brussels on 05 December. EU Finance Ministers will discuss the following items: Early Morning Session The...
I will attend the only formal Transport Council under the Estonian Presidency (the Presidency) taking place in Brussels on Tuesday 5th December. The first item on the agenda will be a...
Our Housing White Paper is clear that fixing our broken market requires solutions that look to the long-term. It requires action to boost local authority planning capacity to plan...
Together with my Right Honourable friend, Justine Greening, Secretary of State for Education, we have today laid before Parliament “Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental...
On 13 November, people across Somaliland took part in elections to choose a new President. The UK played an active role as part of a group of international donors in supporting the Somaliland...
On 28 November 2017 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office fulfilled the pledge made by the former Prime Minister at the NATO Chicago Summit in 2012 to commit £70 million for each of 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.