Thursday, 6 February 2020
I announce today the transfer of the Cemeteries Endowment Fund (‘the Fund’) from the High Commission in New Delhi to the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia...
The Ministry of Defence Votes A Estimate 2020-21, will be laid before the House on 6 February 2020 as HC 33. This outlines the maximum numbers of personnel to be maintained for each Service in...
Today I laid before the House the ‘Local Government Finance Report (England) 2020–21’, the ‘Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report...
I gave a statement to Parliament on 26 September 2019 on matters related to the breaches of the Undertaking given to the Court of Appeal on 20 June 2019 by the then Secretary of State that we...
On Monday the Prime Minister set out our approach to negotiations with the European Union. This statement sets out the Government’s proposed approach to negotiations with other priority...
This morning the Department for International Trade launched a public consultation to inform the development of the UK’s new independent tariff policy. Now that Britain has left the EU,...
The government is establishing breathing space to help those individuals in problem debt. Today, the government is updating the House in order to reaffirm our commitment to implementing this...
The UK did not attend the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on 27 January 2020. The UK Government decided that until the 31st of January UK Ministers and officials only attend EU...
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.