Tuesday, 22 July 2025
The FCDO’s Annual Report & Accounts 2024-25, published today, reports that in 2024, on a provisional basis, the United Kingdom did not meet its target to spend the equivalent of 0.7 per...
I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP: The...
It has been brought to my attention that a written answer given to Lord Scriven contained inaccurate information related to the work of the Department for Health and Social Care. The reply to...
My Rt. Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Rt Hon. Pat McFadden MP) has today made the following statement: Security and prosperity go hand in hand – we need a strong...
Today I am updating the House on the introduction of ‘The Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanction Regulations 2025’ which will be laid before Parliament in due...
In my statement of 3 July, I provided an update on progress made by our Overseas Territories on delivering on commitments at the Joint Ministerial Council in November 2024 on corporate...
The UK’s music industry is a globally significant sector, recognised for its cultural and economic contribution. The UK is currently the third-largest music market in the world and the...
The water industry is failing. Our rivers, lakes and seas are polluted with record levels of sewage. Water pipes have been left to crumble into disrepair. We share customers’ fury at rising...
In the Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May, we undertook to improve the robustness of the age assessment process, including exploring scientific and technological methods to ensure that...
Today the Government has published its response to the public consultation on our proposed measures to combat ransomware. Ransomware is the most significant cyber crime threat of our time. I...
I am pleased to announce to the House that today the Government has published its final delivery plan for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). This government has a clear...
On Monday 30 June, I made a Written Ministerial Statement and gave an Oral Statement regarding the deeply disappointing news that Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery had entered insolvency. Today, I am...
The Government’s clean energy superpower mission is about replacing the UK’s dependence on fossil fuel markets with clean homegrown power that we control, to bring down bills for good...
The Product Regulation and Metrology Act (the Act) received Royal Assent on 21st July 2025. The Act will preserve the UK’s status as a global leader in product regulation, supporting...
Security and prosperity go hand in hand – we need a strong economy to support our security, and the investment driving our economic growth needs to be secure. With that in mind, I am today...
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.
