Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
General Affairs Council November 2017
My hon. Friend, the Lord Callanan, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union, has made the following statement:I will be attending the General Affairs Council in Brussels on 20 November 2017 to represent the UK’s interests. Until we leave the Europ...
Pensions
The Government has now completed the examination of the cap that applies to member-borne charges in default investment funds within defined contribution (DC) pension schemes used for automatic enrolment (AE).After seeking a range of industry and consumer ...
Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council
The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport (EYCS) Council will take place in Brussels on 20 and 21 November 2017. The UK’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU will represent the interests of the UK at the Youth, Culture and Sport sessions of this Counc...
Water protocol in England and Wales
In conjunction with the Secretary of State for Wales I will today lay before the House a water protocol for England and Wales, agreed between the UK government and the Welsh Government. The protocol, which the Welsh Ministers are laying in the National As...
Civil Society Strategy
I wish to inform the House today of the government’s intention to develop a Civil Society Strategy.Civil society plays a vital role in the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities across our country, and in helping to address some burning injus...
Machinery of Government Change: Gender Recognition Act
This written statement confirms that responsibility for the Gender Recognition Act 2004 will transfer from the Ministry of Justice to the Government Equalities Office. This change will be effective immediately.
Local Plans
On 7 February we published our Housing White Paper in which we made clear that the housing market in this country is broken, and the cause is very simple: for too long, we haven’t built enough homes. We have identified three systemic problems: not enough ...
Notificiation to Parliament of Contingent Liability: Mercator Ocean
Today I will lay before Parliament a departmental minute describing the purchase of a shareholding in Mercator Océan and the resulting contingent liability. Copernicus is the EU Earth Observation programme that monitors the global health of the planet. Me...
Disclosure and Barring Service Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17
The 2016-17 Annual Report and Accounts for the Disclosure and Barring Service (HC 178) is being laid before the House today and published on www.gov.uk. Copies will be available in the Vote Office.
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: Consultation on revised Codes of Practice
I am today publishing three revised codes of practice for consultation under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000The consultation is in relation to the following codes: 1. The Covert Surveillance and Property Interference Code of Practice.2. Th...
Social Care Update
Today the Government is setting out plans to publish a Green Paper by summer recess 2018 presenting its proposals to reform care and support for older people. Reform of this vital sector has been a controversial issue for many years, but the realities of ...
Northern Ireland Universal Credit implementation - non-consensual conception exception
In the light of recent questions in the House, I wish to set out the policy and respective responsibilities regarding the non-consensual conception exception to the policy to provide additional support in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit, and its int...
Schools and Early Years update
Today the Government is launching a public consultation on its proposed approach to revising the entitlement criteria for free school meals and the early years pupil premium, in light of the national roll out of Universal Credit. Universal Credit is repla...
Water protocol in England and Wales
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Michael Gove) has today made the following statement.In conjunction with the Secretary of State for Wales I will today lay before the House a water protocol for England and Wales, agreed between the UK governmen...
Pensions
My honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions & Financial Inclusion (Guy Opperman MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Government has now completed the examination of the cap that applies to member-borne char...
Civil Society Strategy
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Tracey Crouch) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I wish to inform the House today of the government’s intention to develop a Civil Society ...
Notificiation to Parliament of Contingent Liability: Mercator Ocean
My hon Friend the Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (Joseph Johnson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: Today I will lay before Parliament a departmental minute describing the purchase of a shareholding in Merc...
Disclosure and Barring Service Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability (Victoria Atkins) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The 2016-17 Annual Report and Accounts for the Disclosure and Barring Service (...
Childcare Service Update
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mel Stride) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.This Government is committed to supporting parents with the cost of childcare. We’ve doubled free childcare to 30 ho...
Road haulage update
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Chris Grayling), has made the following Ministerial Statement.The impact of disruption at the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel in Kent can lead to significant congestion in that county and furt...
Government Asset Sale
Today, I can confirm that the Government is resuming the process required to sell part of the “plan 1” (i.e. pre-2012) English student loan book as previously announced to the House on 6 February 2017. The sale covers loans issued by English local authori...
Promoting professionalism, reforming regulation
Today I am publishing a consultation on the reform of the regulation of healthcare professionals in the UK.This takes forward the manifesto commitment to legislate to reform and rationalise the current outdated system of professional regulation of healthc...
Gambling update
I wish to inform the House that on 31st October 2017, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published a consultation on proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility requirements across the gambling industry.The Governm...
Underwater Cultural Heritage
In the Culture White Paper, published in March 2016, we undertook to review the government’s position on ratification of the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. Earlier this year we said we were considering plans ...
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council 23rd October 2017, Luxembourg
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 23rd October 2017 in Luxembourg. Margot James, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, re...