Written Ministerial Statements

JUNE ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL

I attended the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg on 20 June along with my Noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Lord Bourne). Roseanna Cunningham MSP also attended. I wish to update the House on the matt...

Legal Services Regulation

My noble friend the Minister of State for Civil Justice (Lord Faulks QC) has made the following Written Statement."The Government is committed to encouraging open and competitive markets. Well-functioning markets are key to the health of the economy ...

Double Taxation Conventions between the United Kingdom and Turkmenistan

A Double Taxation Convention with Turkmenistan was signed on 10 June 2016. The text of the Convention has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and made available on HM Revenue and Customs’ pages of the GOV.UK website. The texts will be scheduled...

Business Plan of the United Kingdom Debt Management Office

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office (DMO) has today published its business plan for the year 2016-17. Copies have been deposited in the Libraries of both houses and are available on the DMO’s website, www.dmo.gov.uk.

United States Visiting Forces - Contingent Liability

I have today laid before Parliament a Departmental Minute to advise that the Ministry of Defence has received approval from Her Majesty’s Treasury to recognise a new contingent liability associated with potential redundancy payments to Civil Servants curr...

Annual Report under the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012

The Annual Report to Parliament under the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Act 2012 for the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 has today been laid before Parliament.The report is prepared in line with the requirements set out in the Infrastructure ...

Neighbourhood Planning

On 11 January 2016, I extended for a period of 6 months the criteria for consideration of the recovery of planning appeals to include proposals for residential development over 10 units in areas where a qualifying body has submitted a neighbourhood plan p...

Judicial Conduct Investigations Office - Annual Report 2015-2016

With the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, I will today publish the tenth Annual Report of the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO), formerly known a the Office for Judicial Complaints. The JCIO provides support to the Lord Chief Justice and...

Annual Report of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner and Report on the use of Section 94 Directions by the Interception of Communications Commissioner

I have today laid before both Houses a copy of the latest annual report from the Chief Surveillance Commissioner and a copy of a report by the Interception of Communications Commissioner on his oversight of directions issued under section 94 of the Teleco...

Child Safeguarding on St Helena and Ascension Island: Update

On 10 December 2015 I informed the House that the UK Government had published a report by Sasha Wass QC on allegations surrounding child safeguarding issues on St Helena and Ascension Island. The report was independent and comprehensive, and I welcomed it...

Submarine Dismantling Project

Today I am announcing that Capenhurst Nuclear Services (CNS), at Capenhurst, in Cheshire, has been selected as the MOD’s site for interim storage of the Intermediate Level radioactive Waste (ILW) from decommissioned nuclear-powered submarines prior to dis...

HS2: South Yorkshire Update

My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Patrick McLoughlin), has made the following Ministerial Statement: Since the Government proposed that South Yorkshire should be served by a High Speed station at Meadowhall in 2013, opinion...

Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16

My honourable Friend The Minister for Disabled People (Justin Tomlinson) has made the following Written Statement.Later today the Office for Nuclear Regulation’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2015-2016 (HC 112) will be published. Having consulted the Sec...

Annual report on the exercise of powers over the Office for Nuclear Regulation

My Rt.hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change made the following statement:Later today the annual report to Parliament setting out the use of the Secretary of State’s powers exercised to the Office for Nuclear Regulation during th...

School Teachers’ Review Body - Twenty-Sixth Report - 2016

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Nicky Morgan) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.The 26th report of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) is being published today. Its recommendations cover the remit th...

May Agriculture and Fisheries Council

My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment (George Eustice), represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 17 May in Brussels.There were four main agenda items. The Presidency introduced the first debate...

British Steel Pension Scheme

Today I am publishing a consultation on options for the British Steel Pension Scheme. Britain’s steel industry is an important part of our economy and this Government is working to help the industry secure a long-term viable future. As part of this work w...

HPV Vaccination

I am today announcing that a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination pilot for men who have sex with men (MSM) will start this June.Since 2008, an HPV vaccination programme for girls has been delivered to help prevent cervical cancer, which also confers a ...

HS2 Phase 2a (West Midlands to Crewe): Property Consultation

I am today announcing to the House the Government’s package of measures to provide assistance to owner occupiers along the line of route for Phase 2a of the High Speed 2 project (West Midlands to Crewe). This announcement responds to the public consultati...

Counter-Extremism Strategy

Many people in this country of different faiths follow religious codes and practices, and benefit from the guidance they offer. Religious communities also operate arbitration councils and boards to resolve disputes. The overriding principle is that these ...

Prisons

This Government is committed to making sure our prisons become places of reform, where offenders can change their lives and turn away from crime. Alongside giving Governors more freedom to innovate and introducing sharper accountability, we are also inves...

The Yorkshire and Humber Carbon Capture and Storage Cross Country Pipeline

This statement concerns the application made by National Grid Carbon Limited under the Planning Act 2008 on 18 June 2014 for the construction of a pipeline of approximately 75km in length from the White Rose Carbon Capture and Storage Project to the coast...

Planning Act 2008: Application for the Proposed Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm (Zone 4) – Project Two Development Consent Order

I have been asked by my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State to make this written statement. This statement concerns an application made under the Planning Act 2008 by SMart Wind Limited on 30 January 2015 for a proposed development known as the Hornsea O...

Government Response to the Intelligence and Security Committee Report: ‘Women in the Intelligence Community’

The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) reported in March 2015 on Women in the UK Intelligence Community, and today I am laying the Government’s response before both Houses of Parliament. The Government and all Agencies wholeheartedly agreed with th...

World Humanitarian Summit

I would like to update the House on my recent visit to the World Humanitarian Summit, where I headed the UK delegation. The World Humanitarian Summit took place from 23-24 May in Istanbul. It was the first global summit on humanitarian issues, and came at...