Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Onshore Oil and Gas – License awards and environmental monitoring
Today my hon Friend the Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change (Andrea Leadsom) has made the following statement. 14th Onshore Licensing RoundI am pleased to inform the House that the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) – the UK’s oil and gas regulator...
Police Grant Report England and Wales 2016/17
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice (Mike Penning) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I have today placed in the Library my proposals for the aggregate amount of grant to Local Policing B...
Community and Business Recovery fund (Storm Desmond)
My rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Greg Clark) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I would like to pay tribute to the excellent work of the emergency services, the army, local authority staff and...
The Government’s mandate to NHS England 2016-17
My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Jeremy Hunt) has made the following written ministerial statement.Today the Government has laid before Parliament the mandate to NHS England for 2016-17. This mandate has been produced following public...
Muslim Brotherhood Review
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons: I have today laid before both Houses the main findings of the internal review I commissioned in the last Parliament, to improve the Government's understanding o...
Rail Franchising: Pre-Qualification Questionnaire Passport Award
I am pleased to inform The House that today we notified the first transport companies who have been successful in their Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) Passport application. The PQQ Passport is a new approach to the Department’s rigorous prequalific...
Automatic enrolment annual thresholds review
My Noble Friend The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Altmann) has made the following Written Statement.I am today announcing the proposed automatic enrolment thresholds for next year.It is intended to lay an Order before Parli...
AGENDA FOR DECEMBER EU ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL
I will attend the EU Environment Council in Brussels on 16 December. Following adoption of the agenda, the list of “A” items will be approved. There will next be legislative deliberations on the proposal for a Directive on the reduction of national emissi...
Northern Ireland Security Situation
This is the first written statement of this Parliament on the security situation in Northern Ireland. It covers the threat from domestic terrorism in Northern Ireland, rather than from international terrorism, which members will be aware is the responsibi...
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council 7th December 2015, Brussels
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 7th December 2015 in Brussels. Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, represented the UK. The Council ...
Financial Services
The government has today published its response to the consultation on creating a Secondary Annuity Market (CM 9046, March 2015). The response confirms that from 6 April 2017 tax restrictions for people looking to sell their annuity will be removed, givin...
Contribution to the Law and Order Trust Fund Afghanistan
On 04 December 2015 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office fulfilled the promise given by the Prime Minister at the NATO Chicago Summit in 2012 to contribute £70million in 2015 towards the sustainment of the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF...
OSCE Ministerial Council, Belgrade, 3-4 December 2015
I represented the United Kingdom at the 22nd Ministerial Council meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), held in Belgrade, Serbia on 3-4 December 2015 and hosted by Serbian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office I...
Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council: 14 and 15 December
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 14 December and I will attend the General Affairs Council on 15 December. The Foreign Affairs Council will be chaired by the ...
Annual Report of the National DNA Database Strategy Board
I am pleased to announce that I am, today, publishing the Annual Report of the National DNA Database (NDNAD) Strategy Board.Chief Constable Chris Sims, Chair of the National DNA Strategy Board, has presented the Annual Report of the National DNA Strategy ...
Agenda for December Agriculture and Fisheries Council
The Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 14 December in Brussels. My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment (George Eustice), will represent the UK. As the provisional agenda stands, the following items ...
Agenda for December Agriculture and Fisheries Council
My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following statement.The Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 14 December in Brussels. My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environme...
Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council: 14 and 15 December
My right Honourable Friend, Minister for Europe (David Lidington), has made the following written Ministerial statement:My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs will attend the Foreign Affairs Council on 14 De...
Annual Report of the National DNA Database Strategy Board
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to announce that I am, today, publishing the Annual Report of the National DNA Database (NDNAD) Strategy ...
Exceptional Assistance Measures for Victims of Terrorist Incidents Overseas
My right Honourable Friend, the Secretary for State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Philip Hammond), has made the following written Ministerial statement:For just over 10 years the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has offered special assistance...
Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (1 September 2015 to 30 November 2015)
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (the Act) requires the Secretary of Stat...
Telecommunications Council
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (Mr Ed Vaizey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The Telecommunications Council will take place in Brussels on 11th December 2015. The UK’s Deputy Permanent...
The Registration of Consultant Lobbyists Regulations (Amendment) (No.2) 2015
My Honourable friend the Minister for Constitutional Reform (John Penrose) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement: Part 1 of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act provides for a statutory regi...
Justice & Home Affairs post-Council statement
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has made the following written statement."A meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 3-4 December. 3 December was the Justice day and my ...
Welfare Reform
My honourable Friend The Minister for Disabled People (Justin Tomlinson MP) has made the following Written Statement.Later today I will be launching a consultation on how the use of aids and appliances is taken into account when determining eligibility fo...