Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
UK Justice Home Affairs (JHA) opt-in to a Council Decision relating to the Accession of Liberia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO)
My noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Investment (Lord Maude of Horsham) has today made the following statement.I wish to inform the House that on 3 November 2015 the Government opted in to the Council Decision relating to the Accession of L...
Deferred Prosecution Agreement
Yesterday the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with Standard Bank Plc (now known as ICBC Standard Bank Plc) in accordance with Section 45 and Schedule 17 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. This was the first ti...
Foreign Affairs Council, Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) and General Affairs Council: 16 – 17 November: 16 – 17 November
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the Foreign Affairs Council on 16 November. My Right Honourable Friend, Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords, Lord Howe attended the Forei...
EU proposals to sign the Council of Europe convention on the manipulation of sports competitions
On 2 March 2015, the European Commission brought forward proposals for two Decisions authorising the EU to sign the Council of Europe’s Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions on behalf of Member States. One Decision related to betting and s...
Haulage: road tank vehicle compliance
Further to the Written Ministerial Statement given by my Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Claire Perry), on 18th December 2014, the Department for Transport has continued to work with the Health and Safety Execu...
HS2 and the Northern Powerhouse
HS2 and the Northern Powerhouse Good strategic transport links are central to the success of our country. This Government - more than any before - is committed to making sure we have the infrastructure we need to deliver economic growth and rebalance the ...
Security Industry Authority – Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15
The 2014-15 Annual Report and Accounts for the Security Industry Authority are being laid before the House today and published on www.gov.uk. Copies will be available in the Vote Office.
CHOGM 2015: Malta
I attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Valletta, Malta, between 27 and 28 November. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Minister of State for the Commonwealth (Hugo Swire), the Minister for Trade and Invest...
National Reference Test Consultation
Consultation on arrangements to implement the National Reference TestToday, 30 November 2015, I am launching a public consultation on the introduction of secondary legislation to require selected schools to take part in the National Reference Test (NRT). ...
Haulage: road tank vehicle compliance
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Andrew Jones), has made the following Ministerial Statement: Further to the Written Ministerial Statement given by my Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of S...
HS2 and the Northern Powerhouse
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Patrick McLoughlin), has made the following Ministerial Statement: Good strategic transport links are central to the success of our country. This Government - more than any before - is comm...
Security Industry Authority – Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice (Mike Penning) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The 2014-15 Annual Report and Accounts for the Security Industry Authority are being laid before the ...
National Reference Test Consultation
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Schools has today made the following statement:Consultation on arrangements to implement the National Reference TestToday, 30 November 2015, I am launching a public consultation on the introduction of seconda...
CHOGM 2015: Malta
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons: I attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Valletta, Malta, between 27 and 28 November. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affa...
Update on Savile investigations in relation to the NHS
My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Jeremy Hunt) has made the following written ministerial statement.I am today publishing an update on the Government’s response to the recommendations set out in Kate Lampard’s report on the themes and l...
November Agriculture and Fisheries Council
My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State (Elizabeth Truss) has today made the following statement.My Hon friend, the Minister of State for Farming, Food and Marine Environment (George Eustice), represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council o...
Somalia CSSF: Support to the Somali National Army (SNA)
My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr James Duddridge), has made the following written Ministerial statement:This written Ministerial statement proposes the gifting of new equipment to th...
Director General of the National Crime Agency
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Theresa May) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I have selected Chief Constable Lynne Owens to be the new Director General of the National Crime Agency (NCA). She has...
Prüm Business and Implementation Case
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Immigration (James Brokenshire) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:My rt hon Friend the Home Secretary has today laid before the House the Prüm Business and Implementation Case, (Cm 9149),...
Response to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s ‘2nd Report – The extension of offensive British military operations to Syria’
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons:Ahead of my oral statement today, I have placed in the libraries of both Houses my response to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s 2ndReport – The extension o...
Operation of the UK’s Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime:
Under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA 2010), the Treasury is required to report to Parliament, quarterly, on its operation of the UK’s asset freezing regime mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 1373.This is the eighteenth report und...
Justice & Home Affairs pre-Council Statement
An extraordinary meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council will be held on 9 November in Brussels. The meeting has been convened by the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in response to the ongoing migration crisis cur...
Call-Out of Reserve Forces in Support of Operations in Afghanistan
With the expiry of the call-out order made on 10 November 2014[1], a new order has been made under section 56(1B) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 to enable Reservists to be called into permanent service in support of United Kingdom operations in Afghanista...
Government response to the independent review of the role and contribution of women in the Scottish economy
The Government will be responding to the recommendations in due course [and discussions between Professor Sawers and the UK Government are continuing on this matter.]
Junior Doctors' Contract
This government is completely committed to the values of the NHS – the same values that encourage aspiring doctors to take up a career in medicine. Junior doctors are the backbone of the NHS, but the current contract has failed to prevent some working uns...