Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Code of Practice: Mental Health Act 1983
My Rt Hon friend the Minister of State, Department of Health (Norman Lamb) has made the following written ministerial statement. Following a public consultation, the Government has today laid a revised Code of Practice: Mental Health Act 1983 before Parl...
Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards
My hon friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (Dr Daniel Poulter) has made the following written ministerial statement. I am today announcing the start of the Triennial Review of The Advisory Committee on Clinical Excelle...
Foreign Affairs Council
My Right Honourable Friend the Minister for Europe (Mr 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 ...
Disclosure and Barring Service
The 2013-14 Annual Report and Accounts for the Disclosure and Barring Service is being laid before the House today and published on www.gov.uk. Copies will be available in the Vote Office.
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: UK Delegation
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons:The Rt Hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Charles Kennedy) has been appointed as a full member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assemb...
Bovine TB
Today I am updating the House on the measures we have taken to tackle TB in cattle since we published our Strategy in April 2014.Between 1997 and 2010, TB in cattle increased nine-fold, threatening the future of our beef and dairy industries and our food ...
UK Anti-Corruption Plan
Today I am making a joint statement with my hon Friend the Minister for Modern Slavery and Organised Crime (Karen Bradley). Together we wish to inform the house that the Government is publishing the UK’s first cross-government anti-corruption plan. Corr...
Remploy Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14
Remploy Ltd will publish its Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14 later today. I will place a copy in the Libraries of both Houses and electronic copies will be available on the Remploy website. Remploy Ltd achieved the following against its 2013-14 per...
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) 11 December 2014, Brussels
The Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council met on 11 December 2014 in Brussels.The Council agreed General Approach on both the Directive applying existing employment directives to seafarers and the proposed Regulation on the Europe...
Access to Work
In the course of my evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into Access to Work, I accepted that during the reorganisation of Access to Work operations, from April to October 2014, we had not met our customer service standards. Today I ...
Publication of Lords Spiritual (Women) Bill
Today the Government is introducing the Lords Spiritual (Women) Bill to the House of Commons, with explanatory notes. The Bill follows the legislation permitting women to be ordained bishops. That was completed by the General Synod of the Church of Englan...
City Deal
I can today inform the House that the Government has reached an agreement on devolution with the Sheffield City Region, which will transfer powers over economic growth to local control. The Deal will give the Sheffield City Region LEP and Combined Authori...
Publication of reformed AS and A level content
The Government is reforming AS and A level qualifications to ensure they are academically rigorous and provide students with the knowledge and understanding to prepare them for higher education, and employment. The Government has already published subje...
Lima Climate Change Conference
The annual conference of the parties (COP) to the United Nations framework convention on climate change took place in Lima, Peru, from 1-14 December. The United Kingdom was represented by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.What we agreed...
EU: Balance of Competences Review
I wish to update the House on the progress of the Balance of Competences Review that my right hon. Friend the former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague) launched on behalf of the Government in July 2012. I am pleased...
Publication of the Independent Library Report
Today I am publishing the Independent Library Report and depositing a copy in the House Library. This has been undertaken by William Sieghart and I would like to state on record my particular thanks to him and his expert panel for their endeavour and ambi...
Transforming Rehabilitation Update
I am today signing contracts with the new owners of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). This is another major step towards implementing the government’s probation reforms.Despite almost £3billion a year investment in prisons and just under...
Haulage: road tank vehicle compliance
Further to the Written Ministerial Statement given by My Honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport (Robert Goodwill) on 24th October 2013, the Department for Transport has continued to work with the Health and Safety Exec...
British Council Annual Report
Copies of the British Council’s Annual Report and Accounts for the 2013-2014 financial year have been placed in the libraries of both Houses. The Report can also be found at the British Council’s website www.britishcouncil.orgDuring the period the British...
Smoking (Vehicles Carrying Children)
My hon. friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (Jane Ellison) has made the following written ministerial statement. The Government has today published a response to the consultation on regulations to end smoking in private...
Nicotine-inhaling Products
My hon. friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health (Jane Ellison) has made the following written ministerial statement.The Government has today published Age of Sale for Nicotine Inhaling Products – consultation on proposed re...
Intercept Evidence
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Security and Immigration (James Brokenshire) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The interception of communications plays a vital role in preventing terrorist attacks and tackling serious and ...
Scientific Procedures on Living Animals
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime Prevention (Lynne Featherstone) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The “Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Animals Bred, Supplied or Used for Scientific Purposes”, is being la...
Police Grant Report England and Wales 2015-16
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims (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 Bo...
Local Government Improvement: Technical Consultation
My rt hon friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Eric Pickles) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement I would like to update hon. Members on a series of steps we are taking to improve the quality of local govern...