Written Ministerial Statements

Late Night Levy: a consultation on the charge to be applicable to late night refreshment premises

My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire (Chris Philp) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The late night levy (the ‘levy’) is a discretionary power enabling licensing authorities in England and Wales to c...

The Future of Channel 4

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Michelle Donelan MP:Channel 4 is a great British success story. It is an ...

India Trade Negotiations: Update

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade (Kemi Badenoch MP) has today made the following statement.The sixth round of UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations began on 12 December and concluded on 16 December. As with previo...

Transport Update

My Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Huw Merriman), has made the following Ministerial Statement:I have been asked by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State, to make this Written Ministerial Statement. This Statement conc...

International Travel Update

My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Transport (Jesse Norman), has made the following Ministerial Statement:The Government has taken action, under powers within the Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984, to limit the risk of COVID-...

Equalities update

My Rt. Hon. Friend the Minister for Women and Equalities (Kemi Badenoch MP) has today made the following statement:I would like to notify the House of the progress we are making in implementing our 2020 response to the Gender Recognition Act (2004) consul...

Update on farming payments policy

My Right Honourable friend the Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries (Mark Spencer) has made the following Statement.We are undertaking the most significant reform of agricultural policy and spending in England in decades as we take England ou...

Appointment of the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests

My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement:I would like to inform the House that, on 22 December 2022, I appointed Sir Laurie Magnus CBE to the role of Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests. The office of Independent Advise...

Moderna Strategic Partnership

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Steve Barclay) has made the following written statement: The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of having the ability to develop and deploy vaccines rapidly to respond to a health...

BioNTech Strategic Partnership

My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Steve Barclay) has made the following written statement: The UK’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the power of Government collaborating with industry to accelerate life sci...

Genome UK: England Implementation Plan

This is a joint statement with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.In 2020, the government published Genome UK, the UK’s genomic healthcare strategy, setting out a vision to create the most advanced genomic healthcare syste...

Publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee’s 2021-22 Annual Report

The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has today laid before Parliament a report covering the work of the Committee between August 2021 and March 2022. The 2021-2022 Annual Report demonstrates the wide-ranging work of the Committee across a...

Update to the Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance

On 10 February 2022 Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC updated the House of Lords that potential victims of modern slavery would be provided with at least a 45-day recovery period, or until a Conclusive Grounds decision is made, whichever comes later. When Lord ...

Transport Update

Members will be aware that, in July 2022, Avanti West Coast experienced an immediate and near total cessation of drivers volunteering to work on passenger trains on rest days. In response, it has had to reduce its timetable to provide greater certainty fo...

Update to the Modern Slavery Statutory Guidance

My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Immigration (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 10 February 2022 Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC updated the House of Lords that potential victims of modern slavery would be...

Skills Update

As part of the Government’s commitment to provide a comprehensive and clear skills offer for employers and individuals, the Government has decided to integrate the Traineeship programme into 16-19 study programme and adult education provision from 1 Augus...

Update on the Community Ownership Fund

Over the weekend I was delighted to announce the outcome of Round 2 Window 1 of the £150 million Community Ownership Fund, which will see £6.7 million awarded to 32 projects across the United Kingdom. Combined with Round 1 projects, this additional fundin...

Ministry of Defence Contingent Liabilities

I am pleased to inform the House that I am today laying a Departmental Minute to advise that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has received approval from His Majesty’s Treasury to recognise new contingent liabilities associated with the SKYNET 6 Programme. Th...

Local Government Update

Today the Government has published details on the Local Government Finance Settlement for the next two years for English councils, which prioritises protecting local tax payers and vital core services. Local government has long called for greater certaint...

Health Update

In July 2021, the government published its response to the recommendations of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review (the review). In this, we accepted the overarching conclusion of the review that the system failed to listen to patie...

Update on the Community Ownership Fund

My Honourable friend the Minister for Levelling Up (Dehenna Davison MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Over the weekend I was delighted to announce the outcome of Round 2 Window 1 of the £150 million Community Ownership Fund, which w...

Skills Update

My Right Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education (Robert Halfon), has made the following statement.As part of the Government’s commitment to provide a comprehensive and clear skills offer for employers and ...

Ministry of Defence Contingent Liabilities

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to inform the House that I am today laying a Departmental Minute to advise that the Ministry of Defence ...

Local Government Update

My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations (The Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today the Government has published ...

Health Update

My Hon friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy) and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) (Maria Caulfield) has made the following Written Statement:In July 2021, the ...