Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan 2018-2022: Annual Report 2019
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Dominic Raab), has made the following written Ministerial statement:I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Department ...
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is as follows: Sir Roger Gale MP (Leader) Full RepresentativesSubstitute MembersHannah Bardell MPRichard Bacon MPDuncan Baker MPStella Creasy MPEarl of DundeeBaroness Ecc...
Rough Sleeping: COVID-19 Response
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Government has worked closely with local authorities, charities and health providers to offer accommodation to as many rough sleepers as possible in order to help them stay safe during the pandemic.We have asked al...
Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos and Gametes) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation) (Lord Bethell) has made the following written statement:We are today laying a negative solution Statutory Instrument, which will extend the statutory storage period for emb...
Contingencies Fund Advance
HM Revenue and Customs will incur new expenditure in connection with the government’s response to the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-21. Parliamentary approval for additional resources of £10,000,000,000 for this new expenditure will be sought in t...
Higher Rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax: three-year refund window
The past weeks have been an uncertain time for those buying and selling property. Since lockdown restrictions were implemented in March, more than 450,000 people have been unable to make progress with their plans to move house. Following the publication o...
Update on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
Following my announcement last week, today I am pleased to share more detail on the next steps for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS).CJRS was launched to protect jobs and help employers through t...
Voting rights treaty with Poland
My Honourable Friend, the Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas (Wendy Morton), has made the following written Ministerial statement:I can confirm that the Government reached a bilateral agreement with Poland on 29 May that will secure the ...
Troubled Families Annual Report
My Hon. Friend, the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing (Luke Hall) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:As required by the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016, section 3(1), today my Department has published the fourth annual repor...
Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos and Gametes) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020
We are today laying a negative solution Statutory Instrument, which will extend the statutory storage period for embryos and gametes from 10 years to 12 years in certain circumstances.To support wider changes to the health service in responding to the pan...
Rough Sleeping: COVID-19 Response
My Hon. Friend, the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing (Luke Hall) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Government has worked closely with local authorities, charities and health provider...
Contingencies Fund Advance
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.HM Revenue and Customs will incur new expenditure in connection with the government’s response to the coronavirus ...
Higher Rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax: three-year refund window
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Jesse Norman) has today made the following Writen Ministerial Statement.The past weeks have been an uncertain time for those buying and selling property. Since lockdown restrictions were ...
Update on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rishi Sunak) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Following my announcement last week, today I am pleased to share more detail on the next steps for the Coronavirus Job Rete...
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement: The United Kingdom delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is as follows: Sir Roger Gale MP (Leader) Full RepresentativesSubstitute MembersHannah Bardell MPRic...
Transport Update
This statement confirms that it has been necessary to extend the deadlines for decisions on the following five applications made under the Planning Act as indicated below to allow for further work to be carried out before they are determined by the Secret...
Updated Advice for Maximum Sustainability Yield (MSY) – UK relevant Quota Stock Species
I would like to update the House today on a change to the number of Total Allowable Catch limits (TACs) for quota stock that the UK has an interest in that will be fished at or below their Maximum Sustainable Yield in 2020.Analysing the UK’s progress towa...
The Misuse of Drugs (Coronavirus) (Amendments Relating to the Supply of Controlled Drugs During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020
Today, the Government is laying the Misuse of Drugs (Coronavirus) (Amendments Relating to the Supply of Controlled Drugs During a Pandemic etc.) Regulations 2020 (‘the 2020 Regulations’) in the House. These regulations enable emergency supply of controlle...
Ministerial Correction – HL2971
My Noble Friend the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Innovation (Lord Bethell of Romford) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I would like to inform the House that a written answer I gave on 15 April to the Noble Lord Shark...
Notification of Contingent Liability
During the course of the coronavirus outbreak, the Government’s strategy to increase ventilator capacity has focused on procuring more devices from existing manufacturers overseas, scaling up production of existing ventilator suppliers, and working with i...
Digital Identity and GOV.UK Verify Programme Update
I would like to update the House on the GOV.UK Verify programme and the provision of digital identity services to government, following the WMS of October 2018 by the former Minister for Implementation, Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP.As you will know, the co...
Treasury Update
The Government warmly welcomes the expertise and resources offered by those who wish to come to the UK to combat the coronavirus, from anaesthetists through to engineers working on ventilator design and production. However, the actions and presence of the...
Bilateral loan to Ireland
I would like to update Parliament on the loan to Ireland. In December 2010, the UK agreed to provide a bilateral loan of £3.2 billion as part of a €67.5 billion international assistance package for Ireland. The loan was disbursed in 8 tranches, and the fi...
Local Government Finance update
I wish to set out to the House the financial support my department has provided to local government so that it can fulfil its essential role in the national response to covid-19.Additional FundingIn total I have announced over £3.2 billion of additional f...
Ministerial Correction – HL2971
I would like to inform the House that a written answer I gave on 15 April to the Noble Lord Sharkey contained information that was out of date at the time of answering. I wish to correct the formal record.In my reply, I stated that information on the Nati...