Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Gauke) has made the following Written Statement. "I am pleased to announce that the Government is today introducing in the House of Commons the Divorce, Dissolut...
ECOFIN: 14 June 2019
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Philip Hammond) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Luxembourg on 14 June 2019.ECOFIN will ...
Appointments to the Boundary Commission for England
My honourable friend the Minister for the Constitution (Mr Kevin Foster) has today made the following written Ministerial Statement:I should like to inform the House that my right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for...
EU Transport Council
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Chris Grayling), has made the following Ministerial Statement.The Transport Council took place in Luxembourg on Thursday 6th June. This was the only Transport Council under the Romanian Pre...
Justice and Home Affairs post-Council statement
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Gauke) has made the following Written Statement."The final Justice and Home Affairs Council of the Romanian EU Presidency recently took place in Luxembourg. I at...
Contigency Fund update
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £14,700,000 to ensure the CMA’s relocation to Canary Wharf remains on schedule.The CMA will receive its voted funding for this project at the Ma...
Pre-Council: EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) 27 May 2019
The EU Trade Foreign Affairs Council will take place in Brussels on 27 May 2019. The substantive items on 27 May will be: Non-legislative items: the state of play of World Trade Organization modernisation and negotiations, the state of play of EU-US trade...
General Affairs Council, May 2019
Lord Callanan, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union, has made the following statement:I will attend the General Affairs Council in Brussels on 21 May 2019 to represent the UK. Until we leave the European Union, we remain committed to fulfillin...
Care Quality Commission Thematic Review of Restrictive Practices, Seclusion and Segregation
The Government has made improving the care and treatment of autistic people and people with a learning disability a priority. Society is rightly judged on the way it treats its most vulnerable citizens.In November 2018, the Secretary of State for Health a...
NHS Accountability Framework
I will today lay before Parliament the Government's 2019-20 accountability framework with NHS England and NHS Improvement. For the first time, this combines the Government’s annual statutory mandate to NHS England with the annual remit set for NHS Improve...
The third annual report of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme
I am announcing today the publication of the third annual report of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR). A copy has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.The LeDeR programme was established in June 2015 to help reduce ear...
Protecting Children and Parents from risk of harm in child arrangements cases in the family courts
I wish to announce to the House the establishment of an expert panel to gather evidence on outcomes for children and parent victims in contact cases and other private law children proceedings, in particular any harm caused during or following such proceed...
Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council
The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport (EYCS) Council will take place in Brussels on 22 and 23 May 2019. The UK’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Katrina Williams, will represent the UK for the Youth session on 22 May. Minister of State for Sc...
Grenfell update
I am today laying a Departmental Minute to advise that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has received approval from Her Majesty’s Treasury for a contingent liability associated with the government taking ownership of the Gr...
Legal Protections and Support for Armed Forces Personnel and Veterans
We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to our Armed Forces, who perform exceptional feats in incredibly difficult circumstances to protect this country. We set the highest standards of personal behaviour and conduct for our personnel, and rightly hold them t...
The third annual report of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme
My Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Care (Caroline Dinenage MP) has made the following written statement:I am announcing today the publication of the third annual report of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR). A copy has been...
General Affairs Council, May 2019
I will attend the General Affairs Council in Brussels on 21 May 2019 to represent the UK. Until we leave the European Union, we remain committed to fulfilling our rights and obligations as a full Member State and continue to act in good faith.The provisio...
NHS Accountability Framework
My Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health (Stephen Hammond MP) has made the following written statement:I will today lay before Parliament the Government's 2019-20 accountability framework with NHS England and NHS Improvement. For the first time, th...
Care Quality Commission Thematic Review of Restrictive Practices, Seclusion and Segregation
My Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Care (Caroline Dinenage MP) has made the following written statement:The Government has made improving the care and treatment of autistic people and people with a learning disability a priority. Society is rightly ...
Protecting Children and Parents from risk of harm in child arrangements cases in the family courts
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Paul Maynard) has made the following Written Statement."I wish to announce to the House the establishment of an expert panel to gather evidence on outcomes for children and ...
Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council
My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Rt Hon Jeremy Wright) has made the following Written Statement:The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport (EYCS) Council will take place in Brussels on 22 and 23 May 201...
Grenfell update
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (James Brokenshire), has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I am today laying a Departmental Minute to advise that the Ministry of Hous...
Legal Protections and Support for Armed Forces Personnel and Veterans
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Penny Mordaunt) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to our Armed Forces, who perform exceptional feats in incredibly difficult circumstances to p...
Border Arrangements
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sajid Javid) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am pleased to inform the House that from today visitors and entry clearance holders from Australia, Canada, Japan, N...
Facility Time Guidance
My right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I wish to update the House on the progress being made to monitor Trade Union facility time u...