Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017
The Ministry of Justice is today publishing the response to the consultation paper Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017: Implementing the Act. The response collates views from a variety of key stakeholders on the department’s proposals for bringing the...
Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Gauke) has made the following Written Statement."The Ministry of Justice is today publishing the response to the consultation paper Guardianship (Missing Persons...
General Affairs Council, April 2019
Lord Callanan, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union, has made the following statement:The UK and the EU have agreed an extension to Article 50, until 31 October 2019, which is legally binding in EU and international law. Until we leave the Eur...
UK opts in to EU Council Decisions allowing Switzerland and Liechtenstein third country access to Prüm
The Prüm framework lays down provisions stating that EU Member States grant each other access to their automated DNA analysis files, automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS), and vehicle registration data. The European Commission has proposed C...
Contingent Liability
It is normal practice, when a government department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 for which there is no specific statutory authority, for the Department concerned to present to Parliament a Minute giving particulars of...
General Affairs Council, April 2019
The UK and the EU have agreed an extension to Article 50, until 31 October 2019, which is legally binding in EU and international law. Until we leave the European Union, we remain committed to fulfilling our rights and obligations as a full Member State, ...
UK opts in to EU Council Decisions allowing Switzerland and Liechtenstein third country access to Prüm
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service (Nick Hurd) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Prüm framework lays down provisions stating that EU Member States grant each other access to their automate...
Contingent Liability
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:It is normal practice, when a government department proposes to undertake a contingent liabi...
Participating in new legislation governing the EU’s European Travel Information Authorisation System (ETIAS)
The Government has decided to opt in to the aspect of the draft Regulation that establishes the conditions for the access of the European Travel Information Authorisation System (ETIAS) to the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS-TCN), and ...
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. The final ...
Arrangements with Switzerland
The UK and Switzerland have reached an agreement on temporary transitional migration arrangements for workers in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. These would apply until December 2020.This agreement is further to the Swiss government’s ...
Age Verification for Online Pornography
On 17 April 2019, my department announced that age-verification for online pornography will begin on 15 July 2019. This means that commercial providers of online pornography will be required by law to carry out robust age-verification checks on users, to ...
Update on the Government’s response on Period Poverty
I wish to update the House on the activity that is taking place to end period poverty and ensure that every woman and girl in our society can access the menstrual products they need.This is a complex issue and its causes are not restricted to poverty. Cha...
Machinery of Government Change
My Rt Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made the following statement to the House of Commons:This written statement confirms that responsibility for business Greenhouse Gas reporting guidance and regulations will transfer from the Department for the Envi...
Contingent liability
My Rt Hon Friend Robert Goodwill (Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) has today made the following statement:It is normal practice when a Government department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 and outsi...
Participating in new legislation governing the EU’s European Travel Information Authorisation System (ETIAS)
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Immigration (Caroline Nokes) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The Government has decided to opt in to the aspect of the draft Regulation that establishes the conditions for the access of...
Bilateral loan to Ireland
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial StatementI would like to update Parliament on the loan to Ireland. In December 2010, the UK agreed to provide a bilateral loan of £3.2...
Arrangements with Switzerland
The UK and Switzerland have reached an agreement on temporary transitional migration arrangements for workers in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal. These would apply until December 2020.This agreement is further to the Swiss government’s ...
Social Security Benefits Uprating Order 2019 – Lords Debate Corrections
I would like to correct the following points I made during the Social Security Benefits Up-rating 2019/20 debate on 5 March 2019 and apologise to the House for these inadvertent errors:I said that “The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019 reflect...
Age Verification for Online Pornography
My Honourable Friend the Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, (Margot James MP) has made the following Written Statement: On 17 April 2019, my department announced that age-verification for online pornography will begin on 15 July 2019. This ...
Social Security Benefits Uprating Order 2019 - Debate Corrections
The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2019 maintains the Government’s commitment to the triple lock for both the Basic State Pension and the New State Pension. The Order also increases benefits for carers, guardians and those with disabilities and ...
HMP Birmingham
Today the Secretary of State and I can confirm the future plans for HMP Birmingham following the step in initiated by HMPPS and also the Urgent Notification received by the Secretary of State from HM Chief Inspector of Prisons on 20th August 2018. We have...
March Agriculture and Fisheries Council
I represented the UK at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on 18 March.The main item on the agriculture-focused agenda was the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020, covering three legislative files:the Regulation on CAP ...
Contingent liability notification and disclosure of asset sale
I can today confirm that I have laid a Treasury Minute informing the House of the contingent liability that HM Treasury has taken on in authorising the sale of a portfolio of NRAM (formerly part of Northern Rock) loans acquired during the financial crisis...
Preventing serious violence
Consultation on a new legal duty to support a multi-agency approach to prevent and tackle serious violenceTackling serious violence is a top priority for the Government. In April 2018, we published the Serious Violence Strategy that set out the need for a...