Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Immigration
The Government remains committed to relocating the specified number of 480 unaccompanied children to the United Kingdom under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, commonly known as the ‘Dubs amendment’. The first 220 of those children arrived under exc...
Immigration Rules
My right hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before Parliament a Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules [HC 1849], copies of which are available in the Vote Office. The changes implement the next phase of the roll-out of the EU Settlement Sch...
Finance (No.3) Bill – Updated EVEL analysis
I have today published a written submission outlining the Government’s analysis of how the English Votes for English Laws principle relates to all Government amendments tabled for Report stage of Finance (No.3) Bill. The department’s assessment is that th...
General Affairs Council 11 December 2018
Lord Callanan, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union, has made the following statement:I represented the UK at the General Affairs Council (GAC) meeting on 11 December in Brussels. A provisional report of the meeting and the conclusions adopted...
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 a consultation paper Guardianship (Missing Persons) Act 2017 Impleme...
Women, Peace and Security National Action Plan 2018-2022: Annual Report 2018
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Jeremy Hunt), has made the following written Ministerial statement:I wish to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, together with the Department f...
College of Policing Annual Report and Accounts 2017 – 2018
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 2017-18 Annual Report and Accounts for the College of Policing (HC 1767) is being laid before the House tod...
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse – Interim Report
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sajid Javid) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 25 April 2018 the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published its Interim Report [HC 954]. I am pleased t...
December Environment Council
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment (Dr Thérèse Coffey), has today made the following statement.The next EU Environment Council will take place on 20 December, in Brussels. I will be attending to represent the UK. ...
OSCE Ministerial Council, Milan, 6-7 December 2018
My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Sir Alan Duncan), has made the following written Ministerial statement:Foreign and Commonwealth Office Director General Philip Barton represented the United Kingdom at...
The ongoing campaign against Daesh
My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Jeremy Hunt), has made the following written Ministerial statement:The Global Coalition against Daesh has continued to make significant progress in recent months. Sin...
Government transparency and accountability
My honourable friend the Minister for the Constitution (Chloe Smith) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Since 2010, the Government has been at the forefront of opening up data to allow Parliament, the public and the media to hold p...
Energy Update
My hon friend Richard Harrington, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Business and Industry has made the following written ministerial statement:As a pioneer of nuclear technology, the UK has accumulated a legacy of higher activity ra...
EU proposals amending the Regulations on Service of Documents and Taking of Evidence
My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (David Gauke) has made the following Written Statement."The Government has decided to opt in to the amendment to the EU Service Regulation but not at this stage to the ...
25 Year Environment Plan – update
My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State (Michael Gove) has today made the following statement.Draft Environment (Principles and Governance) BillThis Government has made a commitment to be the first generation to leave the environment in a better state ...
UK Anti-Corruption Strategy – Year 1 Update
Today, I am publishing the first annual Update on the UK Anti-Corruption Strategy 2017-2022. The government committed to providing an annual written update to parliament on progress. The UK Anti-Corruption Strategy provides a framework to guide Government...
Competitiveness Council
My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary for State for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Lord Henley) has made the following statement:The Competitiveness Council took place on 29-30 November. The UK was represented by t...
Independent Review of Deaths and Serious Incidents in Police Custody: One year on
On 30 October 2017, the rt hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC’s Independent Review of Deaths and Serious Incidents in Police Custody was published, alongside the Government’s substantive response.As part of its response, the Government commissioned the Minis...
European Union JHA Opt-in Decision: Regulation setting up the Internal Security Fund 2021-2027
The Government has decided not to opt in (under the UK’s JHA opt-in Protocol) to a proposal establishing an Internal Security Fund (2021-27). The intended fund would not come into operation until the start of the next Multiannual Financial Framework (2021...
Review of amendments made to the NHS Overseas Visitor Charging Regulations in 2017
On 16 November 2017, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health announced to the House that my Department would be conducting a review into the impact of amendments made to the NHS charging regulations in 2017, with particular regard to any imp...
Competitiveness Council
The Competitiveness Council took place on 29-30 November. The UK was represented by the Rt Hon. Lord Henley, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, on Day 1 (Internal Market and Industry); and by Katrina Williams, Deputy Permanent Representative to the E...
UK Anti-Corruption Strategy – Year 1 Update
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Security (Ben Wallace) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today, I am publishing the first annual Update on the UK Anti-Corruption Strategy 2017-2022. The government committed to providing...
Independent Review of Deaths and Serious Incidents in Police Custody: One year on
My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service (Nick Hurd) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:On 30 October 2017, the rt hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC’s Independent Review of Deaths and Serious Incidents...
EU Transport Council
I attended the only formal Transport Council under the Austrian Presidency (the Presidency) in Brussels on Monday 3rd December.The Council reached General Approaches on the social and market pillars of the first tranche of the ‘Mobility Package’. The ‘soc...
Clinical waste - update
I am today taking the opportunity to update the House about a company which provides clinical waste services to NHS Trusts.This company – Healthcare Environmental Services (HES) - was subject to previous discussions in Parliament. On 9th October, the then...