Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Offensive Weapons Bill Memorandum
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability (Victoria Atkins) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I am today placing in the Library of the House the Department’s analysis on the...
Pre-competitveness Council Statement: 29 and 30th November
My honourable Friend the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation (Sam Gyimah) has today made the following statement:The Internal Market and Industry Day of the Competitiveness Council will take place on 29 November 2018 where...
Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport and Civil Society, Mims Davies has made the following Statement. The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport (EYCS) Council will take place in Brussels on 26 and 27 November 2018. The UK’s Dep...
Justice update
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Lucy Frazer QC) has made the following Written Statement."The Secretary of State for Justice and I have launched a call for evidence on the implementation of reforms contain...
Crown Dependencies update
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mel Stride) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.Three new customs arrangements between the UK and the Crown Dependencies (Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey) were...
Pre-Council: EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) 9 November 2018
The EU Trade Foreign Affairs Council will take place in Brussels on 9 November 2018. I will represent the UK.The substantive items on 9 November will be:Legislative items: information from the Presidency about the Regulation on Foreign Direct Investment S...
General Affairs Council, November 2018
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 12 November 2018 to represent the UK. Until we leave the European Union, we remain committed to fulf...
EU Transport Council
I attended the informal meeting of members of the Transport and Environment Councils in Graz, Austria on 29th and 30th October.The programme for the Informal meetings included separate sessions for Transport and Environment Ministers and a joint session f...
Bellwin Scheme for the February 2018 explosion and fire in Leicester
On 25 February 2018, there was a major explosion and fire in Hinckley Road, Leicester which resulted in the tragic loss of 5 lives. I am satisfied that financial assistance under the Bellwin scheme is justified to cover eligible costs incurred by Leiceste...
Health and social care provider update
Yesterday, in line with duties set out in the 2014 Care Act the Care Quality Commission notified 84 Local Authorities that they were issuing a Stage 6 notification for the homecare provider, Allied Healthcare. I would like to update the House on why the C...
Inspection of the Royal Navy Police by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary
I wish to inform the House and that I am laying before the House today the second report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary Fire and Rescue Service (HMICFRS) Inspection of the Royal Navy Police (RNP).The Armed Forces Act 2011 places a duty on H...
The Double Taxation Convention between the United Kingdom And Austria
A Double Taxation Convention with Austria was signed on 23 October 2018. The text of the Convention is available on HM Revenue and Customs’ pages of the Gov.uk website and will be deposited in the Libraries of both Houses. The text will be scheduled to a ...
ECOFIN: 6 November 2018
A meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Brussels on 06 November 2018. The UK will be represented by Mark Bowman (Director General, International Finance, HM Treasury). The Council will discuss the following:Europea...
Delivering Collective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes
Today the Government is publishing the consultation paper on Collective Defined Contribution Schemes. This sets out our vision for this new form of occupational pension scheme. We will be seeking stakeholder views on how we can best implement such schemes...
Health and social care provider update
My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Care (Caroline Dinenage) has made the following written statement: Yesterday, in line with duties set out in the 2014 Care Act the Care Quality Commission notified 84 Local Authorities that they were issuing a Stag...
Pre-Council: EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) 9 November 2018
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Trade Policy (George Hollingbery MP) has today made the following statement:The EU Trade Foreign Affairs Council will take place in Brussels on 9 November 2018. I will represent the UK.The substantive items on 9 Nov...
Justice Update
I have today laid before Parliament new legislation to implement a new, banded structure of fees for a grant of representation, commonly known as a grant of probate.Fees are an essential element of funding an effective, modern courts and tribunals service...
Tailored Review of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mark Field), has made the following written Ministerial statement:I am announcing today the start of a Tailored Review of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (MA...
Tailored Review of the Great Britain China Centre
My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mark Field), has made the following written Ministerial statement:I am announcing today the start of a Tailored Review of the Great Britain China Centre (GBCC). The GB...
Statement on uploading the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Alistair Burt), has made the following written Ministerial statement:The UK is committed to preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. We believe the Joint Comp...
Defence Equipment Plan
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Procurement (Stuart Andrew) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I am pleased to place in the Library of the House this year’s financial summary of the Defence Equipment ...
Refuel of HMS Victorious
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Gavin Williamson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.On 6 March 2014, the then Secretary of State for Defence announced the decision to refuel HMS Vanguard and, pending an assessme...
Government vision on prevention
My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has made the following written statement:Today I am placing before the House the Government’s prevention vision, Prevention is Better than Cure.This document sets out a cross-Government v...
Commonwealth Recruitment ino the Armed Forces
My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Armed Forces (Mark Lancaster) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Citizens from the Commonwealth have a long tradition of serving with distinction in the Armed Forces. In light of changes to the s...
Justice Update
My honourable friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice, Lucy Frazer, has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.I have today laid before Parliament new legislation to implement a new, banded structure of fees for a grant of...