Written Ministerial Statements
Formal statements made by UK government ministers to Parliament.
3,440 statements
Draft Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill
Today, the Government publishes the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill in draft, which seeks to establish the statutory bodies that will be responsible for the restoration and renewal works within the Parliamentary estate, giving effec...
Modern Slavery: 2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery
Today, I am publishing the 2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery. The Report covers the whole of the UK and has been drafted in collaboration with the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government. This report sets out an ...
Infected Blood Inquiry
On 24th September, I attended the commemoration that preceded the preliminary hearings of the Infected Blood Inquiry, and watched the moving and powerful testimony from those infected and affected by the infected blood scandal. The commemoration brought h...
Justice and Home Affairs post-Council statement
I attended the Justice and Home Affairs Council for Justice Day on Thursday 11 October in Luxembourg. The Council reached a General Approach on the Insolvency Restructuring and Second Chance Directive. During the discussion on E-evidence legislation, Mini...
Draft Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill
Today, the Government publishes the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill in draft, which seeks to establish the statutory bodies that will be responsible for the restoration and renewal works within the Parliamentary estate, giving effec...
Modern Slavery: 2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sajid Javid) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:Today, I am publishing the 2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery. The Report covers the whole of the UK and has been...
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."I attended the Justice and Home Affairs Council for Justice Day on Thursday 11 October in Luxembourg. The Counci...
Infected Blood Inquiry
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 24th September, I attended the commemoration that preceded the preliminary hearings of the Infected Blood Inquiry,...
Employment and Support Allowance
This Written Statement is a further update to the House on progress in correcting historic ESA underpayments and paying arrears. The Department began work to assess cases in December 2017. For that stage of the exercise we expect to review around 320,000 ...
Civil Liability Bill
I have today published a written submission outlining the Government’s analysis of how the English Votes for English Laws principle in accordance with the application of Standing Order 83L, relates to the Government amendment tabled for Commons Report Sta...
Employment and Support Allowance
My honourable Friend the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work (Sarah Newton MP) has made the following Written Statement.This Written Statement is a further update to the House on progress in correcting historic ESA underpayments and pay...
Civil Liability Bill
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Justice (Rory Stewart OBE) has made the following Written Statement."I have today published a written submission outlining the Government’s analysis of how the English Votes for English Laws principle in...
Security Industry Authority (SIA) Annual Report and Accounts 2017 – 2018
The 2017-18 Annual Report and Accounts for the Security Industry Authority (HC 1643) is being laid before the House today and will published on www.gov.uk. Copies will be available in the Vote Office.
Domestic farm support funding: a review of distribution across the UK from 2020 to the end of the Parliament
Today I am announcing that the Government is launching an independent review into the allocation of domestic farm support from 2020 to the end of this Parliament. The review will make sure that fair funding is delivered to all four parts of the UK, when w...
Armed Forces Pay Review Body - Re-Appointment
My right hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Mr Tobias Ellwood) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to announce that I have invited Lesley Mercer to continue t...
Export Control Policy
My hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Graham Stuart) has today made the following statement:This statement is guidance given under Section 9 of the Export Control Act 2002.I would like to inform the House of the introduction of a new policy rel...
G6 Lyon
My rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Sajid Javid) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:The informal G6 group of Interior Ministers held its most recent meeting in Lyon on 8 and 9 October 2017. Representati...
Security Industry Authority (SIA) 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 Security Industry Authority (HC 1643) is being laid before the H...
Post - Council Written Ministerial Statement: Informal Trade Foreign Affairs Council 5 October 2018
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Trade Policy (George Hollinbery MP) has today made the following statement.The Informal EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) took place in Innsbruck on 5 October 2018. The agenda covered the WTO, EU-US trade and EU tr...
Domestic farm support funding: a review of distribution across the UK from 2020 to the end of the Parliament
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Michael Gove) has today made the following statement. Today I am announcing that the Government is launching an independent review into the allocation of domestic farm support fr...
EU Exit
As announced by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on 18 July 2018, the Government is publishing a series of technical notices during August and September. On Thursday 23 August, we published 25 of these notices, and ...
Business Update
Last week I published a Call for Evidence seeking views on the extent and impact of late payment and measures to go further in tackling the issue. This follows the commitment made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his 2018 Spring Statement that the De...
Clinical Waste Update
This statement is to update the House on an issue concerning clinical waste collection and disposal for hospitals and other public services.On 31 July, the Environment Agency notified central Government of an issue concerning clinical waste collection and...
General Affairs Council, 18 September 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 18 September in Brussels. A provisional report of the meeting and the conclusions adopte...
Airborne Warning and Control System
I am pleased to inform the House today that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has begun discussions with Boeing about the potential for the E-7 Advanced Early Warning and Control ‘Wedgetail’ aircraft to replace the current Sentry fleet. Since the 2015 Strateg...