Iau, 17 Hydref 2013
My honourable Friend Secretary of State for Education (Rt Hon Michael Gove MP) made the following announcement: In line with normal practice I would like to inform the House that whilst in the...
My Hon Friend the Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs (Jo Swinson) has made the following statement I am pleased to announce that the Government has written to the Low Pay...
My honourable Friend the Minister of State for Schools (Rt Hon David Laws MP) made the following announcement: I, in collaboration with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for...
The Government’s approach to developing tax policy emphasises the benefits of policy consultation and legislative scrutiny. Following Budget 2013, the Government have engaged with...
I am pleased to announce that the Government have written to the Low Pay Commission setting out what we would like the Commission to consider on the national minimum wage. The document contains...
In line with normal practice I would like to inform the House that while in the summer recess, my Department provided an indemnity to the Church Commissioners for England, in order to secure a...
I, in collaboration with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, wish to inform the House of the publication of the annual report by the Social Mobility and...
The next Agriculture and Fisheries Council is on Thursday 17 October in Luxembourg. The Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Camborne...
This Government are committed to ensuring we have a comprehensive package of measures to tackle bovine TB (bTB), including a carefully managed and science-led policy of badger control in areas...
I would like to inform the House that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is today publishing the Government’s Arctic policy framework, “Adapting To Change: UK policy towards the...
I wish to inform the House that the Government have opted in to the following measures: (i) the Council decision on the signing, on behalf of the EU, and provisional application of an association...
I attended the first Transport Council of the Lithuanian presidency (the presidency) in Luxembourg on Thursday 10 October. The Council held an orientation debate on the proposal amending...
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