Written Statements

Commons HCWS171

Sea-level rise and maritime zones

The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) sets out the legal framework for all activities in the ocean and seas. Upholding UNCLOS is central to the UK government’s approach to ocean issues a...

Made: 2024-10-28

Anneliese Dodds

Minister of State for Development

Lab

Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Commons HCWS170

Supply of Radioisotopes

I am today updating the House on the severe shortage of radioisotopes that the UK is facing. The affected radioisotopes are mainly used for diagnosing cancers, including prostate and breast cancer....

Made: 2024-10-28

Karin Smyth

Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care)

Lab

Department: Department of Health and Social Care

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Commons HCWS169

Social and Affordable Housing: Next Steps

This week’s Budget will set out how the Government will deliver more affordable housing and ensure social housing is available for those who need it most.This will include an immediate one year cas...

Made: 2024-10-28

Angela Rayner

Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Lab

Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Commons HCWS168

Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

I would like to advise the House that today I am laying draft regulations to implement two amendments to the Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme in time for the next allocation round; supporting t...

Made: 2024-10-28

Michael Shanks

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy)

Lab

Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Commons HCWS167

Windrush

The Windrush scandal saw Windrush and Commonwealth communities who have the right to live in this country victimised because they were unable to prove that right through no fault of their own. Howe...

Made: 2024-10-24

Yvette Cooper

The Secretary of State for the Home Department

Lab

Department: Home Office

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Commons HCWS166

The Internet Television Equipment Regulations 2024

The Media Act 2024 - which received royal assent on 24 May 2024 - introduces a new online prominence regime. This regime will require particular TV platforms (referred to in the Act as “regulated t...

Made: 2024-10-24

Stephanie Peacock

Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth

Lab

Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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Commons HCWS165

Sudan

I would like to update on the situation in Sudan since the outbreak of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April last year. 18 months on, this sensele...

Made: 2024-10-24

Anneliese Dodds

Minister for Development

Lab

Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Commons HCWS164

Update on Interim Compensation Payments for Victims of Infected Blood

In May, the Infected Blood Inquiry produced its final report and the country heard the full extent to which thousands of men, women, and children had their lives overturned by the use of infected b...

Made: 2024-10-24

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Pay Master General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Lab

Department: Cabinet Office

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Commons HCWS163

Transfer of regulatory responsibility and staff from the Phone-paid Services Authority to Ofcom

Premium rate services will be familiar to anyone who watches prime time Saturday night television, enters competitions on the radio or donates to charity via their phone. Premium rate services are ...

Made: 2024-10-24

Chris Bryant

Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms

Lab

Department: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Commons HCWS162

Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) Annual Report and Accounts 2023-2024

Later today I will lay before this House the Office for Nuclear Regulation Annual Report and Accounts 2023-2024. This document will also be published on the ONR website. I can confirm, in accordanc...

Made: 2024-10-24

Andrew Western

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Transformation)

Lab

Department: Department for Work and Pensions

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Commons HCWS161

Progress to Implement the UK Biological Security Strategy

I want to update the House on the implementation of the 2023 UK Biological Security Strategy. The Strategy’s ambition is to ensure that by 2030, the UK is resilient to a spectrum of biological thre...

Made: 2024-10-24

Pat McFadden

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Lab

Department: Cabinet Office

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Commons HCWS160

The Double Taxation Convention between the United Kingdom and Ecuador

A Double Taxation Convention with Ecuador was signed in Quito on 6 August 2024. The text of the Convention is available on HM Revenue and Customs’ pages of the GOV.UK website and will be deposited ...

Made: 2024-10-23

James Murray

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury

Lab

Department: Treasury

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Commons HCWS159

Agreement on Defence Co-operation between the United Kingdom and Germany

Earlier today I, together with my German counterpart Boris Pistorius, signed an Agreement on Defence co-operation between the United Kingdom and Germany. The Agreement will strengthen bilateral def...

Made: 2024-10-23

John Healey

Secretary of State for Defence

Lab

Department: Ministry of Defence

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Commons HCWS158

Tackling Child Poverty: Developing Our Strategy

Today, my right Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education (The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson), and I are pleased to announce that we are publishing ‘Tackling Child Poverty: Developing our strat...

Made: 2024-10-23

Liz Kendall

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Lab

Department: Department for Work and Pensions

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Commons HCWS157

Regulatory Partnership for Growth Fund

Today I am announcing a new £2.3million Regulatory Partnership for Growth Fund (RPGF), which will help to unlock export opportunities worth nearly £5 billion for UK companies over five years.The RP...

Made: 2024-10-23

Jonathan Reynolds

Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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