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Commons HCWS156
Sentencing Review and Prison Capacity Package
As I informed the House earlier today, this government inherited a prison system at the point of crisis. Prior to September, the adult male prison estate was running at over 99% capacity for 18 mon...
Made: 2024-10-22
Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Lab
Department: Ministry of Justice
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Commons HCWS155
Local Government Best Value Update
All Honourable Members will recognise the importance of having well-functioning local councils which provide essential statutory services local residents rely upon. Local councils must be fit, lega...
Made: 2024-10-22
Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Commons HCWS154
EU Foreign Affairs Council
I attended the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 14 October. Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha, also attended via VTC.This was the first time a UK Foreign Secretary has attended...
Made: 2024-10-22
Mr David Lammy
Mr David Lammy
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Lab
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS153
UK Support to Ukraine
The UK is committed, alongside our G7 allies, to supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes. Ensuring Ukraine’s security is in the interest of our own national security and shared values. We and ou...
Made: 2024-10-22
Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Lab
Department: Treasury
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Commons HCWS152
Point of Care Medicines Manufacture Regulations
I am pleased to announce that the draft Human Medicines (Amendment) (Modular Manufacture and Point of Care) Regulations 2024 were laid before Parliament yesterday. When approved by Parliament, this...
Made: 2024-10-22
Karin Smyth
Karin Smyth
Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care)
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS151
Publication of the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations Annual Reports and Accounts
I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of the Council of the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations (RFCA) Annual Reports and Accounts 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, in accordance ...
Made: 2024-10-22
Al Carns
Al Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans)
Lab
Department: Ministry of Defence
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Commons HCWS150
Mainstream Free Schools
Education is at the heart of the Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every young person the best start in life, no matter their background. This Government is determ...
Made: 2024-10-22
Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
Secretary of State for Education
Lab
Department: Department for Education
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Commons HCWS149
Consultation on a UK Airspace Design Service
Today, the Department for Transport (DfT) and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) are launching a consultation proposing the creation of a new UK Airspace Design Service (UKADS) that would act as a sing...
Made: 2024-10-22
Mike Kane
Mike Kane
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Commons HCWS148
Pensions Dashboard
The Government wants to shape the pensions system to serve the interests of savers and future pensioners, ensuring decent, secure retirement incomes for all. As part of achieving that goal, we want...
Made: 2024-10-22
Emma Reynolds
Emma Reynolds
Parliamentary Secretary, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions)
Lab
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
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Commons HCWS147
10 Year Health Plan: Building a health service fit for the future
Our NHS is broken, but not beaten, and we have made it our mission to fix the NHS. But we cannot do it without the help of the people who use it, and so today I am launching Change NHS: A health se...
Made: 2024-10-21
Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS146
Making Work Pay: Consultation Package
The Government’s Plan to Make Work Pay is a core part of our mission to grow the economy, raise living standards across the country and create opportunities for all. It will tackle the low pay, poo...
Made: 2024-10-21
Jonathan Reynolds
Jonathan Reynolds
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS145
Regulation of Buy-Now, Pay-Later Products
Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) products have seen increasing use amongst many UK consumers, helping some to manage unexpected costs. In the 6 months to January 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (F...
Made: 2024-10-21
Tulip Siddiq
Tulip Siddiq
The Economic Secretary to Treasury
Lab
Department: Treasury
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Commons HCWS144
Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects
This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park Limited for development consent for the construction and oper...
Made: 2024-10-17
Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Lab
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Commons HCWS143
Motor Insurance
Today the Economic Secretary to the Treasury and I will co-chair the first meeting of a new cross-Government Taskforce on motor insurance.Motor insurance is an essential, not a luxury. It is vital ...
Made: 2024-10-16
Louise Haigh
Louise Haigh
Secretary of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Commons HCWS142
UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership – Entry into Force
I am pleased to announce that it has, today, been confirmed that the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will enter into force on 15 ...
Made: 2024-10-16
Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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