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Commons HCWS81
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
My rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules. Introduction of a Visa requirement on Jordan We are today introducing a visa requir...
Made: 2024-09-10
Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS80
British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) / Chagos Archipelago
Following the meeting between the Prime Minister, my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Holborn and St Pancras, and the Prime Minister of Mauritius on 23 July, the UK and Mauritius have agreed to continu...
Made: 2024-09-10
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 HCWS79
Water (Special Measures) Bill
On 4 September, the Government introduced the Water (Special Measures) Bill to Parliament to deliver on our manifesto commitment to put water companies under special measures to clean up our water....
Made: 2024-09-10
Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Minister for Water and Flooding
Lab
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Commons HCWS78
Development consent decision extension
This statement confirms that it is necessary to extend the deadline for a decision on the application by Tritax Symmetry (Hinckley) Limited under the Planning Act 2008 for the Hinckley National Rai...
Made: 2024-09-10
Louise Haigh
Louise Haigh
Secretary of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Commons HCWS77
Pandemic Accord Negotiations at the World Health Organization (September 2024)
I would like to update the House regarding the ongoing negotiations on a new, legally binding international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (“Pandemic Accord”) at the Wo...
Made: 2024-09-09
Andrew Gwynne
Andrew Gwynne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS76
Death Certification Reform
My Hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health (Baroness Merron) has made the following statement:I wish to inform the House that refo...
Made: 2024-09-09
Andrew Gwynne
Andrew Gwynne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS75
Repeal of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023
Minimum service levels (MSLs) unduly restrict the right to strike and undermine good industrial relations. The introduction of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”) was met...
Made: 2024-09-09
Justin Madders
Justin Madders
Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS74
Implementation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (the Act) received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024. The Act will make significant changes to the UK’s competition and consumer landscape that will pro...
Made: 2024-09-09
Justin Madders
Justin Madders
Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS73
Border Security and Asylum
This government is committed to tackling irregular migration. The tragic incident in the Channel earlier this week is a reminder of why the work to dismantle these dangerous and criminal smuggler g...
Made: 2024-09-05
Dame Angela Eagle
Dame Angela Eagle
Minister of State
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS72
Imprisonment for Public Protection: Changes to Licence
It is right that Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences were abolished. We worked constructively in opposition to progress IPP reforms in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which repre...
Made: 2024-09-05
Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Lab
Department: Ministry of Justice
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Commons HCWS71
Machinery of Government
I am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following Machinery of Government change.Responsibility for Union and devolution policy across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ...
Made: 2024-09-05
Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer
Prime Minister
Lab
Department: Prime Minister
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Commons HCWS70
Improvements to gender identity services for children and young people
I am writing to update the House about the Government and NHS England’s work to improve gender identity services, as well as implement the recommendations of the independent review into gender iden...
Made: 2024-09-04
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 HCWS69
Extension of Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trust Scheme
On 3 September 2024 the Treasury made The Finance Act 2024, Section 11 (Extension of Enterprise Investment Scheme Relief and Venture Capital Trusts Relief) (Appointed Day) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024...
Made: 2024-09-04
James Murray
James Murray
The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
Lab
Department: Treasury
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Commons HCWS68
Publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report
The Chair of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, Sir Martin Moore-Bick has today published the Inquiry’s Phase 2 Report.The report examines how it came to be that the Grenfell Tower was in the condition wh...
Made: 2024-09-04
Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer
Prime Minister
Lab
Department: Prime Minister
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Commons HCWS67
Rail Reform
Today I am announcing that I will be instructing the CEO of Network Rail, the Director General for Rail Services in the Department for Transport, and the CEO of DfT OLR Holdings Ltd (DOHL) to estab...
Made: 2024-09-03
Louise Haigh
Louise Haigh
Secretary of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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