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Commons HCWS485
Move to Universal Credit – Delivery Update
Universal Credit supports over 6 million people, providing critical financial support and tailored Work Coach services that meet the needs of individual customers. It removes the ‘cliff edge’ for t...
Made: 2024-05-21
Jo Churchill
Jo Churchill
Minister of State for Employment
Con
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
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Commons HCWS484
Carbon Budget Update
I am making this statement for the benefit of Honourable and Right Honourable Members to bring to your attention the publication of the Final Statement of the Third Carbon Budget today. The third c...
Made: 2024-05-21
Justin Tomlinson
Justin Tomlinson
Minister of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Con
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Commons HCWS483
Office for Nuclear Regulation: Corporate Plan 2024/2025
Later today I will lay before this House the Office for Nuclear Regulation Corporate Plan 2024/2025. This document will also be published on the ONR website. I can confirm, in accordance with Sched...
Made: 2024-05-21
Paul Maynard
Paul Maynard
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions
Con
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
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Commons HCWS482
Online Divorce Applications
My Noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice (Lord Bellamy KC) has today made the following statement:"There is a statutory bar against applying for an order for divorce b...
Made: 2024-05-20
Mike Freer
Mike Freer
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice
Con
Department: Ministry of Justice
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Commons HCWS481
Publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry Report
Today, Sir Brian Langstaff has published the final report of the independent Infected Blood Inquiry. I am authorising a copy of the report to be deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.I am very ...
Made: 2024-05-20
John Glen
John Glen
Pay Master General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Con
Department: Cabinet Office
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Commons HCWS480
Thirteenth Meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee
My Noble Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton) has today made the following statement: The Withdrawal Agreement Joint Com...
Made: 2024-05-17
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Minister of State (Europe)
Con
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS479
Third Meeting of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement Partnership Council
My Noble Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton) has today made the following statement: The Trade and Cooperation Agreemen...
Made: 2024-05-17
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Ms Nusrat Ghani
Minister of State (Europe)
Con
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS478
Instrument of Accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Today the UK officially announced the deposit of its instrument of accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). With this significant moment the U...
Made: 2024-05-17
Greg Hands
Greg Hands
Minister of State
Con
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS477
NHS Workforce Update
I am pleased to inform the House that, earlier this week, I made a revised, reforming offer to the British Medical Association (BMA) Specialist, Associate Specialist, and Specialty (SAS) committee....
Made: 2024-05-16
Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Con
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS476
Fraud and Error in the Benefit System
The annual statistics for Fraud and Error in the Benefit System for the financial year ending 2024 were published earlier today.Fraud and error is an ongoing challenge across government and beyond....
Made: 2024-05-16
Paul Maynard
Paul Maynard
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions
Con
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
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Commons HCWS475
Policy framework for managing radioactive substances and nuclear decommissioning
Nuclear power, which uses radioactive nuclear fuel, continues to provide low carbon electricity to homes and businesses in the UK. The UK also uses radioactive substances in many different products...
Made: 2024-05-16
Andrew Bowie
Andrew Bowie
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Nuclear and Renewables)
Con
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Commons HCWS474
Report of the Independent Reviewer for National Security Arrangements 2023
The role of the Independent Reviewer of National Security Arrangements in Northern Ireland is to monitor compliance with Annex E of the St. Andrews Agreement 2006, reviewing the relationship betwee...
Made: 2024-05-16
Chris Heaton-Harris
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Con
Department: Northern Ireland Office
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Commons HCWS473
Vehicle Regulations
I am pleased to inform the House that today I am publishing a strategy setting out our approach to the future regulation of road vehicles.Following our departure from the EU, we have the freedom to...
Made: 2024-05-16
Mr Mark Harper
Mr Mark Harper
Secretary of State for Transport
Con
Department: Department for Transport
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Commons HCWS472
Alcohol Licensing – Consumption of alcohol in licensed pavement areas / off-sales
The Government is today launching a consultation on measures that would make it easier for licensed premises to sell alcohol for consumption in an adjacent licensed pavement area. This consultation...
Made: 2024-05-16
Chris Philp
Chris Philp
The Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire
Con
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS471
Gambling White Paper Update
I wish to inform the House that His Majesty’s Government will today publish its response to the consultation on measures relating to the land-based gambling sector. This will introduce a range of l...
Made: 2024-05-16
Stuart Andrew
Stuart Andrew
Minister for Sport, Gambling and Civil Society
Con
Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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