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Commons HCWS337
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: 2024-03-14
Amanda Solloway
Amanda Solloway
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Affordability and Skills)
Con
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Commons HCWS336
Post Office redress
As the House knows, the Post Office Horizon IT scandal that began in the late 1990s has had severe impacts on the lives of the postmasters affected. Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on 1...
Made: 2024-03-13
Nigel Huddleston
Nigel Huddleston
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Con
Department: Treasury
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Commons HCWS335
Intercepting authorised push payment fraud
The government takes the issue of fraud very seriously and is dedicated to protecting the public from this devastating crime. According to UK Finance, in the first half of 2023 alone, there were 11...
Made: 2024-03-12
Bim Afolami
Bim Afolami
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Con
Department: Treasury
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Commons HCWS334
Receipt of reports on anticipated acquisition of Telegraph Media Group
Today I can confirm that I have received reports from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and from Ofcom on merger situations involving Telegraph Media Group Ltd (TMG). These reports were p...
Made: 2024-03-12
Lucy Frazer
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Con
Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Commons HCWS333
REMA Second Consultation
After a period of unprecedented disruption and change, our energy sector is now poised to seize the opportunities of the energy transition. We have become the first major economy in the world to ha...
Made: 2024-03-12
Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Con
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Commons HCWS332
Update on Foreign National Offenders, Prisons and Probation
Our plan to cut crime and keep the public safe is working. Violent and neighbourhood crime have reduced by over 50% since 2010, and the reoffending rate is down from 31% to 25%. We are locking up m...
Made: 2024-03-11
Alex Chalk
Alex Chalk
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Con
Department: Ministry of Justice
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Commons HCWS331
Hong Kong British National Overseas [BN(O)] Welcome Programme Year 4 Funding Announcement
Today, I am pleased to announce the launch of the fourth year of funding for the Hong Kong British National Overseas [BN(O)] Welcome Programme. We will continue to offer support to BN(O)s as they i...
Made: 2024-03-11
Felicity Buchan
Felicity Buchan
Minister for Housing and Homelessness
Con
Department: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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Commons HCWS330
Supporting People to Claim Universal Credit
DWP would like to announce the outcome of the grant competition to identify an organisation to continue providing support for customers making a new claim to Universal Credit.Citizens Advice and Ci...
Made: 2024-03-11
Jo Churchill
Jo Churchill
Minister of State for Employment
Con
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
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Commons HCWS329
Equity in Medical Devices
The NHS is committed to upholding high standards in medical device safety. In response to emerging evidence of potential ethnic and other unfair biases in the design and use of some medical devices...
Made: 2024-03-11
Andrew Stephenson
Andrew Stephenson
Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care)
Con
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS328
Hereditary Tyrosinemia Type 1
I would like to inform the House that I have accepted the UK National Screening Committee’s recommendation to introduce a new condition Tyrosinemia type 1 to the New-born Bloodspot Screening Progra...
Made: 2024-03-11
Andrew Stephenson
Andrew Stephenson
Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care)
Con
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS327
British Embassy in Timor-Leste Announcement
I am announcing the UK’s intention to re-open the British Embassy in Timor-Leste. This will mark the next stage in our deepening friendship – building on an intensification of the bilateral relatio...
Made: 2024-03-11
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Minister of State for Indo-Pacific
Con
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS326
UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Hon. Member for Brigg and Goole (Andrew Percy MP) has been appointed as a full member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in place of the the...
Made: 2024-03-11
Leo Docherty
Leo Docherty
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Europe
Con
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS325
Israel Trade Negotiations Update
The fourth round of United Kingdom-Israel Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations took place virtually between 19 – 29 February 2024.During this round, officials held technical text-based discussio...
Made: 2024-03-11
Greg Hands
Greg Hands
Minister of State for Trade Policy
Con
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS324
Response to Operation Kenova interim report
My Noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Lord Caine) has made the following statement:This statement is in response to the publication of the Operation Kenov...
Made: 2024-03-11
Chris Heaton-Harris
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Con
Department: Northern Ireland Office
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Commons HCWS323
The Elizabeth Emblem
I have today laid in Parliament a paper setting out the details of ‘The Elizabeth Emblem’, a new award to honour those who have died in the course of public service.The recognition will be in the f...
Made: 2024-03-11
Oliver Dowden
Oliver Dowden
Deputy Prime Minister
Con
Department: Cabinet Office
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