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Commons HCWS374

Historical Stillbirth Burials and Cremations

Working with my ministerial colleagues, the Minister for Local Government, Devolution and Regional Growth, Jim McMahon OBE MP, and the Minister for Victims, Violence Against Women and Girls and Int...

Made: 2026-10-13

Yvette Cooper

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Lab

Department: Department of Health and Social Care

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Commons HCWS373

Notification of a Contingent Liability: African Development Bank General Callable Capital Increase 2024

It is normal practice, when a government department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 for which there is no specific statutory authority, for the Minister concerned...

Made: 2026-10-13

Kirsty McNeill

Minister of State for International Development

Lab

Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Commons HCWS372

Make Work Pay Implementation

Employment laws have not kept pace with modern working patterns. Too many workers lack the protections they need at work, while responsible businesses face unfair competition from those willing to ...

Made: 2026-10-13

Kate Dearden

Minister for the Future of Work

Lab

Department: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

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Commons HCWS371

Publication of the Independent Expert’s Report on Paramilitary Group Transition to Disbandment

Everybody in Northern Ireland has a right to live free from fear and intimidation. The continuing existence of paramilitary groups poses a direct threat to that right. While these groups may pose a...

Made: 2026-10-13

Chris Bryant

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Lab

Department: Northern Ireland Office

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Commons HCWS370

Flood Action Week 2026

As we enter Flood Action Week 2026 (12-18 October 2026), I am updating the House on the steps this Government is taking to strengthen resilience to flooding and drought, improve public preparedness...

Made: 2026-10-13

Emma Hardy

Minister for Water and Flooding

Lab

Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Commons HCWS369

Transfer of Chiltern Railways’ Services into Public Ownership

I am confirming to the House that on Sunday 20 September 2026, Chiltern Railways' services transferred into public ownership under the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act. Operations ...

Made: 2026-10-13

Heidi Alexander

Secretary of State for Transport

Lab

Department: Department for Transport

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Commons HCWS368

MOD’s Formal Response to the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces 2025 Annual Report

I am pleased to place in the Library of the House today the MOD’s formal response to the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces’ (SCOAF) annual report for 2025 on the fairness, effective...

Made: 2026-10-13

Mr Calvin Bailey

Minister for Veterans and People

Lab

Department: Ministry of Defence

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Commons HCWS367

Independent Immigration Appeals Authority preparatory spend – Contingencies fund advance

I would like to notify the House that the Home Office has obtained approval for an advance from the contingencies fund of £4,000,000. The Independent Immigration Appeals Authority (IIAA) is being s...

Made: 2026-10-13

Anna Turley

The Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum

Lab

Department: Home Office

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Commons HCWS366

Competition and Market Authority's Heating Oil Market Study: Government Response

Today, I am publishing the Government's response to the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) market study into the heating oil sector. For the first time, families who rely on heating oil will...

Made: 2026-10-13

Ms Polly Billington

Minister for Energy Consumers

Lab

Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Commons HCWS365

Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) Consultation: Government Response

Today I am publishing the Government's response to the consultation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs).Standards allow products and services to connect, communicate and operate across borders — e...

Made: 2026-10-13

Chris McDonald

Minister of State (Minister for Science, Innovation and Investment)

Lab

Department: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

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Commons HCWS364

Health and care reviews, improvement and regulation

I would like to inform the House of several updates from the Department of Health and Social Care, following developments and announcements over the conference recess.Adult Social Care:The Governme...

Made: 2026-10-12

Karin Smyth

Minister of State for Health

Lab

Department: Department of Health and Social Care

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Commons HCWS363

Improving housing availability and affordability

Everyone deserves to live in a safe, secure, decent and affordable home. Our vision is for a housing market which allows families at all income levels to access good housing at rents they can affor...

Made: 2026-10-12

Matthew Pennycook

Minister of State for Housing and Planning

Lab

Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Commons HCWS362

Launch of the National Taskforce for Tackling Misogyny

Women and girls shouldn’t have to shrink their lives or limit their ambitions out of fear of misogyny. That is why today, I am writing to update the House on the launch of a new National Taskforce ...

Made: 2026-10-12

Bridget Phillipson

Minister for Women and Equalities

Lab

Department: Women and Equalities

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Commons HCWS361

Digital Waste Tracking: Mandatory Use of the Report Receipt of Waste Service

Today I am pleased to update the House of continued progress with the implementation of Digital Waste Tracking. On 1 October 2026 the Report Receipt of Waste Service, which represents the first pha...

Made: 2026-10-12

Emma Hardy

Minister for Water and Flooding

Lab

Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Commons HCWS360

Government Response to the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

This Government inherited a criminal justice system in crisis - not just woefully underfunded, but unfit to deliver for our citizens in the 21st century.The record and rising backlog we inherited n...

Made: 2026-10-12

Alex Norris

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

Lab

Department: Ministry of Justice

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