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Commons HCWS988
Six-monthly Report on Hong Kong 1 January to 30 June 2025
The latest Six-monthly Report on the implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong was published today and is attached. It covers the period from 1 January - 30 June 2025. The r...
Made: 2025-10-23
Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Lab
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS987
Publication of the independent Police Accountability Rapid Review
Today, I am publishing the Police Accountability Rapid Review, an independent report commissioned by the Government in October 2024. The review was conducted by Timothy Godwin OBE QPM and Rt Hon Si...
Made: 2025-10-23
Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
The Secretary of State for the Home Department
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS986
Implementing the Employment Rights Bill: October Consultation Package
This Government’s top priority is to grow the economy and improve living standards. We are clear that you cannot build a strong economy whilst having people in insecure work. For too long employmen...
Made: 2025-10-23
Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS985
Publication of Annual Regulator Water Company Performance Reports
Today, the Environment Agency will publish its Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA) for 2024 and Ofwat will publish their Water Company Performance Report (WCPR) for the 2024-25 financial yea...
Made: 2025-10-23
Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Minister for Water and Flooding
Lab
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Commons HCWS984
Opening of Further Interim Compensation Payments for Victims of Infected Blood
On 9 July 2025 the Infected Blood Inquiry published its Additional Report on Compensation. The Inquiry made a number of recommendations to the Cabinet Office and to the Infected Blood Compensation ...
Made: 2025-10-23
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Lab
Department: Cabinet Office
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Commons HCWS983
Independent review into Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGRs)
The independent Review into Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGRs) has published a report of its findings and recommendations to Government.In February, the Government commissioned the independent review o...
Made: 2025-10-23
Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Minister of State for Energy
Lab
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Commons HCWS982
Stronger Protections and a Better Deal for Energy Consumers – TPI Regulation and Consultations on Strengthening the Energy Ombudsman and Business Smart-Contingent Contracts
Today I am announcing Government plans to deliver stronger protections and a better deal for energy consumers. The Government is publishing our response to the consultation on Third-Party Intermedi...
Made: 2025-10-23
Martin McCluskey
Martin McCluskey
Minister for Energy Consumers
Lab
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Commons HCWS981
Machinery of Government
I am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following Machinery of Government update. In order to deliver this cross-government priority, the Cabinet Office will have overall r...
Made: 2025-10-23
Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer
Prime Minister
Lab
Department: Prime Minister
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Commons HCWS980
Negotiations on an Annex to the Pandemic Agreement on a new Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system
My Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention (Ashley Dalton MP) last updated the House in May on the adoption of the World Health Organization (WHO) Pa...
Made: 2025-10-22
Dr Zubir Ahmed
Dr Zubir Ahmed
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS979
Family Justice: Better Protections for Children
My noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Baroness Levitt KC), has today made the following statement:"I am pleased to announce today that the Government will re...
Made: 2025-10-22
Alex Davies-Jones
Alex Davies-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
Lab
Department: Ministry of Justice
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Commons HCWS978
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 – Consultation on Extending Accredited Financial Investigation Powers to three public bodies
Today the Government is launching a consultation document relating to the granting of Accredited Financial Investigator powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to an additional three age...
Made: 2025-10-22
Dan Jarvis
Dan Jarvis
The Minister of State for Security
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS977
Deproscription of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
After careful consideration and following extensive consultation across Government and with operational partners, the Government has decided to remove Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from the list of o...
Made: 2025-10-22
Dan Jarvis
Dan Jarvis
The Minister of State for Security
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS976
Consulting on new penalties for the water sector
The Government is pleased to announce that today we have launched a consultation on strengthening the Environment Agency’s tools for enforcing against offences committed by water companies.Currentl...
Made: 2025-10-22
Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Minister for Water and Flooding
Lab
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Commons HCWS975
Regulation Action Plan: Progress Update and Next Steps
Improving regulation in the UK, ensuring that it enables growth and does not unduly hold back investment, is an essential part of this government’s growth mission and delivering on the Plan for Cha...
Made: 2025-10-21
Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Lab
Department: Treasury
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Commons HCWS974
The Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
The Government is committed to making the Internet a safer place and bringing in new protections for UK internet users. Today I am laying in draft the Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Am...
Made: 2025-10-21
Kanishka Narayan
Kanishka Narayan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Online Safety
Lab
Department: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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