Written Statements

Commons HCWS868

HM Revenue and Customs Transformation Roadmap

At Spring Statement 2025, the government committed to publishing a transformation roadmap setting out the future direction of the tax and customs system. Today, the government delivers on that comm...

Made: 2025-07-21

James Murray

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury

Lab

Department: Treasury

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Commons HCWS867

Boosting growth by removing barriers to digital infrastructure deployment

The Government is committed to unlocking the barriers to telecoms deployment across the United Kingdom, as outlined in the recently published 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy by HM Treasury. This st...

Made: 2025-07-21

Chris Bryant

Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms

Lab

Department: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Commons HCWS866

Closure of the War Widows Recognition Payment Scheme

I wish to inform the House of the Government’s decision to close the War Widows Recognition Payment Scheme on 15 October 2025, in line with the original plan for the Scheme to operate for a fixed p...

Made: 2025-07-21

Al Carns

Minister for Veterans and People

Lab

Department: Ministry of Defence

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Commons HCWS865

Independent Water Commission

On the 23 October, we asked the former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Jon Cunliffe, to undertake the biggest review of the water sector since privatisation. The Independent Water Commi...

Made: 2025-07-21

Steve Reed

Secretary of State

Lab

Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Commons HCWS864

Appointment of the Forensic Science Regulator

I am today announcing the appointment of the Forensic Science Regulator. Following an open competition conducted in accordance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments, I have decided to app...

Made: 2025-07-21

Dame Diana Johnson

The Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention

Lab

Department: Home Office

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Commons HCWS863

Publication of the Director of Labour Market Enforcement (DLME) annual strategy 2025-26

Alongside my hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets (Justin Madders), I am publishing today the Labour Market Enforcement Annual Strate...

Made: 2025-07-21

Jess Phillips

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls

Lab

Department: Home Office

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Commons HCWS862

Insolvency Service Annual Plan 2025-26

The Insolvency Service is the Government agency that delivers public services to those affected by financial distress or failure by providing frameworks to deal with insolvency and the financial mi...

Made: 2025-07-21

Justin Madders

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets)

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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Commons HCWS861

Publication of the Third British Sign Language (BSL) Report 2024 - 2025

This Government is committed to ensuring that our communications are accessible and inclusive, and to reducing the barriers Deaf people face in their everyday lives. The British Sign Language (BSL)...

Made: 2025-07-21

Sir Stephen Timms

Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability)

Lab

Department: Department for Work and Pensions

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Commons HCWS860

Upgraded Free Trade Agreement with the Republic of Korea: Round Five of Negotiations

The fifth round of negotiations on an upgraded Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Republic of Korea (RoK) took place in Seoul between 7 and 11 July 2025.Total trade between the UK and RoK was wort...

Made: 2025-07-21

Mr Douglas Alexander

Minister of State (Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security)

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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Commons HCWS859

Launch of the Pensions Commission and the State Pension age Review

This government is delivering change for all generations: lifting children out of poverty, providing opportunity through work, and offering security in retirement – with the revival today of the Pe...

Made: 2025-07-21

Liz Kendall

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Lab

Department: Department for Work and Pensions

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Commons HCWS858

Automated Passenger Services Permitting Scheme

I wish to provide the House with an update on steps the government is taking to progress the implementation of automated passenger services (APS) regulations to kickstart economic growth, a top pri...

Made: 2025-07-21

Heidi Alexander

Secretary of State for Transport

Lab

Department: Department for Transport

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Commons HCWS857

Publication of the UK Compute Roadmap

I wish to inform the House of the publication of the UK Compute Roadmap, which has been laid before Parliament. The Roadmap follows on from the AI Opportunities Action Plan that was published earli...

Made: 2025-07-21

Peter Kyle

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Lab

Department: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Commons HCWS856

Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (1 March 2025 to 31 May 2025)

Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIM) Act 2011 (the Act) requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the en...

Made: 2025-07-21

Dan Jarvis

The Minister of State for Security

Lab

Department: Home Office

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Commons HCWS855

Events at Orgreave

The violent scenes that took place at Orgreave Coking Plant on 18 June 1984 were a pivotal moment in the nationwide miners’ strike of 1984–85. In total, 95 picketers were arrested and charged with ...

Made: 2025-07-21

Yvette Cooper

The Secretary of State for the Home Department

Lab

Department: Home Office

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Commons HCWS854

Transfer of c2c’s Services into Public Ownership

I can confirm to the House that this Sunday, 20 July, the government will take another step towards a unified railway overseen by Great British Railways (GBR), as c2c’s services become the second t...

Made: 2025-07-17

Heidi Alexander

Secretary of State for Transport

Lab

Department: Department for Transport

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