Written Statements

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Commons HCWS762
Defence Reform
Today this Government is outlining two major developments in our commitment to reform Defence and the delivery of our Strategic Defence Review (SDR). The establishment of the new UK Defence Innovat...
Made: 2025-07-01
John Healey
John Healey
Secretary of State for Defence
Lab
Department: Ministry of Defence
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Commons HCWS761
Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery and contingent liabilities
Today I am notifying the House of the steps taken by the Government in regard to the insolvency of Prax Lindsey Oil Refinery and related subsidiaries. We know this will be incredibly worrying news ...
Made: 2025-07-01
Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy)
Lab
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Commons HCWS760
Arms Embargo (Armenia and Azerbaijan)
This Statement supersedes the Written Ministerial Statement of Wednesday 02 July 2014 on the ‘Arms Embargo (Azerbaijan and Armenia)’ (Volume 583, Column 60WS, 02 July 2014).The UK regularly reviews...
Made: 2025-07-01
Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories
Lab
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS759
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
My rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is today laying before the House a Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules. Changes to the Skilled Worker and other work routes as set out in the Immigration W...
Made: 2025-07-01
Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS758
Publication of CAA report on progress with recommendations from independent report into NATS Technical Failure of August 2023
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today published a report on the progress made in relation to the 34 recommendations which were made in the independent review’s final report into the NATS Tec...
Made: 2025-07-01
Mike Kane
Mike Kane
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Commons HCWS757
Delivering the Government’s manifesto commitment to review the parental leave system
The Plan to Make Work PayThis Government is committed to making life better for families. The current parental leave and pay system does not work as well as it could. We have already taken action t...
Made: 2025-07-01
Justin Madders
Justin Madders
Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS756
The Government’s plan to prevent ill health
Today I am updating the House on some of the steps the Government will take to prevent and delay the onset of ill-health, thereby restoring the means for people to lead a healthy life in places whe...
Made: 2025-06-30
Ashley Dalton
Ashley Dalton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS755
Welfare Reform
The Government has committed to making two changes to strengthen the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: implementing the new eligibility requirements for PIP from November 202...
Made: 2025-06-30
Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Lab
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
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Commons HCWS754
The Solar Roadmap
I am tabling this statement to inform members of the publication of the Solar Roadmap.The Government is committed to delivering a clean, affordable and secure energy system by 2030, and acceleratin...
Made: 2025-06-30
Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy)
Lab
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Commons HCWS753
Steel Trade Measures Call for Evidence
Steel is essential for a modern and secure economy underpinning many sectors, from construction to advanced manufacturing. The UK steel industry provides high-quality jobs in local economies (c.40,...
Made: 2025-06-30
Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Minister of State
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS752
Application of the UK’s Steel Safeguard
On 28 February 2025, the UK’s Trade Remedies Authority (“TRA”) initiated a review of the steel safeguard measure. The review assessed whether exemptions afforded to developing countries should be u...
Made: 2025-06-30
Jonathan Reynolds
Jonathan Reynolds
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS751
Government Support for UK Automotive Sector
As part of its Industrial Strategy, the Government has announced a new £2 billion programme to unlock investment into our automotive industry, DRIVE35 (‘Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle E...
Made: 2025-06-30
Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Minister of State
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS750
Launch of UK-Taiwan Enhanced Trade Partnership Pillars on Investment, Digital Trade and Energy and Net Zero
I am pleased to announce that the three ‘Pillars’ under the UK-Taiwan Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP), on Investment, Digital Trade, and Energy and Net Zero, were signed on 30 June. The signing to...
Made: 2025-06-30
Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS749
Changes to the Building Safety Regulator
Today I am updating Parliament on changes to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).The government’s response to the Grenfell Inquiry set out our commitment to take forward the recommendation for a ‘s...
Made: 2025-06-30
Alex Norris
Alex Norris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Building Safety, Fire and Local Growth
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Commons HCWS748
Nuclear Test Veteran records exercise and the Merlin database
Between 1952 and 1967, around 22,000 Armed Forces personnel, as well as scientists and civilians, took part in the UK’s nuclear testing programme in Australia and the Pacific to develop our nuclear...
Made: 2025-06-30
Al Carns
Al Carns
Minister for Veterans and People
Lab
Department: Ministry of Defence
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