Written Statements

Commons HCWS662

Civil Service Workforce

I am today announcing the Government’s decision to accept the recommendations of the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) on pay for the senior civil service (SCS) for 2025-26.The Government received...

Made: 2025-05-22

Georgia Gould

Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office

Lab

Department: Cabinet Office

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Commons HCWS661

Armed Forces Workforce

I am today announcing the Government’s decision on pay for the Armed Forces for 2025-26. Our Service personnel make extraordinary sacrifices and work tirelessly to keep Britain secure at home and s...

Made: 2025-05-22

John Healey

Secretary of State for Defence

Lab

Department: Ministry of Defence

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Commons HCWS660

Annual Report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner

I have today laid before both Houses a copy of the Annual Report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, Rt Hon Sir Brian Leveson. This report covers the activities of the Investigatory Powers Co...

Made: 2025-05-22

Sir Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Lab

Department: Prime Minister

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Commons HCWS659

Defence Nuclear Enterprise 2025 Annual Update to Parliament

I am today placing in the Library of the House the Defence Nuclear Enterprise 2025 Annual Update to Parliament.This Government has been clear that we are wholly committed to maintaining our nuclear...

Made: 2025-05-22

John Healey

Secretary of State for Defence

Lab

Department: Ministry of Defence

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Commons HCWS658

Appointments to the UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Baroness Drake has been appointed as a full member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in place of Baroness Taylor of Bolton.Baroness Brown of Si...

Made: 2025-05-22

Stephen Doughty

Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories

Lab

Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Commons HCWS657

UK COVID-19 Inquiry response costs for Quarter 4 24/25

The Covid-19 pandemic impacted each and every person in the UK. The work of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry is crucial in examining the UK’s response to and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. There are evide...

Made: 2025-05-22

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Lab

Department: Cabinet Office

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Commons HCWS656

Nottingham Inquiry: Terms of Reference

On 22 April, I established an Inquiry, under the Inquiries Act 2005 (the Act), into the attacks that took place on 13 June 2023 in Nottingham, which cost Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley Kumar and Ia...

Made: 2025-05-22

Shabana Mahmood

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

Lab

Department: Ministry of Justice

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Commons HCWS655

The State of the Estate in 2023-24

I have today laid before Parliament, pursuant to Section 86 of the Climate Change Act 2008, the “State of the Estate in 2023-24”.This report describes the progress made on improving the efficiency ...

Made: 2025-05-22

Georgia Gould

Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office

Lab

Department: Cabinet Office

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Commons HCWS654

Energy National Policy Statements

Today, I am laying before Parliament the draft revised energy National Policy Statements.The energy National Policy Statements (NPSs) were first designated in 2011. They set out the Government’s po...

Made: 2025-05-22

Michael Shanks

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy)

Lab

Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Commons HCWS653

Statutory Review of the Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator

As part of the third statutory review of the Pubs Code and the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA), the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) will today publish a 12-week long invitation to stakeholders ...

Made: 2025-05-22

Justin Madders

Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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Commons HCWS652

Childhood Obesity

This Government has set a bold ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever and take action to address the childhood obesity crisis. As part of this ambition, this Government made a...

Made: 2025-05-22

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 HCWS651

Adoption of the Pandemic Agreement at the World Health Assembly

I would like to update the House regarding the international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response at the World Health Organization (WHO). From 19-27 May, Member States are co...

Made: 2025-05-21

Ashley Dalton

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention

Lab

Department: Department of Health and Social Care

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Community benefits and shared ownership for low carbon infrastructure working paper

Today my department is publishing a working paper on community benefits and shared ownership of clean energy infrastructure.Britain is moving at speed to build the clean homegrown energy we need to...

Made: 2025-05-21

Michael Shanks

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy)

Lab

Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Commons HCWS649

British Steel

The Government committed to updating Parliament on British Steel every four weeks for the duration of the period of special measures being applied under the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 20...

Made: 2025-05-20

Sarah Jones

Minister of State

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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Commons HCWS648

Office for Nuclear Regulation Corporate Plan 2025/26

Later today I will lay before this House the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) Corporate Plan 2025/2026. This document will also be published on the ONR website. I can confirm, in accordance with...

Made: 2025-05-20

Andrew Western

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Transformation)

Lab

Department: Department for Work and Pensions

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