Written Statements

Commons HCWS647

Consumer Credit Regulation

Last year marked the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA). The way people interact with their finances and the consumer credit market is dramatically different toda...

Made: 2025-05-19

Emma Reynolds

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury

Lab

Department: Treasury

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Commons HCWS646

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - May 2025

On 16 May 2025 CPTPP Parties met in Jeju, Republic of Korea, in the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade conference. Those present comprised Minis...

Made: 2025-05-19

Mr Douglas Alexander

Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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Commons HCWS645

Triples Review

Following my statement in the autumn of last year, I would like to further update the House on progress of the Triples Review. In my previous statement on the Triples Review of 14 October 2024 (Vol...

Made: 2025-05-16

Luke Pollard

Minister for the Armed Forces

Lab

Department: Ministry of Defence

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Commons HCWS644

Extending licensing hours for the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship

The Government consulted on, and will be proceeding with, the proposal to make a contingent Licensing Hours Order under Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003, after the majority of respondents to t...

Made: 2025-05-15

Dame Diana Johnson

The Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention

Lab

Department: Home Office

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Commons HCWS643

Publication of the Electoral Integrity Programme Evaluation Report on the 2024 UK Parliamentary general election

The Elections Act 2022 made a number of significant changes to the way elections are run in this country, and it is important that we understand fully the impact of these changes. To meet its commi...

Made: 2025-05-15

Rushanara Ali

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy

Lab

Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Commons HCWS642

Government response to the consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime

Our parallel importation laws, which regulate the common practice of importing genuine physical goods that are first sold in other countries into the UK for re-sale, play an important role in many ...

Made: 2025-05-15

Feryal Clark

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government

Lab

Department: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Commons HCWS641

NHS Very Senior Managers Pay Framework

I am pleased to announce today the publication of the NHS Very Senior Managers (VSM) Pay Framework.This Government’s 10-year plan to reform the NHS will focus on three big shifts; from analogue to ...

Made: 2025-05-15

Karin Smyth

Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care)

Lab

Department: Department of Health and Social Care

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Commons HCWS640

Changes to Media Mergers Legislation

This Government is committed to a pluralistic media landscape, where citizens are able to access information from a range of sources in order to form opinions. The public’s ability to access a wide...

Made: 2025-05-15

Lisa Nandy

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Lab

Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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Commons HCWS639

Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES)

Today, the Government has laid The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System Sandbox) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/583). This legislation est...

Made: 2025-05-15

James Murray

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury

Lab

Department: Treasury

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Commons HCWS638

Transition of services from NATIS to the Insolvency service

Under the previous government, a contract was entered into in 2020 with Thurrock Council’s National Investigation Service (NATIS), to investigate Covid-19 Bounce Back Loan fraud. After scrutinising...

Made: 2025-05-15

Gareth Thomas

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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Commons HCWS637

Fraud and Error in the Benefit System

The annual statistics for Fraud and Error in the Benefit System for the financial year ending 2025, were published on Thursday 15 May 2024, at 9.30am.Today's figures confirm the overall rate of ove...

Made: 2025-05-15

Andrew Western

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Transformation)

Lab

Department: Department for Work and Pensions

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Commons HCWS636

Local Government Pension Scheme – Member Benefits Reform

The Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales gives seven million dedicated public servants security in their later years. The majority of its members are women, on low-paid roles and of...

Made: 2025-05-15

Jim McMahon

Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution

Lab

Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Commons HCWS635

Youth funding in 2025-26

This Government recognises the transformative role that youth services play in young people’s lives. We know that being part of supportive communities and having access to youth provision can impro...

Made: 2025-05-15

Lisa Nandy

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Lab

Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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Commons HCWS634

Prison Capacity

This Government inherited a prison system at the point of crisis. We took swift and decisive action to stabilise it, but we knew that was a first step. This is why, in October, I appointed the Rt H...

Made: 2025-05-14

Shabana Mahmood

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

Lab

Department: Ministry of Justice

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Commons HCWS633

Places for Growth 2030

Today the Government has announced further steps that it is taking to transform the civil service through:- Building on the Places for Growth programme by bringing more decision-making out of White...

Made: 2025-05-14

Pat McFadden

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Lab

Department: Cabinet Office

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