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Commons HCWS558
Six-monthly Report on Hong Kong 1 July to 31 December 2024
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 July – 31 December 2024. The ...
Made: 2025-03-27
Catherine West
Catherine West
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific
Lab
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS557
Correction to Infected Blood Compensation Authority Contingency Fund Advance
Further to my statement of 17 December, I hereby give notice that the Cabinet Office has received a Contingencies Fund advance to make compensation payments to victims of the infected blood scandal...
Made: 2025-03-27
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Lab
Department: Cabinet Office
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Commons HCWS556
Government response to consultation on Prohibiting Ninja swords: legal description and defences
The Government is today publishing its response to the public consultation on Prohibiting Ninja swords: legal description and defences. The consultation ran between 13 November and 11 December 2024...
Made: 2025-03-27
Dame Diana Johnson
Dame Diana Johnson
The Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS555
Publication of data on the ‘zombie-style’ knives and ‘zombie-style’ machetes surrender and compensation scheme
The Government has implemented the ban on zombie-style knives and zombie-style machetes approved by Parliament last year and the ban came into force on 24th September 2024. It follows the holding o...
Made: 2025-03-27
Dame Diana Johnson
Dame Diana Johnson
The Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS554
Ninja Sword Statutory Instrument
The Government is today laying a Statutory Instrument before Parliament to ban Ninja swords. Under the Criminal Justice Act (Offensive Weapons Order) 1988, Ninja swords will be added to the list of...
Made: 2025-03-27
Dame Diana Johnson
Dame Diana Johnson
The Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS553
Households Below Average Income Statistics Release
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today published its annual statistics on incomes and living standards covering 2023/24. This includes Households Below Average Income (HBAI), which co...
Made: 2025-03-27
Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Lab
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
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Commons HCWS552
Secure, resilient and innovative advanced connectivity technologies: The government’s response to the Telecoms Supply Chain Advisory Council Report
The security and resilience of the UK's digital infrastructure is of central importance to the Government’s strategic objectives. This statement provides an update on the government’s response to t...
Made: 2025-03-26
Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms
Lab
Department: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Commons HCWS551
Vulcan Hand Over Date
The Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment (NRTE) in Caithness, Scotland, has been used for prototype testing of nuclear propulsion plants for more than 50 years. The last test reactor was shut do...
Made: 2025-03-26
Maria Eagle
Maria Eagle
Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry
Lab
Department: Ministry of Defence
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Commons HCWS550
Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy
By publishing our new Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy today, the Government has set out plans to encourage and support our maritime sector in using fuels of the future and shipping ‘chargepoints’...
Made: 2025-03-25
Mike Kane
Mike Kane
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Commons HCWS549
Social and Affordable Housing Capital Investment
In the multi-year Spending Review later this year, the government will set out the full details of a new grant programme to succeed the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme. Alongside wider investmen...
Made: 2025-03-25
Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Commons HCWS548
New Commitments from the Broadband Industry to Put Communities First When Deploying New Fibre Networks
Today, the Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) and the Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA), the trade bodies representing the fixed-line broadband industry, have publish...
Made: 2025-03-25
Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms
Lab
Department: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Commons HCWS547
Protecting Public Money in Higher Education
Today I am setting out the actions this government is taking to tackle concerning evidence of abuse of public money associated with the franchised higher education system which we inherited.Franchi...
Made: 2025-03-25
Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
The Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities
Lab
Department: Department for Education
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Commons HCWS546
Building Safety Levy
The Building Safety Act 2022 introduced a power for the Secretary of State to introduce a levy on new residential buildings requiring certain building control approvals in England, to raise revenue...
Made: 2025-03-24
Alex Norris
Alex Norris
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Local Growth and Building Safety
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Commons HCWS545
Local Government Reorganisation
This government was elected on a manifesto that pledged to fix the foundations of local government alongside a transfer of power and funding out of Westminster through devolution. That means creati...
Made: 2025-03-24
Jim McMahon
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 HCWS544
Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Investment
Grassroots sport clubs are at the heart of communities across the UK. As we deliver our Plan for Change, we will remove barriers to an active lifestyle and increase opportunity for all, ensuring th...
Made: 2025-03-24
Lisa Nandy
Lisa Nandy
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Lab
Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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