Written Statements

Commons HCWS468

2024-25 Ministry of Defence Contingency Fund Advance

The Ministry of Defence new cash requirement for the year exceeds that provided by the Main Estimate 2024-2025. The Supplementary Estimate has not yet received Royal Assent. The Contingencies Fund ...

Made: 2025-02-25

John Healey

Secretary of State for Defence

Lab

Department: Ministry of Defence

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Commons HCWS467

MOD Response to The Service Police Complaints Commissioner’s Annual Report 2023

I am pleased to place in the Library of the House today the Ministry of Defence’s formal response to the Service Police Complaints Commissioner’s annual report for 2023. The Commissioner’s inaugura...

Made: 2025-02-25

Al Carns

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans)

Lab

Department: Ministry of Defence

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Commons HCWS466

Rail Reform

On Tuesday 18th February, I launched the public consultation for the government’s upcoming Railways Bill. This consultation sets out our proposals for the most comprehensive reform of Britain’s rai...

Made: 2025-02-24

Heidi Alexander

Secretary of State for Transport

Lab

Department: Department for Transport

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Commons HCWS465

Best Start in Life: early education and childcare

This government is committed to giving children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity. We are ensuring that families in every community across the country can...

Made: 2025-02-24

Stephen Morgan

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education)

Lab

Department: Department for Education

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Commons HCWS464

Announcing an over £270 million funding package for arts and culture

On 20 February, I announced ‘Arts Everywhere’ – a package of funding for our cultural sector of over £270 million. This Government believes that while talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. As p...

Made: 2025-02-24

Lisa Nandy

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Lab

Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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Commons HCWS463

Independent Monitoring Panel - Commencement of UK internal market guarantee

On 19th September 2024 I announced the appointment of Aidan Reilly, Anna Jerzewska and Alastair Hamilton as members of the Independent Monitoring Panel (IMP). I would now like to provide an update ...

Made: 2025-02-24

Hilary Benn

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Lab

Department: Northern Ireland Office

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Commons HCWS462

AI Security Institute

We recently launched the AI Opportunities Action Plan to create one of the biggest clusters of AI innovation in the world and deliver a new era of prosperity and wealth creation for our country – h...

Made: 2025-02-24

Peter Kyle

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Lab

Department: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Commons HCWS461

Local Government Finance

On 3 February 2025, the Deputy Prime Minister set out the final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26. The Settlement makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a 6.8...

Made: 2025-02-24

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 HCWS460

Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (1 September 2024 to 30 November 2024)

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: 2025-02-24

Dan Jarvis

The Minister of State for Security

Lab

Department: Home Office

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Commons HCWS459

2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship: Licensing Hours

I am pleased to launch a consultation on extending licensing hours in England and Wales for the semi-finals and final of the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship this summer, contingent on eithe...

Made: 2025-02-24

Dame Diana Johnson

The Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention

Lab

Department: Home Office

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Commons HCWS458

Home Office changes to exclusion guidance

The Government is announcing today an important reform to the Home Office’s exclusion policy. Under new measures, the Home Office will expand the criteria for exclusion to ensure that while Russia ...

Made: 2025-02-24

Dan Jarvis

The Minister of State for Security

Lab

Department: Home Office

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Commons HCWS457

Steel Strategy – The Plan for Steel consultation

Steel is essential for a modern economy, underpinning sectors from construction to advanced manufacturing and driving growth. It plays a vital role in the communities in which it is situated, suppo...

Made: 2025-02-24

Sarah Jones

Minister of State

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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Commons HCWS456

The Bank of England and HM Treasury financial relationship

I can announce today the conclusion of a Bank of England and HM Treasury 5-yearly review of the Bank’s capital framework parameters, as set out in Section 2B of the Bank and HM Treasury Financial R...

Made: 2025-02-13

Emma Reynolds

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury

Lab

Department: Treasury

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Commons HCWS455

Machinery of Government

I am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following Machinery of Government change.On 4 September 2024 I announced that the Government would respond in full to the Grenfell P...

Made: 2025-02-13

Sir Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Lab

Department: Prime Minister

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Commons HCWS454

Crown Development

Planning is principally a local activity, but it is a well-established principle that in limited circumstances, and where issues of more than local importance are involved, it is appropriate for th...

Made: 2025-02-13

Matthew Pennycook

Minister of State for Housing and Planning

Lab

Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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