Written Statements

Commons HCWS393

Commencement of Part 1 and Part 4 provisions of the Victims and Prisons Act 2024

I am pleased to announce that today the Government has commenced the first tranche of victim-related measures in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024. This underscores the Government's commitment to ...

Made: 2025-01-29

Sir Nicholas Dakin

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice

Lab

Department: Ministry of Justice

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Commons HCWS392

United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy Programme

The Secretary of State has today appointed 32 Parliamentarians covering 79 markets to the United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy programme.The United Kingdom’s Trade Envoys will play an integral role in the ...

Made: 2025-01-28

Jonathan Reynolds

Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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Commons HCWS391

Early Years Qualifications

Having high-quality early education and care available on parents’ doorstep is key to giving children the best start in life. In our Plan for Change, we have set a milestone of a record proportion ...

Made: 2025-01-28

Stephen Morgan

Minister for Early Education

Lab

Department: Department for Education

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Commons HCWS390

National Infrastructure Planning

Sustained economic growth is central to the Government’s Plan for Change. It is the only way to increase the prosperity of our country and improve the living standards of working people.Building an...

Made: 2025-01-27

Matthew Pennycook

Minister of State for Housing and Planning

Lab

Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Commons HCWS389

Gifting of Fairey Swordfish Mark II (LS326) to the Fly Navy Heritage Trust Limited

I have today laid before Parliament a Departmental Minute describing a gift which the Ministry of Defence (MOD) intends to make to the Fly Navy Heritage Trust Limited. Since 1960, the Royal Navy op...

Made: 2025-01-27

Maria Eagle

Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry

Lab

Department: Ministry of Defence

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Commons HCWS388

Plutonium Disposition Strategy

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will work with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to immobilise the UK-owned civil separated plutonium inventory at Sellafield.Continued, in...

Made: 2025-01-24

Michael Shanks

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy)

Lab

Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Commons HCWS387

Contingencies Fund Advance

Due to the General Election held on 4 July, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority required additional funding totalling £52,767,000 to support the transition between the old parliament ...

Made: 2025-01-24

Charlotte Nichols

Spokesperson for the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Lab

Department: Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

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Commons HCWS386

Update on Independent Review of the Loan Charge

At the Budget, the Government announced that it would commission an independent review of the Loan Charge to help bring the matter to a close for those affected whilst ensuring fairness for all tax...

Made: 2025-01-23

James Murray

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury

Lab

Department: Treasury

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Commons HCWS385

Infrastructure Planning and Judicial Review Reform

My Noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede), has today made the following statement:"My Hon Friend the Minister of State for Housing an...

Made: 2025-01-23

Sarah Sackman

Minister of State for Justice

Lab

Department: Ministry of Justice

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Commons HCWS384

Assimilated Law Report

Today I have laid a Report regarding the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REUL Act) before Parliament and published it on gov.uk. This Report updates the House in line with the obl...

Made: 2025-01-23

Jonathan Reynolds

Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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Commons HCWS383

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

I would like to inform the House that today the Government is taking steps to deliver on its manifesto commitment to safeguard taxpayers’ money through the introduction of the Public Authorities (F...

Made: 2025-01-22

Liz Kendall

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Lab

Department: Department for Work and Pensions

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Commons HCWS382

Future of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

The Government is extending the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme until 31 March 2026, the end of this Spending Review period. This will continue to enable religious organisations to claim gran...

Made: 2025-01-22

Chris Bryant

Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism

Lab

Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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Commons HCWS381

Charter for Budget Responsibility

Today I have laid before Parliament the Charter for Budget Responsibility. The Charter sets out the new fiscal framework announced at Autumn Budget 2024. The new fiscal rules will put the public fi...

Made: 2025-01-22

Rachel Reeves

The Chancellor of the Exchequer

Lab

Department: Treasury

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Commons HCWS380

The Competition and Markets Authority

This Government has a clear mission to drive economic growth and aim for the highest sustained growth in the G7. The Prime Minister has been clear that he expects regulators to play their part in d...

Made: 2025-01-22

Jonathan Reynolds

Secretary of State for Business and Trade, and President of the Board of Trade

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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Commons HCWS379

The fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture – a product safety policy paper

I am notifying Parliament today of the publication of a policy paper providing an update on progress in reviewing the fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture. The policy paper sets out import...

Made: 2025-01-22

Justin Madders

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Lab

Department: Department for Business and Trade

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