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Commons HCWS366
Firearms Licensing Fees
The Government is today laying a statutory instrument before Parliament which will increase firearms licensing fees to provide full-cost recovery for police forces, giving effect to a commitment in...
Made: 2025-01-15
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 HCWS365
Legislative proposals to counter ransomware
Today the Government is launching a public consultation on proposed legislative measures to combat the threat of ransomware. We want to protect UK businesses from the most harmful cyber crime facin...
Made: 2025-01-14
Dan Jarvis
Dan Jarvis
The Minister of State for Security
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS364
UK Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Hon. Member for Lichfield (Dave Robertson MP) has been appointed as a full member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in place of the Hon. Me...
Made: 2025-01-14
Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories
Lab
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS363
Changes to International Law
I am making this statement to record updates to maritime legislation as a result of changes to international law. This fulfils a commitment made to Parliament to make such a statement. The legislat...
Made: 2025-01-14
Mike Kane
Mike Kane
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Commons HCWS362
Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation DCO Extension
This Government has committed to rebuilding Britain, delivering 1.5 million new homes along with the critical infrastructure that underpins economic growth. As set out in the Plan for Change, we wi...
Made: 2025-01-13
Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Lab
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Commons HCWS361
2025 UK-China economic and financial dialogue
I visited China 10 – 13 January to deliver the 2025 UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue.Growing the economy is the number one mission of this government. But that growth must be secure and res...
Made: 2025-01-13
Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Lab
Department: Treasury
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Commons HCWS360
Publication of the AI Opportunities Action Plan and the Government Response
In July, I commissioned Matt Clifford CBE, tech entrepreneur and Chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, to develop an AI Opportunities Action Plan. Today, that plan, and the governmen...
Made: 2025-01-13
Peter Kyle
Peter Kyle
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Lab
Department: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Commons HCWS359
Putting fans first: consultation on the resale of live events tickets and call for evidence on pricing practices
The UK has a world leading music and live events sector which plays an important role in our national life, and it supports economic growth across the country. However, the Government is concerned ...
Made: 2025-01-13
Justin Madders
Justin Madders
Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS358
Commissioning of the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework
On 10 December, the Northern Ireland Assembly held a vote on the continued application of Articles 5 -10 of the Windsor Framework. On 12 December, the Speaker of the Assembly formally wrote to me c...
Made: 2025-01-09
Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Lab
Department: Northern Ireland Office
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Commons HCWS357
Use of sanctions to tackle irregular migration and organised immigration crime
Today I am updating the House on my plans to use sanctions to tackle irregular migration and organised immigration crime.People smuggling is a challenge to global security. Criminal networks are ma...
Made: 2025-01-09
Mr David Lammy
Mr David Lammy
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Lab
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS356
UK and Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council 2024
The twelfth UK-Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council was held from 19 – 21 November 2024 in London. The Council was attended by elected leaders and representatives from Anguilla, Ascension...
Made: 2025-01-08
Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories
Lab
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS355
Steel Strategy Next Steps
Today the Secretary of State for Business and Trade and I will convene the first meeting of the renewed Steel Council. This forum brings together leaders from across the sector to provide strategic...
Made: 2025-01-07
Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Minister of State
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS354
Tackling Intimate Image Abuse and Sexually Explicit Deepfakes
Advances in technology have meant that intimate images can now easily be taken or shared without consent. The technology to create realistic deepfake sexually explicit images of any person, without...
Made: 2025-01-07
Alex Davies-Jones
Alex Davies-Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
Lab
Department: Ministry of Justice
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Commons HCWS353
Community Ownership Fund Round 4 Announcement
The English Devolution White Paper set out the government’s commitment to work in partnership with communities, to transfer power out of Westminster and put local decisions back in the hands of the...
Made: 2025-01-06
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 HCWS352
Neonicotinoid pesticides
The UK Government is setting out its plans to deliver its commitment to end the use in England of toxic neonicotinoid pesticides that threaten vital pollinators.Bees and other insects are critical ...
Made: 2025-01-06
Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Minister for Water and Flooding
Lab
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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