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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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Commons HCWS351
General practice investment and reform package 2025-26
General practice is the cornerstone of our national health service, providing essential care to communities day in, day out, managing pressures across the healthcare system, and playing a pivotal r...
Made: 2025-01-06
Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS350
Contingency Fund Advance: Annington Homes
Further to my statement HCWS323 on 17 December 2024 on developments in military housing, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a new cash requirement to fund the transaction to purchase 36,347 properti...
Made: 2025-01-06
John Healey
John Healey
Secretary of State for Defence
Lab
Department: Ministry of Defence
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Commons HCWS349
Phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and support for the zero emission vehicle (ZEV) transition
Government has commenced a consultation on phasing out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, driving forward the commitment made in our manifesto, supporting delivery of both our clean ...
Made: 2025-01-06
Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Secretary of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Commons HCWS348
Hospices
This government wants a society where every person receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life.Palliative care services are included in the list of services ...
Made: 2024-12-19
Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS347
British Sign Language (BSL) Report 2023 – 2024
This government is committed to removing barriers and increasing opportunities for Deaf and disabled people. The British Sign Language (BSL) Act 2022 provides us with the ability to do this by crea...
Made: 2024-12-19
Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability)
Lab
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
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Commons HCWS346
Compulsory Purchase Reforms
I am today publishing a consultation on reforms to the compulsory purchase process and compensation provisions in England and Wales.The government is determined to achieve its hugely ambitious Plan...
Made: 2024-12-19
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 HCWS345
Price Review 2024 Final Determinations
Our water system needs fixing. Our rivers, lakes and seas are choked by pollution.Under the Conservatives, our sewage system crumbled. They irresponsibly let water companies divert customers’ money...
Made: 2024-12-19
Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Secretary of State
Lab
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Commons HCWS344
Future of Harland and Wolff
National security is the foundation of our Plan for Change – without it we can’t deliver on our milestones to raise living standards across the UK, with good, skilled, productive jobs.I am pleased ...
Made: 2024-12-19
Jonathan Reynolds
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 HCWS343
Car practical driving test waiting times
I am pleased to announce today that this government is taking decisive steps to address long waiting times for car practical driving tests.A driving licence is a passport to employment, opportuniti...
Made: 2024-12-18
Lilian Greenwood
Lilian Greenwood
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Commons HCWS342
Local Government Finance Settlement
Introduction?Our fiscal inheritance means there will be tough choices to get us back on the path to recovery. Fixing the foundations of local government will be a long process following the 14 year...
Made: 2024-12-18
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 HCWS341
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 – Appointed Person Report 2023 to 2024
Today, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Appointed Person report covering England and Wales for the period 2023 to 2024, has been laid before Parliament. The Appointed Person is independent of Governm...
Made: 2024-12-18
Dan Jarvis
Dan Jarvis
The Minister of State for Security
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS340
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 – Unexplained Wealth Order Report 2023 to 2024
Today, the Unexplained Wealth Order report for the period 2023 to 2024, has been laid before Parliament. The Unexplained Wealth Order report details the number of Unexplained Wealth Orders made by ...
Made: 2024-12-18
Dan Jarvis
Dan Jarvis
The Minister of State for Security
Lab
Department: Home Office
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