Written Statements

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Commons HCWS281
Railway Passenger Services
The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill received Royal Assent on 28th November 2024, putting on the statute books this important piece of legislation – one of the first Government Bi...
Made: 2024-12-04
Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Secretary of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Commons HCWS280
HM Treasury Sanctions
On 3 December 2024, HM Treasury announced a sanctions designation under the Counter Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. This regime is used to target those involved in terrorist finan...
Made: 2024-12-03
Tulip Siddiq
Tulip Siddiq
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Lab
Department: Treasury
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Commons HCWS279
Disability Finance Code for Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is crucial for growth and innovation in our economy. We want to encourage anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur to access the resources they need to thrive, but it’s clear from re...
Made: 2024-12-03
Gareth Thomas
Gareth Thomas
Minister for Services, Small Business and Exports
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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Commons HCWS278
Implementation of advertising restrictions for less healthy food or drink on television and online
This Government is committed to creating the healthiest generation of children ever and today we are taking another step towards achieving that goal.Further to my statement on 12 September 2024, I ...
Made: 2024-12-03
Andrew Gwynne
Andrew Gwynne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS277
Consent process under Schedule 6A Northern Ireland Act 1998
Schedule 6A of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Article 18 of the Windsor Framework provides Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLAs) with the opportunity to consider whether Articles 5-10 ...
Made: 2024-12-02
Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Lab
Department: Northern Ireland Office
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Commons HCWS276
2023/24 Annual Report of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
I am pleased to announce that my rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is today publishing the Annual Report of the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner. The Biometrics and Surveillance Camer...
Made: 2024-12-02
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 HCWS275
Determination of the Personal Injury Discount Rate
This morning, I notified the London Stock Exchange group that I would today lay a Statutory Instrument to change the discount rate applicable to personal injury lump sum compensation payments in En...
Made: 2024-12-02
Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Lab
Department: Ministry of Justice
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Commons HCWS274
Building Safety
More than seven years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy, too many buildings in England still have unsafe cladding and the speed with which the problem is being addressed is far too slow. Only 30% of...
Made: 2024-12-02
Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Commons HCWS273
Defence Industrial Development
Today I am announcing plans to develop a new Defence Industrial Strategy that will be published in late spring 2025. I have published a Statement of Intent setting out the focus of the strategy and...
Made: 2024-12-02
John Healey
John Healey
Secretary of State for Defence
Lab
Department: Ministry of Defence
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Commons HCWS272
Online Advertising: Taskforce Progress Report 2023-24
The Online Advertising Taskforce is publishing today its Progress Report 2023-24, summarising work carried out since the publication of its Action Plan last year.The Online Advertising Taskforce br...
Made: 2024-12-02
Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism
Lab
Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Commons HCWS271
Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Plus (EEIS+) consultation response and Residential PEEPs policy
I am today publishing the Government’s response to the Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Plus (EEIS+) consultation, which provides further detail of our new Residential PEEPs policy. This po...
Made: 2024-12-02
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 HCWS270
Publication of the HIV Action Plan Monitoring and Evaluation Framework 2024 Report
This government is committed to ending new HIV transmissions within England by 2030. On 28 November, the Prime Minister made a significant downpayment on this as he announced that emergency departm...
Made: 2024-11-29
Andrew Gwynne
Andrew Gwynne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS269
BBC funding model work, licence fee uplift, and Simple Payment Plan
The Government is today providing an update on the short and long-term funding of the BBC.The BBC is a vital British asset and makes a huge contribution to lives up and down the country. It support...
Made: 2024-11-29
Lisa Nandy
Lisa Nandy
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Lab
Department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Commons HCWS268
Continuation of existing Contingent Liability in support of Ukraine
I wish to inform the House that I am today laying a Departmental Minute to advise of an extension to an existing contingent liability associated with the provision of support to the Armed Force of ...
Made: 2024-11-29
Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Lab
Department: Ministry of Defence
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Commons HCWS267
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
On 27-28 November 2024, I attended the eighth meeting of the Commission of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in Vancouver, Canada, where a number of ...
Made: 2024-11-29
Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Minister of State (Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security)
Lab
Department: Department for Business and Trade
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