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Lords HLWS379
Publication of the Independent Expert’s Report on Paramilitary Group Transition to Disbandment
My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Sir Chris Bryant) has today made the following statement:Everybody in Northern Ireland has a right to live free from fear and intimidat...
Made: 2026-10-13
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Lab
Department: Northern Ireland Office
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Lords HLWS378
Flood Action Week 2026
My Honourable Friend the Minister for Water and Flooding (Emma Hardy MP) has made the following statement.As we enter Flood Action Week 2026 (12-18 October 2026), I am updating the House on the ste...
Made: 2026-10-13
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary Of State
Lab
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Lords HLWS377
Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) Consultation: Government Response
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State (Minister for Science, Innovation and Investment) (Chris McDonald MP) has today made the following Statement.Today I am publishing the Government's respon...
Made: 2026-10-13
Lord Leong
Lord Leong
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Enterprise)
Lab
Department: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
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Lords HLWS376
Competition and Market Authority's Heating Oil Market Study: Government Response
My hon. Friend the Minister for Energy Consumers (Polly Billington) made the following Statement today: Today, I am publishing the Government's response to the Competition and Markets Authority's (...
Made: 2026-10-13
Baroness Curran
Baroness Curran
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Lab
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Lords HLWS375
Independent Immigration Appeals Authority preparatory spend – Contingencies fund advance
My right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum (Anna Turley) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:I would like to notify the House that the Home Off...
Made: 2026-10-13
Lord Collins of Highbury
Lord Collins of Highbury
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Lords HLWS374
Transfer of Chiltern Railways’ Services into Public Ownership
My Right Honourable friend, the Secretary of State for Transport (Heidi Alexander), has made the following Ministerial Statement.I am confirming to the House that on Sunday 20 September 2026, Chilt...
Made: 2026-10-13
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Lords HLWS373
Health and care reviews, improvement and regulation
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Health (Karin Smyth MP) has made the following statement:I would like to inform the House of several updates from the Department of Health and Social ...
Made: 2026-10-13
Baroness Merron
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women’s Health and Mental Health
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Lords HLWS372
Improving housing availability and affordability
My Right Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook MP) has today made the following statement:Everyone deserves to live in a safe, secure, decent and affor...
Made: 2026-10-13
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Minister for Housing and Local Government
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Commons HCWS374
Historical Stillbirth Burials and Cremations
Working with my ministerial colleagues, the Minister for Local Government, Devolution and Regional Growth, Jim McMahon OBE MP, and the Minister for Victims, Violence Against Women and Girls and Int...
Made: 2026-10-13
Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS373
Notification of a Contingent Liability: African Development Bank General Callable Capital Increase 2024
It is normal practice, when a government department proposes to undertake a contingent liability in excess of £300,000 for which there is no specific statutory authority, for the Minister concerned...
Made: 2026-10-13
Kirsty McNeill
Kirsty McNeill
Minister of State for International Development
Lab
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS372
Make Work Pay Implementation
Employment laws have not kept pace with modern working patterns. Too many workers lack the protections they need at work, while responsible businesses face unfair competition from those willing to ...
Made: 2026-10-13
Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Minister for the Future of Work
Lab
Department: Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
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Commons HCWS371
Publication of the Independent Expert’s Report on Paramilitary Group Transition to Disbandment
Everybody in Northern Ireland has a right to live free from fear and intimidation. The continuing existence of paramilitary groups poses a direct threat to that right. While these groups may pose a...
Made: 2026-10-13
Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Lab
Department: Northern Ireland Office
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Commons HCWS370
Flood Action Week 2026
As we enter Flood Action Week 2026 (12-18 October 2026), I am updating the House on the steps this Government is taking to strengthen resilience to flooding and drought, improve public preparedness...
Made: 2026-10-13
Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Minister for Water and Flooding
Lab
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Commons HCWS369
Transfer of Chiltern Railways’ Services into Public Ownership
I am confirming to the House that on Sunday 20 September 2026, Chiltern Railways' services transferred into public ownership under the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act. Operations ...
Made: 2026-10-13
Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Secretary of State for Transport
Lab
Department: Department for Transport
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Commons HCWS368
MOD’s Formal Response to the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces 2025 Annual Report
I am pleased to place in the Library of the House today the MOD’s formal response to the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces’ (SCOAF) annual report for 2025 on the fairness, effective...
Made: 2026-10-13
Mr Calvin Bailey
Mr Calvin Bailey
Minister for Veterans and People
Lab
Department: Ministry of Defence
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