Asked why the Foreign Secretary was in the United States the PMOS said that he had planned to be in the US to meet with Condoleeza Rice and to give a speech. He had planned to do so before the...

Asked if there was any leak inquiry into the "extraordinary" number of secret documents leaked to Sunday newspapers during the election campaign that were later found to be genuine, such as the minute of...

Asked when the Europe Bill would come to Parliament the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that we would announce the timetable for Bills as and when appropriate. As usual it would take a few days to...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Queen's Speech, Leaks and the Foreign Secretary.

Protecting the country's wildlife and landscape and supporting rural communities are central to Defra's legislative programme, Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said ...

Hospital hygiene and mental health are among the key NHS areas to be addressed in the new Parliament.

The handover of part of a £27 million package of security equipment to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) was welcomed today (17 May 2005) by Defence Secretary, John Reid, during his first visit to an operational...

"Dr Kim Howells said on 17 May:   

Following the Kuwaiti National Assembly's vote to grant women full political rights on 16 May, Dr Kim Howells MP, Foreign Office Minister responsible for the Middle East, said today,   

Improving community safety and protecting national security are at the core of the Home Office's agenda in the next Parliamentary session, the Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, said today.   

The Competition Commission (CC) holds an open meeting next week as part of its inquiry into the home credit industry. The meeting takes place at the Renaissance Hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester on Thursday ...

Her Majesty the Queen today set out her Government's policies and proposed legislative programme for the new parliamentary session.

A total of 45 Bills were announced during the Queen's Speech. MPs and peers will debate the proposals between now and November 2006.

Asylum applications fell by a 17 per cent over the first three months of 2005 and monthly applications are now down to their lowest level since March 1997.   

Major roads and motorways leading to the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, for the FA Cup Final on Saturday 21 May are likely to be very busy both before and after the match.   

The Women and Equality Unit today published the latest individual income statistics, which provide analyses of the weekly individual income of women and men in Great Britain, for both couples and single persons.   

Applications fall 17% in latest quarter

CPI stays at 1.9%, RPI remains at 3.2%

Follow up inspection of HMP Greenock