Asked if the Prime Minister was going to take an action in response to the recent change in policy by the International Whaling Commission, the PMOS said that we had a very capable fisheries minister who spoke for...

Asked if he could give further details concerning information that might be released under the proposed Sarah's law, based on the USA's Megan's law, the PMOS said no because we were starting the process of learning...

Put to him that the Home Secretary had kicked the proposed regional police mergers into the 'long grass' despite the Prime Minister saying that they should be sorted out as quickly as possible, the PMOS said that...

Asked about the disposal of ministers' grace and favour homes, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the process of consideration continued. Put to him there was a Home Office house which was ...

As the summer holidays approach the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) offers its support to Child Safety Week by reminding the construction industry and parents to be alert to the dangers faced by children playing...

The National Control Centre at the Cefas Weymouth Laboratory has confirmed that viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) virus had been detected in a sample of grayling taken from the River Nidd below the outlet of ...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Aung San Suu Kyi, Iraq, Sarah's Law, 7/7 Bombings, Sentencing-Vera Baird and Prisons

Tony Blair has issued a statement on the 61th birthday of Burmese Aung San Suu Kyi, saying her house arrest was "utterly unacceptable".

Discussions in Brussels last week demonstrated the "benefits of positive engagement with Europe", Tony Blair told MPs today.

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: grace and favour homes, police force amalgamation, Sarah's law, and whaling.

Today the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki was able to announce that control of security in Muthanna province is to be handed over to the Iraqi security forces.

The presence of Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) has been confirmed in a trout farm in Devon.

Asked what the Prime Minister's take was on building more prisons, the PMOS said that as people knew, we had been focused on more prison spaces. The PMOS said in the last two years prison capacity had gone up by...

Put that Vera Baird appeared to say the opposite to the Lord Chancellor about judges, the PMOS said that the Lord Chancellor and the Home Secretary had made clear the Government's view. As a result, we were having...

Put that the Government had not had the "full picture" of what was known about the 7/7 bombers, as written in the Times today, and how had it responded to a new request for an independent inquiry, the PMOS...

Asked if anything had changed from when Jack Straw had ruled out the law to today, the PMOS said that the important and difficult thing in this area was as both the Home Secretary and Gerry Sutcliffe had made clear...

The PMOS welcomed the announcement today by Prime Minister Maliki that the Iraqis were taking over full control of Al Muthanna province, as pre-figured during our visit to Baghdad. That meant that they would take...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman told journalists that the Prime Minister had released a statement regarding Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday. The Prime Minister said that he was "bitterly disappointed that...

The OFT is warning consumers not to respond to a new type of lottery scam targeting the UK which uses counterfeit cheques to try and convince recipients that their promised win is genuine.

Lord Carlile's Report into the operation in 2005 of the Terrorism Act 2000

The Chief Executive of the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA), Professor Steven Edwards, today announced the publication of the Agency's 2005/2006 Annual Report and Accounts.

Twilight years for North Sea? Clearly not, says Energy Minister

This report sets out the findings of the research study "The Provision of Travel Plans: Mapping Activity in Scotland". The purpose of the study was to provide a clear and detailed picture of travel plan activity...

Presents the findings from an interim evaluation of the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI). The main focus of the evaluatuion was on the performance of the initiative in Value for ...

Presents the findings from an interim evaluation of the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI). The main focus of the evaluatuion was on the performance of the initiative in Value for ...

This report sets out the findings of the research study "The Provision of Travel Plans: Mapping Activity in Scotland". The purpose of the study was to provide a clear and detailed picture of travel plan activity...

The Government is set to eliminate the 'postcode lottery' for NHS continuing care by creating one national system for everyone in England.

The Foreign Secretary today commented on the inauguration of the UN Human Rights Council;

KNIGHTS BACHELOR Michael John Aaronson, CBE. Formerly director-general, Save the Children. For services to Children. (Normandy, Surrey)

"The UK is concerned at the rising level of tension in Somalia and urges all parties to refrain from military action and allow a period of calm in which to pursue political dialogue and resolve their differences...

I have today laid before the House a statutory instrument, the Local Government (Assistants for Political Groups) (Remuneration) (England) Order 2006, which provides for a rise in the maximum ceiling for the pay...

The 2005-06 annual report and accounts for the pesticides safety directorate was laid before Parliament today.

The 2005-06 annual report and accounts for the veterinary medicines directorate was laid before Parliament today.

My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Grant (UK Permanent Representative to the EU) and I represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Luxembourg on 12 June....

I have placed copies of the Criminal Justice System Northern Ireland's annual report for 2005-06 in the Libraries of both Houses, on behalf of my ministerial colleagues, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland...

Tripartite discussions have recently taken place at the International Labour Conference convened in Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office to consider a draft recommendation relating to ...

I attended the transport session of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council, held in Luxembourg on 9 June. The Austrian Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Mr. Hubert Gorbach, was in ...