Currently lives have to be sacrificed before a speed camers can be erected...
I am in favour of speed cameras in the UK - providing of course they are...
Since the privatisation of the essential utilities the consumer has seen the...
Home office circular 25 of 2000 allows the drug testing and drink testing of...
With the vast extension of both regulation and government expenditure the...
I would like to see more done for our army leavers, they have such a...
The Americans celebrate their independance from British rule on this day....
as a union h&s rep i would like to see specific legislation regardin...
The proposed smoking ban is largely based on inaccurate statistical...
Cheese is clearly a healthy part of our diet, and like many things in life,...
The UK needs a major new airport where passengers can interline from short...
The follow-up tests should focus on bad habits and new rules (e.g. anyone...
I say we should close down all the intensive abbotoirs, and let every animal...
Pay the British Armed Forces a realistic wage for the work they do on our...
these are a record of our culture and myths that is held in the british...
Caring brings utter poverty, loss of work pension, loss of status and power...
as a professional hgv driver ive been involved in 2 fatal rta.s due to...
It is submitted that whilst local authorities have a duty to those who are...
I believe the Laws should be changed so that no person can drive a motor...
paganism and wicca should be recognised as official religions, these two...
Reform is needed in order that Tax Credits are claimed on the details of the...
Referring to statutory holidays as "Bank Holidays" is an anachronism, given...
My father in law recently died and it seems unfair that his widow has to...
Its estimated that Gordon Brown's tax grab on dividends has cost pensions...
The clocks currently change from British summertime to wintertime at the end...
I petition the Prime Minister to specify that penalty points given by GATSO...
in the interest of balance we thought it would be prudent to get the british...
Many traditional past-times in Britain are under threat as councils demand...
I am a married man with 2 children. My wife stays at home and cares for...
Smoking whilst driving is very dangerous and many accidents and dangerous...
Humph is a British institution. We should show him our appreciation and...
Asked what happens to petitions on the Downing Street website, the PMOS replied that they became part of the policy process and part of the overall context in which decisions were taken. He added that they were...
When asked if the Prime Minister believed that the Home Office was not fit for purpose, the PMOS answered that John Reid would be making a statement in the House at 1230, and people should wait for that statement...
Asked if the Prime Minister welcomed the briefing from the White House today that 22,000 extra troops would be sent to Iraq, and that the whole of the country could be under Iraqi control by the end of the...
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that the Prime Minister strongly welcomed the statement by the EU Commission today on its strategic Energy communication and climate change review. There was ...
Barbara Cassani, former Chair of the London 2012 Olympic bid, is today receiving an honorary Commander of the British Empire (CBE) from Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell, for her role in London's successful campaign...
Department of Trade and Industry investigators and police have launched a three-county crackdown on 30 companies alleged to have defrauded legitimate businesses of over £10 million.
Department of Trade and Industry investigators and police have launched a three-county crackdown on 30 companies alleged to have defrauded legitimate businesses of over £10 million.
Department of Trade and Industry investigators and police have launched a three-county crackdown on 30 companies alleged to have defrauded legitimate businesses of over £10 million.
The Highways Agency today advised drivers to take extra care on the roads as the Met Office has predicted a period of wet and windy weather to the end of the week.
Tony Blair answered questions on Iraq, the health service and the Home Office during the first PMQs of 2007. Watch the broadcast again.
Tony Blair has spoken about reports that records of crimes committed abroad by British residents were not inputted into the police database.
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: EU Energy Review, Iraq, Home Office/Criminal Records and Road Charging Petition.
NHS fraud supremo moves on after eight years
Common energy policy to tackle EU single market failures and curb greenhouse gas emissions
Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said today:
The OFT is consulting on its draft Guidance about new on-site inspection powers which came into force on 8 January 2007. These powers have been introduced as part of the UK implementation of the EU Regulation on...
A company selling franchises for amounts in excess of £30,000 has been wound-up by the High Court following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch (CIB) of the Insolvency Service
An online guide to help school leaders plan and implement training for their support staff in language, literacy and numeracy skills has been launched by the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).
Education Secretary Alan Johnson and the Chancellor Gordon Brown today urged families to read more and read together as they launched a toolkit to encourage reading for pleasure in the home.
The Big Lottery Fund's £25 million Research Programme is counting down to opening for applications following today's announcement of two organisations to help deliver the scheme.
Projects to promote community safety across London are to compete for London's second annual Problem Solving Award this February.
Around a million pensioners who receive retirement annuities will be contacted over the next two months to remind them of changes to the way HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will tax their annuity income.
This is an unfair tax as these car's take up no more room on the road and we...
When a sitting Prime Minister resigns it should automatically trigger a...
Currently student loan repayments are taken from your salery every month...
'...Criminalize the posession and use of Tasers' -- Simon Harpham
'...Fine cyclists who still use the road when a cycle lane is available' -- Mary Brunning
The government should not take more money from the lottery fund to help the...
It is very frustrating to travel on british roads and be stuck by someone...
On 11th January it will be five years since Guantanamo Bay opened and in all...
After the recent collapse of a Serious Fraud Office probe into bribery...
Parents of children with special education needs have to fight in order to...
Most Classic vehicles are used for fair-weather low-mileage "fun and rally"...
Ontop of any fuel tax levy already paid, purchasers must also pay 17.5% VAT...
Stop weighing down the nation with 1p change and give us a coin that meets...
Over 100,000 people will develop dementia this year; yet NICE has completely...
Non-commercial Wireless Internet access could be provided at minimal cost....
Two e-petitions have been created, one asking that census information should...
EC Regulation 1470/2001 imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of compact...
This petition is quite simple. This government should acknowledge the...
Due to the scandal involving the Upper House, we believe that the only way...
whilst understanding the need to recycle it is wrong however well meaning to...
According to an article on the BBC, boardroom pay has more than doubled...
Too many football teams are being bought out by overseas investors for their...
Bring justice for the family of an innocent foreign National, a Brazilian...
If anyone with a DES Teacher Pension wishes to implement pension sharing...
Because the Queen broke her Coronation Oath of Allegiance when Britain...
High frequency noise devices used to 'annoy' youths pose NO harm to the...
'...award Brian Howard Clough, OBE a posthumous knighthood for services to football' -- jim
we would like to see a system that limits a prime ministers time in office...
Replacing the unfair Council Tax with a small increase in VAT and Income Tax...
Penalties for the use of cars on uncongested roads are inefficient. More...
Britain is an overcrowded country where finding peace and tranquility, away...
Parents are being told by schools they are not allowed to take their...
As the heading states, instead of sending criminals to jail to play on their...
It is totally unfair that people owning a 4x4 for working purposes such as...
UK residents with debt who experience financial difficulties are being...
Congestion and "Vehicle Carbon Emissions" are huge problems for us all. Road...
It is rediculous that drug users should be able to continue their addiction...
The United Kingdom has the fewest public holidays in Europe. Those public...
This petition is to impose restictions on arms dealers so that they cannot...
Traditionally only those who were Called to the Bar and completed their...
A large number of government and public bodies advertise jobs in The...
Tony Blair has issued a statement to allay concerns over policing arrangements and help the negotiations to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland.
Deficit widened to £4.7 bn in Nov
New courts charters outlining the standard of service court users can expect have today been published by Her Majesty's Courts Service.
The Prime Minister has appointed Mr Jeremy Deller as a Trustee of the Tate Gallery.
The Government today launched its progress report on 'Transformational Government: enabled by technology' with the news that at least 551 government websites are to be cut to make access to information easier for...
Budget 2006 announced that the second comprehensive spending review would be informed by a series of policy reviews. One of the reviews announced at the Budget was a joint HM Treasury and Department for Education...
Further to the written ministerial statement by my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office (Jim Murphy), 30 March 2006, Official Report, column 75WS, about our intentions for the future...
I am today announcing funding allocations for arm's length management organisations, ALMOs, in 17 local authority areas totalling £485 million.
Some 12 round 4 ALMOs in Bassetlaw, Bury, Ealing...
I am pleased to announce that the schools selected to take part in the trial expansion of the Combined Cadet Force further into the state school sector will be:
Archers Court Specialist Maths and Computing...
With the expiry of the call-out order made last January, a new order has been made under section 54 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 so that reservists may continue to be called out into service to support operations...
The annual report and accounts and any accompanying Comptroller and Auditor General report for the National Patient Safety Agency has today been laid before Parliament pursuant to section 98(1C) of the National...
Since my last statement in July, there has been further progress on debt relief for poor countries.
Debt cancellation under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) was implemented at the African ...
The British Government will provide a further £15 million to support the African Union Mission in Sudan—AMIS—this financial year.
The AMIS force of 7,000 carries out vital operations in Darfur...
The Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, as amended by the Boundary Commissions Act 1992, requires that the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland undertake periodical reviews of constituencies...
The Enterprise Act 2002 introduced a new financial regime for the Insolvency Service as from 1 April 2004. One feature of this new regime has been the use of general taxation to cover the cost of the Service'...
In his pre-budget report, the Chancellor announced that the Government will increase the resource devoted to National Minimum Wage enforcement. We must ensure that good employers are not put at a competitive ...
A new licensing scheme for boatmen on the river Thames and across the UK will improve safety, Stephen Ladyman, Transport Minister, said today.
Asked about the reliability of supply to the rest of Europe, and Chancellor Merkel in comment had said that it would not do Russia's reputation any good, the PMOS replied that the EU at Lakhti made clear its concerns...
Asked if the Prime Minister was confident that Lord Morrow and the charge he is leading against sexual orientation legislation wouldn't affect other legislation the PMOS that equality legislation in Northern Ireland...
Asked if the Prime Minister had been informed or consulted by President Bush prior to the American attack on Somalia since the UK and US were partners against terrorism, the PMOS said it was a US operation aimed...
Asked for the Prime Minister's response to a committee report which said that the provision of specialist school services was very patchy, the PMOS Lord Adonis had said to the LEAs that if they wanted to make any...
Asked if the Prime Minister had a view on the news that the Home Office had sat on files concerning British people convicted abroad, and had not entered them onto the national computer, the PMOS said that the term...
Asked if there was a deliberate reason why the parliamentary lobby had not been told about the housing breakfast the Prime Minister and Ruth Kelly hosted this morning, the PMOS said no, the same practice had been...
Asked if a £200 fine on employers was a real incentive to pay the minimum wage, the PMOS said that no employer liked to find themselves going through the courts or liked to find themselves fined. Therefore, ...
Asked what the Prime Minister's response was to Jonathan Porritt's suggestion that the approach to the issue of global warming was patchy and muddled, the Prime Minister's Offical Spokesman (PMOS) said that it ...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Carbon emissions/offsetting, minimum wage, Prime Ministerial meetings, overseas convictions, specialist schools, Somalia, Northern Ireland and Russia...
Deficit narrowed to £4.7 bn in Nov
Index of Manufactured Exports 2006 Q3
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Hilary Benn) has made the following Statement.
Since my last Statement in July, there has been further progress on debt relief...
In July 2002 my noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor announced his acceptance in principle of the recommendations in the Law Commission's 2001 report Limitation of Actions (Law Com 270) subject to further...
Further to the Written Ministerial Statement of 30 March 2006, (Official Report, col. WS 117), about our intentions for the future status of the National School of Government, I am able to announce today that...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following Statement.
The British Government will provide a further £15 million to support the African...
MR JUSTICE COLLINS: This is a case stated by justices sitting at Barnet Courthouse in relation to an order for costs that they made against the appellants, BPS Advertising Ltd, having convicted them on their plea...
MR JUSTICE COLLINS: This is a claim for judicial review of the decision of the Harwich Magistrates reached on 7th October 2005, whereby they convicted the claimant of an offence of failing to stop after an accident...
MR JUSTICE COLLINS: As I say, I am prepared in the circumstances to make the order. I am slightly concerned as to whether I should give you 12 months, but I think I will do that. He is of course not adversely...
In this matter the claimant seeks to quash a decision letter of 3rd�January�2006, whereby an inspector appointed by the First Secretary of State dismissed the appeal of the claimant against the refusal of Slough...
This is the judgment of the court, to which all members have contributed.