Thankyou for your questions to Stephen Ladyman on road and transport issues. A transcript of the webchat is available below.
The most vulnerable people in society must continue to benefit from the government's work to tackle climate change, Ian Pearson, Climate Change and Environment Minister, said today.
Information regarding the NHS Scotland National Benchmarking Project
Information regarding the NHS Scotland National Benchmarking Project
Following a number of incidents in which people have tried to hand in large numbers of out of date pyrotechnics, such as flares, to Coastguard Stations the marine emergency service has reiterated its current advice...
Currently the services of independent childcare providers are exempt from...
Exempt the long-term unemployed over 50's from Signing On fortnightly....
Far too many abortions are being carried out as a method of birth control,...
How many drivers have been caught speeding in 30mph zones becuase they were...
Central Trains have been suggesting a station would be viable at Willenhall...
Community Service is a misnomer and merely serves to salve the conscience of...
Insomnia causes alterations in thinking, mood and behaviour. Sufferers have...
If there was ever a case for using the phrase 'Charity Begins At Home' this...
I am concerned that there is pressure on the courts system to reduce both...
'...Retain the Anthony Gormley outdoor figures in their current locations after the Hayward Gallery exhibition finishes' -- David Porter
Asked what kind of co-ordination was there for a common response to President Putin and what did that do to the prospects for a bilateral between the Prime Minister and President Putin at the G8, the PMOS said he...
Asked what the Prime Minister thought about the idea of a Britishness day, the PMOS said that if reporters looked at what the kernel of the Prime Minister's approach to this issue had been in a series of speeches...
The Prime Minister has repeated his call for the leading industrial nations to make progress on climate change at the G8 summit.
Home Office Minister Liam Byrne, today launched proposals to simplify complex immigration and citizenship laws, delivering the commitment made by the Home Secretary last year.
Defence Minister Lord Drayson today announced that the Government had approved a PFI solution as the most cost-effective way of replacing the RAF's fleet of VC10 and TriStar aircraft. The Ministry of Defence will...
The world of weather forecasting and futures trading will come together at a workshop hosted by the Met Office on June 6-8. Met Office seasonal forecasting experts will share developments in weather forecasting ...
Asked if the Prime Minister had a view on the Olympic logo, the PMOS replied that this was a case where the Prime Minister would probably want to express that himself....
Asked about the Prime Minister's interview with the Guardian where he said he believed that he could get a deal with the President on emissions at the Summit, the PMOS referred the journalist to what the Prime Minister...
Asked who would chair Cabinet on Thursday, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that it would be Jack Straw. This was in line with protocol arrangements for what happens if the Prime Minister and...
Climate change, Pensions and the G8 summit were on the agenda at PMQs. Read the transcript or watch the broadcast again.
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Cabinet, G8 and Olympic Logo
The NHS is in its strongest financial position for many years with a fairer and more transparent system, the Secretary of State announced today following the publication of end of year figures for 2006-07.
The Prime Minister, with the agreement of the Chancellor, has appointed Nigel Smith as the new Chief Executive of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), which leads the drive to modernise government procurement...
A review of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Immigration Advisory Service – This is an amended version of the report first published on the 29th March 2007
-One-to-one tuition in 484 schools from September 2007-
The Consumer Council for Water today welcomed 'a bold customer-focused decision' by Northumbrian Water to limit price increases for their customers to inflation only (RPI), for the next two years. This means that...
Land Registry is pleased to announce that it will again be demonstrating Land Register Online, its hugely popular internet service for the general public, at this year's BBC Good Homes Show from 13 - 17 June at ...
While it may be true that youth crime on buses has increased by over 50%,...
The WEEE Directive is a noble cause; encouraging recycling of electronic...
Tony Blair is answering questions from MPs in his weekly PMQs session. You can follow the session live here now.
The Prime Minister has said he hopes for a "frank conversation" with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G8 summit today.
Today's publication of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill marks the next stage of the Government's fundamental reform of the system of child maintenance.
The Scottish Recovery Indicator Report of Conference
- Private homes waste more energy than council-run counterparts -
-One-to-one tuition in 484 schools from September 2007-
Tony Blair will answer questions from MPs today in his weekly PMQs session. We'll offer a summary of the topics covered, as well as the chance to watch the broadcast again, from around 1400 BST.
The Competition Commission (CC) has today formally cancelled its inquiry concerning the anticipated acquisition by G4S Cash Services (UK) Limited of Abbotshurst Group plc (including its subsidiary, Security Plus...
Brief report on 2006 Scottish Household Survey results
My honourable friend the Minister of State for Work and Pensions (James Purnell) has made the following Statement.
On 16 January this year, I announced that Paul Thornton had been appointed to undertake...
I am today publishing my Department's summary of responses to the consultation document "The Role of City Development Companies in English Cities and City-Regions". Copies are available in the Libraries of both...
I represented the United Kingdom at the informal EU Agriculture Council in Mainz, Germany. Ministers debated the future of EU rural development and agriculture policy.
The meeting started with a short presentation...
I have set the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) the following performance targets for 2007-08.
1. To evaluate pesticide approval applications and applications for detergent derogations according to published...
I have received the annual report of the Veterinary Products Committee and its sub-committees for 2006, which has been published today.
Bound volumes of the report have been placed in the Libraries of both...
The chairman of Monitor (the statutory name of which is the independent regulator of NHS foundation trusts) announced last week that, in accordance with section 35 of the National Health Service Act 2006, Monitor...
The Government believe that while alcohol plays an important and positive role in our culture and economy excessive consumption among some sections of the population is cause for considerable concern. More needs...
In 2001, the Government undertook to conduct a review of burial law, a survey of burial grounds, and certain other initiatives, in response to the recommendations of the Eighth Report on cemeteries by the Environment...
Lord Truscott will represent the UK at the forthcoming Energy Council in Luxembourg during the afternoon of 6 June.
The only substantive item on the Council agenda is the Internal Gas ad Electricity Market...
I will be representing the UK at the Telecoms Council in Luxembourg on 7 June 2007. This will be the only formal Telecoms Council under the German presidency of the European Union (EU).
The first item on...
In February 2006 we issued a draft of proposed revisions to the Highway Code for public consultation, which closed on 15 May 2006. Over 4,000 people offered a total of almost 27,000 comments.
Taking account...
I will attend the second Transport Council of the German presidency which takes place in Luxembourg on 7 and 8 June.
The Council will aim to reach political agreement on three maritime transport proposals...
The Department for Transport has today published the Thames Valley Regional Planning Assessment for the railway (RPA), the latest in the series of eleven RPAs covering England and Wales. The Yorkshire and Humber...
The Department for Transport has today published the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Planning Assessment for the railway (RPA), the latest in the series of eleven RPAs covering England and Wales. The Thames Valley...
I have today published a consultation paper for the attention of stakeholders seeking views on proposed new guidelines to clarify and support the Government's "water preferred" policy of using water for the transport...
On 16 January this year I announced that Paul Thornton had been appointed to undertake a review of the functions of pensions institutions as an independent external reviewer. I am pleased to advise the House ...
GOTTHARD-GAZ KFT v. HUNGARY - 28323/04 [2007] ECHR 438 (5 June 2007)
ANIK AND OTHERS v. TURKEY - 63758/00 [2007] ECHR 441 (5 June 2007)
HURRIYET YILMAZ v. TURKEY - 17721/02 [2007] ECHR 437 (5 June 2007)
GORELISHVILI v. GEORGIA - 12979/04 [2007] ECHR 439 (5 June 2007)
DEMIRHAN, GORSAV AND CELIK v. TURKEY - 28152/02 [2007] ECHR 436 (5 June 2007)
SACETTIN YILDIZ v. TURKEY - 38419/02 [2007] ECHR 440 (5 June 2007)
P (a child), Re [2007] NICA 20 (04 June 2007)
The Claimant, Mark Taylor was born on 29 August 1984. On 20 July 1998, when he was 13 years old, he was a passenger in the car driven by the First Defendant, Jack Chesworth who was uninsured. The car went out of...
This case involves the trial of various preliminary issues concerning whether or not the Untraced Drivers Agreement between the Department of Transport and the Motor Insurers Bureau ("MIB") complies with the provisions...
MRS JUSTICE BARON: This is an�application on behalf of Mr�KB (to whom I shall refer as the father) to strike out an�application made by his former spouse, MK (to whom I shall refer as the mother). She issued...
This is a case about KPW (hereafter 'K'), a young boy who was born on 8th November 2004. His mother, the First Respondent, is GW and his father, the Second Respondent, is PW. K's parents are in a permanent relationship...
UK (Aid) Ltd. v Damian & Ors [2007] EWHC 1052 (Ch) (08 May 2007)
RBG (Resources) plc ("RBG") was established by the respondent Viren Rastogi ("the Bankrupt") in May 1996. It traded in metals. By September 2001 it had a turnover of US$1.7bn. Its auditors, PwC, resigned on ...
MR JUSTICE HOLMAN: This is an appeal under section 11 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 from a decision of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal reached in October 2006. It is important to...
MRS JUSTICE RAFFERTY: This is an appeal pursued by Mr Skroudys, a Lithuanian, under section 26 of the Extradition Act 2003 against an order by Deputy Senior District Judge Wickham of 26th March 2007, during uncontested...
LORD JUSTICE GAGE: The appellant is a solicitor and a sole practitioner. He is now aged 58. He seeks to appeal an order by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal made on 13th April 2006 by which he was struck off...
This is an application under section 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ("the Act") to quash a decision by the first defendant dismissing the claimants' appeals under section 67 of the Act against the...
MRS JUSTICE RAFFERTY: This is a claim for judicial review of a decision by the Folkestone Youth Court to commit the claimant SS to the Crown Court for trial, the suggestion being that that decision is wrong in ...
LORD JUSTICE MAY: Mr Justice Gray will give the first judgment.
MR JUSTICE GIBBS: In relation to the issue of fact which has arisen, and I have not found the decision to be easy, there is undoubtedly a conflict or substantial difference of evidence between Miss Dzewu, on the...
This is an appeal pursuant to section 49(1)(b) of the Solicitors Act 1974 by Brian Connolly, a solicitor, against a number of the findings made by a Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal in their decision dated 30 June...
MR JUSTICE COLLINS: In February 1991, the claimant pleaded guilty to arson being reckless whether life would be endangered and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The tariff was five years. There was psychiatric...
This is an application for judicial review, brought with permission granted by Goldring J on 2 November 2006, to challenge the decision of the Secretary of State made on 13 June 2006 by which he ordered the claimant...
The appellants in this case were charged on an indictment containing 15 counts. Those that are of particular relevance to this appeal related to injuries caused by the appellant Stephens, to a 4� month old child...
Reporting crime and bad drivers, having job interviews, calculating carbon emissions and truancy alerts for parents are just some of the services that Britons long to have access to online, according to research...
Achieving the top position on the Paris MOU Committee 'White List' of quality Flag States has been described as bringing to an end the belief that the growth of the UK Ship Register means a decline in quality.