Asked if the Prime Minister was going to Lord Levy's farewell party, the PMOS replied that the Prime Minister would be attending....
Asked how many people would be released on early licence, the PMOS referred the journalist to the Ministry of Justice. Asked if we thought the number in The Times was correct, the PMOS again referred the journalist...
Asked what we were seeking to change, other than the name, in the role of the EU Foreign Minister, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that we were seeking for an EU Foreign Minister to be answerable...
The Prime Minister and the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, have held talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy ahead of this week's EU summit.
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: European Union, Prisons and Lord Levy
The Defence Secretary Des Browne today promised to implement in full and as a matter of priority the recommendations of two independent reports commissioned after the detention of Royal Navy personnel by Iran in...
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Timms MP, and the Minister for the Third Sector, Ed Milliband MP, today met with representatives from the charity sector to launch the Government's consultation on measures...
18 June - Social Exclusion: next steps - SETF
19 June - Scots more likely than English to reach university - ESRC report
In the media it is common to use facts and figures (statistics) to...
Dear Prime Minister, We would like to suggest that establishing a completely...
This would train our children re. what behaviours are acceptable from others...
Birmingham City Council have put forward proposals for the introduction of...
This is to ensure we do not lose some of our last automotive manufacturing...
If a closure plan is passed, by the elected councillors between June and...
Birmingham City council opposed the possibility to bid for the super casino...
It has recently been disclosed that the UK government will begin to invest...
Most of the politicians in power today seem to be trying to degrade and make...
Thompsons Solicitors is calling for support for its campaign to make the...
The goverments response to an earlier petition stated that they thought more...
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to insist that Guildford...
We the English public are fed up with northeners like John Prescott turning...
The Bank of England has pointed to fast rising house prices as one reason...
The 558 Newquay Town Centre bus service is operated by Western Greyhound....
The Appleby horse fair is a barbaric event that takes place yearly. The huge...
After hearing about the idea to make breast feeding illegal I wish to make...
Many times in the papers now, we hear of "political correctness" gone wrong...
The new EPC to be introduced on August 1st as part of the EPBD and Home...
As contempt of court is showing disrespect to a court of law and courts deal...
I'm sure I can't be the only person who is appalled to read, so often, about...
It may be a beautiful and iconic aircraft but it is the leading source of...
Although would be great to ban all pornography(and see the many societal...
Tenants need more accountability from their ALMOs and/or social landlords....
'...bring influence to bear upon all interested parties to prevent the downgrading or closure of Pontardawe Fire Station, keeping it fully manned for 24 hours, 365 days a year.' -- Bob Williams
Make it law for workers to have the option to receive there pay in cash...
I have discovered that one of the reasons unemployed people are reluctant to...
The NHS is billions of pounds in debt in which it will never recover. As...
Almost all bicycles sold in the UK are manufactured in the Far East. UK...
Forget political correctness and human rights for paedophiles... If people...
Lord Levy is on police bail and may yet be convicted of a criminal offence...
Every year countless pet and wild animals are killed owing to the random...
The QEII hospital in Welwyn Garden City is under severe threat of partial...
As a player: 1953–1972 Heart of Midlothian, Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County...
It seems that it has been acceptable to give labour councils more funding...
As a player: 1969–1990 Celtic & Liverpool 1971–1986 Scotland 102 caps 30...
We want children to have the rights to create lemonade stands, garage sales...
To increase the a19 between middlesbrough and Newcastle (testos roundabout...
Many riders who also travel by air cannot risk their helmet being lost or...
To make a level playing field and to discourage Parking Attendants from...
Henry Kelly deserves the O.B.E.He is a all round entertainer and has been in...
At at time when secondary education has been reorganised to remove the...
the nhs website should be at the fore front of the fight against sti's and...
Despite being diagnosed with diabetes in 1974, in his prime, there was no...
At the moment students of Somali origin are unable to study Somali at GCSE...
We would like to recognise the achievements of Tony Brown. West Bromwich...
'...screen women for ovarian cancer once a year' -- Paulette Digby
House prices and current interest rates mean that thousands of new teachers...
Space exploration has inevitably lead to or hastened the development of...
'...Stop the proposed closure of the A&E department at Eastbourne hospital' -- Sheena Dine
Asked for more information about Des Browne's statement this afternoon in the House, the PMOS explained that there were two different reports, one (Fulton Report) which was confidential, addressed the questions ...
Asked what the Prime Minister thought of the prisoners being let out early to relieve overcrowding, the PMOS said that people should wait for the statements in the Houses this afternoon. The PMOS said that crime...
Asked if the Prime Minister was going to Lord Levy's leaving party, the PMOS replied that he did not know, but it was a private engagement, so he would not comment....
Asked if the agreement between France and Spain changed our position, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that the best person to ask about that was President Sarkozy, which was why the Prime ...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: EU Council, Lord Levy's party, Prisoners and Defence Statement
JOINTLY ISSUED BY DEFRA AND DTI
JOINTLY ISSUED BY DEFRA AND DTI
This year's Euro week is set to 'lighten the load' as it focuses on Muscular Skeletal Disorders (MSD) and manual handling which remain the most common cause of occupational ill health with a total of 190,000 new...
Tony Blair welcomed members of the Scout Association to Downing Street to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
A new Ethnic Minority Business Task Force will help foster growth among black and minority ethnic (BME) firms and boost economic participation by BME entrepreneurs, Small Business Minister Margaret Hodge announced...
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office today published the fourteenth report by the Independent Monitor for Entry Clearance. The report covers refusals issued during the 9-month period between 1 January and 30 Septmber...
Speech by Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt hon Gordon Brown MP to the Association of Chief Police Officers, Manchester, 19 June 2007
Planning Act - implementation timetable summary, June 2007.
- New proposals for watchdog with real bite - - Tenants get new power to penalise failing landlords -
New housing and regeneration body Communities England will boost housing supply across the country and help revitalise some of our most deprived towns and cities, Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly will say today.
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a proposal by Croydon Council to close Tollgate Primary School on 31st August 2007 and start a nursery class in the Tollgate premises as part of ...
I find it shameful that Tony Blair and Gordon Brown can sit down with the...
The conduct of this Prime Minister prior to and during the current war in...
I write in disgust about comments made by Lynne jones MP for Sellyoak...
Although those who are severely disabled are able to lease a car from...
I have suffered from Multiple Sclerosis since the age of 16, I am now 23. Up...
With the increase in the numbers of motor scooters and the tendency of young...
The yellow box type speed camera is inefective and dangerous as drivers just...
The goverment is restructuring the Ambulance Service without consulting the...
As someone who has personally just sat the final Rural Science exam in a...
There are too many dangerously mantained, and dangerously driven caravans on...
In light of the increased violence shown against our Police officers it is...
How many of you out there know of a person that is elderly or disabled and...
Having recently been charged an extra fifty pence per month for paying...
we should get rid of the british monarchy
The current health warnings do not work. They describe future events and the...
Government plans to revolutionise learning facilities for every child were...
This to include suitable enforcement against deliberate cruelty to the...
We are a campaign group based in Fareham, Hants, who believe that life...
We are a campaign group based in Fareham, Hants, who believe that life...
give more funding to the NHS for cancer drugs and treatments. Patients...
Government should help people with the costs of solar or wind electricity,...
The EU is being lobbied to lift the ban on the use of animal derivatives in...
Testing children at this age is inappropriate as some children are still...
Radio Caroline first broadcast on Easter Sunday 1964 and has provided...
Many pupils in years 10 and 11, the run-up to the GCSE exams, feel that they...
This is a petition to extend the study period of all A-Levels to a period of...
The Sheffield Supertram has been a revelation since opening in March 1994....
A multi-million pound obesity industry has been allowed to flourish,...
From last 60 years we heard about Kashmir conflict which is still on going...
Speaking as a taxpayer I find it incredulous members of the Royal Family are...
What's good for the politicians should equally apply to the common folk
It's an injustice for criminals to be let off altogether when the evidence...
First the smoking ban, now an intention to refuse medical treatment to...
On 11 June 2007 another Police Officer died whilst serving and protecting...
The airport tax is a nice little earner for the airlines who will only...
to write off tax credit overpayments for 2005/6 for all that have been...
90% of disposal of products goes into land sites. 5% is recycling and 5% is...
Barking and Dagenham Council asks for your support to end the unfair system...
I run my own website and I had to take down my fixture list for the...
Britain Should never join the Euro, please sign below if you feel the same...
Increase the local authority spending for all councils to give them more...
There are an increasing amount of advertisements advertising flights as...
At present if you leave your drive anyone can park in front of it. We pay...
A reformed House of Lords should be distinct from and independent of the...
it is rediculouse the amount of people on waiting lists&the length of time...
The DVLA is considering forcing all the UK's 1.3 million motorcycles to be...
Quiz TV Programmes cost £0.75-£1.50 to enter, and offer cash prizes up to £...
'...Award a Kighthood to SIMON WESTON Falklands veteran For services to his country' -- HEIDI GRIFFIN
Justice Minister Harriet Harman MP will speak at the TUC's Working Together: Trade Unions campaigning to end violence against women conference in London today and will underline the key to tackling domestic violence...
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt today unveiled a new website, NHS Choices (www.nhs.uk), which aims to personalise healthcare and provide information that will allow patients to make meaningful choices about when...
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* Local authorities in England had collected £18.9 billion in council taxes by the end of March 2007 out of a total of £19.6 billion collectable. This gave a national average in-year collection...
The collection of council tax and non-domestic rates has improved for the seventh successive year, according to figures released today by Communities and Local Government.
Next steps in literacy teaching for young children
Following the stabbing of PC John Henry in Luton on Monday 11/06/07, it has...
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Put that at the Liaison Committee today, the Prime Minister had said that he was opposed to a fully appointed House of Lords, yet he had voted for 50%, the PMOS replied that while the Prime Minister had not ...
Asked if we had had any contact with the Pakistanis regarding Salman Rushdie's knighthood, the PMOS said not that he was aware of. Asked how the Prime Minister had reacted to a member of the Government effectively...
Put to the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) that Geoff Hoon had said that the door had been left "ajar" with regards to the EU referendum, and was that true, the PMOS said that what the Prime Minister...
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Venerable Mark Watts Bryant BA, to the Suffragan See of Jarrow, in the Diocese of Durham, in succession to the Right Reverend John Lawrence Pritchard MA MLitt, on his...
Plans to open up the whole of England's coastline to the public for the first time were set out by Environment Secretary David Miliband today.
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
A new drive to untap the innovative talent of British business will be announced by Alistair Darling, Trade and Industry Secretary today.
The National Identity Scheme will place a publicly accountable power to protect identity in the hands of citizens - an essential defence against challenges created by revolutions in technology, travel and society...
The Met Office has today released its Atlantic tropical storm frequency forecast for the 2007 season.
Tony Blair has marked the birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi by calling for her immediate release.
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: EU Council, Salman Rushdie and House of Lords
Culture Minister, David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on a printed pamphlet by Henry Roberts Lancaster his allarums, honourable assaultes, and surprising of the block-houses and store-houses belonging...
We have the right, as British citizens, to a free passport for life. Only...
The OFT has today released its report into internet shopping. Download a copy from the OFT website : www.oft.gov.uk.
More than a million people stand to benefit from an initiative to place 600 non-charging ATM cash machines in low-income areas throughout the UK.
Scottish guidance on preparing for emergencies.
On 21 June, the House will participate in an event entitled "Lights out London", when lights and non-essential electrical appliances will be switched off all over London, to raise awareness of global warming. ...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Anne McGuire) has made the following Statement.
The European Court of Justice has today delivered its judgment in the...
The Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB (ISG) has today published its final report, "Bovine TB: The Scientific Evidence". Copies of the report will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
This ...
The 2006-07 annual report and accounts for the Veterinary Laboratories Agency will be laid before Parliament today.
Copies will be available in the Libraries of both Houses.
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee published its report on Government proposals for the regulation of hybrid and chimera embryos on 5 April 2007. The principal area covered by the report was...
I am today publishing a new strategy entitled "Managing Global Migration: A Strategy to Build Stronger International Alliances to Manage Migration". This strategy has been drawn up jointly between the Home Office...
The Government will today—Monday 18 June 2007—launch their review of UK strategic export controls, in the form of a full public consultation.
The UK's strategic export controls support the Government's ...
Stock Market statement
McBride, R. v [2007] NICC 19 (8 June 2007)
McNeill, R. v [2007] NICC 18 (8 June 2007)
WHITE, R. v [2007] NICC 20 (11 June 2007)
Magee, R. v [2007] NICA 21 (15 June 2007)
The process of compulsory adjudication was introduced into the UK Construction Industry by the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 ('the 1996 Act') which came into force on 1st May 1998. The ...
A.R.T. Consulting Limited ("ART"), are a company which, despite their name, carry out both design works as structural engineers and also engineering construction works on building sites. There is no dispute that...
This is a building defects case. The claimants, Mr. and Mrs. Iggleden, make a series of claims against the defendant, Fairview New Homes (Shooters Hill) Limited arising out of deficiencies in their new home at ...
This trial follows a trial of preliminary issues in 2005 in both the Folio 492 proceedings (the P38 proceedings) and the Folio 491 proceedings (the P40 proceedings). The judgment at the conclusion of the 2005 trial...
RABINDER SINGH QC:
MR JUSTICE SULLIVAN: This is an application for judicial review of the stopping up of Mildenhall Footpath No 28 in Suffolk by the defendant purportedly under powers conferred on him by sections 16 and 17 of the...
The Gambling Act 2005 represented the culmination in Parliament of discussions and debates about the liberalisation of gambling, following the seminal report of Sir Alan Budd earlier in the millennium. It concerned...
Natural England’s proposals to open up the length of the English coastline for public access go out to public consultation on 19 June.