Dear John,
Thank you for replying to my comments.
Dealing with the matters you have raised, you talk about the number of respondents you had during the consultation...
Do you believe the government should offer more financial support to single...
4x4s are the most dangerous vehicles on the road. With no extra license...
Here in Norfolk, the County Council, the District Councils, the PCT the Mental Health Trust and other bodies such as the National Service Frameworks Implementation Teams all ignore Rural Proofing. ...
Thanks for your comment Mike, and for flagging up the MIND & NIMHE report.
Gordon Brown has reiterated his commitment to see GP surgeries offer extended opening hours and give patients better access to their doctors.
The Prime Minister has announced the winners of the Youth Climate Change Champions awards in a reception at Downing Street today.
The nine young winners of the search for regional Climate Change Champions were announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Minister for Climate Change Joan Ruddock today.
A review into the way benefit claimants are sanctioned will pave the way for a more flexible, graduated system which gives advisers more ability to impose sanctions on those claimants who break the rules, Secretary...
The Coroner hearing the inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi al-Fayed has today announced that further serving and former members of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) will give witness...
BBC's The Real Hustle team have urged consumers to join the fight against scammers as part of the OFT Scams awareness month.
A total of nine properties in Liverpool, Oldham and Romford seized by the Assets Recovery Agency have been sold at public auction for £617,000. The net proceeds of the sale, minus mortgage and other liabilities...
The behaviour of photographers in our country is getting worse. It seems...
I think the newspapers / magazines / TV stations should have clear...
The "basket" of goods and services that make up the CPI figure each month...
When in the Forces, you are entitled to a discount card for rail and bus...
The Prime Minister has outlined the biggest changes "in a generation" to immigration procedures, including the setting up of a "citizenship contract" that explains an individual's rights and responsibilities.
New support service for NHS doctors and dentists to be piloted in London
"Use your extra day this leap year to make a difference to an older friend or relative who may be finding it hard to make ends meet", Pensions Minister Mike O'Brien said today.
Mr David Graeme Blunt CVO has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo.
Radical changes to the way newcomers are able to earn their stay in Britain were proposed by the Government today.
The OFT has made a prohibition order against a Birmingham estate agent banning him from estate agency work.
Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has today announced that a badge of recognition will be created for the surviving pilots and other men and women who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during World War II.
why should only families on low incomes or benefits get healthy start...
We want your help in getting free prescribed syringes for children who need...
'...allow disabled people holding disable badges to drive in bus lanes.' -- Oliver Cover
A record breaking 2,297 blocks or part blocks in UK waters are on offer for exploration in the 25th Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round announced today by Secretary of State for Energy John Hutton.
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On 10 & 11 December Stuart visited the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire to listen to the views and experiences of residents, patients, family...
Northern Rock, deportation of foreign criminals and climate change were on the agenda at today's PMQs.
The Government is committed to obtaining the "best deal" possible for the taxpayer in any sale of Northern Rock, the PM has said.
Northern Rock, foriegn criminals and climate change were on the agenda at today's PMQs.
The export of a 13th Century roll of arms, crucial to the study of medieval English knighthood, has been put on hold.
Two companies that claimed to have signed up businesses to advertisements which were to appear in a variety of publications designed to raise public awareness about issues such as crime and safety in the home have...
A company which had traded since April 2003 as a travel agent, and specialised in package holidays and travel to Turkey and Egypt, has been closed down by the High Court following an investigation by the Companies...
A company selling advertising space in a business-to-business safety awareness booklet has been wound-up by the High Court in Manchester following an investigation by the Companies Investigation Branch (CIB) of ...
The BFI (British Film Institute) has secured an agreement with the Central Office of Information (COI) to manage and commercially represent its collection of public information films. The arrangement, which comes...
We wish to register our support for EQUAL RECOGNTION for ALL the civilian...
Gordon Brown will answer questions from MPs today in his weekly PMQs session beginning at 12:00 GMT.
USA continues to lead
January: £17.0bn current budget surplus
The 47th Horserace Betting Levy scheme will be set at the same rate as the previous Levy scheme, Minister for Sport Gerry Sutcliffe announced today. This means most off-course bookmakers will continue to pay 10% ...
The European Parliament will debate and vote on the Lisbon Treaty on 20 February. Commenting on the European Parliament's report on the Treaty, Minister for Europe Jim Murphy MP said:
Throughout the last one-thousand years, the British area of Berwick-Upon-...
To ensure that adequate funding is made available for new flood defences for...
The system for buying concert/gig tickets in the UK is clearly not working...
English visitors to Scotland will see the resurgence of Scottish pride in...
Enduring a lecture listening to an Indian woman talking about phonetics...
Current law states that you are classed as a resident of the United Kingdom...
- a competition to create the best statue/sculpture should be held
We put up with aircraft blight from Heathrow because runway alternation...
The financial Services Ombudsman is accountable to no-one. It is funded by...
Leicester Aero Club is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, aero clubs in...
we wish to save our post offices and all our rural post offices as these...
I married at the age of 40, and am with a man i would love to have children...
Allow lessons at 16 but you must be 17 to hold a full licence. This would...
This is a petition to ask the government to stop wasting time and introduce...
If you applied to join as a Special Constable and work for a Security...
All manufacturers and retailers of HD-DVD players, records and discs should...
The terms of the 'Licensing Act 2003' have been found to inhibit the good...
This is where British citizens if they so wish can go to have a full check...
OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Scotland, UK: Assessment and Recommendations
Newsletter.
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the HM Revenue and Customs total DEL will be decreased by £3,595,000 from £4,624,117,000 to £4,620,522,...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office for National Statistics' total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £6,672,000 from £...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Government Actuary's Department's total DEL will be increased by £222,000 from £424,000 to £646,000...
I will be attending the EU Competitiveness Council in Brussels on 25 February.
The two main agenda items are likely to be the Lisbon economic reform process, and the single market review. The Council will...
Spring Supplementary Estimates 2007-08
Expenditure Limits
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Children, Schools and Families' Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £131,548,000 from...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Communities and Local Government's Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2007-08 will change as follows:
(1) The...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Culture Media and Sport's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £20,004,000 from £2,...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Defence Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) will be increased by £1,247,750,000 from £35,594,551...
The Government have accepted the findings of the Review Board for Government Contracts as detailed in their report of the 2007 "General Review of the Profit Formula for Non-Competitive Government Contracts". ...
Today I am announcing the final framework for a Code of Best Practice for Carbon Offsetting. The code will increase consumers' confidence when purchasing offsets by endorsing established mechanisms which offset...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £235,038,000 from £...
On 17 February the Parliamentary Assembly of Kosovo was convened for an extraordinary session at which Prime Minister Thaçi read out Kosovo's declaration of independence. The declaration made clear that Kosovo...
In May 2006, the Secretary of State announced details of an independent review of palliative care services for children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses and their families.
Subject to the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department of Health's element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £7,208,000 from £93,848,552,000 to &...
Plans of changes to the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) and administrative budget for 2007-08.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Home Office's Departmental...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be decreased by £348,341,000...
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for International Development's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £22,568,000 from &...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) and The National Archives (TNA) Total Departmental Expenditure Limit...
Plans to change the Charity Commission's Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) and administration budget for 2007-08.
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Charity...
Subject to parliamentary approval of the Spring supplementary estimate 2007-08, the Cabinet Office total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) has changed from the amount voted in the Winter supplementary estimate...
Business Secretary John Hutton today announced the appointment of Stephen Henwood as the new Chair of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The appointment will take effect from 1 March 2008.
Subject to Parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2007-08 Spring Supplementary Estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's DEL by £39,813,000 from...
My hon. Friend the Member for Preston (Mr. Hendrick) has been appointed as a full Member of the United Kingdom Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) provision for the administration of the Scotland Office will be increased by £900...
Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Transport departmental expenditure limit (DEL) for 2007-08 will be increased by £584,299,000 from £...
The Welsh Assembly Government's Departmental Expenditure Limit will be increased by £61,435,000 from £13,819,490,000 to £13,880,925,000. The increase is a result of:
(a) Take...
The Employment and Social Policy informal meeting was held on 31 January to 2 February in Brdo, Slovenia. I represented the UK.
The theme of the informal meeting was "How best to respond to the common principles...
Subject to Parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions Departmental Expenditure Limit will increase by £60,847,000 from £7,643,047,...
I wish to report to the House on the latest developments on last year's outbreaks of Bluetongue and Foot and Mouth Disease, and the recent cases of Avian Influenza in Dorset.
Bluetongue
Following ...
Subject to parliamentary approval of the Spring Supplementary Estimate, the Attorney General's DEL will be increased by £16,110,000 from £756,976,000 to £773,086,000 and the administration...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Douglas Alexander) has made the following Statement:
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Purnell) has made the following Statement.
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary supplementary estimate, the Department...
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Plaskitt) has made the following Statement.
The Employment and Social Policy Informal Meeting was held on 31 ...
Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Home Office's departmental expenditure limits for 2007-08 will be increased by £8,068,000 from £9,247,819,000...
A Liverpool-based company which used misleading sales practices to solicit sponsorship from businesses for books covering children's issues such as bullying, drug awareness and internet safety has been wound up ...
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Our formal response to the Audit Commission's consultation on proposals for the new Comprehensive Area Assessment regime. This regime takes...
We've submitted a formal response to the Audit Commission's consultation on proposals for the new Comprehensive Area Assessment regime. This regime takes over from the Comprehensive...