Competition Commission invites evidence   

Competition Commission invites evidence   

In a move to strengthen relationships and share good practice with policy makers in Africa, Constitutional Affairs Minister Harriet Harman MP begins a visit to Tanzania tomorrow.   

A memorial in London will remember those who gave up six years of their lives to serve their country during the Second World War.

The Prime Minister has met his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi for talks in the run-up to this July's G8 summit.

On Saturday 9 July Her Majesty The Queen will unveil a memorial to the women of World War II in Whitehall, London, in recognition of the crucial contribution made by more than seven million women to Victory in Europe...

Following a trial closure that saw road traffic in the eastern part of Richmond Park fall by more than half, the Robin Hood Gate in Kingston Vale is to be closed permanently, Culture Minister David Lammy said today...

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health   

Asked what the Government was doing about teenage pregnancy and whether the Prime Minister was dismayed at the high rates the PMOS said that Beverley Hughes had responded in a very intelligent way at lunchtime to...

Asked if this was the Prime Minister's fiercest criticism of the European Union, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that he had said this before. We had already heard him say in the past that the...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: PM Speech on Compensation Culture and Teenage Pregnancy.

This is the first publication of the Quality & Outcomes Framework data, part of the new General Medical Services contract, for 2004/05. Data presented includes points and payments achieved by each practice within...

Tony Blair, in a speech to the Institute of Public Policy Research, said something is 'seriously awry' when teachers feel unable to take children on school trips for fear of being sued.

Huge areas of mountain, moor and common land will be opened up to walkers in northern England for the first time this weekend.

The Government are committed to ensuring that regulations are necessary, give effective protection, balance cost and risk, are fair and command public confidence.In accordance with this, we require Departments to...

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, has made the following written ministerial statement in the other place today, 26 May 2005."On 25 May my Department published...

I am pleased to inform the House that the UK Film Council has today announced the 209 cinemas that will be part of its £11.7 million lottery funded digital screen network.This digital screen network is...

Today over 6 million families and 10 million children are benefiting from tax credits. The tax credits introduced in April 2003 are more generous and more inclusive than any previous system of income-based financial...

Europe must adapt to the changing balance of global economic activity and the rise of fast-growing emerging economies. Only a globally-orientated Europe—focused on macro-economic stability, marrying flexibility...

Extensive discussions aimed at setting clear key targets for the pay and personnel agency have been concluded. My objective was to focus on customer service and satisfaction, process and efficiency.I have, therefore...

Members would wish to be aware of changes to the base ports of the Royal Navy's mine counter measures squadrons.Following on from announcements made in the July 2004 Defence White Paper, the Royal Navy has considered...

The Government are today announcing plans for a new national, high-quality spatial address infrastructure building on the work already undertaken by Ordnance Survey and local government. The aim is to provide a ...

The Government have today published their response to the EFRA Committee report, "The Government's Rural Strategy and the draft Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill", published on 26 March 2005.The Government...

Lord Triesman, The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, today arranged for copies of the second annual report by Fiona Lindsley, the independent monitor for entry clearance...

The next meeting of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will be on 2–3 June. I will attend for the United Kingdom. Items on the agenda relating to health will be covered on 3 June...

The 2005–06 business plan for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has today been presented to Parliament. The plan contains the agency's key targets for the year.Copies of the plan have been...

Today I am publishing the third "Accession Monitoring Report" showing provisional management information from the worker registration scheme and data from Government monitoring of benefits, housing and national ...

I have today placed in the Library copies of "Overarching Race Equality Scheme" for the Home Office and the associate schemes for the Core (non-Immigration and Nationality Directorate) Home Office, the Immigration...

I am pleased to say that Lord Carlile of Berriew QC has completed the report on the operation of the Act, which will be laid before the House today.

At a donor conference in Addis Ababa for the African Union's monitoring mission in Darfur today, the UK announced that it was pledging a further £6.6 million worth of support to the mission. This is in...

During 2004, on the basis of proposals for the reform of fraud law in England and Wales, my predecessor my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Warley (Mr. Spellar), commissioned a public consultation exercise...

The Future of Rail White Paper (Command Paper 6233) published in July 2004, announced the intention to reform the Rail Passengers Council. As part of that process, I had recently appointed the current chairman of...

Tony Blair, in a speech to the Institute of Public Policy Research, said something is 'seriously awry' when teachers feel unable to take children on school trips for fear of being sued.