The UK Presidency of the EU condemns the comments reportedly made by President Ahmadinejad on 8 December in which he denied that the Holocaust had taken place and called for Israel to be moved to Europe.

The Presidency welcomes the arrest of Ante Gotovina. The Presidency would like to congratulate the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Spanish and Croatian authorities on their work in bringing...

I congratulate the Spanish authorities, the Croatian authorities who were involved, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for this excellent result.

The Foreign Secretary made the following statement on the arrest of General Ante Gotovina in Spain.

"As EU Presidency, Britain strongly supports the call by the Muslim leaders, at the OIC summit hosted by Saudi Arabia, for a forward-looking vision for the Muslim world.

The Countess of Wessex will launch HMS DARING at BAE Systems Naval Ships' Scotstoun yard in Glasgow on 01 February 2006.

After three years as Managing Director of Finance, Regulation and Industry, James Sassoon has decided to leave HM Treasury in the New Year. However, he will retain links with the Treasury in a newly created part...

This is the Business Delivery Plan of Legal and Parliamentary Services. It is a statement of the department's high level structure and our strategy for delivery of key business objectives, including continuous business...

The Board of Inquiry into the crash of the RAF Hercules XV179 in Iraq on 30 January is complete the Secretary of State for Defence announced to Parliament today.

Defra and the Devolved Administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, have pledged to conserve sea ecosystems while supporting the UK's marine industries and the communities that rely on them.

PEAT scores show overall improvement but CNO says more work needs to be done

The New Mental Health Act: The Role of the Mental Welfare Commision - Information for Service Users and their Carers

The New Mental Health Act: A Guide to the Roles and Duties of NHS Boards and Local Authorities - Information for Service Users and their Carers

The New Mental Health Act: A guide to independent advocacy: Information for Service Users and their Carers

The New Mental Health Act: A guide to emergency and short-term powers, Information for Service Users and their Carers

he New Mental Health Act: A guide to consent to treatment - Information for Service Users and their Carers

The New Mental Health Act: A guide to compulsory treatment orders, Information for Service Users and their Carers

The OFT is to carry out a market study to look in depth at the PPI sector. The market study, which is the outcome of the OFT's consideration of a super-complaint from Citizens Advice (CitA), will be launched early...

GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES CONSULTATION ON NEW CRITICAL ROLE FOR LSPS

War pensions and allowances paid to those who suffer disablement or bereavement due to Service will be increased by 2.71% from 2006, the Under-Secretary of State for Defence Don Touhig announced today. The new rates...

The UK's licensing system is among the tightest in the world and ensures high standards of care and accommodation, as well as limiting research to where there is a clear benefit to people, animals or the environment...

Home Office Minister Fiona Mactaggart today set out proposals to reform the law on bribery at home and abroad, publishing a consultation on bribery.

The following statistics were released today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre

Orders in the year to October 2005 rose by seven per cent compared to orders in the previous twelve months period, and orders in the three months to October 2005 rose by 16 per cent compared to the same period a...

The Foreign Secretary made the following statement in Downing Street this morning about the kidnap of Mr Norman Kember and three colleagues.

New research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions examines the potential impact of introducing a new Job Outcome performance target for Jobcentre Plus. The report looks at the effects on Jobcentre...

Update to NHSScotland Complaint Statistics for year ending 31st March 2005 published by Information Services (ISD Scotland) of NHS National Services Scotland.

On 7 November, my colleague Lord Drayson, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Procurement, told the other place that he would report on the lessons learned following the "not guilty...

Further to my statement to the House on 10 October 2005 on a revised programme for implementing the provisions in the Housing Act 2004, I am now in a position to announce completion of most of the first phase of...

I am announcing today the school funding settlement for 2006–07 and 2007–08. The settlement will mean that, by 2007–08, total revenue funding per pupil will have increased nationally by over £1,400 in ...

The 1999 Protocol to abate acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone—known as the Gothenburg Protocol—was adopted under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-Range...

The next meeting of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council will be on 8–9 December. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health will chair the meeting and I will attend for...

Today I announce the publication of the Department of Health's 2005 Autumn Performance Report (Cm 6704). A copy of this has been placed in the Library. It shows the progress my Department has made towards achieving...

I am laying before the House today a command paper on services for victims of crime: "Rebuilding Lives: supporting victims of crime" (Cm 6705). It is part of the Government's ongoing reforms which have improved ...

Today I will be laying before Parliament the Royal Patriotic Fund (Transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities) Order 2005.The Order provides for the transfer of the property, rights and liabilities of the Royal...

I am placing in the Libraries of both Houses a copy of a new DFID policy paper, "Growth and poverty reduction; the role of agriculture".The paper analyses the importance of agriculture for poverty reducing growth...

I have published a statement setting out the overall reform programme for post-primary education in Northern Ireland. This provides the context for the reforms and explains how the various elements fit together, ...

I have received applications from two hauliers each wishing to trial a longer and heavier goods vehicle than is currently permitted. I have decided to refuse these applications.Both vehicles exceed the current maximum...

The proposed rates of benefit for 2006 are set out in the table below. The annual uprating of benefits will take place for State Pension and most other benefits in the first full week of the tax year. In 2006, this...

Asked if the Prime Minister regretted that these reforms would not bring any extra benefits to benefits of the bombings in July, the PMOS said that in terms of the victims of 7/7 we accepted that the experience ...

Asked if the Prime minister still planned to appoint a new Duchy of Lancaster, the PMOS referred journalists to the answer he had given several times last week. The last few weeks had been extraordinarily busy ...

Asked how narrow our room for manoeuvre was on the EU budget, the PMOS said that we were in a process of discussion with our European colleagues. We had put forward a proposal and they would put forward their...

Asked how many marks out of ten the Prime Minister would give David Cameron on his performance at PMQs today, the PMOS said that he would resist that kind invitation to comment on party political matters. Today ...

Asked what exactly the Prime Minister had meant when he had replied that "I don't know what you are referring to," when asked by Charles Kennedy, at PMQs today, about CIA flights through the UK, the Prime...

Press briefing from the Prime Ministers Official Spokesman on: Extraordinary Rendition, Education, EU, Duchy of Lancaster and Victim Compensation.

Tony Blair has been awarded the title of Statesman of the Decade at a ceremony in London. He said it was a 'very great honour'.

Tony Blair is meeting with several European leaders over the next two days to continue discussions on the EU Budget.

Around 80% of women are pleased with the care they get when they have a baby, according to a Department of Health maternity services survey released today. (Thursday 8 December)

The Foreign Secretary has issued the following statement in relation to the kidnap of Mr Norman Kember and his three colleagues in Iraq.