Foreign Office Minister, Lord David Triesman, said today:

Local Government Minister, Phil Woolas, has announced the appointment of three new members of the Standards Board for England. Paul Gott, Elizabeth Hall and Judith Simons have joined the Standards Board, with effect...

A canine detection team has been drafted in to help sniff out landmines in parts of Africa.

The last few days included Parliamentary votes on ID cards, smoking and the terror laws as well as overseas visits to South Africa and Germany.

A summary of the pre- and post-campaign evaluation of the 2005 Know the Score Heroin campaign.

Pre- and post-campaign evaluation of the 2005 Know the Score Heroin campaign.

With fog forecast across much of England, particularly northern and central areas, the Highways Agency reminds drivers to take care on the roads, especially overnight tonight, Friday and during Saturday.

The search for young people in Rochdale to become magistrates is on.

DTI and DEFRA INFORMATION NOTE

The Prime Minister has appointed David Ross to the Board of the National Portrait Gallery with effect from 20 February 2006.

The Queen has been pleased to approve that the honour of Knighthood be conferred upon Nicholas Edward Underhill Esq QC.

Minute and meeting papers from the first meeting of the GDPO Research Steering Group.

STATISTICAL PRESS NOTICE

Tony Blair has met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin for wide-ranging talks on European and international issues.

I propose to deliver my Budget statement to the House on Wednesday 22 March.

The Ministry of Defence has today announced the award of a contract for the Through Life Customer Support (TLCS) of the Chinook helicopter fleet to The Boeing Company (Boeing). The key benefit offered by this through...

The 2006 Report of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body has been published today. Copies of the Report are available in the Vote Office and the Library of the House. I wish to express my thanks to the Chairman and ...

In July 2005 I announced the indicative allocation of £525 million Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) resources for 2006–07 to 86 local authority districts. These allocations were subject to satisfactory...

Today, the Government have laid before Parliament their response to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee's fourth report of Session 2005–06, on pandemic influenza (Cm 6738). Copies have been placed...

On 12 January I announced that the Government had decided to introduce an Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) for the private security industry and that the detail of the scheme, including the fee structure, would ...

I am today placing in the Libraries of both Houses recently issued guidance from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to Chief Officers on the consideration of applications for the removal, in exceptional...

Later today I will be introducing a Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill which will, amongst other things, pave the way for future devolution of policing and justice in Northern Ireland. I am introducing...

I would like to update the House on how the UK has sought to deliver its position on the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) that are currently being negotiated between the EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific...

On 13 December 2005 in response to a question from the hon. Member for Burnley (Ms Kitty Ussher), Official Report, column 1907W, I informed the House that the DTI's Small Business Service (SBS) would shortly be ...

I announced on 21 November that the Maritime and Coastguard Agency would co-ordinate a public consultation to assess the implications for relevant nature conservation sites in the Firth of Forth, of Forth Ports' ...

Today the Department for Transport has published the first of its series of Regional Planning Assessments for the Railway (RPAs). This is the Eastern RPA, covering North and East London and the East of England Region...

I am today launching a full public consultation on the release of data from the DVLA and DVLNI vehicle registers. I have placed copies in the House Library and it is also available on the DfT website at www.dft...

It has been brought to my attention that the reply I gave the hon. Member for Bury St. Edmunds, David Ruffley, on 30 January 2006, Official Report, column 248W, did not contain an adequate explanation of shortcomings...

The general notification period for the Financial Assistance Scheme ends on the 28 February. The notification period began on 1 September and is the period during which the scheme manager must be supplied with some...