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The new UK Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) has been formed in St Athan, near Cardiff, the Secretary of State for Defence, John Reid, announced to Parliament today. The unit will provide direct support to UK ...

Culture Minister, David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on a large silver presentation trophy plateau, the 'Shannon trophy'. This was presented to Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke by the people of his native...

Culture Minister, David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on a beautiful individually crafted Roman Millefiori enamelled disc. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the disc in the United...

Professor Jeni Colbourne MBE has been reappointed Chief Inspector of the Drinking Water Inspectorate with effect from April 2006, Minister of State for the Environment Elliot Morley, and Welsh Assembly Government...

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Des Browne, today announced that money from the Financial Inclusion Fund would be made available to support a new Financial Inclusion Taskforce campaign.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has successfully defended an appeal by Menzies Aviation (UK) Ltd against an Improvement Notice served on the company relating to the manual handling of baggage on and off aircraft...

Culture Minister, David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on a portrait of Louis XVI standing, wearing coronation robes, by Antoine-Francois Callet, in a frame by Francois-Charles Buteux, from the ballroom...

The UK today asked Norway to end its program of lethal whaling activities.

Major review recommends new way forward for key mental health professionals

The TheyWorkForYou.com volunteers are busily crunching their way through the more esoteric corners of Hansard. By way of example, we've just incorporated Written Ministerial Statements into the site. Nope, most ...

Thanks to the sterling efforts of a fine new volunteer (thanks David!), you can now sort any search results either by listing the most relevant results first, or most recent results first. This is good news for...

We've released version 8 of the TheyWorkForYou.com source code which is available for download under an Open Source licence. The update contains new code for: - Westminster Hall Debates - Written ministerial statements...

Since launching in June, we've made hundreds of small improvements to the site. However, the cold winter nights have sparked an explosion of activity, and we've launched a slew of new features in ...

We're happy to announce that the Channel 4 website is directing people to TheyWorkForYou.com's MP pages via a postcode box on their Election 2005 website. We've done a special paint job for users coming from the...

We've added a smashing new feature to all our MP pages, courtesy of Francis at PublicWhip You can now check out which way MPs tended vote on half a dozen key issues from the last Parliament (Iraq, Fox Hunting, ID...

Our good friends over at MySociety.org are close to launching Pledgebank, a new web and sms service which does what it says on the url. To help test the concept, they've set up a special TheyWorkForYou.com pledge...

At the top right hand side of every (ex)MP's page, we've added a simple new feature: email the page to a friend. Have a go, and let all your friends know how easy it is to keep tabs on what your former MP did and...

We're proud to announce that TheyWorkForYou.com has won the 'Contribution to Civic Society' award at the New Statesman magazine's New Media Awards. Thanks to the kind souls who nominated us. We enjoyed ourselves...

One of the many things our site does, probably without you realising, is to track the Register of Members' Interests, in which MPs are "to provide information of any pecuniary interest or other material benefit ...

Asked for further information about the progress of the Northern Ireland Bill, the PMOS said that it was a relatively short and straightforward operation, but there would be room for debate....

Asked for further information about the Times report today that we had supplied Euro Fighter Jets to Saudi Arabia, the PMOS said that he did not give a running commentary on commercial matters. Put that the Saudis...

Asked if Cabinet were "having a whip round" for The Queen's birthday present, and were they contributing individually, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman said that the Cabinet had contributed, and they...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: The Queen's Birthday present, Euro Fighter Jets and Northern Ireland

Tony Blair has backed a scheme which helps shoppers easily find UK-produced fresh food - as a tractor publicising the idea pulled into Downing Street.

A Consultation Paper which sets out the key questions about Scotland's transport future to be addressed in the development of a National Transport Strategy and provides an opportunity for stakeholders to comment...

Payment and Reimbursement Guidelines for Service Users Involved in Health and Social Care

Asked why did the Prime Minister never say "it would be nuts" to invade Iran, the PMOS replied that what the Prime Minister was indicating was to focus on the substance, rather than the process. The substance...

Asked about Nigel Evans' question during PMQs today to the Prime Minister whether the £2 million loan from Lord Sainsbury had been declared, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that both the...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Loans and Iran

National Review of Mental Health nursing in Scotland

Mar: CPI falls to 1.8%, RPI stays at 2.4%

Net in-migration rises

I have tasked the Patent Office with managing and shaping an intellectual property system which encourages innovation and creativity, balances the needs of rights holders and the public, promotes strong and competitive...

A key aim of the armed forces diversity policy is that they should become more representative of the society they serve. The intention is that by 2013 the proportion of ethnic minority personnel serving in the armed...

Hon. Members will wish to be aware that with effect from 1 April 2006, the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency (NRTA), the Army Training and Recruiting Agency (ATRA), and the Royal Air Force Training Group Defence...

I am today announcing a review of the institutional structures for delivery of housing and regeneration.Achieving mixed, sustainable communities in the 21st century is a key Government priority. These are communities...

On 29 March, the wild bird surveillance helpline was notified of a single dead swan in Cellardyke Harbour, Fife. It was collected and samples taken from it were sent to the Veterinary Laboratory Agency at Weybridge...

I am pleased to announce this joint response from the Government, the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly of Wales to the report of the independent review of avian quarantine, or the "Dimmock Report".On...

I attended the Environment Council in Brussels on 9 March 2006.The Council unanimously adopted conclusions on the Thematic Strategy on Air Quality, which set out the Commission's vision for EU policy on air pollution...

I announced in my written statement of 16 March 2006, Official Report, col. 104WS, that in light of the unacceptable progress in implementing the Single Payment Scheme, steps were being taken to strengthen the leadership...

On 16 March I informed the House of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's (MHRA) suspension on 14 March 2006 of the phase 1 clinical trial for a drug in development known as TGN1412. As well ...

I have decided reform is needed to the arrangements under which state compensation is paid for miscarriages of justice.The purpose of the reforms which include some important changes being made by the assessor, ...

The IMPACT Programme, a key element of our work to deliver Sir Michael Richard's recommendations following the murders in Soham, has already delivered some significant benefits to the police service, most notably...

The Government are committed to maintaining effective immigration controls while at the same time ensuring that genuine passengers are able to pass through our ports with the least possible inconvenience.The UK ...

Further to my oral statement to the House yesterday, copies of the joint statement made by the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach in Armagh on 6 April have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses, as have the ...

My hon. Friend Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Minister for Science and Innovation today made the following statement:"I have tasked the Patent Office with managing and shaping an Intellectual Property System which ...

In the autumn of 2005 we issued the draft Occupational Pensions Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2006 for consultation.One of the proposals contained in the draft regulations was a new requirement...

The Defence Committee's report into the Ministry of Defence's Annual Report and Accounts was published today and recognises that there is much of which the MoD and the Armed Forces can be proud. The report was welcomed...

Health and social care watchdogs have been asked to put older people's dignity at the centre of their investigations, following an announcement made by Care Services Minister Liam Byrne today.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office today welcomed a report by the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons on Consular services to British nationals.