The owners / master of a UK beam trawler, Daisy Christiane (PZ1172) were fined a total of £8462 and ordered to pay costs of £6,229 for fishing within a closed area.

Pipe organs are outside the scope of an incoming EU Directive which restricts the use of hazardous substances including lead in machinery and appliances with an electrical component, Department for Trade & Industry...

"Science thrives on diversity and on the exchange of ideas", Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said in a speech at Parliamentary Links day today.

Tony Blair has leant his support to the Sport Relief charity by lacing up his trainers and jogging for one mile.

JD Circular 10 of 2006 on ISCJIS Criminal History Information

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown and Defence Minister Tom Watson today announced funding for the creation of six new state school cadet units. The new units will be set up for three-year pilot periods...

The Service funerals of two RAF personnel tragically killed in a Lynx helicopter crash in Iraq on Saturday 6 May 2006 will take place today and tomorrow.

The Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme (WIIS) published its Annual Report today. The number of incidents in 2005 was similar to 2004. The report lists cases during 2005 in which wildlife - including beneficial...

Environment Minister Ian Pearson today rejected the allegation that the Government has plans to introduce compulsory water metering across the country.

There are now more than 7,000 Government contracts advertised on a new business portal which removes the barriers faced by many small businesses to access public sector contracts.

In a bid to further strengthen the consensus on pension reform, the Government will today (Tuesday 27 June) give the House of Commons the opportunity to debate and vote on the recent pensions White Paper.

Asked if the Prime Minister had any sympathy for Clare Curtis-Thomas' view on lads mags, the PMOS said that that would be left to the individual concerned. Put that Clare Curtis-Thomas was not very happy with the...

Asked if the Prime Minister was disappointed that Charles Clarke had felt that he had to do a set of calculated interviews, the PMOS replied that Charles Clarke had not hidden his disappointment on the day that ...

Asked if the Prime Minister was going to do the run himself, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that he was. Asked if the Prime Minister had been training for it, the PMOS said that he had not...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Prime Minister's Sport Relief Run, Charles Clarke-Home Office and Lad Magazines

Consultation paper on Scottish Executive proposals for amending the law on compellability of spousal witnesses.

The first independent evaluation of an OFT market study, published today, concluded that car owners and fleet operators saved between £120 million and £170 million over two years as a direct ...

The Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) has recently taken enforcement action against a horticultural retailer in the North West of England, for the unlawful sale, supply and advertisement of pesticide products.

Asked if the Prime Minister had any plans to go to the Somme 90th anniversary celebrations, PMOS said that he was not aware of any plans to do so....

Asked to comment on the suggestion of revisiting the EU budget deal, the PMOS said that there were always after EU budget deals technical discussions and this came under that heading....

Asked if the government was going to freeze contributions to public sector pensions, the PMOS said that he had nothing to add to what the Cabinet Office had said over the weekend, which was that we would honour ...

Asked if the Prime Minister had any comment on Charles Clarke's letter to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and comments from interviews this evening, the PMOS said that it was always better to wait for the actual...

The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) outlined the speech the Prime Minister would deliver this evening at King's College London. The Prime Minister would set out the progress made since Gleneagles on Africa...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: A year after Glenagles, Charles Clarke, Pensions, EU Rebate-Budget and Somme

The Queen has been pleased to approve that Norman Reginald, the Lord Warner and Rosalie (Rosie) Winterton MP, be sworn of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.

A brief introduction to the planned care Improvement programme

A patient information which describes one element of the new community pharmacy contract; the NHS Minor Ailment Service

Annual survey of teacher and educational psychologist vacancies, and provisional probationer teacher numbers.

The report compares the remuneration packages of staff in the Scottish Executive main bargaining unit with those carrying out similar roles in the public and private sectors.

The passing of the last known veteran from the First World War will be marked by an historic National Memorial Service at Westminster Abbey, Defence Secretary Des Browne announced today at the Veterans Day events...

My right hon and noble Friend the Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor (Lord Falconer of Thoroton) has made the following written ministerial statement:"On 24 May this year, the Government published their draft...

The 2005-06 annual report and accounts for the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science will be laid before Parliament today.Copies will be placed in the Libraries of the House.

I am today putting in the Libraries of both Houses a copy of the Government's response to the Africa All-Party Parliamentary Group's report: "The Other Side of the Coin: the UK and corruption in Africa".

I have received the annual report for 2005-06 of the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland which is being presented to Parliament today as a Command Paper.Copies of the report are available from...

The Small Business Service is publishing its business plan for 2006-07 on Friday 23 June 2006. Copies of the plan have been deposited in the Libraries of the House. Electronic versions are available on the SBS website...

On 24 May this year, the Government published their Legal Services Bill. The draft Bill is currently undergoing pre-legislative scrutiny by a Joint Committee chaired by Lord Hunt of Wirral. It develops proposals...

Key witnesses from the Electoral Commission, political parties and electoral administrators are giving evidence today (Tuesday) at the Edinburgh public hearing for the Committee on Standards in Public Life's eleventh...