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Tony Blair has visited Darlington to officially open a groundbreaking educational project which he described as "pioneering". We have a gallery of images from his North East trip.

The last few days have been dominated by the crisis in the Middle East. Tony Blair reflected on the situation while at the G8 summit. We have news stories, transcripts, image galleries and much more.

The Foreign Office today revised its advice for Indonesia. We are now advising all but essential travel to Aceh following the implementation of the peace agreement which was signed on 15 August 2005.

Asked if the Prime Minister was aware of the damage happening to British interests in the Middle East by the Prime Minister not appearing to call for a ceasefire, even if in practice, no-one would follow it, the...

Asked if the Prime Minister would now have an enquiry into whether the Deputy Prime Minister had breached the Ministerial Code, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) said that John Prescott had set out ...

Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Deputy Prime Minister-Ministerial Code and Middle East

GPDO Steering Group Minutes 27 April 2006.

GPDO Steering Group Minutes 2 March 2006

Papers advising that the removal of Crown Immunity from planning control will come into effect on Monday 12 June 2006.

Mr Ian Goom, trading as Aztec Screeding, of Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire was this week (17 July 2006) fined £3,000 and ordered to pay £3,028 costs at the City of London Magistrates Court...

Tough new legislation to prosecute companies whose gross negligence leads to the death of employees or members of the public was published today in the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill.

Released by Cabinet office on behalf of the OCSC

The second round of testing for the VHS virus on fish farms within the Yorkshire Ouse designated area has proved negative.

A cut of 20 million litres in the amount of water lost through leakage every day is a start but needs to improve further, Environment Minister Ian Pearson said today.

Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, today challenged doctors and managers to put an end to unacceptable variations in healthcare provision across the country.

The Minister for Africa, Lord David Triesman, has expressed his grave concern at recent reports of increased tension and military movements in and around Baidoa - the seat of the Transitional Federal Government ...

Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells has today left for the Middle East for consultations with governments in the region.

Members of the public are being invited to air their views on the Government's draft regulations on smoke-free premises and vehicles.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention of conferring a Peerage of the United Kingdom for Life upon Sir Michael (Hastings) Jay GCMG.

HM The Queen has appointed Ian Leeming QC to be a Circuit Judge. Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer has assigned him to the Western Circuit, based at Plymouth Combined...

Simple, speedy and summary justice is at the heart of Government reforms to rebalance the criminal justice system and increase public confidence, Lord Falconer said today.

He was asked about his comments during Business Questions relating to a vote by MPs on a replacement for the Trident nuclear deterrent and whether it would take place after the Government had made its decision. ...

Mr Straw said he also announced today new arrangements for tabling of questions during the summer recess. This was in response to requests from all sides of the House. There would be a two-week period for tabling...

The Leader said he had announced earlier today in a written ministerial statement that the Queen's Speech would take place on November 15....

Giving details of the week before the recess, the Leader said that on Monday, July 24, John Hutton would lead for the Government on the second reading of the Welfare Reform Bill which, he said, would be treated ...

Press Briefing by Leader of Commons, Rt Hon Jack Straw MP on: Forthcoming Business, State Opening, Recess questions and Other

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Labour Market

Experimental: 0.7% 3 monthly rise into May

Economy grows by 0.8% in Q2 2006

Summary of the National Grid for Learning Scotland Progress Report 4

The National Grid for Learning Scotland Progress Report 4

Research Findings from the Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey (SCVS) 2004 Calibration Exercise.

This report presents findings from a self-completion questionnaire on drug misuse which was administered as part of the 2004 Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey.

A new Double Taxation Convention with Poland was signed on 20 July 2006. After signature, the text of the convention was deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and made available on HM Revenue and Customs' website...

At its meeting of 11 July 2006, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council took note of a presentation from the Finnish presidency on its work programme for the Council during the second half of 2006. Priorities...

The Chief Secretary made a statement on 12 July 2005, Official Report, column 723, on timing of the phased transfer on to child tax credit (CTC) of the remaining families with children receiving family support through...

On 26 January 2006 I made a statement to the House regarding the Government Indemnity Scheme. In that statement, we reported a figure of £1,286,220,279 as the contingent liability of non-national museums...

On 1 August 2005 the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced the start of the normalisation programme outlined in the Joint Declaration. Stage 1 of this programme will be complete by 31 July 2007 and, ...

A key principle of the Government's approach to addressing the health concerns of veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf conflict is that there should be appropriate research into veterans' illnesses and factors that may ...

The Advisory Committee on Pesticides (ACP) has agreed to trial arrangements to publish the detailed record of its meetings.The ACP will continue to publish a short summary minute of meetings within three weeks of...

I am pleased to welcome the publication of the fourth annual report from Partners for Water and Sanitation (PAWS) on 28th July. The UK tri-sector partnership is proof this partnership model can produce and deliver...

Defra has today published a consultation paper on proposals for managing the coexistence of GM and non-GM crops in England, should GM crops be grown here commercially in due course. The paper is consistent with ...

My noble Friend the Minister of State Lord Rooker has today published the Government's response to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) report "Crop Spraying and the Health of Residents and Bystanders...

The Annual Review of Controls on Imports of Animal Products for the financial year 2005-06, as required under the Animal Health Act 1981 (as amended by the Animal Health Act 2002), will be laid before Parliament...

My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary and Sir John Grant (UK permanent representative to the EU) represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in Brussels on 17 July.The agenda...

Wilton Park is an academically independent Executive Agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Its annual report and accounts for 2005-06 are laid before Parliament today.Wilton Park celebrates its 60th Anniversary...

As recommended by Ofcom in their report(1) of January 2006, the Department set up a Patient Power Review Group (PPRG) in February 2006 to explore which communication services could be offered to hospital patients...

We have today published the report of the Department of Health review of services for allergy, which the Government undertook to carry out in its response (Cm 6433, January 2005) to the Health Committee report on...

The Parental Compensation Order (PCO) is provided for by sections 13A to 13E of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 ("CDA 1998) which were inserted by section 144 of and Schedule 10 to the Serious and Organisation Crime...

We have today published the Home Office's 2006 departmental report. Copies are available in the House Library and on the Home Office website. The report describes the work of the Home Office during 2005-06, in particular...

Section 37 of the Identity Cards Act 2006 requires a report to be laid before Parliament every six months, following Royal Assent, setting out the Secretary of State's estimate of the public expenditure likely to...

Feedback from industry on the procurement strategy for the national identity scheme has reinforced the importance of avoiding a big bang implementation and supports the incremental approach to the scheme. The Home...

Her Majesty the Queen will open the new session of this Parliament on Wednesday 15 November. I plan to announce the date of prorogation as soon as I am able.

This statement sets out my plans to reform liquor licensing law in Northern Ireland. The last review of the law governing liquor licensing and registered clubs took place some 10 years ago. Since then the social...

I wish to make a statement on progress on the Review of Public Administration (RPA). Implementation of decisions on the review follows statements to this House on 22 November 2005 and 21 March 2006. The outcome ...

On 28 February 2006, the Department of Trade and Industry published a consultation document on a draft National Strategic Reference Framework for future ED Structural Funds programmes.The consultation document invited...

The Chancellor stated in his Budget 2006 announcement that the Government would be prepared to consider selling part of their stake in British Energy. I confirm that the Government will actively consider a sale ...

The Insolvency Service plans to deal with some 72,000 new insolvencies in the year to 31 March 2007 including a significant increase in personal bankruptcies. Its planning assumption for the level of redundancy ...

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) launched today its new 5-year strategy entitled "Prosperity in a Changing World". This strategy sets out how UKTI will respond to the enhanced role envisaged in the Budget.The new strategy...

The Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission published a report on partnership law reform in November 2003 (Law Com No 283; Scot Law ComNo 192). It included recommendations in respect of general partnership...

The Department will be placing the figures for the United Kingdom's stocks of civil plutonium and uranium as at 31 December 2005 in the Libraries of both Houses. In accordance with our commitment under the 'Guidelines...

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today published the recommendations of its two reviews in the General Aviation sector. Ministers are grateful to the CAA for taking the initiative to review General Aviation...

The Highways Agency annual report and accounts for 2005-06 is published today under section 7 of the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. Copies of the report will be placed in the House Library and will ...

On the 19 July last year I announced that I had asked the Highways Agency to carry out a detailed review to allow an informed decision to be taken on the case for building a new tolled Expressway to run parallel...

In his statement on 21 November, thethen Secretary of State for Transport announcedthe Government's intention to commission an independent, wide-ranging review of policing at airports. He subsequently appointed ...

On 11 October 2005 my predecessor, the right hon. Member for Edinburgh South-West, (Mr. Darling) announced his decision to review the role of the British Transport Police (BTP). The review, which has been carried...

Today the Department for Transport has published the West Midlands Regional Planning Assessment for the railway (RPA), the third in a series of 11 RPAs covering England and Wales. The West Midlands RPA covers the...

I am pleased to announce publication of the annual report by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Social Fund 2005-06 and the Social Fund Commissioner's annual report.The Secretary of State's annual...

On 16 May I announced that my Department and the Association of British Insurers (ABI), the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), and the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) had agreed to work together...

The Department for Work and Pensions ran a number of small-scale Post Office card account pilots between 13 February and 10 March 2006. The pilots tested various approaches to moving people from having their benefit...

On behalf of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate (BFI) has today announced its phase 17 programme of work.The authorities that will be inspected are: ...

I am pleased to announce that the Department for Work and Pensions has today laid the 2005-06 annual reports and accounts for two of its executive agencies: The Pension Service (HC1531) and The Rent Service (HC1289...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Plaskitt) has made the following Statement.On behalf of my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (John Hutton) has made the following Statement.I am pleased to announce that the Department for Work and Pensions has today laid the 2005-06...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for work and Pensions (John Hutton) has made the following Statement.On 16 May I announced that my department and the Association of British Insurers (ABI), the ...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Gordon Brown) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.At its meeting on 11 July 2006, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council took note of a presentation from ...

I have today published the Government's response to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) report, Crop spraying and the health of residents and bystanders. This response sets out the Government'...

My right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary (Margaret Beckett) and Sir John Grant (UK Permanent Representative to the EU) represented the UK at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in ...

I attended the informal meeting of the Competitiveness Council on 10 to11 July, hosted by the Finnish presidency in Jyväskylä. The meeting focused on innovation policy, with discussion of the Seventh Framework Programme...

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Plaskitt) has made the following Statement.The Department for Work and Pensions ran a number of small-scale Post Office...

In my Answer of 6 July (Official Report, col. WA 76) to a written parliamentary Question about public bodies, the figure given for the salary of the chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority erroneously gave salary...

Wilton Park is an academically independent executive agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Its annual report and accounts for 2005-06 are laid before Parliament today.Wilton Park celebrates its 60th anniversary...

Tony Blair joined aviation enthusiasts and firms from the aerospace industry at the 45th Farnborough International Airshow.

"Enjoy the freedom of the open road, but do it safely" - that's the message to motorcyclists this summer, as the Highways Agency launches a new DVD safety package aimed at bikers.