Asked how the Prime Minister would vote this afternoon, the PMOS replied that the Prime Minister would vote at some point, but that he was sorry to be old fashioned and asked that the journalists waited. Asked if...
Asked for further information about the Prime Minister's answer to Ann Cryer's question today at PMQs about forced marriages, and would there be a Government Bill, the PMOS said that that was what we were working...
Asked if the Government was considering a review of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, as the Attorney General appeared to be unhappy, the PMOS said that this was a matter for the Attorney General. The PMOS said that...
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) told journalists that there was a Prime Ministerial Written Ministerial Statement on Privy Council Secretariat changes. He explained that it was a machinery of Government...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Privy Council Secretariat Changes, Police Inquiry, Forced Marriages and House of Lords Reform
Currently I attend an Integrated school, the teachers must be the most...
Lots of single people go without so families can go on holidays and by cars...
Home owners and tenants will be charged hundreds, and possibly thousands, of...
hichingbrooke hospital is a credit to the nhs staff,nurses and doctors are...
One in Three men are gay. You do not choose your sexuality, You are born the...
Stem cells (either embryonic or adult) will play a vital role in medical...
Over 29,000 children need to give evidence in court. In a recent survey,...
Asked if the Prime Minister regretted Paul Corrigan's decision to leave, the PMOS replied that the Prime Minister valued the fact the Paul Corrigan will still be there for some time....
Asked that given the amount of information that was now in the public domain, could he tell Lobby when Ruth Turner allegedly had this meeting with Lord Levy, the PMOS replied by quoting the Director of Public Prosecutions...
Asked if the Prime Minister would be happy to use the Home Secretary's phrase that "foreigners were coming to Britain illegitimately to steal benefits and services", the PMOS replied that he had not seen...
Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Lord Hunt on junior doctor recruitment problems, the PMOS replied that the Department had put out their response. The reason we introduced the modernising medical careers ...
Asked how the Prime Minister would be voting this afternoon, the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that he would be deeply old fashioned and let the Prime Minister vote before informing the Lobby...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: House of Lords Reform, Junior Doctor Recruitment, Asylum and Immigration, Police Inquiry and Paul Corrigan
Ken Livingstone was among those who gathered at No.10 to discuss London's proposed new railway.
Consumer Minister Ian McCartney today announced appointments to the British Hallmarking Council. The appointments run until December 2009.
New immigration fees announced today for those coming to the UK to work, stay or study and for those applying to remain, will help ensure a fair and effective immigration system.
The Home Secretary, with the agreement of the Prime Minister, has today appointed Jonathan Evans, currently the Deputy Director General of the Security Service, to be Director General of the Service in succession...
New small zero carbon 'eco-towns' built on brownfield land could lead the way in cutting carbon emissions and building affordable homes, Housing Minister Yvette Cooper said today.
Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly today published new regulations bringing forward practical new protections from discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
Increased immigration fees announced by the Government today for those coming to the UK to work, stay or study will be concentrated on migrants who are making significant economic gains from their application - ...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a proposal to vary the admission arrangements for Lewisham Bridge Primary School in Lewisham. The adjudicator, Richard Lindley, has decided that ...
"We categorically deny the Metropolitan Black Police Association's unwarranted attack on the integrity of our promotion process.
"I wish to refute a statement by the Society of Black Lawyers which criticises the work of the Home Office working group on gun crime on which I sit.
Spring 2007 is set to be another mild season with average to above average rainfall across the UK, Met Office climate experts are saying today.
currently Norwich City Council only has juristiction over the City area, but...
'...stop smoking areas in the european government buildings' -- S MCDERMOTT
Cat owners should be accountable for their animals. As a home owner I am fed...
The plans to spend vast sums of taxpayers' money on an army of snoopers, who...
Here in Test Valley and probably in other places, too, many recyclable items...
Widening the M6 and building additional capacity on all motorways will just...
After the large lorries have come through the Channel Tunnel on the trains...
We object to road-pricing which tends to reserve congested roads for those...
To stop creating more world-wide fear aka "terror" by interfering with...
If the minimum legal age to start driving a car was 20 years old, congestion...
London and the major cities are the principle contributors to UK economic...
We had an issue with a local headteacher, unprepared to consult those who...
At present the plaintiff's solicitor owes no duty of care to the defendant...
Continued use of GDP/GNP (economic growth) as the major indicator of...
There is ample evidence that many MP's, on both side of the house have made...
I would like the goverment to give financial assistance to every grandparent...
The Chichester HMRC office has been earmarked for closure.This office has...
This would stop an expensive mistake, finger print readers are unreliable...
I propose that the Government should raise the age limit from 16 to 18 to...
We dont think it is fair that we already pay high taxes on fuel and road tax...
Current legislation and practice sends parents to prison for none attendance...
The identity of all defendants should remain anonymous until the point of...
many sports facilities charge too high a price for under 18 teams to be able...
In cases where a firm or organisation is convicted of breaches of health and...
Throughout my time being both of the above I have found there to be a lot of...
Paying both Road Tax and a Congestion Charge is unfair. We pay road tax to...
Plans have been proposed by the Mayor of London Ken Livingston to build a...
A young man with mental illness has recently been released from prison with...
Council tax rises vary every year. Different Local Authorities raise the...
The third runway at London Heathrow is not wanted. It will result in...
Foster Carers choose to foster and get paid more than Carers who are forced...
i beleive condoms are to expensive. We are always trying to promote safe...
change the law so that private lanlords can be prosecuted. This is so that...
To achieve the overall objectives of reducing road congestion and reduce the...
As an accountant for years I have seen the self employed low paid struggle...
Any petition which attains millions of signatures should be regarded as a...
Is the union between England and Scotland the oldest union of two countries...
The term 'British' is too broad. English citizens should have the...
In an effort to reduce road congestion I would like to see lorries limited...
Clubscan seems to have crept into use across the UK at pubs and clubs, to...
Set up a National Vetrens Assosiaction. Along the same lines as The americam...
English is taught in schools today with an emphasis on "empathy" - getting...
Currently those persons in the country earning the median range of salaries...
If the punishment should fit the crime how can a charge of around 200 pounds...
House of Lords reform, education and Afghanistan were on the agenda at this week's PMQs. Read the transcript of today's session, or watch the broadcast again.
The Government's National Director for Mental Health today announced an estimated £1million in grants for new research that will help support the implementation of the Mental Health Bill that is currently...
Today, the Foreign Secretary, Margaret Beckett MP, met with the Sri Lankan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Rohitha Bogollagama. Following the meeting the Foreign Secretary said:
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for Africa Lord Triesman has condemned the killing of two Nigerian soldiers yesterday in Southern Darfur in an area controlled by the Sudan Liberation Army forces of Minni...
consultation on action to be taken against Diabrotica virgifera (Western corn rootworm)-link to Defra website
Acas today launched a new free online course to help employers avoid discrimination in the workplace on the grounds of religion or belief.
Proposals for continued stability for schools to plan their long-term finances and plans to shape early years' provision to fit parental demand, have been published for consultation today by Schools Minister Jim...
Several news agencies have recently reported that the government is planning...
There are many patients who have to pay every month for drugs to treat...
stop government forcing the cscs scheme on all construction employees and...
As the fifth richest country in the world it is a scandal that disabled...
Given the wealth distributed by corporations to the wealthy, it is...
Speed cameras are seen by safety campaigners as a road safety measure, while...
I Stuart Gerrard would like the above towns to be given the right to govern...
Please!!!!!! compensate the remaining families for the wrongful execution of...
Make the supermarkets face up to their responsibilities in the fight against...
Most mobile phones nowadays support video calls, so we propose that the...
This will clean up the air and in london the trees will have grown big in...
People should be able to keep handguns lawfully, the only people who have...
This would break the monpoly of the supermarkets, regenerate local...
The impending smoking ban is being implemented without any thought for the...
Foie gras is a food 'delicacy' - the liver of force-fed ducks and geese....
To prevent detention of asylum seekers and prevent detention related abuse,...
Year after year the utility companies such as the water companies are...
In 2005, Jane's Police Review revealed that 21,845 officers were assaulted...
The only people who win from fruit machines are the people who make them, so...
Lemmy, a bastion of British Metal, thoroughly deserves to be knighted.
The A64 at the moment, by virtue of it's single lane sections, is having a...
It's no secret that the F&CO is more focused to British commercial and...
Royal Mail should be run as a public service for the 60 Million people that...
Due to the fact that a large percentage of the country is being trapped into...
The US have 'Purple Heart' medals for military injured during conflicts....
When I left school some twenty years ago I was not taught, nor given the...
in connection with the Violoent Crime Reduction Bill ...and the the recent...
Currently sufferers of Down's syndrome are denied transplants for heart-and-...
'...lower the age at which one can legally purchase alcohol.' -- Lewis Carter
The government provides laptops for pupils in secondary schools to aid...
The cost of water bills are rising faster than most other utilities....
Livingstone has allowed the London boroughs to use their cctv cameras to be...
Congestion is a huge problem on some of our major roads throughout the UK....
Allow people who are targeted by criminals, the right to use whatever force...
I believe that this will provide a better education for 11-16 year olds and...
...particularly in the areas of constitution, defence, civil service,...
I feel that the friends of the earth have got it wrong, Nuclear power...
Wheelchair users wishing to get on / off a train must wait for station staff...
lets have proper centences for idiots who steal cars to joyride in and cause...
Some people get refused jobs on the basis that they have failed a security...
TV viewers have no choice over whether they pay for the BBC via the licence...
More than 25 per cent of all rapes recorded by the police are committed...
There must be no weakening in the requirement for Serbia to achieve "...
To much information is now being collected and stored by the Goverment and...
The government has decided that all renewal passports will require...
The U.K currently has no warning system in place should there be a threat of...
stop importing coal when we are sat on millions of tonnes of it. New clean...
Do we need any more details!
With the recent boom in housebuilding in Ongar and North Weald, the...
The German Governement, particularly and its leader Frau Merkel, is intent...
The project aimed to support the implementation of national suicide prevention policy by providing detailed information on the epidemiology of suicide at national and local levels
Fire Minister Angela Smith today announced that the contract to supply the infrastructure for the national network of nine regional control centres for the Fire and Rescue Service will be awarded to EADS Defence...
Housing Minister Yvette Cooper today voiced concerns at the persistent problem of young people who are forced to leave the family home and end up staying with a succession of friends or relatives.
The Low Pay Commission today welcomed the Government's confirmation that from October 2007 the adult minimum wage rate will rise to £5.52, that the Youth Development Rate will rise to £4.60 and...
Currently those who recieve a kidney (and other )transplants have to pay...
Bad behaviour in the classroom affects the learning of children and impacts...
The government should limit engine size to 2 litres on cars and vans as...
A major threat to future generations is the damage we are currently doing to...
It is increasingly frustrating to enter public car parks and those car parks...
Many elderly people cannot afford transport costs and so they stay at home...
While PCSOs should be commended for the work they do, they are not Police...
Nurses, quite rightly, are promoted when their skills show that they can...
Freedom of Speech is the foundation of any Democracy because true Democracy...
When the recent petrol prices hit over £ per litre and over £1.10 per litre...
Soldiers heading to Iraq etc are encouraged by the Ministry of Defence to...
Passport security interviews will add to the ever increasing list of...
It is becoming increasingly hard to find a dentist/doctor over the weekend....
There are many organisations do amazing medical work, money should go from...
I am petitioning the Prime Minister to help people trying to start their...
Any Chartered Engineer in this country can apply for recognition as a Eur...
The world is not really a safer place than it was - Russia, China, the US,...
I/We ask that the total tax paid by an individual is disclosed. Everything I...
Please stop being led by the overly-capatalist American government and the...
It is not prudent to authorise the funding of two new prisons and not at the...
Over the past year, many users of public transport, buses and trains in...
The government has introduced legislation making it a legal requirement for...
'...abandon or massively reduce financial support for research and projects into planetary and more distant space and to apply the savings to earth-centred needs' -- N E Bruckland
'...Allow the drug Lucentis be available within the NHS for Wet Macula Degeneration, and stop older people going blind.' -- Audrey Ranne
HMS Plymouth needs a berth we have the money to move her but desperatly need...
Why is something so damaging to health put on display in retail outlets...
The existing rifle is unreliable, and does not give cadets the best training...
Tony Blair is answering questions questions from MPs in his weekly PMQ session. You can watch the broadcast live here now, or download it on demand from around 1400 GMT. We'll also have the transcript and a summary...
Andy Burnham, who went on the NHS frontline to work with doctors and nurses, will answer your questions.
Wales is to host the prestigious UK School Games in 2009, the Government announced today. Events will take place in Cardiff, Swansea and Newport.
The West of England is to host the prestigious UK School Games in 2008, the Government announced today. Events will take place in Bath and Bristol.
The West of England, Wales, Tyne and Wear and Sheffield are to host the prestigious UK School Games in the run up to 2012, the Government announced today.
Sheffield is to host the prestigious UK School Games in 2011, the Government announced today.
Tyne and Wear is to host the prestigious UK School Games in 2010, the Government announced today. Events will take place in Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland.
Independent Low Pay Commission recommend new rate of £5.52 an hour
Health and Safety Minister Lord McKenzie today announced a new scheme to improve domestic gas safety. This follows a review which found unacceptably low public awareness about the risks of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning...
The Metropolitan Police Authority has appointed three new commanders to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), equivalent to assistant chief constables in other forces.
Ever since her marriage to the Prince of Wales the Duchess of Cornwall has...
Cause more dangerous driving as people brake heavily even if not speeding...
With the release of the proposed idea of interviewing new passport...
Insurance is an important method of protecting our financial and personal...
at the moment you are charged for prescriptions for MRSA caught while in...
i am trying to stop people who would love to be parents being penilised by...
We ask that people leave their car at home, walk,cycle,or use public...
In the current climate of NHS redundancies of experienced staff and failure...
I want the PM to take greater steps to remove child pornography and related...
We urge the government and education department to recognise the importance...
The Audit Commission study in 2003 found that £10 million could be saved by...
I want a Public inquiry into corruption at all levels of both local and...
The law on penalty charges applicable to banks and credit companies is well...
To often the government including oppposition parties have rode roughshod...
My petition is to promote two new rights: The right to promote new...
The idea of stopping genuine pedlars trading in the streets is wrong. The...
At present manufacturers of domestic computer printers price their printers...
Ban television in prisons, why are we making it so easy for criminals. Make...
It is unfair to charge citizens for driving around on their personal...
I want to stop the import of food from all foreign countries that can not be...
the nspcc should not be a charity it should be a goverment scheme as it is...
'...take a measured and whollistic approach to the justice system and stop introducing knee-jerk, opportunistic measures in criminal law simply to capture the current "buzz" of topical news items.' -- Kevin J O'...
this would give charitys around £20 million per month and can run a very...
We have lived in the same bungalow since 1969, and have spent long hours...
The UK's art and culture are "more confident, assertive, creative and alive" than a decade ago, Tony Blair said during a speech at Tate Modern.
Tony Blair will answer questions from MPs today during his weekly PMQ session. You can watch the broadcast live here from 1200 GMT, or download it on demand from around 1400 GMT. We'll also have the transcript and...
The project aimed to support the implementation of national suicide prevention policy by providing detailed information on the epidemiology of suicide at national and local levels
Tables showing the final results of the 2006 December Agricultural census
In the pre-Budget report (PBR) of 6 December 2006, action was announced to close loopholes used by companies to avoid paying corporation tax. Thanks partly to the disclosure regime, we have now become aware of...