Tony Blair has spoken about his commitment to the 2012 Olympics as the Government revealed the updated costings of the project.
Tony Blair had to deal with a rather unusual work experience intern at Downing Street - stroppy teenager Lauren - in a sketch for Comic Relief.
The independent review group, examining the selection process for junior doctors, met for the third time and agreed that round one should continue and that changes should be made to strengthen the implementation...
ECOSSE: Estimating Carbon in Organic Soils - Sequestration and Emissions: Final Report
Supermarkets often purchase land which could be used by a competitor to...
By the time National Identity Cards are required to be carried the issuing...
Employers never seem to get public holidays or much annual leave so why...
On legislation the government should state whether the original source was...
The United Kingdom and South Africa have today agreed to team up to tackle key international sustainable development issues including climate change.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) called the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to its London headquarters today (16 March 2007) to answer two Crown censures, both arising from fatalities involving the use of workplace...
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Report of the Judges.
I want to have a centre for sports for every borough in the UK for disabled...
4-ring plastic holders used for keeping 4 tins together (usually beer or...
It is unexceptiable that healthy people who live an active life and work...
As Tony Blair is leaving office we should be allowed to decide who will be...
Lenders are increasingly taking advantage of the booming housing market and...
The clinic at the Homeopathic Hospital has been under threat of closure...
it is the goverments obligation to ensure that everyone has sufficient space...
Local Authorities need biodiversity information (as does central Government...
the outrageous situation where Bernard Matthews is liable to compensation...
fishermen are wipeing out the breeding stock of cuttlefish in the south of...
I am sure that many of you will agree that a vehicle is more visible with...
This Has Not Even Been Considered by the 2007 Falklands Pilgrimage Commitee...
Nurses Pay Award 2007, has infact deducted upto 650BPS from the average pay...
I petition thePrime minister to impose restrictions on the over packaging of...
Building a "mega mosque" would result in other faith groups, such as Hindus...
Recently I purchased some tickets to a Sporting Event, only to find that...
Also to bring justice anyone connected with illegal arm sales to the...
We are committed to recycling, however, we are concerned about the effects...
With the introduction of free entry to many national museums and galleries,...
make sure that all patients have the same access to the same treatments,...
If any person commits a serious crime against the person such as drug...
Although the Offender Management Bill scraped through the Commons there is...
Hospitals used to be able to put morbidly obese patients on a restricted...
We are writing to ask you to support a new ASLEF campaign to protect the H&S...
Why should council tax paying people who have no children at primary school...
After 3 months the baby in the womb is no longer a foetus.You cannot have an...
we must stop the large multi-nationtal brands from aquiring smaller...
Stop using glass in nightclubs and late night bar, instead replace with...
This petition would guarantee to stop privatisation of the NHS and would cut...
The closure of our Post Offices is a direct consequence of our membership to...
A widow should have the same tax allowance her husband had as she is now...
for single occupancy a reduction is given for council tax, this should be...
The Prime Minister has stated in a speech that he wishes to reduce CO2...
North Humberside was abolished in April 1996 and the county returned to its...
The use of Private Security Companies in Iraq and Afghanistan is illegal and...
The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the BBC that the US-led...
Drivers in Northern Ireland are being unfairly treated by Car Insurance...
After Banning skating in many towns and cities in somerset and other places...
Postcomm is the regulator for the Postal Industry and as such is meant to...
artists are continually being exploited by writing songs for producers,...
ESCC are backing the burner at Newhaven against the wishes of the vast...
Legal immigrants (including spouses of UK citizens from outside the eu)...
The legislation on citizenship in the UK ignores the existance of the proud...
To permit the deportation of immigrants back to their own country if...
Intercountry adoption is very difficult for British citizens, getting local...
'...Stop dumbing down public examinations, and to provide more for top academic students to stretch and distinguish them.' -- Louise Russell
Sometimes on the spot tax inspections are carried out on assessments. As a...
The increase in piratical actions at sea, and the inability of any...
139.—(1) Subject to subsections (4) and (5) below, any person who has an...
Speed cameras are not really about safety, they are about revenue generation...
Asked if he saw a case for Foreign Office Ministers swiftly altering their diaries to enable a Commons debate on the situation, Mr Straw said he agreed that there should be a debate. Both Margaret Beckett and Ian...
The Leader was asked if he was tempted to abandon any hope of compromise between both Houses after last night's votes, and whether the Parliament Act could be used to force the will of the Commons to prevail. Mr...
The Leader was asked what he thought the chances were of cross-party agreement and the position of the trade unions in relation to funding. Mr Straw said that, if the parties entered into the proposed discussions...
Asked for his reaction to the outcome of the debate yesterday, he referred to the views he had expressed earlier during Business Questions in relation to attitudes within his party. It was not just a defence and...
Mr Straw said that, in a written Ministerial Statement earlier, he had announced that the Commons Order Paper in future would contain notice of oral statements being made. Where a Minister had indicated an intention...
The Leader said that, on Monday, March 19, the debate would be: second reading of the Consumer, Estate Agents and Redress Bill [Lords] (Ian McCartney and Jim Fitzpatrick for the Government), followed by a motion...
Asked whether John Yates had written to the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister's Spokesperson (PMS) said she was not aware of any such letter. Asked the usual police question, the PMS said no. Asked whether there...
Asked if it was normal for the Prime Minister to attack businessmen as he had done when describing ex-Royal Bank of Scotland chairman, the PMS said she did not recognise that particular characterisation of the Prime...
Asked if the Prime Minister was in agreement with the Chancellor over the aspiration to have a non-smoking nation, how many people smoked in No.10 and if the PMS herself was a smoker, the PMS said that she did not...
Asked if it was true that the Foreign Secretary had threatened to resign over the Home Secretary's security plans, the PMS said that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office had already fully dismissed the story and ...
Asked if there was a reaction from the Prime Minister regarding the verdict of unlawful killing of Lance Corporal Matthew Hull, the PMS said that she could not comment as the verdict was just announced as she came...
Asked why Lord Triesman could not say this morning why the Prime Minister had not yet intervened in the situation in Zimbabwe, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister had met with the President...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Zimbabwe, Lance Corporal Matthew Hull, Home Office, Smoking, Police Inquiry and Miscellaneous
Information Bulletin
Climate change campaigner and former US Vice President, Al Gore, will tonight present his award-winning 'An Inconvenient Truth' lecture, at the 14th annual Zuckerman Lecture, part of National Science and Engineering...
The Office of Fair Trading has opened its office in Scotland to strengthen further OFT links with Scottish businesses, consumers, other enforcement agencies and policy makers.
School Transport: Survey of Good Practice (full report)
Consultation responses received for the review of the Scottish Executive document 'Guidance on the Circumstances in which Parents may Choose to Educate their Children at Home'.
The Scottish Executive National Framework For Responding To An Influenza Pandemic
New Government statistics published today reveal a rise in the number of single households as the single biggest factor accounting for around 70 per cent of household growth until 2026.
You are driving along and a police officer stops you - no reason - you have...
Whilst we support progressive taxation as a guiding principle of our social...
When my generation were at primary school, we were taught to read properly....
Relationship breakdown, be it marriage or any other form of relationship is...
Whilst it will always be true that the relationship between Britain and...
The practice of Councillor's sitting on more than one local authority for...
There is a nationwide campaign to reduce staff hours in or to totally close...
in addition to realease all political prisoners in UK jails.
Grant a State Funeral for the last veteran of the Great War (1914-1919). For...
At present, a car must be MOT'd after three years. As quality in cars...
In the UK we have a fixed speed limit and cameras to detect it, I believe...
2 devolved councils with the powers of the Welsh parliament in Cornwall (...
Those of us who were born in the U.K. did nothing to ensure this happened;...
About two years ago I sent a donation to a charity (because, obviously, I...
Most of the week will see both Banbury and Oxford city centers paralised...
As February 29th falls only once in four years, it would be in the interest...
Most energy drinks, inclduing supermarket's own brand products have a...
Far to many new drivers are getting into a car for the first time on the...
The beautiful landscape of Great Britain PLC has been one of its best assets...
Too much money is being spent on sport in schools and communities. We are...
Computer science is probably the most important new field of study to appear...
The rich contribution that UK children’s television makes to popular culture...
The Lies: crumple zones reduce "whiplash" injuries. The truths: Whiplash...
Approximately 2 years ago Translink acquired new trains for use on the...
In order to improve the representation of the people in Parliament the...
Humberston Fitties is a Conservation Area Chalet Park near Cleethorpes...
If an two Individuals, sharing a house, each submits a successful claim for...
The DCA is to impose 5 Regional Pay Bands for its employees within the UK....
Today, 2/3/07, Gordon Brown announced that many public sector workers would...
This petition is to stop members of parliement being poached by consultancy...
This is a costly and unwarranted process. The benfits of adding flouride...
this is a tax on the sick at a time when people cannot afford extra...
The tube and DLR networks currently serve North London, and South West...
With our wish to appear Green we can not continue to disrupt traffic &...
There can be no faith in the British justice system unless the inquest is...
Health and Safety is now an integral part of the way businesses are run, it...
My husband started suffering Nocturnal Seizures since the mast at the rear...
Defence spending is tight, much money could be released by the disbandment...
As people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder age the provisions, support,...
I would like to see a fairer welfare benefits system where those that have...
so that young people are not put under the intense presure that the league...
Buster Martin has had an incredible life and is still working at the age of...
Currently councils and the DSS pay housing costs on behalf of many people on...
We spend millions on Milk in plastic bottles, then they either fill a...
Our system of paying various & numerious tax's, many based on income or...
The Eddington Report recommends that ‘Smaller projects which unblock pinch...
1) Add a 'Coalition' vote-box on Vote Slips. 2) New Bills vetted by Public...
Allow only BBC internet content to be only available to License payers and...
Every day British citizens receive intrusive and unwanted phone calls, email...
To remove traffic management from local authorities.To stop the removal of...
The first on-the-ground research into whether there are any adverse health effects associated with alternate week collection of waste for recycling and residual waste is published today.
The Department of Health today published new guidance to the NHS on screening new health care workers for tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. These measures reinforce and strengthen existing guidance...
The Foreign Office today revised its travel advice for Guinea. Following the stabilisation of the security situation we are no longer advising against all travel and are now advising against all but essential travel...
Guidance for social care and social work employers to support use and development of recruitment and selection processes which help to ensure only staff suitable to work with service users are employed.
Responses received for the Educational Appeal Committees: Proposals for Reform consultation.
Alan McQuillan has been appointed to the post of interim Director of the Assets Recovery Agency, following a competitive recruitment process.
The Balfour Declaration of 1917 was the promise of Palestine as a Jewish...
At a time when the Prime Minister is apologising for the slave trade, we...
Currently people can have laser eye surgery on the NHS for cataracts and not...
Too many people in my opinion complain about legislation passed by elected...
As drivers get older their health, eyesight and judgement becomes worse. At...
This petition is for people who are for the smoking ban in college. Someone...
This would help tackle the fact that children are having babies. They are a...
Why does the economy have to grow every year? Record profits yet again...
Many Employers especially in the finance sector practise what is known as '...
This is a new town of considerable size being built within extreme close...
Park Homes in England and Wales all fall into Band A of Council Tax rates....
'...Reward Health Service Workers with a pay rise equal the real rate of inflation' -- Andy Smith
To date the Forums have achieved a great deal have close working...
Small businesses employing a small number of people are in a lot of cases...
Unelected people have too much power in Westminster. Lobbyists have huge...
Universities are caught between two stools currently. Most of their income...
The current ban on aspects of hunting with hounds and the pursuance and...
UK inflation has accelerated to its highest level for almost 10 years, yet...
I think all children should be taught how to budget, this, as well as...
From the 1st April the DTI will reduce the LCBP solarPV grant from £3000 to...
I propose a new prison built for long term convicted mainland UK prisoners,...
St Helens are World club Champions again,Won The Super League Grand Final...
Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) is a brand new process to select...
We need and to maintain and improve road and travel links from Norwich (and...
Such a policy would / should act as an incentive for more people to take...
Put an end to BskyB’s longstanding ability to openly abuse loopholes in UK...
Encourage the sporting countries of the world to invest in the creation of a...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman and Leader of the House Jack Straw on: Police Inquiry, Forthcoming Business, Oral Statements/Prior Notice, Trident Debate/Vote, Party Funding Review/Statement, ...
The ban on pigeon racing from Western Europe will be lifted on 1st April 2007, Defra announced today.
My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Anne McGuire) has made the following Statement.
On 3 May 2006 in a Written Ministerial Statement, I announced details...
The Justice and Home Affairs Council was held on 15 February 2007 in Brussels. Joan Ryan and I attended on behalf of the UK.
The German presidency opened the council with adoption of the "A" points list...
I have today published the Government's formal response to the consultation on the recommendations of the Fraud Review. Copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
The Government's response...
When I announced the re-appointment of Robert Wardle as director of the Serious Fraud Office in January, I indicated that we had agreed we would take the opportunity jointly to commission a thorough external ...
The Secretary of State has today laid Regulations to control outdoor advertisements in England. A circular is being published to accompany the Regulations and a Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared.
The Department for Education and Skills has today published information on the end of financial year revenue balances of all local authority maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special schools for the ...
I am pleased to announce that I am today laying before Parliament and publishing Government White Paper Command 7047, "A Sea Change", a Marine Bill White Paper.
In 2001, the Prime Minister committed the...
From 1 April, 2007 the Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) will be taking on additional marine environmental responsibilities, including licensing and consents work from core-DEFRA and licensing of marine aggregate...
The Justice and Home Affairs Council was held on 15 February 2007 in Brussels. Baroness Scotland and I attended on behalf of the UK.
The German presidency opened the Council with adoption of the 'A' points...
I am pleased to say that Lord Carlile of Berriew QC has completed his report on the "Definition of Terrorism" and this is being published today. Copies are available in the Libraries of both Houses.
The Prison Service Corporate and Business Plan for 2006-07 (including the previously agreed Key Performance Indicator targets) has been published today. Copies have been placed in the Library.
The House will be aware that an incident occurred in the early hours of yesterday morning at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre in Oxfordshire.
I would like to first praise the outstanding response...
Following agreement within Government, this is to inform Members of improvements to the process by which notice is given to the House when Ministers plan to make an oral statement.
Wherever notice has already...
I have today laid before both Houses the report by Sir Hayden Phillips entitled "Strengthening Democracy: Fair and Sustainable Funding of Political Parties". Copies of the report have been placed in the Libraries...
With effect from 1 April 2007, the security activities of the Office for Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS) will be performed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on behalf of the Health and Safety Commission. ...
I have decided to appoint the new Board Member listed at annexe A for a period of two years and eight months.
The appointment will begin on 19 March 2007 and will expire on 13 December 2009. This appointment...
Throughout 2006 the Department for Transport undertook a number of trials at stations on London's surface and underground rail networks to study the effectiveness of both existing and new security related technologies...
I will attend the first Transport Council of the German Presidency which takes place in Brussels on 22 March.
The Commission will report on the current difficulties on the PPP concession contract negotiations...
On 3 May 2006 in a written ministerial statement, I announced details of a strategic review of the independent living funds which concluded in January 2007.
I welcome the thorough review of the independent...
Statistical Release
At present the BBFC does not allow programs with violent porn (such as S&M...
Scrapping the Health Authorities in Wales, replacing them with a new Central...
This petition is her to demand cheaper fares for all young people up to and...
Staff Transport to and from work is classed as hire and reward requiring an...
Every morning, Chris brightens up the lives of millions across the UK. Over...
A law passed like this could begin to substantially reduce waste in the...
'...Reduce GP's wages from £118000 to £80000 and spend the savings on keeping our accident and emergency hospitals open' -- Michael Ikin
We deem the commanding heights of the economy to be: Utilities (Gas, Water,...
There does seem to be a joined up opportunity for us to influence and...
Grant Council Highway & Cleansing Technicans the ability to issue on the...
Remove the ability of GPs to remove patients without just cause. Often...
Why should the council tax vary from household to household when the...