ollowing the signing of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Human Trafficking, the Home Secretary, John Reid, said;
March - Migration trends in OECD countries - Eurasylum interview
14 March - Policy research capacity of governments - CPRN presentation
20 March - Intervention for Families At-Risk review - SETF
22 March - School-to-work transition - IZA report
This is petition is for all who believe that the UK voting age should be...
Facing partial closure now - and no guarantee of it's future at all in...
'...request greater research either of the NHS or any other private organisation into the cause and treatment of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC). This disease causes irreversible liver damage and liver failure. ...
My children have not been allowed in museums across london, due to the fact...
The King's Cross Railway Lands are 67 acres of prime redevelopment site....
offers a problem to overcrowding, reduces cost, and may even deter people...
Sites such as "Assisted Suicide Holidays" should be taken down and banned....
There remains a large percentage of TV programmes at BBC ITV BFI & other...
Now is the time to end the current discrimination against workers without...
'...Give the workers of the UK the same amount of paid annual leave as MP's.' -- graham stuart bibby
Too often dwellings are located far from any public transport. Too often...
Ban the sale of alcohol at airports and onboard to stop people boarding...
This petition urges the Government to bring forward British Summer time to...
'...Introduce a MAXIMUM outside working temperature limit' -- Bob Johnson
All products that have been made/grown in poor, developing or third world...
We believe a ban is necessary to guarantee the safety of the public both...
The Queen mothers hospital has long been one of the best maternity and...
Local Education Authorities are able to reject free travel of pupils to...
Hospitals are laying off nurses and doctors because of cash shortages, and...
Make sure that the troops and their families are supported and given...
I have recently found out that the BBC were baned from delivering an article...
Its understandable to get arrested for violence, say, towards workers at...
Air-freighted food and food which has travelled far has recently become the...
Water and energy are essential to all human life. It is inequitable and...
The use of External Vehicle Speed Control (EVSC -Mulhouse Declaration) on...
Last Autumn the qualifying criteria for the Disabled Person's Railcard were...
The NHS currently pays for services that do not directly save someone's life...
There are waiting lists around the country full of parents with small...
Under the current system of legislation you, as a prospective house buyer,...
National policy suggests that tackling drug abuse requires a multiple...
The so called public consultation process regarding the Cumbria NHS Primary...
We find it disgraceful that the NHS is refusing to provide drugs to people...
During the First World War a estimated 300'000 Turks were massacred in North...
On March 2nd HMRC on instruction from Mr Brown's Treasury Department,...
Many ex-servicemen and women in the past did not qualify for a service...
Recent months have seen more evidence accrue in favour of the health...
In the USA Pilots that have mild degrees of colour defective vision can take...
A limited junction (M4J2b) between the M4 and the B454 to allow exit from M4...
Breast screening is only available on the NHS to women over age 50, unless...
Somerset County Council proposes to create a single unitary authority in the...
The A9 has long been recognised as a dangerous road, for a major connection...
this government is sending young people to fight against terroists only six...
recently NICE decide to curtail velcade on the national health as it was to...
Asked if there had been an announcement about a replacement for Nigel Griffiths, the PMS replied that no announcement had been made....
Asked for details on the Prime Minister's movements over the weekend, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister would be travelling to Berlin on Saturday to participate in the 50th anniversary of the signing of the...
Asked for any information on the incident in the Persian Gulf involving British and US servicemen, the PMS replied that we were aware of reports and the Ministry of Defence would be issuing a statement shortly. ...
Asked if the Prime Minister would be seeing Doctor Paisley this afternoon, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Prime Minister had been in contact on an hour by hour, day by day basis, but it would...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Northern Ireland, Incident in the Persian Gulf, Europe, Nigel Griffiths and Police Inquiry
Science and Innovation Minister, Malcolm Wicks today announced the appointment of Lord Adair Turner as the new Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
This report evaluates 11 pilot projects set up to provide money advice to vulnerable groups.
This report evaluates 11 pilot projects set up to provide money advice to vulnerable groups.
The Government has published a commemorative magazine to be distributed to schools, museums, libraries and local community organisations across the country as part of the year long commitment to mark the 200th anniversary...
A new website designed to warn the public of severe weather across Europe launches today. More than 20 European countries have combined to develop www.meteoalarm.eu
As it is clear that war rarely achieves a satisfactory result,we ask that...
Over 50 years of scientific studies have shown the benefits of vegetarian...
'...abolish all faith and entrance test criteria for schools, where the school is funded in part or whole by public taxes. Make sibling presence, geography or special needs, the only criteria.' -- Theo Kleanthous...
In addition a system of charging should be based on this model, which will...
The complexity of taxation causes great difficulty in collecting and...
A massive £2m must be found within a year or the Gosport to Portsmouth ferry...
My partner has half an hour break in a 12.5 hour shift. If she works a 6...
Make it an offence to infringe the human rights of another, with a custodial...
This will allow our country to both maximise our potential labour force and...
Please have more "Local" DVLA offices open out of "office hours".
Many Councils are now choosing to spray stone chippings stuck down with tar...
Participatory Economics will be a fairer system of living and will stop the...
Being a person who appreciates fine architecture and historical sites, I...
A move by the European Parliament proposes the removal of the Crown on our...
Having worked has cover supervisors for over a year, we now know how...
This pilot scheme would be the forerunner of a nationwide scheme for driving...
Many functions of UK life, particularly business life, have an annual rhythm...
More speed cameras than ever before! its so easy now to get points on your...
'...change the laws on the Jury making a Not Guilty verdict if they are unable to come to a desicion- a retrial should be called.' -- Sarah Pugh
under article 16 of the human rights act, we are given the right to form our...
This is to cease the practise of a Government channelling local money into...
A property consumes no services whatsoever. It cant - it is an inanimate...
Incandescent light bulbs use less energy, plastic and polluting chemicals in...
I work at a small rural primary school, but still some 55 families drive to...
Whenever a driver of a company/business owned vehicle receives penalty...
All senior officals such as Chief Constables, Judges, Fire Chiefs,Prison...
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to insist that the Defence...
The Free Market Economy has encouraged the UK population into a Trillion...
Many MP's appear to have attended the same University or worked for the same...
This petition asks that people who can trace 300 years' worth of British...
CCTV cameras that talk to you are very reminiscent of George Orwell's 1984....
Tesco is planning a new Extra Superstore in Clevedon, which is a small...
It seems now that we will not even be able to have a choice in what light...
The £352million Highways Agency scheme, which is unlikely to start for at...
The EU is about to draw up new industrial policies which will mean that the...
First-time homebuyers should be encouraged, not deterred, to buy their homes...
This proposal is being pushed through, despite huge local opposition and...
An Incinerator at Virginia Water is probably going to go ahead, unless we do...
To gain public support for a full circular Lincoln By Pass.
Hampshire County Council has nominated the 40 acre Forest Lodge Farm (NFT...
To distiguish between road working (repair)vehicles that have Amber beacons,...
In the interests of democracy people should be enabled to write to MPs at...
ADDITIVES banned from childrens foods are being used in baby medicines...
A Scottish consortium is developing technology which is set to revolutionise underwater wireless communications, with £560,000 funding from the Department of Trade and Industry-led Technology Programme...
John Hutton, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is pleased to announce that Mr Robin Dahlberg has been appointed to the Health and Safety Commission (HSC).
In 2004-2005 the difference between Scotland's revenues and it's spending...
The 1997 ban was a knee jerk reaction to a terrible tragedy that could have...
It is a persons personal choice if they wish to declare membership to such...
Current tax breaks on employee car parking spaces could be removed in this...
the dog park on Mathilda street is a lovely place in the summer - people...
License fee is shocking. We should be supporting a national independent news...
one idea would be to have a documentary on tv where doctors and patients and...
The government should raise the pension of all gurkas even if they retired...
Anthropolgy is the cultural and physical/biological study of man and human...
There is an international day for women (March 8th) there is a world AIDS...
Current policy regarding illegal and legal drugs is confused, contradictory...
Stop any powershareing in Northern Ireland and dont let Dublin have any say...
To increase British military and financial help for Israel and to put...
Summerhill School was inspected in 1999, its Ofsted report threatened it...
The government has this week gone against the recomendations of the Pay...
Kings Cross Midland City (ie present Thameslink station) on Pentonville Road...
Global warming is a serious threat, and claims that it is simply a natural...
Your Chancellor of the Exchequer has recently demonstrated a penchant for...
Some companies, such as low fare airlines, don't have any kind of priority...
The House of Lords should have Lords appointed on merits, not cash or...
In many areas of the UK, low wages are paid but the price of new housing is...
This is to stop companies from making workers spend 10-12 hours at work to...
There are two things that this govenment is trying to sort out: Congestion...
The Government have specified a large increase in the level of housing in...
The Leader was asked about the comments earlier of the UK Commissioner Peter Mandelson. He said he had read them, but he was not quite sure what had prompted it. All Commissioners served for five years. It was put...
Asked if he missed Nigel Griffiths, who resigned from the Government last week, Mr Straw said he had been a very good deputy. Asked about a replacement, the Leader said that such dispositions were a matter for the...
The Leader was asked if there had been any further progress since his statement on the report by Sir Hayden Phillips. Mr Straw said that arrangements were being made to meet the other parties. It had not happened...
Asked if he shared the views of the former Cabinet Secretary, Mr Straw said he did not - absolutely not. He did not recognise the description....
Asked if he had any sense of how difficult it would be to get approval next week, the Leader said he did not in terms of numbers. He was sure that both Blackpool MPs would be speaking for its case...
Asked which Minister would make the oral statements, Mr Straw said it would be a Foreign Office minister for the former. He noted that he had been criticised for saying previously that there was a problem of availability...
Asked for clarification, the Leader said that, for a couple of years, there had been September sittings, but the House had then gone off the idea. MPs then had voted on a motion for the continuation of September...
The Leader announced: Monday, March 26, continuation of the Budget debate (David Miliband and Ed Balls for the Government), starting after an oral statement on Zimbabwe. Tuesday, March 27 - conclusion of the Budget...
Asked whether the Prime Minister was disappointed that Peter Mandelson had announced that he would not seek a second term as EU Commissioner, the PMS said that this was a matter for the future, and she would not...
Asked whether the Prime Minister was optimistic that a deal would be reached before Monday, the PMS said we did not get into making optimistic or pessimistic predications. It was clear there was a wide understanding...
Asked whether the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) had a comment on open skies, the PMS said she believed that Douglas Alexander would be making a broader statement later on today. However, the Prime Minister had...
Proposals for modernising the hosepipe ban legislation are published today for consultation.
Executive response to the report of Justice 1 Inquiry into Scottish Criminal Record Office and Scottish Fingerprint Service.
Report on the 28 February 2007 conference on Child and Young People Mental Health
With the new Construction Industry Scheme (New CIS) going live in two weeks' time, contractors are being urged by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to make sure that they can hit the ground running.
Our Dedicated, fair to all, Minister for Women & Equality has been very...
We urge the Prime Minister to listen to all sides in the development of new...
The EU is trying to force the great traditional crown on our pint glasses to...
At the last general election, the turn out was one of the lowest in history...
Canoeing and swimming on privately owned waters is conflicting with...
I would like the goverment to look into the idea of sending any terrorists...
Press briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman and the Leader of the House of Commons on: Open Skies, Northern Ireland , Peter Mandelson, Forthcoming Business, House Questions in September, Zimbabwe/Northern...
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend Graeme Paul Knowles AKC, Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man, to be appointed to the Deanery of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul in London, following the resignation...
Tony Blair has spoken of the pride and "real joy" civil partnerships have brought to gay people, and the "civilising effect" equality legislation has had beyond the community.
Car production falls in the 3 mths to Feb
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:
Summer time will begin on 25 March at 1.00 am GMT and will end on Sunday 28 October at 1.00 am GMT. These timings apply throughout European Member States and reflect customary procedures. The clocks go forward, ...
Paper summarises a review of international literature undertaken to inform Scottish implementation of the Water Framework Directive.
Research exploring the experiences and perceptions of individuals applying for social housing, in relation to their understanding of allocation procedures.
Research exploring the experiences and perceptions of individuals applying for social housing, in relation to their understanding of allocation procedures.
National Evaluation of Scotland's community wardens. The research involved case studies of warden schemes in 9 areas, analysis of crime and antisocial behaviour statistics and survey work as well as analysis of...
Research to evaluate the effectiveness of a number of recent changes introdauced to improve the quality and consistency of IAG (Information, Advice and Guidance) on funding for learners.
Research to evaluate the effectiveness of a number of recent changes introduced to improve the quality and consistency of IAG (Information, Advice and Guidance) on fundin for learners.
Paper summarises a review of international literature undertaken to inform Scottish implementation of the Water Framework Directive.
I am pleased to inform the House that I have today laid before Parliament and placed in the Libraries of both Houses the responses to the Government's Confidence and Confidentiality: Improving Transparency and...
My right honourable friend the Deputy Prime Minister is today announcing the publication of the official government magazine to commemorate the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade.
This year...
It is expected that the Finance Bill will be published on Thursday 29 March. Explanatory notes on the Bill's clauses will be available in the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office and in the Libraries of both...
This year is the bicentenary of a remarkable piece of legislation—the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. This Act outlawed slave carrying by British ships in the former British Empire.
Although slavery...
I have today laid before the House a Green Paper, "Raising Expectations: Staying in Education and Training Post-16" which sets out the Government's proposals that young people should continue to participate in...
Since 2000 this Department has been involved in the development of options to improve the water quality of the tidal Thames by addressing the environmental impact of large volumes of sewage overflow discharges...
Section 14(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (the 2005 Act) requires me to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant three-month period on the exercise of...
The House will recall the extensive discussion in the Crossrail Instruction debate on 31 October about a station at Woolwich, adding £186 million to the cost of the scheme. This could simply not be ...
I am delighted to inform the House that I have today in my capacity as Secretary of State for Wales undertaken my formal responsibility under the Government of Wales Act 2006 to make the new Standing Orders of...
Minister launches official countdown to smokefree England
Police forces that have successfully smashed drug networks and put criminals behind bars were honoured by the Home Office last night.
Responding to the National Audit Office report, 'Managing the Defence Estate: Quality and Sustainability', Defence Minister Derek Twigg said:
With the new Construction Industry Scheme (New CIS) going live in two weeks' time, contractors are being urged by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to make sure that they can hit the ground running.
Natural World Products Ltd v ARC 21 [2007] NIQB 19 (16 March 2007)
Bubble Inns Ltd v Beannchor Ltd [2007] NICh 1 (12 March 2007)
On 20 February 2007 I handed down my judgment on the compromise issue.[1]
On the 27th November 2006 Mr Barcys was arrested in this country pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant issued by the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania on the 23rd March 2006. Mr Barcys was brought...
This is an appeal by way of case stated by Brian Leslie Griffiths against his conviction by the North Surrey Justices on 30th October 2006 for a speeding offence which occurred on the A3 trunk road, Esher Bypass...
These cases have been listed together so that this court can consider, once again, practical difficulties presented to judges considering imposing extended sentences under both the Criminal Justice Act 2003, and...
This appeal arises out of events which took place between Friday 7th December 1995 and Monday 10th December 1995. Although the appellant Mohamed Altaf was originally arrested in 1997, he was not rearrested until...
By order dated 20th May 2004 Jules Sher QC, sitting as a deputy high court judge, refused to set aside an arbitration award in favour of the Solicitors' Indemnity Fund dated 22nd November 2003. The application ...
Pursuant to an arbitration clause in a contract between Asset Management Shop Limited (AMS) [the predecessors in title of Sumakan Limited] and The Commonwealth Secretariat (CMS), arbitrators made an award dated ...
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TV historian Simon Schama came to Number 10 for the latest in a series of podcast conversations with Tony Blair.