A review to look at how the recent floods were managed and responded to by the Environment Agency, local authorities, the emergency services and others, was today announced by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn.
Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth wasted no time in getting to grips with his new portfolio as he flew into Afghanistan on Monday to meet British troops and find out more about their mission.
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on an objection made by Somerset County Council about the planned admission number set for 2008 by St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. David Taylor...
The petition aims are two-fold: 1) A recent announcement by the Government...
So many Lorrys are involved in or responsible for accidents on the UKs...
Healty food having a heavier emphasis in schools is a an effective tool...
This is to ensure that all vehicle registration plates are legible, and...
This would be in line with the purchase of Car or Motor Cycle
Since a pakistan govt. minister called for terrorist attacks in Britain...
'...bring back the position of Secretary of State for Education.' -- Oliver Lines
Why should groups that want to turn Britain into an Islamic state with...
Please help petition against The Mayor,s postive discrimination against...
My daughter like many other people is living in a two bed property with her...
BRA - the Breast Reduction Alliance - is supported by Take a Break. Hamish...
The Prime Minister has chaired the first meeting of the new National Security Meeting at Downing Street.
Government announces new Welsh appointment to Charity Commission Board Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector, today announced the appointment of the fifth, and final, new Board member joining the Charity Commission...
Asked if anything was expected imminently in terms of what measures we might be taking, the PMS replied that journalists should keep in touch with the Foreign Office. Asked where the Prime Minister saw Britain's...
Put that a recent report from the White House to Congress said there had been little progress in Iraq, and asked if there would be a statement soon from the Prime Minister on Britain's position in Iraq, the PMS ...
Asked for any response to growing calls for a statement on super casinos, the PMS replied that as he said yesterday, we were moving into a period of reflection and review. We would need to consider the issues that...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by saying that this was the first time the National Security Committee (NSC) would meet. The Prime Minister announced the establishment of this committee as part of the...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: National Security Committee, Super Casinos, Iraq and Russia
New regulations to reform game licensing in England and Wales were announced today by Defra.
A consultation was launched today which will determine how new powers to tackle fraud will be used. The government is consulting on a new code of practice to set out how NHS counter fraud and security specialists...
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The statutory sum awarded to people who become severely disabled as a result of vaccination against certain diseases will increase from £100,000 to £120,000 from today, Anne McGuire, Minister...
MOTORCYCLING IN SCOTLAND JULY 2007 GUIDANCE FOR ROAD AUTHORITIES IN SCOTLAND PREPARED BY THE SCOTTISH MOTORCYCLING COMMUNITY AND ENDORSED BY THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on 51 objections by parents to the admission arrangements agreed for September 2008 by Brighton and Hove City Council for its eight secondary schools...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on an objection by the governors of the Piggott School in Wargrave, Berkshire to the planned admission number (PAN) set by Wokingham LEA. The school...
New rates of interest are announced today. They cover quarterly instalment payments and early payments of corporation tax not due by instalments, in respect of accounting periods ending on or after 1 July 1999. ...
The Secretary of State's Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention, Robin Middleton working with the MCA, has taken the decision today to re-beach the 'MSC Napoli' at high tide this afternoon.
The development of the Education service should be put into the hands of a...
The office under threat might deal ith anything from helping find...
Natural England welcomes the realignment of the A30 away from Goss Moor - a protected European Special Area of Conservation and one of South West England's largest wetlands.
Administrative errors that led to damages awarded to children not being properly invested are being corrected Justice Minister Bridget Prentice told Parliament today.
The Government has today published a new report that combines for the first time a range of information on antimicrobial resistance in bacteria in farmed animals, humans, and food.
Forthcoming SPPs and PANs as at 12 July 2007.
My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Kitty Ussher) has made the following Written Statement.
In light of the recent financial difficulties experienced by the money transfer company...
The Minister of State for Northern Ireland (Paul Goggins) has made the following Ministerial Statement:
I have today placed copies of the Northern Ireland Prison Service's annual report and accounts for...
Her Majesty the Queen will open the new Session of this Parliament on Tuesday 6 November. I plan to announce the date of Prorogation as soon as I am able.
In light of the recent financial difficulties experienced by the money transfer company, First Solution Money Transfer Ltd, the Companies Investigation Branch (CIB) of the Insolvency Service, within the Department...
Key targets for the financial year 2007-08 for the following Ministry of Defence agencies and trading funds have been placed in the Library of the House.
ABRO
Defence Aviation Repair Agency
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Anne Lambert (UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU) represented the UK at the Environment Council in Luxembourg on 28 June.
The Council reached a unanimous political agreement on the draft directive...
Her Majesty the Queen will open the new session of this Parliament on Tuesday 6 November. I plan to announce the date of prorogation as soon as I am able.
I have today placed copies of the Northern Ireland Prison Service's Annual Report and Accounts for 2006-07 in the Libraries of both Houses.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Chairman Paul Gray said today's NAO report into HMRC's accounts shows that the Department is getting it right in many ways.
At 8.45a.m this morning, our colleagues the Irish Coastguard, based in Dublin, were alerted via Mayday to the Belgium registered 34.5m Trawler 'Arca' which was taking on large amounts of water, 35 nautical miles...
The link between the Gambling Industry and Crime is allegedly well known and...
We have 8 dedicated overseas staff who have given 4 years of their lives to...
By putting extra tax on fatty foods, will not stop fat people buying them...
Classic subject knowledge protected as duplication is reduced
There has been a dramatic increase in international scientific collaboration by the UK according to a report commissioned by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills which was published today.
The OFT has obtained an Enforcement Order in the High Court against a prize draw promoter and its director.
Two 16 year-old college girls from London are now in the custody of Ghanaian CID, having been arrested at Accra Airport. The girls were arrested after Ghanaian Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) officers discovered ...
Individuals drawing a pension from a private funded scheme should not pay...
Those unemployed for more than 2 years who have been sponching off the...
New houses need to be built and first time buyers need more opportunities to...
A lot of parents are not bothered about their child misbehaving at school,...
Increasing the price of alcoholic beverages is unlikely to reduce...
Keep Reading free. No road pricing here. No new road tolls. No tax on...
Many children coping with Autism and its many related disorders have...
To remove cremation laws regarding the disposal of animals for farming...
Landlord William Wemyss has written to 49 households, informing them their...
Please could you relay this to the minster of Transport who ever he or she...
The government currently allows buy-to-let investors to benefit from tax...
The Church of England is our national Church - its bishops even have a right...
Primogeniture was created in the feudal era to enable elder sons to fight as...
we are not a true democracy unless everyone has the vote. Children should be...
Why build 3 million more houses for buyers, we need in this country more...
The local Government & Housing Act 2000 created the necessity for Local...
Prison is not always the best sentance as it can ruin a persons life. If a...
Ban The RSS(Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh),In The UK,Freeze their assets and...
At the moment university leavers are only able to pay back the student loan...
This Institute would have the task of evaluating proposals for...
Manchester City and other councils wish to impose a punitive and impractical...
Many years after a successful and otherwise settled personal injuty claim...
I beleive a considerable amount of energy could be saved if the temperature...
A competion with a cash prize to be launched to encourage a greener attitude...
For people that dont want to go through Birmingham and queue for hours in...
With the New Age of cycling, it is necessary to have secure facilities for...
The QE2 Hospital in Welwyn Garden City is under attack. Health bosses have...
All of us would rather be more environmentally friendly. If public transport...
IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED This petition is being raised to bring about...
This petition regards Application No: 9/0000-07, the application to vary...
With soaring rail prices, it becomes more cost effective to take short haul...
during the spectacular failure of the MTAS selection process for Junior...
Natural England today (11 July) welcomes the realignment of the A30 away from Goss Moor - a protected European Special Area of Conservation and one of South West England's largest wetlands.
DERBY: The Government is investing more than £40 million to help the UK aerospace industry take a significant step towards developing environmentally-friendly engines with reduced noise, fuel burn, carbon...
Put that the Prime Minister had mentioned the Pre Budget Report (PBR) in October, and did he really mean that, the PMS replied that we had not made any announcements today on dates for the PBR. That would be a...
Put that the Prime Minister referred to Muktar Ibrahim directly in his answer today at PMQs and what was he looking at specifically in regard to the case, the PMS said that what he was referring to was the issue...
Asked how many of the 250,000 new homes a year would be social housing, the PMS said that it depended on policy decisions from the DCLG as well as the outcome of the spending review. DCLG might comment further when...
Put to the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) that Whitehall sources had briefed that Ministers had been putting back decisions regarding small and large casinos, the PMS said that he did not know what Whitehall sources...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Super Casinos, Housing/Planning, Terror Trial and Pre-Budget Report
The Secretary of State for Defence and the Chief of the Defence Staff will represent Britain's Armed Forces at events in Belgium on July 12th 2007 to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele. During...
The Government today announced the successful passage through Parliament of the Regulatory Reform (Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) Order 2007. The Order will reduce a number of burdens currently placed ...
This report provides very detailed analysis of the main indicators of innovation, regional benchmarking, cooperative innovation, and innovation activity in Knowledge-Intensive Services.
Results of the School Estate Core Facts survey, covering size, condition, value and capacity of the school estate.
Around 40,000 households will be taking part in energy saving trials in a bid to cut household bills and help in the fight against climate change, Business and Enterprise Secretary John Hutton announced today.
Statement from the minister of State for the Armed Forces the Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth MP, who is currently in Afghanistan meeting UK forces.
TONDERYS v. POLAND - 14382/04 [2007] ECHR 573 (10 July 2007)
KANALA v. SLOVAKIA - 57239/00 [2007] ECHR 575 (10 July 2007)
PALADI v. MOLDOVA - 39806/05 [2007] ECHR 574 (10 July 2007)
BIMER S.A. v. MOLDOVA - 15084/03 [2007] ECHR 572 (10 July 2007)
Hamilton & Ors v. Allied Domecq Plc (Scotland) [2007] UKHL 33 (11 July 2007)
Delaney, Re Application for Judicial Review [2007] NIQB 55 (29 June 2007)
This application raises a short but important point of principle in connection with the law relating to adjudication. In what circumstances, if any, should a temporary stay be granted to restrain court proceedings...
On 26 June 2002 the Defendants started work rewiring the Claimant's bungalow at 69 Northwood Avenue, Saltdean, East Sussex.
Mr Millar QC, instructed by the Official Solicitor, applies for an injunction to prevent the identification in a television programme, due to be broadcast next week, of a young woman who has been referred to throughout...
This is an action for infringement of EP (UK) 1 296 947. The claimants are, respectively, the proprietor and an exclusive licensee under the patent in suit. It is not necessary to distinguish between them and ...
This is another battle between parties about the jurisdiction in which their disputes should be determined. The defendants in the present proceedings want all the disputes between themselves and the claimant (and...
This is the judgment of the Court,
This appeal against conviction by Harvinder Singh Jheeta arises in somewhat unusual circumstances and raises interesting questions about "consent" within the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (the 2003 Act)
On 21 November 2006, Jason Everton Johnson was convicted of two offences of being knowingly concerned in the fraudulent evasion of the prohibition on the importation of controlled drugs, contrary to Section 170(...
On 4 December 2006 at the Crown Court at Wolverhampton, Mr Atilla Makai pleaded guilty on re-arraignment to conspiracy to traffic into the United Kingdom for sexual exploitation. On 11 January 2007, before His ...
On the afternoon of Monday 2�July we heard an appeal from a decision of Peter Smith�J made on Friday 29�June refusing to recuse himself from hearing what I understand is known as a Beddoe application in which...
This appeal is against paragraph 1.3 of an order made by Mrs Justice Gloster dated 28 July 2006 after a 12 day trial. The appellant is Mr Masri, the Claimant in the proceedings. The Respondents are the Fourth ...
This is an extraordinary case. The claimant, Mariam Aziz, met the tenth (and main) defendant, Mrs Aviva Amir, at a casino in 2003. Mrs Amir is a fortune-teller born in Iraq, but now of Israeli nationality. The...