Mr Martin Shearman CVO has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Uganda in succession to Mr Francois Gordon CMG CVO who will be leaving the Diplomatic Service.
Statistics on crimes and offences recorded and cleared up by the eight Scottish police forces in 2006/07.
The Prime Minister has appointed Lady Heseltine and Michael Hintze Esq as Trustees of the National Gallery, for a term of four years from 6 March 2008 and 1st April 2008.
The Prime Minister has described the Quick Reads campaign as a "great success story of the English language."
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Southall Black Sisters, a pioneering and pre-eminent organisation for women...
The purchase of alcohol by teenagers and the ease with which some under 18...
The Minerals and Waste local plans have identified an area of woodland...
Gordon Brown has welcomed a decision by GPs to extend surgery opening hours.
The use of bottled water for meetings and other official business is to be phased out across the whole Government estate.
EU Member States have reached agreement on a new European Regulation that will revise existing equine identification [Horse Passport] legislation. The main new requirement is the compulsory microchipping of foals...
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Local councils will today be encouraged to do more to halt the decline of the great British public loo and to adopt pioneering new approaches to boost access to public toilets across the country.
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a request by St James Catholic Primary School, Wigan to increase its admission number from 40 to 52 for September 2008.
There are many companies in the UK now charging hideous amounts for members...
Please pass a bill on plastic packaging. Although this is is against the...
Videogame violence has been a major issue in British and indeed...
Before ratifying the Treaty of Europe which so closely resembles a...
This idea has been researched in the U.S and found not suitable due to the...
This petition is a call to prevent Derby City Council from selling off the...
More and more so called Charities are getting on to the bandwagon and being...
We call for clarity, consistency and equity of approach & application with...
The number of accidents on unlit, unclassified and B roads seems to be...
There is an urgent requirement to ensure that the terrible child abuse...
Under previous governments, the annual Bonus for John Lewis Partners was tax...
As schools within the City we are all working hard to improve attainment for...
We also wish to ensure the continued investment in the e-Merlin radio...
British Columbia, Canada does not apply sales tax on the purchase of cycles...
The police do not have sufficient resources to monitor and enforce good...
The country can reduce carbon dioxide emissions significantly using micro-...
Disciplin and respect in schools has declined over the past 30 years. This...
The situation currently in the uk in as much as the amount of illegal...
recently it has been reported that the gov't plans to stop its funding of...
This is madness. If they commit a crime over here they should be sent home...
I recently learnt that it was on October the 10th 1947 that I was put on the...
The House of Commons All-Party Small Shops Group estimates that there will...
Until the health implications and safer, possibly cheaper, alternatives are...
UK Regional Trade in Goods estimates are released today, for the fourth quarter of 2007.
Prescription charge increases will stay below the rate of inflation representing the tenth consecutive year that the increase has been held below or around that level, Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo announced...
Measures to increase the level of payments by the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) are to be fast-tracked, Minister for Pensions Reform Mike O'Brien announced today.
Foreign Office Minister Dr Kim Howells has welcomed the ITUC/ITF global day of action in support of Iranian workers and trade unionists today. Dr Howells said:
The delivery of the national identity scheme gathered momentum today as plans were laid out by the Home Secretary beginning with the introduction of identity cards for foreign nationals in 2008 and British citizens...
The Charity Commission has published clearer, more accessible guidance for charities on campaigning and political activity today. Responding to calls from the charitable sector, the independent regulator has rewritten...
Local Government Minister John Healey today announced decisions on the Bedfordshire unitary proposals. Having considered all the available evidence, he announced that the proposals from Bedford Borough Council and...
Consumers were satisfied with the Home Information Pack (HIP) and are starting to use energy ratings to make their homes greener, according to early testing of HIPs.
Following the high profile disappearance of a popular 19 year old student on...
Increasing the age limit to 21, would make it a lot less likely that someone...
Tesco are currently running an ANPR system to read your number plate on the...
Ed Balls today called on Britain's banks and other financial institutions to give a head start to those children who struggle with maths, after visiting a maths intervention project in a London primary school.
Asked what the Prime Minister drank when he was Chancellor during the Budget, the PMS said he thought it was bottled water, but he would check.Asked about Jennifer Moses and a story in the Evening Standard, the ...
Put that when the Prime Minister had been asked in PMQ's about a Windfall Property tax he had referred to the review that was going on and was it the case that no action would be taken until those reviews had reported...
Asked what the timetable would be for the Europe Bill and would it be passed by summer recess, the PMS said people would have to check with the Foreign Office for the exact timetable.Asked if the Prime Minister ...
The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began by clarifying something he had said in that morning's lobby briefing regarding the Tote and the 2005 Manifesto. The PMS had said this morning that from memory, the 2005...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: The Tote, Europe, Windfall Tax Misc
- Dr Rowan Hillson MBE appointed new diabetes tsar -
Teenagers should be made to answer for their actions and accept the...
This page contains copies of the responses received to the discussion document, Firm Foundations - The Future of Housing in Scotland
In June 2007 the Government asked the Low Pay Commission to produce their next report on the national minimum wage by the end of February 2008. The Government are today publishing the Commission's 2008 report...
Due to conflicting parliamentary business, my noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Competitiveness (Baroness Vadera) represented the UK at the Energy Council in Brussels on...
I am publishing a document entitled "Unlocking the Talent of our Communities" which includes our proposal to publish a White Paper. A copy of this document is available in the Library of the House. We will be...
The Government took powers in the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004 to enable them to sell the Horserace Totalisator Board ("The Tote") as part of their wider policy aim of removing themselves from...
Plans for sites owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to be made available to developers were welcomed today by Business Secretary John Hutton.
During consideration of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Renewal of Temporary Provisions) Order 2007 the Government undertook to return to the House on an annual basis and report on progress towards our...
During 2007 Stuart Burgess, our chair and the government's Rural Advocate, visited rural communities across the country to listen to rural people about what matters most ─ the many...
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has been granted a Property Freezing Order in the High Court in London over assets with an estimated net value of £389,000 held by Phu Ha Bui of Ipswich Road, Colchester...
This Petition is to get an Ice rink opened in Ilkeston , Derbyshire .
Me and my friends pay £200 a term to travel to college everyday. We often...