"Today's sentencing of the Chinese human rights defender Hu Jia for peacefully expressing critical opinions is a most concerning development. It undermines the right to freedom of expression enshrined in international...
The definitive official history of the Territorial Army - Territorials, A Century of Service was launched at a reception today at the National Army Museum in London.
The Race Hate Crime Forum has expressed its abhorrence following the desecration of between thirty and forty tombstones in a Jewish Cemetery in east London on Saturday 29 March 2008.
This is a really busy Post Office serving thousands of customers a week. A...
Lorries often slow to around 40mph on hills on motorways thereby effectively...
Royal Navy ships names are re-used over and over and therefore each name...
We urge the PM to amend current abortion legislation to require a gentic...
whether they live in the UK or elsewhere. A low income UK pensioner living...
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New ISA system starts on 6 April 2008
Access to and along inland waters in England and Wales for non powered craft...
Why are couples who don't have children either Thu health reasons or...
Gordon Brown will urge more countries to send troops and resources to Afghanistan at NATO's biggest ever summit this week.
The Prime Minister has named Professor Mark Welland FRS FREng as the new Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Defence.
The Prime Minister has urged people to join the debate on "some of the biggest challenges of our times," by logging onto a website dedicated to the Progressive Governance Summit this weekend.
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The Department of Health today announced the appointment of a new 'transplant tsar' to drive forward Government plans to increase the number of people who can benefit from an organ transplant .
A new working group bringing together councils and businesses across the capital will help many more children out of poverty, announced London Child Poverty Ministers Beverley Hughes and Stephen Timms today. The...
A contract for the manufacture of aircraft lifts for the Royal Navy's two new 65,000 tonne carriers was announced today by Defence Minister Baroness Ann Taylor.
Professor Mark Welland FRS FREng has been confirmed today as the new Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Defence. He succeeds Professor Sir Roy Anderson FRS, who has left to rejoin Imperial College, pending...
Scotland Rural Development Programme 2007 - 2013
The country's first eco-towns took a step closer to becoming reality today as Housing Minister Caroline Flint today announced 15 potential locations will go forward to the next stage, providing the opportunity for...
This track will keep youths off the roads and give them more riding skills....
Motorised scooters are dangerous when rode by incapable people behind the...
AOL today reports that, "Women are likely to receive a lower level of...
This will simplfy issues such as : 1. Staffing levels 2. Patient : staff...
40% of public sector workers are forced into early retirement because of...
Pony & Traps should not be allowed to race around Roads, they are a danger...
The British Government is discussing abolishing the Ancestry Visa for...
BMA Cyrmu Wales calls for a reduction in the permitted blood alcohol...
Photographs/details of the new coins have now been revealed. Unfortunately...
i think to change the classification of cannabis is going to be a waste of...
Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families announced next steps on the Children's Plan today with packages investing in play, youth facilities and children's workforce, as well as next steps...
Ministers have announced the appointment of Iain Smith OBE to chair a new Film Industry Training Board (FITB). The FITB will have statutory levy powers to ensure that companies across the film production industry...
The PMS gave an update on who the Prime Minister would be having meetings with at the NATO Summit. There would be a bilateral with the Romanian President and he was then meeting with the Danish Prime Minister. Danish...
Asked if the Prime Minister planned to let Harriet Harman do PMQ's more often, the PMS said that the Prime Minister was focussing on his work at the NATO Summit at the moment. The Prime Minister was being kept informed...
Asked for an update on the situation in Zimbabwe, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that people would have heard the reports and comments from the opposition parties, but as the Foreign...
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Zimbabwe, PMQ's and NATO
The Prime Minister has named Professor Mark Welland as the new Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Defence.
New marine nature reserves around Britain's coast are among radical plans published today by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn. A new network of marine conservation zones, for species and habitats of national importance...
New Environmental Permitting Regulations come into force this weekend in England and Wales, reducing red tape whilst protecting the environment and human health.
White Paper Outlines Bigger Role for Pharmacists in Treating Sickness and Promoting Good Health
Border, immigration, customs and visa checks will be united from today in the country's new UK Border Agency, the Home Office has announced.
An evaluation of the individual and overall impact of 18 well men pilots across 7 Health Boards in Scotland, and their effectiveness in contributing to meeting the health improvement policy objectives of the Men...
The country's first eco-towns took a step closer to becoming reality today as Housing Minister Caroline Flint today announced 15 potential locations will go forward to the next stage, providing the opportunity for...
Communities Minister Iain Wright has today (Thursday, 3 April) called on the business community to work together to improve the energy efficiency of our buildings.
Local Government Minister John Healey today announced that councils will have more powers to hold their members to account for their conduct.
The coming summer is expected to be a 'typical British summer', according to long-range forecasts issued today. Summer temperatures across the UK are more likely to be warmer than average and rainfall near or above...
This ruling came into force without consultation of traditional barometer...
The government plans to introduce changes to incapacity Benefit in April...
If RM computers are removed from education organisations and replaced with...
By placing a £10 a year fee, based on the national railcard for over 60`s...
My husband works in the building trade and I believe this happens alot in...
Part I: UK Government Foreign Currency Assets and Liabilities - March 2008
An evaluation of the individual and overall impact of 18 well men pilots across 7 Health Boards in Scotland, and their effectiveness in contributing to meeting the health improvement policy objectives of the Men...
The Royal Mint has today unveiled the definitive reverse designs for new United Kingdom circulating coins from the one pence to the one pound piece. The designs were chosen following a public design competition...
I am today announcing the outcome of a review of the suspension of adoptions of Cambodian children by UK residents.
In June 2004, the then Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, the ...
I announced plans last September to set up an independent regulator of qualifications and tests. In December, along with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills I announced...
I made a statement on 11 March in which I set out concerns about compliance with the school admissions code and admissions legislation, based on an internal review of the published admission arrangements of schools...
Before October 1998 there were no checks in the system to prevent the sale of school playing fields. Local authorities could sell school playing fields and use the proceeds for whatever purpose they saw fit.
On 4 February 2008, Official Report, column 47WS, I laid before Parliament a written ministerial statement about payments under the Local Authority Business Growth Incentives scheme (LABGI) in the light of legal...
I am today laying the draft Heritage Protection Bill and explanatory notes for pre-legislative scrutiny. Copies of the related Impact Assessment are available in the Vote and Printed Paper Offices.
This...
A new call-out order has been made under section 56 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 so that reservists may continue to be called-out into permanent service to support military operations in the Balkans. The order...
I am today placing in the Libraries of both Houses copies of a study by the Intellectual Property Institute (IPI) into the effect on the UK art market of the introduction of the artist's resale right (ARR).
We are gravely concerned about the situation in Gaza. The closure of Gaza's crossings is contributing to the collapse of the economy. There are shortages of essential humanitarian supplies such as medicines, ...
The following list of key performance indicators have been set for the Tribunals Service for 2008-2009.
1. 75 per cent. of tribunal applications will be dealt with within each individual tribunal's target...
On Wednesday, 9 April, I will publish a consultation document about the introduction of a Best Value system into probation. The consultation period will run until 2 July 2008.
During the passage of the ...
Today I am delighted to announce that the appointment of Anne Owers CBE as HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales has been extended until 31 March 2010.
Ms Owers' expertise and knowledge will...
In July 2005, in a written statement to the House, local authorities were invited to bid for £18 million of pump-priming development funding to bring forward packages of measures that combined better local...
I have today published a new policy for roadside facilities on England's strategic road network, "Policy on service areas and other roadside facilities on motorways and all-purpose trunk roads in England."
On 17 December, the Secretary of State for Transport announced to Parliament a number of immediate measures to improve the security of personal data handled by the Department for Transport and its Agencies. This...
I am today announcing the outcome of a review of the suspension of adoptions of Cambodian children by UK residents.
In June 2004, the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, Margaret ...
The Legal Services Commission (LSC), the Ministry of Justice and the Law Society of England and Wales today reached agreement on the best way forward for legal aid providers following the Court of Appeal judgment...
MINISTERS CALL FOR: * CHILDREN IN DISADVANTAGED AREAS TO GET ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDS * CITIES AND TOWNS TO MAKE PUBLIC SPACES MORE CHILD FRIENDLY * BACKED WITH AN EXTRA £10M ON TOP OF £225M ALREADY...
The statutory prohibitions referred to above are an anachronism that allows...
give all working people of over 16 hours free nursery care so there is no...
When ordinary people want to see clips of Parliamentary debate, they don't...
I wish that the House of Parliament include within the P.S.V. licensing law...
by sept 08 there will still be a large proportion of the uk without a local...
Pugneys Country Park is owned by Wakefield Council. It is a 300 acre park...
Many people cannot afford to eat healthily, as a result of this children...
St Aelred's Technology High School, in Newton-le-Willows is a fine school....
It was reported today that Gordon Brown has submitted to pressure from China...
The exclusive use of metric units in popular programing is part of the...
HM The Queen has appointed Michael Geoffrey James Gledhill QC to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Jack Straw MP. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers...
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