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Report on the consultationon the draft code of practice and associated regulations

Analysis of Consultation Responses: Role of Council Officer and Code of Practice

In March 2008 the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) published a consultation paper "Modernisation and Consolidation of the Trade Marks Rules". This paper discussed a number of proposals to change the Trade...

We'll be launching the State of the Countryside 2008 report at a debate exploring the economic, social and environmental trands in the countryside over the last decade. This year's main theme ...

Asked on food and the Prime Minister's suggestions in relation to food waste, and what specifically could the G8 do, the PMS replied that clearly it was a question of high food prices, and it was a matter that affected...

Asked about the meeting with President Medvedev, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had done a clip within the last hour which covered this. He also said some words at the start of the meeting with Mr Medvedev...

Asked for more on the Prime Minister's meeting with President Mbeki, and where we were on Zimbabwe, the PMS replied that there was a good discussion in the G8 outreach lunch and in the afternoon session on Zimbabwe...

The Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) began the briefing by running through the day so far. The first event today was a G8 lunch with some of the main African leaders including leaders from Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana...

Asked about Vernon Coaker's meeting with the police, the PMS said the journalist should speak to the Home Office.Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with the Public Accounts Committee's ideas about decommissioning...

Asked if business in Japan had finished for today, the PMS said that they had concluded discussions on the world economy, development and the environment. Political issues would be discussed over dinner.Asked if...

Asked if all members of the Cabinet would vote on the third reading of the Embryology Bill, the PMS said to check with the Whips Office.Asked if the Prime Minister would vote in the free vote, the PMS said he would...

Asked if there was a danger that organisations like the British Chamber of Commerce were talking us into a recession, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had been asked this question in Japan in the last half an...

Asked to characterise relations with Russia, the PMS said that we had an extensive and important relationship with Russia and, as the PMS in Japan had said yesterday, we would raise issues of concern with them where...

Asked if Des Browne's announcement on troops in Afghanistan would be in the form of a Ministerial Written Statement, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said to check with the MoD.Asked if it was a routine announcement...

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: G8, Zimbabwe, Russia, food prices, oil price and Africa

Briefing from the Prime Minister's Spokesman on: Troops in Afghanistan, Russia, economy, Embryology Bill, G8 Summit/Japan and miscellaneous

Valerie Owen and Stephen Plent have been reappointed to the Covent Garden Market Authority following the Office for the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) rules on reappointments to Public Bodies. The Authority...

The Department for International Development (DFID) today committed £20 million to the humanitarian crisis in drought-stricken Ethiopia, doubling the £10 million already pledged by the International...

The leaflet gives an overview of the funding available for: asylum seekers refugees and those with leave to remain migrant workers non UK EU nationals who wish to study aa course of further or higher education...

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Speech by Crispin Moor, Director of our Whitehall office, to the University of Gloucestershire summer seminar, 9 July 2008.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Anthony James Longmore Worth Esq as Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Lincolnshire upon the retirement of Mrs Bridget Cracroft-Eley on 29 October this year.

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:

* Government pledges £12m to implement recommendations

International gangs attempting to smuggle drugs and people into Britain are now coming up against a new force - the UK Border Agency (UKBA).

A Strategic Review of HIAL

My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Yvette Cooper) has made the following Written Statement.

The Treasury and the Financial Services Authority are today publishing Helping You...

In 2007, following an experiment in 2006, the House agreed to permanent arrangements for tabling Questions for Written Answer (QWAs), and making Written Ministerial Statements, during the Summer Recess. Under...

The Treasury and the Financial Services Authority are today publishing "Helping you make the most of your money: a joint action plan for financial capability". This sets out how the Government and the FSA will...

The following performance targets have been set for Ordnance Survey in 2008-09.

Ordnance Survey will report externally against a set of agency performance monitors as required of all Executive agencies ...

Key targets for the financial year 2008-09 for the following Ministry of Defence agencies have been placed in the Library of the House:

Defence Vetting Agency

Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding...

In summer 2007, the Prime Minister asked the Strategy Unit to take forward a project on food and food policy.

The terms of reference for the project were: to review the main trends in food production and...

Today, the Government have laid before Parliament their response to the report from the Health Select Committee on Modernising Medical Careers (MMC), Cm 7338.

The Department has already apologised for the...

In the "Prison Policy Update" document published in January this year I announced a major drive to overcome some of the principal barriers to the reform and rehabilitation of offenders. As part of that I asked...

Issued on behalf of Renewable Fuels Agency

* Department of Health invests a further £4.5 million in Marie Curie Hospices * NHS allocates £15 million in funding for Marie Curie Nursing Services across the UK

District Judge Robinson will retire as a District Judge on 8 July 2008.

The UK Statistics Authority today launches its consultation on a new Code of Practice for Official Statistics alongside a draft Statement of Principles and Procedures for Assessment. The consultation phase will ...