This consultation started on 6th May 2009 and ends on 29th July 2009.

The Environmental Permitting Programme (EPP) is a major initiative that has already created a single more user-friendly and modern...

This consultation started on 13th May 2009, but we couldn't automatically determine when it ends. Check its website for more information.

A consultation document seeking views on three options for addressing...

This consultation started on 14th May 2009 and ends on 7th August 2009.

A public consultation on a European Commission proposal for a Directive on labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency, wet grip...

This consultation started on 15th May 2009 and ends on 14th August 2009.

1. This consultation paper seeks views on the Scottish Government's proposals to extend the Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural...

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Today, together with NALC, we'...

Gareth Thomas, the Minister for Trade and Consumer Affairs, has asked the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to investigate the proposed acquisition of QinetiQ's Underwater Systems Division by Atlas Elektronik UK. &...

Asked what the Prime Minister would say to MPs who would like the Speaker to step down, the PMS replied that it was the Prime Minister s view that the House of Commons had appointed the Speaker and that was a constitutional...

Asked whether the UK Government s concern about the situation had been expressed in any other way apart from the Prime Minister s statement, the PMS said that we were making our views known to the Burmese government...

Asked whether the Prime Minister thought that today was one of the blackest days for Parliament, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had been expressing his general...

Asked why the Prime Minister had decided to dispense with the services of Elliot Morley as his climate change envoy, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that in light of the investigation by the Parliamentary...

The Prime Minister has released a joint statement with Pakistan President Asif Al Zardari on Wednesday 13 May 2009.

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Pakistan and the UK are bound together by a longstanding strategic...

The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Tucker as Her Majesty s Lord-Lieutenant for the County of Derbyshire on the retirement of John Bather.

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William (Willie) Tucker was born ...

The Prime Minister said he was disturbed that Aung San Suu Kyi may be charged with breaching the terms of her home detention in Burma.

Ms Suu Kyi is facing trial for violating the terms of her house arrest...

Briefing by the Prime Minister s spokesman on: MPs expenses, Burma and the Speaker

MPs’ Expenses

Asked whether the Prime Minister thought that today was one of the blackest days for Parliament, ...

Briefing by the Prime Minister s spokesman on: Elliot Morley

Elliot Morley

Asked why the Prime Minister had decided to dispense with the services of Elliot Morley as his climate change envoy, the Prime...

Transcript of the Prime Minister s speech in London on 13 May 2009.

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Prime Minister:

Can I say first of all, on behalf of Beverley Hughes, our Children s Minister, and Ed Balls...

Transcript of press conference given by the Prime Minister and President Zardari at Downing Street on the 13 May 2009.

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Prime Minister:

Thank you very much. It is a great pleasure...

Visits to the UK up 2%

Minister for Digital Engagement Tom Watson today told the Cabinet Office's Tower '09 conference that it was crucial for the government to embrace digital technology in order to keep delivering the best public...

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has met his counterparts in the new American administration, Europe and the UN in a trip to New York and Washington DC.   

The DWP is writing to 200,000 pensioners who get Pension Credit to encourage them to contact their local council to check if they are entitled to help with their Council Tax or housing costs.   

Tougher new rules to tackle rogue immigration advisers are to be launched by the Government, the Home Office announced today.   

The Prime Minister has today confirmed that the UK will move ahead with its international partners with the final stages of procuring a third batch of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft for the Royal Air Force.  ...

Minister for Defence Equipment and Support Quentin Davies today commented on a report by MPs covering MOD's performance last year on its biggest equipment projects.   

Chief Returning Officer for Scotland - Consultation Responses

Consultation paper seeking views on the Scottish Government's proposals to extend regulatory controls to mineral dredging in harbour areas.

This research uses data from the Scottish School Leavers Survey to examine the change over time in the context, outcomes and inequalities of secondary schooling in Scotland, in the period 1985-2005

A new protocol to the Double Taxation Convention with Mexico was signed on 23 April 2009. The text of the protocol has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses and made available on HM Revenue and Customs...

I have today laid before the House regulations that amend Part G of the Building Regulations addressing sanitation, hot water safety and water efficiency.

These amendments follow a wide reaching review ...

I have today published a consultation paper, "The Private Rented Sector: Professionalism and Quality", which forms the Government response to the Rugg review of the private rented sector and can also confirm ...

On 26 March I made a statement to the House on council tax capping. In this, I set out the action that the Government proposed to take, under the Local Government Finance Act 1992, against two police authorities...

I am able to inform the House today of the outcome of the Royal Air Force study that has been undertaken to consider the future basing requirements of the Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (...

Today my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary is launching a consultation on the new code of practice for alcohol retailers that will ensure the responsible sale and supply of alcohol in order to tackle alcohol...

The annual report of the Serious Organised Crime Agency for 2008-09 is being published and laid before Parliament today. As required by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, the report includes an ...

I am today announcing that the Government intend to re-tender the contract for the bail accommodation and support service.

The primary aim of the bail accommodation and support service is to provide accommodation...

Please find below details of the decisions taken at yesterday's meeting of the Ministerial Funders' Group, and of the Government Olympic Executive's first Quarterly Economic Report, which is published today.

I wish to inform the House that the consolidated answer I gave on 22 April 2009, Official Report, column 758W to four Parliamentary Questions 267114, 267115, 267117 and 267165 regarding the distribution of salt...

I am today announcing that large urban areas across England are being given the chance to bid to become the country's first Sustainable Travel City.

Up to £29 million will be invested over three years...

I am pleased to announce that the Government are taking the final steps towards ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and we aim to deposit our instrument of ratification...

The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics:   

The Department for Transport has today published the following Transport Statistics: