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  • Secretary of State speech to 2022 British-Irish Association Conference

    Rt Hon Shailesh Vara MP delivers a keynote speech to the 2022 British-Irish Association Conference

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Fuelling a greener future – E10 petrol rolling out in Northern Ireland on 1 November 2022

    Greener petrol rolled out to help Northern Ireland decarbonise transport.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • New government scheme to promote next generation of UK artists around the world

    The Government Art Collection is launching a new five-year acquisitions project with contemporary visual arts networks from across the country

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Secretary of State welcomes EU’s adoption of new peace and reconciliation programme for Northern Ireland and Ireland

    The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Shailesh Vara MP, has today welcomed the EU Commission’s decision to adopt the PEACE PLUS programme which will support peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border …

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Northern Ireland Secretary meets young people in Belfast

    Northern Ireland Secretary of State Shailesh Vara MP met with young people during his first visit to Belfast since his appointment.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Secretary of State for Northern Ireland speaks with Northern Ireland political parties

    The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Shailesh Vara MP, has pledged to work tirelessly to restore the Stormont institutions.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • NIO Ministers mark 102nd anniversary of the battle of the Somme

    The Secretary of State and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State will mark the 102nd anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in France and Northern Ireland.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Probate consultation

    Justice Minister Shailesh Vara has written to the chair of the Justice Select Committee about the launch of a consultation on probate fees.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • HM Courts and Tribunals Service estate

    Written Ministerial Statement made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid, Shailesh Vara.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Family Justice

    Update on investigation into faulty online form used in divorce proceedings.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • HMCTS

    Written Ministerial Statement made by Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Aid, Shailesh Vara.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Government to outlaw legal referral fees

    A new statutory ban on referral fees in criminal cases is among proposals announced by the Legal Aid Minister Shailesh Vara today.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • HMCTS Estates announcement

    Written Ministerial Statement by Courts Minister Shailesh Vara on the HMCTS Estate.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Ministerial appointment: Shailesh Vara

    Shailesh Vara MP is appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Department for Work and Pensions.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New measures to make criminals pay legal aid costs

    New measures to make criminals, rather than hard working taxpayers, pay more towards their legal bills have come into force today (1 June 2015).

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • 41 million wills available to search online for the first time

    The wills of Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill, Alan Turing and Beatrix Potter are among millions which have been made accessible to the public through a searchable online database.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Final words of fallen heroes unearthed

    The poignant last words of thousands of brave World War 1 soldiers who died for their country are revealed.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The quiet revolution in our civil courts

    This article first appeared in the Law Society Gazette on 31 March 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Domestic violence victims helped as injunction fees are scrapped

    Vulnerable domestic abuse victims will be helped by the scrapping of fees for domestic violence injunctions, Courts Minister Shailesh Vara has announced.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Clampdown on rogue claims firms

    In the past year more than 200 licences have been removed from rogue claims firms which have flouted the rules, Justice Minister Shailesh Vara said today, as the Government continues to crack down on companies which abuse th…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government