Speeches and Statements
Notable speeches by Home Office ministers
This section contains speeches and statements delivered by the current and former Home Secretary and ministers.
- Border Security and Immigration
- Counter Terrorism
- Crime, Policing and Community Safety
- Criminal Justice System and Offender Management
- Home Office organisation and business
- International issues
- Investigations and inquiries
Border Security and Immigration
- UK Border Agency launched
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:59:36
Speech by Liam Byrne, Minister of State for Borders and Immigration, to staff of the new UK Border Agency at HM Treasury on 3 April 2008. - The National Identity Scheme
Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:33:56
Speech by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, to Demos on the future of the National Identity Scheme on 6 March 2008. - The Case for a New Migration System
Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:00:00
A speech by Liam Byrne, Minister of State for Borders and Immigration, to the Local Government Association (LGA) on 6 February 2008 . The text below is as prepared. - Border Security and Immigration: Our Deal for Delivery in 2008
Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:00:00
A speech by Liam Byrne, Minister of State for Borders and Immigration, to Border and Immigration Agency staff on 14 January 2008. The text below is as prepared. - Shared protections, shared values: next steps on migration
Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:00:00
A speech by the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, at the London School of Economics and Political Science on 5 December 2007. The text below is as prepared. - Border And Immigration Agency response to the National Audit Office Bicester report
Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:59:19
Statement by Lin Homer, Chief Executive of the Border And Immigration Agency, responding to the National Audit Office's Bicester report. November 2007. - Border security and immigration issues
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:44:58
Speech by Liam Byrne, Home Office minister, on border security and immigration issues, to staff at Harlow in October 2007. - Securing Our Identity: A 21st Century Public Good
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:20:22
Speech by Liam Byrne, Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship & Nationality, to Chatham House on 19 June 2007 - 'Business isn't the only voice' - key immigration reforms over the last 12 months
Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:34:18
Speech by Liam Byrne, Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship & Nationality, to KPMG London on 4 June 2007.
Counter Terrorism
- Prevent strategy: background and next steps - speech to the BCU Commanders Conference
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:29:32
Speech by Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP, Home Secretary at the BCU Commanders Conference on 16 April 2008. - Countering Terrorism Together
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:46:30
Speech by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, given at the Pakistani National Council Of The Arts, addressing the issues of terrorism - Counter-terrorism bill second reading
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:33:21
Statement by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in the House of Commons on 1 April 2008. - 'Our shared values - a shared responsibility'
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:00:00
A speech by the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, at the First International Conference on Radicalisation and Political Violence in January 2008. - Statement on Terrorist Incidents by the Home Secretary to the House of Commons
Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:00:00
Statement to the House of Commons by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, regarding the terrorist incidents in Haymarket, London and Glasgow airport, on 2 July 2007. - Securing the Critical National Infrastructure
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:32:15
A speech by John Reid, then Home Secretary, to RUSI on the threat to the Critical National Infrastructure on 25 April 2007. - Speech to Muslim Group
Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:28:24
Speech by John Reid, then Home Secretary, on 26 September 2006. - Security, Freedom and the Protection of Our Values
Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:23:22
A speech by then Home Secretary, John Reid, to DEMOS on the subject of 'Security, Freedom and the Protection of Our Values', on 9 August 2006
Crime, Policing and Community Safety
- UK signs up to child protection convention
Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00
Vernon Coaker speaks on the UK?s Signature of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. - Home Office launches new booklet ?Coping with Sexual Assault: a Guide for Young People.'
Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00
Speech by Vernon Coaker, Home Office Under Secretary of State, on 14 May 2008. - Anti-Social Behaviour: We're Not Having It speech
Fri, 09 May 2008 23:00:00
Speech by Jacqui Smith, Home Secretary, at the 'Anti-Social Behaviour: We're not Having It' Conference on 8 May 2008. - 'Tackling Drugs - Reducing Crime'
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:40:58
Speech by Drugs Minister Vernon Coaker on tackling drugs, at the 'Tackling Drugs ? Reducing Crime' European conference organised by the Nottinghamshire Police Authority, on Monday 7 April. - London Local Alcohol Strategies
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:25:46
Speech by Vernon Coaker, Home Office minister, to the London Local Alcohol Strategies conference on 18 March 2008. - Tackling Retail Crime
Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:40:03
Speech by Vernon Coaker, Home Office minister, to Retail Week?s ?Tackling Retail Crime? conference on 5 March 2008. - Speech to the Conference on European Organised Crime
Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:28:19
Speech by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, on European organised crime, 4 March 2008. - How Government is addressing sexual violence and abuse
Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:12:20
Speech by Vernon Coaker, Home Office minister, on how the Government is addressing sexual violence, to the London Criminal Justice Board in February 2008. - Virtual Playground speech
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:48:24
Speech by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, to CEOP and other stakeholders on 6 December 2007. - Citizen focus and 'people first' policing
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:19:09
Speech by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, on the importance of citizen focus and ?people first? policing, at the National Conference for Senior Women in Policing, in February 2008.
Criminal Justice System and Offender Management
- Lambert Report - Written Ministerial Statement
Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:00:00
Statement by Home Office minister Gerry Sutcliffe, on the government's response to the Lambert Report on the safeguarding of vulnerable young people in custody, on 18 September 2006. - Rebalancing the Criminal Justice System
Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:13:16
Statement to the House of Commons by John Reid, then Home Secretary, on rebalancing the Criminal Justice System, on 20 July 2006. - Annual Home Secretary's to the Parole Board
Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:20:31
Dr John Reid, then Home Secretary, gives the annual address to the Parole Board in May 2006. - Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice
Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:28:54
Written ministerial statement by Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, on 19 April 2006. - Where Next for Penal Policy?
Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:34:01
Speech by the Home Secretary to the Prison Reform Trust in September 2005. - Restorative Justice Conference 2003
Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:34:01
Speech by Paul Goggins, then Home Office minister, on restorative justice, to the the Restorative Justce Conference in November 2003.
Home Office organisation and business
- Home Office Reform
Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:19:02
Statement to the House of Commons by the John Reid, then Home Secretary, on Home Office Reform, on 19 July 2006. - Speeches and Statements Archive
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:44:24
Speeches and statements by previous Home Secretaries and Home Office ministers. - Written Ministerial Statement - A points based system: making migration work for Britain
Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:52:46
Charles Clarke's written ministerial statement regarding the Government's response to the recent consultation on a new points-based system for managing migration
International issues
Investigations and inquiries
- Inquiry by Sir Christopher Rose into surveillance at HMP Woodhhill
Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:51:32
Statement to the House of Commons by Jacqui Smith, Home Secretary, on the publication of the report by Sir Christopher Rose into surveillance at Woodhill Prison, in February 2008. - Investigation into the murder of John Monckton
Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:14:45
Statement from Charles Clarke, then Home Secretary, announcing an investigation into the events surrounding the murder of Mr John Monckton. 19 December 2005.
