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
- Lord West's speech at the Govnet conference
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:15:58
Lord West delivered this keynote speech at the Govnet Conference on Homeland and Border Security in July 2008. - Countering Terrorism in a Democracy
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:22:52
This speech was given by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to the Smith Institute and the Centre for the Study of Terrorism 3 June 2008. - 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
- Speech by Home Secretary to the Police Superintendents conference
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:32:50
Speech by Jacqui Smith on 16 September 2008. - Speech by the Home Secretary on policing issues at the Association of Chief Police Officers' conference
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:29:58
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith delivered this speech about the policing green paper in June 2008. - Speech by the Home Secretary about the Tackling Gangs Action Programme
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:22:52
This speech was given by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in June 2008. - Anti-Social Behaviour: We're Not Having It speech
Thu, 08 May 2008 10:00:00
Speech by Jacqui Smith, Home Secretary, at the 'Anti-Social Behaviour: We're not Having It' Conference on 8 May 2008. - Home Secretary?s speech to Police Federation Conference
Wed, 21 May 2008 11:26:00
Speech by the Rt. Hon. Jacqui Smith, Home Secretary, to the Police Federation Conference in Bournemouth, 21 May 2008. - 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. - '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.
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.
