1999 Press notices index: January to June
June
02/06/99 Pn87 Quarterly Report on UK Official Holdings of Foreign Currency and Gold: January - March 1999
03/06/99 Pn90 UK Official Holdings of Foreign Currency and Gold
09/06/99 Pn91 Chancellor Gordon Brown and Clare Short Pledge $100 Million to Help the World´s Poorest Countries
09/06/99 Pn92 Application and Periodical Fees for Recognised Overseas Investment Exchanges and Recognised Overseas Clearing Houses
10/06/99 Pn93 30 Million Pound Investment to streamline the justice system
10/06/99 Pn94 Chancellor Gordon Brown´s Speech at the Mansion House
11/06/99 Pn95 Speech by Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Babera Roche MP, at the Inter-Forum Conference on E-Commerce
14/06/99 Pn96 Ian Austin Appointed Special Advisor
14/06/99 Pn97 Better Protection for Pensions in PFI - Alan Milburn Launches a new Five Point Action Plan
17/06/99 Pn98 A New Generation in Financial Regulation: Financial Regulation Services and Markets Bill Published
17/06/99 Pn99 Financial Services and Markets Bill Provisions
17/06/99 Pn100 Chancellor Gordon Brown Spells Out Reforms which could Cancel Two-Thirds of the Poorest Countries´ Official Debts
22/06/99 Pn101 Summer Supplementary Estimates: 1999-2000
22/06/99 Pn102 Campaign to show how to make work pay
24/06/99 Pn103 More Private Finance Initiative (PFI) deals expected as clarity of accounting standards is resolved - Alan Milburn
25/06/99 Pn104 Hi-Tech camera scheme to catch vehicle tax cheats get go-ahead
28/06 Pn105 Recognition of Eurex Zurich as a overseas investment exchange
29/06/99 Pn107 Double the Savings in ISAs
30/06/99 Pn108 Anti-Fraud Focus in European Community Report
May
04/05/99 Pn74 Gordon Brown Seeks Partnership with Nigeria to Assist Reform
05/05/99 Pn75 UK Official Holdings of Foreign Currency and Gold
06/05/99 Pn76 Non-Executive Director for the Treasury
07/05/99 Pn77 Restructuring UK Reserve Holdings
11/05/99 Pn78 Chancellor Gordon Brown Outlines Government Plans to Help Britain´s ´Lost´ Youngsters
13/05/99 Pn79 Speech by Chancellor Gordon Brown : TUC Conference on Economic and Monetary Union
18/05/99 Pn80 Speech by the Chancellor Gordon Brown to the CBI Annual Dinner
20/05/99 Pn81 Treasury Deputy Director to Head European Economic Policy Committee
20/05/99 Pn82 Millennium Trust Fund for Debt Relief: Gordon Brown Announces $2,000 Million Fund to Help the World´s Poorest Countries
21/05/99 Pn83 Consultation on Banking Act Provisions
25/05/99 Pn84 Financial Education Must Start Early
31/05/99 Pn85 Size Matters - Less Tax on Smaller Cars from Today
27/05/99 Pn86 Modernising the British Economy - The New Mission for the Treasury
28/05/99 Pn89 Extending Powers of Friendly Societies
April
06/04/99 Pn58 Millennium Gift Aid Extended to Charities Working with Kosovan Refugees
06/04/99 Pn59 New 10p Rate of Tax Means a Better Deal for the People of Britain
07/04/99 Pn60 UK Official Holdings of Foreign Currency and Gold: Part I: UK Government Reserves - March 1999
13/04/99 Pn61 Schools and Hospitals to Benefit from Extra Capital Cash
14/04/99 Pn63 Unlock the Potential of Science and Make Better Use of Science and Make Better Use of Public Assets, says Barbara Roche
14/04/99 Pn64 Government Publishes Further Clauses of Draft Financial Services and Markets Bill
16/04/99 Pn65 Chancellor Gordon Brown and Clare Short call on the EU to Help the World´s Poorest Countries
19/04/99 Pn66 Money Laundering - Treasury Warns about Financial Transactions involving Antigua and Barbuda
21/04/99 Pn67 Non- Executive Appointments to the Court of The Bank of England
21/04/99 Pn68 IMF Reports Greater Transparency in UK Economic Decision Making
21/04/99 Pn69 Delivering New Rules of the Game for the Global Economy
21/04/99 Pn70 More Cash for Innovative Public Service Projects
26/04/99 Pn71 Chancellor Gordon Brown Announces New Appointment to the Monetary Policy Committee
29/04/99 Pn73 Treasury Welcomes Further Step Towards Getting Financial Services and Markets Bill into Law
March
01/03/99 Pn36 Financial Services and Markets Bill - Improvements to single Ombudsman Scheme
01/03/99 Pn37 Appointment of Deputy Chairman to the Board of the Financial Services Authority (FSA)
02/03/99 Pn38 Quarterly report on UK Official Holdings of Foreign Currency and Gold: October - December 1998
02/03/99 Pn39 UK Official Holdings of Foreign Currency and Gold Part 1 and 2
02/03/99 Pn40 Outcome of the review of Average Earnings Revisions
03/03/99 Pn41 Treasury to research developing ISA market
03/03/99 Pn42 * Cut the Debt * Boost the Aid * Give a Billion * Sell the Gold - Chancellor Gordon Brown and Clare Short unveil four point plan to help the world´s poorest countries
05/03/99 Pn44 Government responds to consultation on Financial Services and Markets Bill * Alan Milburn backs light touch regulation with protection where necessary
07/03/99 Pn45 Chancellor Gordon Brown calls on everyone to join millennium challenge to help the World´s poorest countries
09/03/99 Pn46 Revised insurance fees announced
10/03/99 Pn47 Revised spring supplementary estimates: 1998-99
11/03/99 Pn48 Public Offers of Securities Regulations
17/03/99 Pn49 Treasury Consultation on Modernising the Regulation of Financial Promotion
18/03/99 Pn51 You Give: We Give
22/03/99 Pn52 Lack of Access to Financial Services: Newcastle confronts the Problem
26/03/99 Pn53 Tackling Poverty in Scotland
29/03/99 Pn54 Tackling Poverty and Extending Opportunity
31/03/99 Pn56 Seven New Contracts Drive Forward Public Services Modernisation: New Targets Set for Social Security System
31/03/99 Pn57 1999-2000 Main Supply Estimates
February
01/02/99 Pn20 Northern Ireland tackling the productivity gap head on - Barbara Roche
02/02/99 Pn21 UK Official Holdings of foreign currency and gold
02/02/99 Pn22 Financial Services and Markets Bill - Consultation on recognition requirements
02/02/99 Pn23 New steps to drive forward PFI and PPPs - Alan Milburn
03/03/99 Pn24 Helping to deliver stakeholder pensions - flexibility in pension investment
05/02/99 Pn25 Britain is best place for investment - Chancellor Gordon Brown
12/02/99 Pn26 Delta Clearing Corp: Proposal by HM Treasury to revoke recognition in the UK
16/02/99 Pn27 Top private sector team to lead 8 billion pounds Whitehall efficiency drive
16/02/99 Pn28 Economic Secretary Patricia Hewitt recognises pension firms´ efforts to complete priority review
19/02/99 Pn30 New member for Treasury of Economic Advisers
23/02/99 Pn31 New overseas investment exchange boosts the City
23/02/99 Pn32 Outline national changeover plan
23/02/99 Pn33 Second six monthly report on Euro preparations
25/02/99 Pn34 Consultation on scope of financial services legislation
25/02/99 Pn35 Spring Supplementary Estimates: 1998-99
January
05/01/99 Pn01 UK Official Holdings of Foreign Currency and Gold
08/01/99 Pn02 Dawn Primarolo launches further steps to tackle the productivity gap
08/01/99 Pn03 Responsibilities of Treasury Ministers
12/01/99 Pn04 Access to financial services: Merseyside has its say
13/01/99 Pn05 New scheme to encourage charitable giving to poor countries
13/01/99 Pn06 Childcare is a right, not a privilege says Paymaster General
14/01/99 Pn07 Pre-paid funeral plans:protection against losing your money
14/01/99 Pn08 Patricia Hewitt hails pensions review progress
18/01/99 Pn09 Government Roadshows reach half-way stage to a more competitive Britain
19/01/99 Pn10 Patricia Hewitt strengthens accountability framework of the new financial regulator
20/01/99 Pn11 Treasury Communications and Strategy Team
21/01/99 Pn12 Edinburgh contributes to debate on tackling financial exclusion
22/01/99 Pn13 Tackling the productivity challenge: Alan Milburn takes the debate to Manchester
25/01/99 Pn14 Apprenticeships are back, says Gordon Brown
25/01/99 Pn15 Consultation of independent review of banking services
26/01/99 Pn16 10,000 Pounds guaranteed income for low-paid families
27/01/99 Pn17 "Improvements in productivity require a skills revolution" Alan Milburn takes the productivity debate to Leeds
28/01/99 Pn18 Promoting UK - India business and financial links
29/01/99 Pn19 Chancellor Gordon Brown´s remarks made to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 29 January 1999