The word
"ministerial" typically refers to something related to government ministers or their work. It is often used to describe tasks or duties that are administrative, routine, or non-discretionary, and involve supporting the work of a government leader or department.
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Cameron did not call upon Mawer, even though he was appointed to offer independent advice on possible breaches
of ministerial codes.
Report by select committee says government ignored its own independent adviser on possible breaches of ministerial code
I'm concerned about people who are
in ministerial roles in which relationships with others aren't necessarily built up, but a social expectaion or the administration of religious duties are built up.
David Cameron gave a ruthless display of
prime ministerial power on Tuesday when he demoted his close friend and ally Michael Gove, as he removed a series of obstacles blocking the Conservatives» path to a general election victory.
It is a kind of initiation ritual
for ministerial office in Brexit Britain.
So that's Sayeeda Warsi referred to the Independent adviser
on ministerial code but not Jeremy Hunt
This was the first time a Welsh Liberal Democrat had held
ministerial office at Westminster since 1945.
Jonathan Reynolds, Stephen Doughty and Kevan Jones all announced they were leaving their shadow
ministerial posts in the wake of Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle.
Written
ministerial statement by Childcare and Education Minister Sam Gyimah about funding arrangements for schools in 2016 to 2017.
This handsome drama works hard to tell an old story in new ways, rendering Churchill's early prime
ministerial career as a minefield of political peril, and considering the women in his life, particularly his wife (Kristin Scott Thomas) and secretary (Lily James).
«This morning I had meetings with
ministerial colleagues and others,» Cameron says, part of the usual opening spiel.
And with good reason, according to Peter Allen, a political scientist whose work looks
at ministerial careers at Birkbeck.
More women and younger MPs are expected to be promoted and given roles at junior
ministerial levels.
Mrs May's hope is that in any coalition, the DUP would be satisfied
with ministerial jobs at just below cabinet rank.
The most emotional speeches, predictably, were those of the pair of
ministerial aides who had decided to quit their jobs in order to back the motion.
The author notes that «any measure that amends primary legislation
by ministerial order without parliamentary measures is (nowadays) referred to as «Henry VIII powers».»
Sir Philip Mawer says PM should have asked him to investigate whether former defence secretary
breached ministerial code
The decision to appoint Phil Woolas to the Home Office
shadow ministerial team, to speak on immigration and race relations beggars belief.
Angie Bray, a loyalist who had threatened to resign
as ministerial aide to the shadow cabinet office minister Francis Maude, was highly critical of the Lib Dems.
Mr Carswell wrote that Gordon Brown and the government had been «caught red - handed» in
breaking ministerial rules forbidding the use of government money for political activity.
The Diocese of Worcester has confirmed that the 43 - year - old has been suspended
from ministerial duties.
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has charged the new
ministerial nominee from the State, Professor Stephen Ikani Ocheni, to do the state proud by serving the...
Ms Eagle, an MP since 1992, held a number of
ministerial jobs during the last Labour government and in 2013 became chair of the Labour Party.
Do the practices that make up this school assume that what marks them off as «theological» is the fact that together they are aimed at preparing future clergy to fill
ministerial functions competently?
In large measure distinct from fractures in the sexual magisterium, the rise of lay people in positions of
ministerial responsibility widens the gap between the apostolic apparatus of Catholicism — schools, retreat houses, even parishes — and its authority structure.
He was offered a
junior ministerial post by Gordon Brown in 2007 after he impressed people with the quality and near - success of his campaign to become deputy leader of the Labour party.
We would promise to make the Tories look a bit less nasty than they really were and let them take the credit for everything that went right — and in return we would get to ride in
ministerial cars for five years.
As with Kinnock, Corbyn spent years refusing to serve on the front bench, but only one Labour leader has had as much
ministerial experience as Corbyn (that is, none): Blair.
A minor Lib Dem
ministerial reshuffle took place afterwards, with Clegg maintaining a frankly optimistic assessment of his former rival's chances of returning to government.
«But over recent years high court judges have been, especially in the administrative courts, willing to strike down decisions
ministerial decisions on the grounds they're unlawful or the grounds they're just plain wrong.
More sweeping changes in junior
ministerial ranks on Tuesday are planned by the prime minister, it was claimed.
The deputy
ministerial portfolio has, in recent times, become a hot seat, following strings of controversies which culminated in the exit of previous occupants of the position, with the most recent being the former deputy Youth and Sports Minister, Joseph Yamin.
President Akufo - Addo on Wednesday made
new ministerial appointments, bringing the number appointed so far to 110.
The shadow Welsh secretary, Peter Hain, tells me: «Ed Miliband is the only credible prime
ministerial candidate who really gets it - that we didn't lose just because of Gordon.
Thus it is possible that there is a risk that a numbers - based enterprise will lead to undesirable consequences, like moving obligations into
ministerial orders and directives that are much harder to find.
Students will look at the views of both Sunni and Shi'a on predestination before writing a short prime
ministerial speech about how much freedom they would allow their citizens, before having a small election.
May might also have to contend with her first
ministerial resignation if the deal does not go ahead, with friends of Lord Jim O'Neill — a Treasury minister close to George Osborne and charged with building relations with China — telling the Financial Times today that he will leave the government in September unless the prime minister can explain her change of tack over China.
He was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Dawn Primarolo in 1997 and achieved his
first ministerial post at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in 1999.
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