Sentences with phrase «as the business secretary said»

Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns restated the UK government's view on its potential cost: «As the business secretary said last week, the Swansea proposal is more than twice as expensive as Hinkley nuclear power station, so we will continue discussions with the Welsh Government to look at the affordability of the case and do everything possible to make it a reality.

Not exact matches

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

«Just as the president promised, making our businesses more competitive internationally is translating directly into benefits for the American worker, through increased wages, better benefits, and new jobs,» Lindsay Walters, a deputy White House press secretary, said in a statement.

He says he's surprised to be doing it as he's «not the son of a bus driver» in reference to business secretary Sajid Javid, before adding «why is it that we have to wait so long for these sons of a bus driver and then two come along at once?»

Business secretary Vince Cable said he viewed the potential payoff as an «outrage» which shareholders should fight against in an interview on BBC1's The Andrew Marr Show.

The government will examine thousands of Clinton's emails for public release — and for possible security lapses — after revelations she used her private account to conduct official business as secretary of state, a senior State Department official said.

The Business Secretary said: «We sold at a price that was regarded as the best that could be achieved in the context in which we sold it.»

In the Lords debate Lord Mandelson, the Labour former business secretary and former European commissioner, says services are not the same as goods.

Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer, shadow economic secretary to the Treasury Jonathan Reynolds and shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams are all seen as «sensible» politicians who are willing to listen to what businesses and campaigners have to say.

Business secretary Vince Cable has acknowledged the growth of Ukip as a force in British politics, saying the coalition parties need to start «engaging with them on major issues».

Business Secretary Vince Cable is the most popular candidate among Lib Dem councillors to succeed Nick Clegg as party leader, a BBC survey says.

Business secretary says personalities as well as politics will have key role in giving union «meaningful» status on world stage

Hillary Rodham Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state, State Department officials said, and may have violated federal requirements that officials» correspondence be retained as part of the agency's record.

His bid to outline the government's approach was overwhelmed by comments from the Liberal Democrat business secretary, who was quoted as saying Mr Cameron's arguments were «very unwise».

Business secretary Greg Clark is said to have been «close to tears» as he warned of the potential impact on jobs if the Government abandoned the customs partnership idea.

«President Obama believes, as I do, that the American private sector, working in partnership with the African business community, and African entrepreneurs can help address many of the continent's most pressing challenges, including creating jobs and opportunity for young people across the continent,» said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.

He said Theresa May and David Cameron, under whom he served as business secretary, had been consistently weak in clamping down on the overseas territories.

After days of speculation as to whether a challenge will be launched, the former Shadow Business Secretary said she would «resolve this impasse» if Mr Corbyn did not act soon.

An earlier plan to sell was scrapped in 2014 by Vince Cable, in his role as business secretary in the coalition government, after he said the move would not achieve its stated aim of reducing government debt.

In a letter to the Times, the business secretary said he met with Oleg Deripaska for the first time in 2004 and not between 2006 and 2007 as the European Commission had said.

The former shadow business secretary, Labour MP Chuka Umunna, said: «It is absolutely vital, as the party of work and social justice, that we have a clear and unequivocal policy to keep the UK in the single market and the customs union.

Umunna, a former shadow business secretary, said there had been a growing recognition that the groups needed to coordinate as it becomes more realistic to push for the public to get a say on the outcome of the Brexit process.

The shadow business secretary is said to have the backing of Tony Blair and apparently names the Tory Michael Heseltine as a political hero.

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No, the real problem with the Business Secretary isn't so much what he said as what he didn't say, not so much what he's doing as what he's not doing.

And, when asked about Greg Clark's interview on the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday (pdf), the spokesman said that the business secretary was «talking generally about the need to ensure as frictionless as possible trade with the EU».

Sources close to Ms Eagle - who quit as Shadow Business Secretary yesterday - said she was preparing to announce at 3 pm tomorrow that she will challenge Mr Corbyn.

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said if the Prime Minister «changes his position and comes back to Parliament seeking Parliament's sanction for military action, then as a responsible opposition then of course we would have to consider that but the same criteria would apply».

Last month Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat Business Secretary, said the net migration target was «not sensible» because it hinged on factors largely beyond the Government's control - such as EU migration and Britons leaving or returning to the UK.

Brown quotes Kenneth Clarke, the shadow business secretary, as saying that calls for a referendum on the Lisbon treaty were «crackpot» and «daft».

But in the same year Business Secretary Vince Cable had said the party would consider scrapping the 50p rate if there was a «good alternative», such as a «tax on very high - value property».

Business Secretary Vince Cable said the report showed the Royal Mail was «facing a combination of potentially lethal challenges», and said he would be putting forward new legislation, possibly as soon as next month.

In keynote speech at Lib Dem conference, business secretary says reduction in inequality is needed to turn economy around as UK faces «economic equivalent of war»

National secretary of the forum, Yinka Odumakin, speaking on Channels Tv said cattle rearing is a business which should not be funded by government, thereby, calling on Miyetti Allah to practice ranching like President Muhammadu Buhari whom he described as their patron.

The group will «sound a warning» that business as usual will lead to ecological degradation and economic loss, said David Miliband, one of the group's co-chairs and former foreign secretary of the United Kingdom.

«The fact that the report emerged from MBAE, which is seen as the guardian of education and a mainstream business group, [made it]... more effective,» said Massachusetts secretary of education Paul Reville.

Brian Lightman, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «The decrease in modern languages at GCSE is disappointing but until employers give a clear message that they value languages as a business skill, it will be difficult to convince students otherwise».

As Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Christiana Figueres said, «The Paris Agreement... sends a powerful signal to the many thousands of cities, regions, businesses, and citizens across the world already committed to climate action that their vision of a low - carbon, resilient future is now the chosen course for humanity this century.»

As the voice in the cabinet for American business, that's the concern the secretary was trying to convey,» the spokesman said.

«As legal leaders in Canada, we are duty - bound not only to advocate for greater inclusion, but also to act to generate the positive impact we want to see in our businesses and communities,» said Desjardins, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, corporate social responsibility chairman, with Bombardier.

As Barry Fisher, vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of SAP Canada, said recently, «It's very seductive when you are asked for your business view.»

«We are sensitive to the concerns of the industry as it integrates these new rules into its day - to - day business practices,» HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan says.

«It is critical for HUD to make this funding available as quickly as possible so families can begin rebuilding and repairing their homes and small businesses can get back on their feet,» says HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, who also chairs the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force established by President Obama in December.