Sentences with phrase «cabinet minister for»

Key recommendations for government in the report that won API support were: for play to be embedded within a Whole Child Strategy under the aegis of a Cabinet Minister for Children responsible for cross ‑ departmental roll out and co-ordination; for government to require local authorities to prepare children and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play provision.

He promised to introduce gender - equality legislation requiring an equal male / female representation in the Scottish Cabinet and on the boards of Scottish - based companies, and planned to appoint a Cabinet Minister for Women.

Whilst I have been able to use the experience and the clout which came from having been a cabinet minister for the benefit of the constituency in getting a hearing, contributing to policy and providing a voice for local people and for Sheffield at national level, it is clear that the leadership of the party wish to see new faces in ministerial office and a clear break with the past.

Following the resignation from the cabinet of Iain Duncan Smith over disability benefit cuts, Mr Crabb, the first Conservative cabinet minister for a century to have a beard, was promoted to work and pensions secretary.

Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health Luciana Berger added: «Mr Livingstone's comments are simply unacceptable, and he should apologise without delay.

Gloria Di Piero is the shadow cabinet minister for women and equalities and Emma Reynolds moves to housing.

After he spoke at Prime Minister's Questions, Theresa May thanked the former cabinet minister for the «tremendous contribution» he had made in the House.

Jim Dodds, Kirklees council's cabinet minister for education, said last night: «The school and the local authority had to balance the rights of the children to receive the best quality education possible and Mrs Azmi's desire to express her cultural beliefs.

«It requires a separate cabinet minister for mental health and social care within the Department of Health.»

I think a call goes out to make David Davis a Shadow Cabinet Minister for Civil Liberties (even though Labour don't even know the meaning of it!)

Mr Cameron repeated his call for a dedicated cabinet minister for national security, but he said he did not believe a separate government department was necessary.

Not even was he able to demonstrate ability to resolve the basic challenges of his people when he became a cabinet minister for almost 8 years.How can such a person promise factories?

The frequently mis - cited Michael Foot had been a conspicuously loyal cabinet minister for five years (in contrast to Benn, Corbyn's mentor).

Today he's been a cabinet minister for six years, a member of Her Majesty's privy council and it will be his role to help deliver a new party for all, not just the privileged few.

David Davis, the Cabinet minister for Exiting the EU, is top of the PM's form as we break for Christmas, I understand.

He joined the board after serving six years as an elected MLA and cabinet minister for the government of British Columbia, where his various responsibilities included three cabinet posts encompassing economic development, labour and small business.

Reports early Monday from The Telegraph newspaper said that U.K. leader Theresa May will appoint a «cabinet minister for no deal Brexit» this week.

Bower's account also tells how repeated requests by Cabinet ministers for papers on Iraq were ignored.

[5] Junior ministers were also said to be frustrated at Cabinet ministers for propping up a Prime Minister with no authority in order to further their careers with some ministers preparing to resign in order to trigger a leadership election.

Not exact matches

«The standard circulation for cabinet memoranda includes the Queen, the Prince of Wales, all members of the cabinet, any other ministers in charge of departments, the attorney general and the chief whip... Ministers of state and junior ministers do not normally receive memoranda.»

THE OFFICIAL REACTION: Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Kaoru Yosano said he was «disappointed,» and posited that S&P didn't «understand sufficiently that the Cabinet is pressing for fiscal reconstruction.»

One section of the book, drawn up in 1992, reads: «The documents of the cabinet and ministerial committees are issued primarily to the sovereign, the Prince of Wales, and ministers... The need for secrecy calls for special care in circulation and handling.

In its letter last night to Mr Cameron, Republic said: «The fact that... Charles has privileged access to Cabinet papers is a further cause for concern as it means he is able to lobby ministers in secret at every stage of policy development process.

Santi said a possible way around the impasse would be for a M5S - Lega government led by a compromise prime minister agreeable to both parties, «affording Lega control of some key ministries and leaving Forza Italia to play a less visible role, with direct or indirect control of some minor cabinet posts.»

Nationals senator and Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan has resigned from cabinet after discovering he was an Italian citizen, but he is refusing to quit Parliament.

And I still would think that, if not for Brexit, Trump and the existence of a former Conservative cabinet minister who thinks she can become leader of the Opposition by appealing to our worst instincts.

But the Prime Minister's Office bore the brunt of State Comptroller Yosef Shapira's criticism, for its failure to sufficiently brief members of the security cabinet about the subterranean threat.

The prime minister frequently sets the agenda for meetings of the security cabinet, his inner circle of senior ministers, which take place on an ad hoc basis.

Bennett's repeated requests that the army focus on the tunnels were rebuffed at the cabinet meetings, as were the urgings of Liberman, the then - foreign minister, for the army to completely conquer the Gaza Strip.

Those three and, more recently, Ya'alon's successor, Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman, have taken aim at Bennett for «playing politics» with national security discussions, all but accusing him outright of leaking information about cabinet meetings.

Hammond, who has faced calls from fellow cabinet ministers to scrap the 1 % freeze on public sector pay increases, said that the government must continue the «right balance» between what is fair for workers and taxpayers.

On Monday former chancellor Norman Lamont defended Hammond's stance, saying on BBC Radio 4's Today programme that «it is unavoidable that we have restraint on public spending,» adding: «it is not right for cabinet ministers to gang up on the chancellor in this way.

Southern Ontario backbench MP Ed Holder has also been brought into the cabinet fold, replacing Rickford as minister of state for science and technology.

(One chain - smoking minister ducks outside cabinet meetings for a quick cigarette.)

He was the Prime Minister's Security Adviser at No10 from 2007 - 10, with a particular focus on Islamist terrorism, and was responsible in the Cabinet Office for the coordination and funding of the UK agencies, MI5, GCHQ and SIS.

Veteran cabinet stalwart Gerry Ritz, currently Agriculture Minister, cancelled a Monday event in Saskatoon and would instead be in Ottawa for «meetings,» his office said.

Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield and Ted Menzies, the Minister of State for Finance, have asked to be kept out of cabinet, while former Public Safety minister Vic Toews has resigned and Environment Minister Peter Kent has signalled he expects to be froMinister Keith Ashfield and Ted Menzies, the Minister of State for Finance, have asked to be kept out of cabinet, while former Public Safety minister Vic Toews has resigned and Environment Minister Peter Kent has signalled he expects to be froMinister of State for Finance, have asked to be kept out of cabinet, while former Public Safety minister Vic Toews has resigned and Environment Minister Peter Kent has signalled he expects to be frominister Vic Toews has resigned and Environment Minister Peter Kent has signalled he expects to be froMinister Peter Kent has signalled he expects to be frozen out.

In interviews in the days after Morneau's Oct. 24 economic statement, several key cabinet ministers and well - placed government officials all insisted the brakes haven't been applied to a string of ambitious and inherently risky policy unveilings, planned for the coming months and beyond.

Economy Minister Philipp Roesler of Germany said in the report after a weekly cabinet meeting, in which he stood in for Merkel, «The chancellor and we have discussed it and we are united that a bank license can not be our way.»

Some Tory insiders are reportedly so disillusioned with the crop currently running that they're expressing their displeasure with former cabinet ministers like Jason Kenney, John Baird, Peter MacKay and James Moore for staying out of the contest.

Whitehall source says defence secretary will be asked to name his price to break deadlock

Pro-Brexit ministers fear Downing Street will try to pick off the defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, in the coming days — to break the cabinet deadlock and secure a majority for Theresa May's favoured customs...

She worked as Minister across nine Canadian government departments, and her service included the role of Vice Chair of the Treasury Board and chair of the cabinet committee for public safety, justice and aboriginal issues.

The Liberal MP, who was the first openly gay federal cabinet minister, spoke about the «true progress» that has been made in his lifetime in Canada for the LGBTQ community.

On leaving the European Parliament, he intends to return to German politics for the 2017 election cycle and has been tipped as a probable cabinet minister.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (center) and members of his cabinet pose for photographers outside Parliament in Athens (Greece) on January 28, 2015.

Talk in political circles is that he would be a shoe - in for a cabinet spot if elected, maybe as Minister of Minister of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour or Minister of Infrastructure.

After the interim Liberal leader had expounded on the «absurd situation» before us — a cabinet minister unable or unwilling to stand in the House and explain his actions in helping divvy up millions in «border infrastructure» funds for bike racks and gazebos in his riding — the Prime Minister stood and restated the script about this having been «thoroughly aired» and there being «process improvements» to be made and sminister unable or unwilling to stand in the House and explain his actions in helping divvy up millions in «border infrastructure» funds for bike racks and gazebos in his riding — the Prime Minister stood and restated the script about this having been «thoroughly aired» and there being «process improvements» to be made and sMinister stood and restated the script about this having been «thoroughly aired» and there being «process improvements» to be made and so forth.

As a former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Premier, Clark sat around Gordon Campbell's cabinet table for some of the Cabinet Minister and Deputy Premier, Clark sat around Gordon Campbell's cabinet table for some of the cabinet table for some of the most...

Mr. Atwal is the Sikh extremist who served prison time in Canada for attempting to murder a visiting Indian cabinet minister on Vancouver Island in 1986.

Not to be unexpected, it did not take long for the rumour mill to start suggesting what next steps these former cabinet ministers might take.