Sentences with phrase «cabinet departments for»

A massive spending bill to provide money for five Cabinet departments for the upcoming budget year is about to hit the Senate floor, giving senators a rare opportunity for open debate on legislation of any kind.

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«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.»

Without thanking Trump or mentioning him by name, the outgoing Cabinet secretary expressed appreciation for «selfless leaders» at the State Department and other agencies, his voice breaking at times.

Mr Prosser has worked in the public service for more than 20 years in both Commonwealth and State government departments — including a stint as an Aboriginal heritage project officer with the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.

As Sy explains, the President - elect's picks for various cabinet posts — apart from his selection of Rep. Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services — could well have a significant effect on Americans» health and well - being over the next several years.

In 2012, President Obama called for folding the SBA into the Department of Commerce — even after he elevated the SBA administrator to a cabinet level position.

Trump announced two picks on Wednesday for his Cabinet — South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and wealthy Republican donor and school choice advocate Betsy DeVos to lead the Education Department.

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.

Requests to the Department of Finance for «rules of thumb» on the impact on various tax changes were denied, as they were classified as «Cabinet Confidence».

The re-appointment of Sir Eric Pickles as the government's Anti-Corruption Champion still leaves a need for a strong voice at Cabinet and the means to coordinate difficult departments on an issue that won't be their top priority.

Through the efforts of individual Government departments and the support of the Chief Secretary and my RHF the Minister for the Cabinet Office, we have already generated # 12bn of efficiency savings in Whitehall.

After a period on the back benchers Laws returned to government in 2012 as Minister of State for Schools in the Department of Education and Minster of State in the Cabinet Office.

In his address, Mr Reid took pains to praise his predecessors at the Home Office, in what will be seen as an attempt to heal the divisions he created in the cabinet by declaring the department «not fit for purpose» when he took over.

Former Cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith said the Treasury had «consistently got its predictions wrong in the past» and pointed out responsibility for forecasting was removed from the department in 2010.

Ryan has also served in the offices of members of the US Cabinet and US Congress, conducted research for several think tanks, and served as a negotiator for a new counter-narcotics framework with Latin American governments while at the US State Department.

However, there is also provision for a «Ministerial veto», whereby the Information Commissioner's notice can be overridden, in respect of requests relating to central Government departments and the Welsh National Assembly, by a certificate signed by a Cabinet Minister, or the Welsh or Northern Irish First Minister.

Two Cabinet ministers and civil servants at the Department for Transport are fighting an increasingly bitter blame game behind closed doors over the collapse of the government's system for awarding rail franchises.

Many put this down to the transfer of responsibility for freedom of information from the Cabinet Office to the Home Office, and the realisation of other departments of the implications of Dr Clark's proposals.

In her first session at the despatch box 48 hours after joining the Cabinet, Truss said she had decided to progress with the government's two culling pilots this autumn after speaking with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs» (Defra) scientific adviser.

There has previously been some speculation that if the Conservatives win the general election and David Cameron becomes Prime Minister, he might combine the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Offices into a single «Department for the Nations» or such like, with one minister sitting in the Cabinet.

Senate Democrats, for their part, can still point to their role in derailing Ronny Jackson's nomination to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, another Cabinet post often seen as above politics in previous administrations.

In June 2003 Alexander was promoted to Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and in September 2004 was moved to Minister of State for Trade at both the Department of Trade and Industry and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

In general one doesn't become a cabinet secretary without having acquired a good deal of experience, and it's particularly unlikely for a young person to be appointed to lead a department that concerns veterans.

In response to Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude's admission that the implementation of the Universal Credit system has been «pretty lamentable», the Department for Work and Pensions has told ITV News Iain Duncan Smith has «not shied away from any tough decisions» over the policy:

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.

The departmental structure around them is also shifting, with Remainer Damian Green taking over effectively as deputy prime minister in the Cabinet Office, which was linking the work being done in the Brexit department with Liam Fox's Department for International Trade and the Foreign Office under Boridepartment with Liam Fox's Department for International Trade and the Foreign Office under BoriDepartment for International Trade and the Foreign Office under Boris Johnson.

But he said the Cabinet secretary has written to all government departments asking them to put in place new procedures for the authorisation of «all these sorts of contacts».

Laws continued to give advice to Clegg who he was close to, and was then brought back into government wearing two hats, as Minister of State for Schools in the Department for Education and Minister of State for the Cabinet Office.

Washington (CNN)- The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $ 447 billion spending bill that funds several Cabinet departments and other agencies for the 2010 budget year - money needed to keep government funded after next week.

The Wirral West MP remains in the Department for Work and Pensions as Minister for Employment, and will now attend cabinet meetings.

Matt Hancock moves from the Business Department to become minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, with responsibility for efficiency and civil service reform.

This allows presidents the ability to select cabinet members based as much or more on their ability and competency to lead a particular department as on their loyalty to the president, as opposed to parliamentary cabinets, which might be filled by legislators chosen for no better reason than their perceived loyalty to the prime minister.

«For proper accountability, especially as we work with the administration on implementing the new law governing elementary and secondary education, it is important to have in charge of the department a member of the president's cabinet confirmed by the United States Senate.»

Given the importance of the industry to the UK economy the CIOB believes the role should be located within a highly influential government department; probably the Cabinet Office, with excellent links into the Treasury, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), and the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Refodepartment; probably the Cabinet Office, with excellent links into the Treasury, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), and the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory RefoDepartment of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), and the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory RefoDepartment for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR).

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

The governor's office, and his top cabinet officials at the Environmental Conservation and Health departments, have repeatedly insisted the EPA failed in properly outlining the appropriate safety levels for the chemical PFOA in drinking water.

And Labour's poll lead has spurred him into fast and decisive action; he recently gave his cabinet a dressing down for allowing their departments to snarl up progress.

It appears Cameron has now realised he needs his Cabinet minister in the Department for Transport to have a more open mind on the issue of airport expansion.

Another N3.8 m is budgeted for the purchase of what is called multi-functional photocopy machine for the Procurement Department and N29.5 m for archival project Phases I, II and III for cabinet secretariat document and file organisation.

Cabinet Office Minister for the Cabinet Office and chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - Liam Byrne Parliamentary secretary - Tom Watson Parliamentary secretary - Kevin Brennan Parliamentary secretary - Baroness Shriti Vadera (jointly with the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform) Minister for the Olympics and paymaster general - Tessa Jowell

The scheme is being developed in collaboration with the Association of British Insurers (ABI), Ministers, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and Cabinet Office (CO), via the Water Bill 2014, which received Royal Assent in May 2014

You are right about all those ministers, although I would just note that Gavin Strang was at the same level in the first Blair administration as Michael Meacher, they were both Ministers of State who sometimes attended cabinet meetings - John Prescott was the Secretary of State for the Department they were both ministers in.

He is said to mope around the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), while some Lib Dems believe he is setting himself up as a restraint inside the cabinet on his old enemy, George Osborne.

I have certainly sat in Cabinet sub-committee meetings where Ministers read out the briefs prepared for them by their departments with no regard for the broader political objectives of the government.

But the main loser of the day has been Eric Pickles, who leaves the Department for Communities and Local Government without another cabinet job to go to.

[6] Clarke, who declined Cameron's offer of the Leadership of the House of Commons, [7] explained that when Cameron asked him to become Shadow Business Secretary in 2009, the men agreed that he would serve in the cabinet for two years, and that «At my age, it is time for me to step back from the slog of running a large department, but I am delighted to have been given a more advisory political role».

The H&HS Cabinet is comprised of representatives from the County's health and human services related departments, including Health (including the Division of Veterans Services), Mental Hygiene, Community & Family Services (including the Division of Youth Services), Probation & Community Corrections and the Office for the Aging, working together to coordinate service delivery to provide better outcomes for families.

For example, the president - elect has named cabinet members to oversee departments they have previously sought to destroy.

On 15 July 2014, Gove's four - year stint in charge of the Department for Education came to an end when he was replaced as Secretary of State for Education by former Treasury Minister Nicky Morgan in a wide - ranging cabinet reshuffle and moved to the post of Government Chief Whip.

Former Cabinet Minister John Redwood uncovered that the Department for Work and Pensions will be a rare oasis of job creation: