Sentences with phrase «chief whip said»

The Tory chief whip said he took Mark Reckless for a meal in the House of Commons to talk about keeping him in the party, ahead of his defection at the weekend.

But speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, the Majority Chief Whip said the Job 600 has about 12 elevators adding that only two have broken down and will not entirely affect mobility at the facility.

The former Labour chief whip said: «Those who decide to wear the veil just make it that much more difficult for their neighbours, anybody that they're talking to, to really feel that they are sharing values and so on with them.»

Not exact matches

«I didn't get to be the Democratic Chair in Sacramento, or [chief deputy] whip because I don't understand politics,» she said.

Speaking to Accra - based Citi FM, the Minority Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka said, «this is the first time in my whole life in Parliament that I am seeing that a motion, when it is just moved and seconded, is referred to a committee.»

Williamson has previously said that Cronus - who is named after a Greek god who came to power by castrating his father before eating his own children - helps him in his role as chief whip.

The spokesman said: «The chief whip has summoned John Mann MP to discuss his conduct.»

One former Brown ally says: «Nick Brown [then Labour chief whip] had someone among the plotters who was feeding back to us who was involved and what they planned to do.

Thorpe's successor David Steel later said that Cyril was not an ideal chief whip, because he did not handle a crisis well and «had the tendency to say anything to a news camera».

«The Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara as well as the Deputy Speaker, Yussuf Lasun; the Minority Leader, Leo Ogor; and the Chief Whip, Hassan Ado are not immune from investigation under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, even though the Hon. Speaker Hon. Yakubu Dogara has been talking tough saying that the EFCC can not investigate him.»

Hon. Ignatius Baffour Awuah, MP for Sunyani West and 2nd Deputy Minority Chief Whip, commenting on the issue said the situation was worrying.

Second Deputy Majority Chief Whip, Hon. Ibrahim Ahmed, who led the call on the Speaker, said the collapse of DKM and other micro-finance institutions in the Brong - Ahafo and the three northern regions has brought anarchy to the area.

A source said: «The chief whip was in listening mode.

The deputy chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr Pally Iriase, has said that former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, excuses for leaving the All...

He said the money was given to the Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak for onward distribution to the members of the Minority, adding the Minority MPs initially accepted the monies thinking it was payment of their sitting allowance, but when they got to know it was monies from the Minister designate to bribe them, they returned the money.

The chief whip and former international development secretary apologised, met members of the Police Federation and avoided the Conservative party's autumn conference in Birmingham, but was finally forced to resign as public anger about his rant — and what it said about the ruling Conservatives — forced him to quit.

Former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Mahama Ayariga has said he feels sorry his friendship with Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka has been ruined following his allegation of bribery against the latter.

In a statement today, he said: «I have advised the chief whip and the chairman of my local Conservative association that I shall not seek to continue as the Conservative Party Candidate for Old Bexley and Sidcup at the next election.

Alimikhena, who is also the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, said the IGP was summoned on October 16 to answer allegations made against him by Senator Isah Misau (APC - Bauchi).

The peer said he was having dinner with his wife when he got a call from the chief whip, and went to the Lords to be told he was being sacked.

«Tom Watson, our deputy leader who's got his own mandate, Rosie Winterton, the chief whip, John Cryer, who's chair of the parliamentary Labour party and a friend of Jeremy's, have all been trying to get him to recognise that he can not continue in the job because he's lost the confidence of the PLP and he's hiding behind a closed door denying that this is a fact,» she said.

The chief whip in the Lords asked Lord Heseltine to stand down because he voted against the government's official position, it said, adding: «The government would like to warmly thank Lord Heseltine for his service.»

Lord Heseltine, 83, who served as a minister in the Thatcher government, said he was informed by the Conservative chief whip in the Lords he was to be sacked «from the five jobs with which I have been helping the government».

It's often said that nice guys don't become chief whip, but Patrick McLoughlin is the exception who proves the rule.

The Minority Chief whip, Mubarak Muntaka, stated after the presentation of the budget in an interview with Citi News that «the most shocking and the most insincere comment of the Finance Minister was when he said they had ended dumsor.»

She said it was good to see more female whips, but it would have been better to have a woman as chief whip and suggested it felt like an «afterthought» to make Amber Rudd minister for women and equalities.

Government Chief Whip Nick Brown puts out statement saying there is «no significant support for this unhelpful gesture».

A former Senate Chief Whip and Chairman, National Contact Committee, Action Democratic Party, ADP, Senator Roland Owie, yesterday, said the change the ruling All Progressives Congress,...

He brought embarrassment on the government when, as chief whip, he sent a note to Keith Vaz thanking him for his help with the crunch vote over 42 - day detention for terror suspects and saying he trusted he would be «appropriately rewarded».

Nick Brown, Labour's chief whip, said there was «no significant support» for the move proposed by the pair of MPs.

The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has said Minority legislators on the Appointments Committee only resolved to be fair to Martin Amidu before his vetting for the Special Prosecutor position.

The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has said that members of the majority on the cash - for - seat Committee are being dishonest with the actual report of the Committee following its meeting with the various stakeholders to ascertain the veracity of claims of extortion at the Ghana Expatriate Business Awards held in December 2017.

One of NEC members, who spoke to The PUNCH on condition of anonymity, said, «The session became rowdy at some point when members of NEC shouted down the Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, for saying there was no need to debate the issue since the President had spoken.

The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, has accused the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye of being a threat to Ghana's democracy saying «Mobutu [Sese Seko] or even Idi Amin will not behave the way he is doing.»

Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said the minority were given money by the minority chief whip Muhammad Muntaka.

Majority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak says the National Democratic Congress administration led by President John Mahama has in the last six years created about 346,000 jobs and intends to create more when voted for in the November polls.

Michael Fallon's resignation last night is said to have come after the chief whip warned Theresa...

On Twitter, Nick Boles said he was «puzzled by vehemence of some reactions» to Williamson's appointment, adding that he had been an effective chief whip and loyal to successive prime ministers.

The supposed bribe was said to have been channeled through Chairman of the Committee, Joe Osei - Wusu, and Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka.

He says when he heard Dorries was off to the jungle to eat insects he thought it was a new style of severity from their chief whip.

And the Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, who is said to have shared the money to the minority members, has sworn by «Allah» that he never conveyed any money from Joseph Osei - Owusu to anybody.

To say that some Conservative MPs are unhappy with the chief whip becoming defence secretary would...

To say that some Conservative MPs are unhappy with the chief whip becoming defence secretary would be putting it mildly.

Senator Olusola Adeyeye, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate says It is unfair to portray the impression that it is because of the profligacy of the National Assembly that Nigeria has economic challenges stressing that it is rather due to the profligacy of the entire nation.

Downing Street sources have said that Gove, as chief whip, will play a major role defending government policy on the airwaves.

In a short interview about his reshuffle, he also said that he was making Michael Gove chief whip because he wanted one of his «great political brains» to do that job.

«Jeremy's team have held extensive talks with the chief whip and PLP chair about shadow cabinet elections, and are ready to continue those discussions with the new chief whip,» the spokesman said.

The Specator's James Forsyth says Michael Gove has been acting as chief whip for the last two weeks.

In his resignation letter to David Cameron, Strathclyde said the time was right to leave, having recently clocked up 15 years as leader of the Tories in the Lords, and 25 years on the party's frontbench, having previously served as a whip, chief whip and minister.

Mr Cameron said: «In the case of Nadine Dorries, if you're in the Australian jungle you can't really be representing your constituents either in Bedfordshire or in Parliament, so the chief whip took that decision which I fully back.»