Sentences with phrase «conservative justice secretary»
[9] She assailed Conservative Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke over «secret inquests» opposed by military families, [10] provoking a «swipe» at the Royal British Legion from the Minister., [11]
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Commenting on the figures, Dominic Grieve, the Conservative shadow justice secretary, said: «The surge in female violence - fuelled by binge - drinking - is a damning indictment of this government's track record in addressing both crime and social breakdown.»
Current Conservative officeholders who are members of the group include the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith; David Cameron's PPS, Desmond Swayne; Nick Clegg's Parliamentary Under - Secretary, Mark Harper; the Minister of State for Transport, Theresa Villiers; a Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, Jonathan Djanogly; three government whips, Angela Watkinson, Mark Francois and Greg Hands; the Chairman of the Procedure Committee, Greg Knight; and the Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, John Whittingdale, who was Mrs Thatcher's Political Secretary in the late 1980s.
Prominent Conservative backbenchers opposed to this ill - advised plan include Dominic Grieve, the former Attorney General, and former justice secretary Kenneth Clarke.
Mr Herbert, previously the shadow secretary for justice, fills the void left by Mr Ainsworth's departure with expectation on him to start debate and put forward the Conservative plans.
Conservative and Lib Dem ministers have struggled to win over Labour to their proposals, which had concentrated on former justice secretary Jack Straw's work in a white paper published towards the end of the New Labour government.
Writing in the Telegraph today, current justice secretary Chris Grayling appeared to have already moved on from the report, when he said he might call for Britain's withdrawal from the European court of human rights if the Conservatives won the next election.
[17] When the Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition formed the Government in 2010, Blunt was appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice.
Labour's Jack Straw, who served as both home secretary and justice secretary and attempted his own reforms of the Lords when in government, urged the prime minister to consider calling a pre-legislative referendum to avoid a «trainwreck» to Commons business in light of the fact that the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were «divided on this issue».
The Guardian - via the brilliant Straight Choice website - highlights a leaflet produced by the Conservative team trying to elect Michael Law - Riding in Blackburn, currently the seat of Justice Secretary, Jack Straw.
In a sign, perhaps, of the Conservative party's shifting priorities, Gove's speech attracted more interest than the law and order session addressed by Theresa May, the home secretary, and Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary (see 12.32 pm).
As David Cameron comes under pressure from the Conservative right to reshuffle the Justice Secretary Ken Clarke out of Government, Gaby Hinsliff looks at the options facing the Prime Minister.
At the time Green was a Conservative MP but he would later become minister for policing, criminal justice and victims and then work and pensions secretary.
A purely Conservative Government would not be pressing ahead with reform of the House of Lords in this parliament, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke admitted today.
Conservative minister hits out at Justice Secretary after he stabbed Boris Johnson in the back to launch his own fight to be PM
The justice secretary said that it was the fact that Lord Ashcroft was right at the heart of the Conservative party's overall election strategy.
Lawyer and newly elected Conservative MP Kerry - Lynne Findlay, representing the Delta - Richmond East riding, has been appointed parliamentary secretary to Justice Minister Rob Nicholson.
Human rights under attack Nick Herbert, conservative shadow justice secretary to Jack Straw, has been putting himself about on civil liberties and human rights.
Nick Herbert, the Conservative shadow secretary of state for justice, questioned how accountability would be preserved in the event of the removal of the requirement of the consent of the attorney general in respect of a wide range of prosecutions.