Sentences with phrase «conservative immigration minister»

When it was revealed that the family of the drowned Syrian toddler had their refugee bid rejected by the Canadian government in the midst of one of the worst refugee crisis since WWII, Conservative immigration minister Chris Alexander got

Newsnight just started with: «Conservative immigration minister Damian Green has been arrested.

Conservative Immigration minister Caroline Nokes said Windrush families had been let down by the immigration system but the rules on who had the right to be in the UK still needed to be enforced.

The former federal Conservative immigration minister has long been considered in an organizational class of his own.

Not exact matches

«We are considering potential changes to the UK passport after the UK has left the European Union,» the immigration minister, Robert Goodwill, said in reply to a parliamentary question about reintroducing Britain's «old blue style passport» from the Conservative MP Julian Knight.

In an editorial that has drawn the fury of progressives in Denmark, possibly the most conservative of the Nordic states, the country's immigration minister said...

It is an area I find particularly interesting, bearing in mind my earlier responsibilities in Westminster, where in the mid-90s Conservative government I was the Home Office minister responsible for immigration and asylum.

• Number 10 has announced that Conservatives ministers will be told to abstain in a crunch vote this afternoon on the immigration bill.

During a discussion on immigration, Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, challenged Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron on the government's approach to resettling Syrian refugees.

A stormy session of Prime Minister's Question Time this lunchtime saw Tony Blair attack the Conservative Party's asylum and immigration policy.

The Conservatives» new immigration minister James Brokenshire had earlier said that Mr Cable was «incorrect» over the seriousness of the figures and also stated that wealthy Britons are «benefiting from immigration».

The opposition believes the prime minister has abandoned the centre ground in recent months to adopt a more orthodox conservative stance on issues such as law and order, immigration and welfare.

Although I had difficult exchanges with the home secretary Theresa May and prime minister over immigration controls on non-EU students and skilled workers, almost all Conservative colleagues and ministers agreed, at least privately, that their policies were seriously damaging to business, universities and the wider national economic interest.

In his resignation letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, the Conservative MP said: «As Immigration Minister, who is taking legislation through Parliament which will toughen up our immigration laws, I should hold myself to a higher standard than expected of othImmigration Minister, who is taking legislation through Parliament which will toughen up our immigration laws, I should hold myself to a higher standard than expected of othimmigration laws, I should hold myself to a higher standard than expected of others.»

In 2009, the Conservative federal immigration minister publicly mused that refugee claims made by members of the Roma community were being too enthusiastically approved by the Immigration and Refugee Board; importantly for this story, the members of that board enjoy reappointment to their position at the whim of thimmigration minister publicly mused that refugee claims made by members of the Roma community were being too enthusiastically approved by the Immigration and Refugee Board; importantly for this story, the members of that board enjoy reappointment to their position at the whim of thImmigration and Refugee Board; importantly for this story, the members of that board enjoy reappointment to their position at the whim of the minister.