Sentences with phrase «dem cabinet committee»

To ensure that the Government delivers on its commitments, a new results and delivery approach will be implemented that includes the establishment of the Cabinet Committee on Agenda, Results and Communications, chaired by the Prime Minister, and a Results and Delivery Unit, housed in the Privy Council Office.

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.

In a conscious decision to reduce the procedural confusion that characterized Paul Martin's tenure as prime minister, Harper cut the number of cabinet committees drastically in 2006.

The main forum for those choices will be the little - understood cabinet committee structure of the Harper government.

The media appeared to be waiting for details on the «Strategic and Operating Review» exercise, but the Cabinet Committee tasked with this review was just announced and results are not expected until the fall at the earliest.

Tim started his career at the Department of Finance, Canada, and then held positions at the Privy Council Office — where he was Secretary to various Cabinet committees — and Agriculture and Agri - food Canada.

Former prime minister will speak to members of the Trudeau government's cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations

Laws had a rare vantage point at the centre of Coalition government as he attended the Quad, met regularly with Clegg and his policy advisers, served on important Cabinet Committees, frequently brokering deals between the Coalition parties.

He said: «The Labour government is going backwards with Gordon Brown's demotion of the Cabinet committee on the environment, cuts in green taxes and rising carbon emissions.

John Prescott will chair nine cabinet committees and deputise for Tony Blair on seven others, Downing Street has announced.

The Brexit Cabinet committee and full Cabinet meeting on Monday and yesterday, respectively, persisted in the delusion that we could indeed agree a bespoke deal somewhere between Norway and Canada - the so - called «Canada plus - plus - plus».

The Smith Commission has set out a raft of new powers for the Scottish Parliament, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has signed a new devolution agreement with Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the Deputy Prime Minister has signed an agreement with Sheffield City Council, and the Cabinet Committee on Devolved Powers has reported on options for change in Westminster.

The prime minister said he would be setting up a new Cabinet committee to oversee flood recovery and would be personally chairing its first meeting on Thursday.

What you describe will I am sure have to happen for real in Cabinet Committee and Cameron - Clegg bilaterals.

William Hague is leading a cabinet committee that is due to produce proposals about how to proceed with the so - called West Lothian question (it is being boycotted by Labour, who see the issue as a trap designed to make it harder for them to govern).

David Cameron has promised to appoint Iain Duncan Smith to chair a Cabinet committee if he becomes Prime Minister.

Tony Blair has arrived back in the UK from his holiday in Egypt to chair the Cabinet committee on the Asian tsunami.

The local government associations from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have written to William Hague, who chairs the cabinet committee looking at devolved powers.

We'll look at the main areas being suggested for further devolution in Scotland by the Smith Commission — powers over the economy and the Welfare State — and examine how they apply to Wales; and then look at how devolution to England and the recommendations of UK Government's Cabinet committee under William Hague will impact on the workings of the UK, and what its future should be.

The NAO have also criticised the government for refusing to hand over Cabinet committee papers relating to the decision to construct the two new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.

CIHT welcome the decision by Prime Minister David Cameron to launch a targeted review of the resilience of the transport network to extreme weather events, announced at yesterday's first meeting of the new Cabinet Committee on flooding.

After proposals for the new UK - EU customs arrangements were discussed by Brexit cabinet committee yesterday, KPMG's Customs Lead, Bob Jones said...

He has also proposed an English regions cabinet committee and the offer of city regions to be led by directly elected mayors.

He is not particularly an ardent Remainer - although his appointment retains the balance on the vital Brexit cabinet committee.

THERESA May will pile fresh misery on George Osborne as she chairs the first Cabinet committee focusing on pushing Britain's industrial strategy later.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who chairs the local growth cabinet committee, also hailed the announcement as marking the end of a culture of «Whitehall knows best» and helping to end an over-reliance on the banks and the City of London.

In a joint statement they announced that the role of the joint Lib - Lab cabinet committee will be expanded to get rid of the «destructive tribalism» of the past.

The Prime Minister broke new ground by inviting Mr Ashdown to sit on a joint cabinet committee, and there will now be questions about whether his successor will be such an enthusiastic visitor to Downing Street.

And despite disappointments, its defenders can justly claim that cooperation has achieved real results, even if (apart from PR for Europe and London), it is more through long - term cooperation on the ground rather than top - down deals between Paddy and Tony for a joint cabinet committee to look at constitutional affairs.

«We don't need a joint cabinet committee to work out the details of policies where we already agree,» one strategist said yesterday.

Downing St was quick to say last night that the alliance would go on as before, and the joint cabinet committee will doubtless meet.

At least two expected candidates for the leadership, Simon Hughes and Charles Kennedy, have spoken against this winter's extension of the remit of the official Lib - Lab cabinet committee, itself unprecedented.

You can open up debate beyond the Cabinet committee room and start a national debate about how we can be governed.»

Cabinet committees and their Cabinet Office secretariats enable ministers to formally discuss and agree on any issues with cross government implications (which is practically any decision you can imagine).

Runswick goes further: «Unlock Democracy believes this conversation is long overdue and it is not something which can be conducted behind the closed doors of a Cabinet committee meeting.

In a significant concession to traditionalists, which emerged less than 24 hours after Paddy Ashdown announced his planned resignation as Lib Dem leader, Mr Blair promised he would not launch any more initiatives to extend the remit of the Lib - Lab cabinet committee without talking to senior MPs.

Theresa May met her senior ministers to discuss customs options on Monday night but the crunch Cabinet committee was deadlocked.

A Treasury source confirmed to Newsnight tonight that the Star Chamber, the Cabinet committee which adjudicates on public spending disputes, has now met at least once.

Lord President and Leader of the House with lots of media performances and an important cabinet committee role on domestic issues (keep him away from foreign affairs) could suit him well.

Both Mr Gove and Mr Clark were part of the Brexit Cabinet committee which discussed the customs options.

Each cabinet committee had a chair from one party and a deputy chair from the other; there was also a cabinet committee specifically overseeing the operation of the coalition.

It was under his leadership the party went back to equidistance, it was him that set up the Tax Comission with a specific remit of finding ways to raise the personal allowance, it was he who withdrew from the Cabinet committees Blair had managed to get us on.

Instead, the voting rights of Scottish MPs will be curtailed — though exactly how is to be hammered out by a Cabinet committee headed by Commons leader William Hague.

Many of the initiatives he took - such as the pre-election Cook - Maclennan talks on the constitution and the Joint Cabinet Committee set up since the election - were full of risk, and he often pressed ahead at a faster pace than many people wanted.

Duncan Smith will not show his hand until the EU negotiations have been completed because he is a member of the cabinet committee overseeing them.

He announced that he will be chairing a Cabinet Committee on Social Justice, stating that Social Justice would define his role and that he wants his Department to be «at the forefront of strategy to improve the quality of life for the worst off».

May now faces the prospect of replacing Green, who had chaired a series of sensitive Brexit cabinet committees.

I understand that this letter reflects Cameron's frustration that in the past, decisions have been taken by the relevant Cabinet committee and then disappeared into a bureaucratic fog.

As the Commons debate opened, the Labour party announced that it would refuse an invitation from William Hague to contribute to the work of a cabinet committee.

To maintain unity, he has set up a Cabinet committee on Europe which will help craft the renegotiation.