Sentences with phrase «deputy leader of the house»

Tom Brake MP, the deputy leader of the House of Commons, said BASC was invaluable in helping to educate people.

President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki on Thursday visited the family of the late Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives Hon Umar Baba Jibril.

She was Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2010.

Deputy leader of the House Tom Brake told MPs that special advisers, informally called «spads», who wield immense influence in Whitehall and Westminster, would not be covered because they are not «decision - makers».

Does the Deputy Leader of the House share my aspiration that by the end of this Parliament we will ensure that English - only legislation is voted on with a majority of English MPs?»

Speaking on Thursday morning, shadow deputy leader of the House added that so much has happened this week that she had «made my «own list».

And Melanie Onn, MP for Grimsby and shadow deputy leader of the House, proposes a new form of citizenship lessons in schools to better educate children about the importance of politics:

Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs Minister of state - Jane Kennedy Minister of state - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (jointly with Department of Energy and Climate Change); and deputy leader of the House of Lords Parliamentary under secretary of state - Huw Irranca - Davies

Nigel Griffiths, deputy leader of the House of Commons, has quit his role amid a growing rebellion over the future of the Trident nuclear missile system.

Department of Energy and Climate Change Minister of state - Mike O'Brien Minister of state - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (jointly with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs); and Deputy leader of the House of Lords Parliamentary under secretary of state - Joan Ruddock

5.05 pm Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege Subject: Parliamentary Privilege Witness (es): Rt Hon Tom Brake MP, Deputy Leader of the House of Commons and Alex Thomas, Deputy Director of the Elections and Parliament Division, Cabinet Office Location: 2A

They were the very reforms that the Leader of the House and the Deputy Leader of the House supported so vigorously when they were in opposition.

He has a wealth of experience in parliament, but apart from a short stint as deputy leader of the House of Commons, he is not closely associated with the coalition government.

The debate gives the Deputy Leader of the House the opportunity to confirm for the avoidance of doubt, as lawyers would say, that the commitment in the coalition agreement will be complied with, and when he gives that commitment perhaps he would also answer my hon. Friend's question on whether there will be a House business committee and the Backbench Business Committee or just one covering both important subjects.»

I just say to the hon. Gentleman, who is chattering incessantly from a sedentary position, that when he was Deputy Leader of the House he did not introduce a Backbench Business Committee.

President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has expressed sadness over the passing of Umar Jibrin, the Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives,...

Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons Shailesh Vara and Wellingborough both asked about the treatment of Welsh and English residents in the other country's hospitals:

He also served as Deputy Leader of the House of Lords from 1968 - 70.

In September 2012, he was appointed to his first ministerial position as deputy leader of the House of Commons, having been appointed a privy counsellor in June 2011.

There was a thought - provoking exchange between Deputy Leader of the House Chris Bryant and his Shadow Shailesh Vara yesterday.

I was delighted when the Deputy Leader of the House was able to confirm last week that the announcement was to be made shortly.

I hope that the Deputy Leader of the House will say that even the gelded Liberals would not stand for the Government's trying to elect a Back - Bench committee's chairman.»

The speaker was, however, represented at the occasion by the Deputy Leader of the House, Umar Jibril, who also led other members to the state.

Connarty didn't get much of an answer from David Heath, the Deputy Leader of the House.

Rt Hon Earl Howe as Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords -

Tom Brake, the deputy leader of the House of Commons, said the overall aim is to make the tax system fairer.

Shore was retained in the Cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons.

Previously a quiet but effective operator as Deputy Leader of the House, he's now seemingly the Lib Dem spokesperson on everything as well as being their Chief Whip.

The former Deputy Leader of the House, Michael Ellis used to have the chore of responding to them and has now been rewarded with promotion to a departmental job.

Not exact matches

«Steinbrueck behaves like a bull in a china shop,» said Michael Meister, deputy leader of Merkel's conservatives in the Bundestag (lower house of parliament).

Vladislav Reznik, now the deputy head of the finance committee in Russia's lower house of parliament and a member of the Putin - aligned United Russia Party, faces charges accusing him of giving allies of the criminal organization's alleged leader, Gennady Petrov, positions in the Russian government in exchange for a share of the organization's assets.

Raising the matter on the Floor for the consideration of the MPs the Deputy Minority Leader Dominic Nitiwul said the 14th July edition of the publication of the Graphic scandalized Parliament and made the House looked like it has gone backdoor to change the CI when what was laid on Friday the 8th of July was different.

Having been demoted from foreign secretary to leader of the house in 1989 — although he was given the largely meaningless title of Deputy PM to soften the blow — Howe quit in November 1990, and in one of the great acts of Commons theatre used his resignation speech to savage Thatcher over the Poll Tax and Europe.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, meanwhile, expressed frustration over what he saw was a shifting set of priorities dictated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who initially proposed the amendments, as well as urged lawmakers to fund a hate crimes task force and back a memorandum of understanding for affordable housing money.

(This in fact rises to a difference of 12 years if we include the Wilson and Heath governments, where no official Deputy Prime Ministers were named, leaving it to the deputy leader of the party or leader of the House of Commons to claim the role - perhaps, indeed, this difference following a lack of official recognition itself further supports our «finding&raDeputy Prime Ministers were named, leaving it to the deputy leader of the party or leader of the House of Commons to claim the role - perhaps, indeed, this difference following a lack of official recognition itself further supports our «finding&radeputy leader of the party or leader of the House of Commons to claim the role - perhaps, indeed, this difference following a lack of official recognition itself further supports our «finding»!)

The EFCC has failed, and or refused to investigate allegations of budget padding and abuse of office leveled against the Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara as well as the Deputy Speaker, Yussuff Lasun; the Minority Leader, Leo Ogor; and the Chief Whip, Hassan Ado Doguwa.»

«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.»

Before joining Planned Parenthood, she served as deputy chief of staff for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Unless the reliefs sought by SERAP are granted, the EFCC will not investigate the Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara as well as the Deputy Speaker, Yussuff Lasun; the Minority Leader, Leo Ogor; and the Chief Whip, Hassan Ado for grave financial and economic crimes.»

[32] On 28 June 2007, after she became Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Brown was appointed Prime Minister, Harman joined Brown's Cabinet as Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women and Equality, and was also given the title of Labour Party Chair.

In a statement to MPs after abandoning plans to reform the Lords last month, the deputy prime minister also rejected out of hand modest changes to the upper house proposed by the former Liberal leader Lord Steel of Aikwood.

The Deputy Majority Leader, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has assured her colleagues Members of Parliament that the leadership of the House is committed to improving security within the precincts of the chamber.

Simon Hughes, the Liberal Democrats» deputy leader, said although the Conservative MPs» decision not to back House of Lords reform was a «major failure», «life goes on» when it comes to the coalition.

«A past conviction should never prevent someone from being able to put food on the table or pay their rent,» said Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Deputy Leader and Chair of the Housing and Buildings Committee.

He had been a Labour councillor for 25 years when he defected to the Conservatives and has held a number of civic posts including chair of Housing, chair of Planning, chair of Recycling and Waste, Cabinet member for the Environment, deputy leader of the council and Mayor of Ealing.

She was leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords from 1984 to 1988, and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords from 1988 toleader of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords from 1984 to 1988, and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords from 1988 toLeader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords from 1988 to 1997.

The motion moved by the Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chuchu Onyema, was seconded by the Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Martins Azubuike.

Young, who chairs the senate's housing committee, was tapped to be the chair of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee in August 2013, inheriting the position from deputy majority leader Tom Libous.

Some of President Obama's key 2012 re-election campaign staff and a top Silicon Valley fundraiser have jumped into a 2014 cycle Congressional race to oust longtime Silicon Valley Democrat Mike Honda, and to replace him with the former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Ro Khanna — even though Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have already endorsed the incumbent.

Honourable Kabiru Ibrahim, the Deputy Leader of the Sokoto State House of Assembly has been impeached.