Sentences with phrase «justice secretary jack»

Justice Secretary Jack Straw will now have to await the results of the General Election to see if he can make a second attempt to push the reforms through.

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has proposed a dramatic cut to the success fees lawyers can charge for winning defamation cases, days after the publication of Jackson LJ's final report.

Defending criticism of the government for not sufficiently supporting the Human Rights Act, the Justice Secretary Jack Straw blamed the atrocity of 9/11 in New York in 2001 for shifting the political climate and public opinion against the protection of traditional freedoms.

Justice Secretary Jack Straw said: «People need to trust the justice system.

Justice secretary Jack Straw has reappointed Zahida Manzoor as legal services ombudsman and legal services complaints commissioner.

Justice secretary Jack Straw is reportedly considering giving up his power to block the transfer of long - term offenders into open prisons in preparation for their release.

Last year, then — Justice Secretary Jack Straw set up a libel working group whose members included the head of the U.K.'s Medical Research Council.

Shadow Justice Secretary Jack Straw faced Clegg from the Labour benches.

But that appears to contradict comments made in June by Justice Secretary Jack Straw who told MPs that the recommendations would be «subject to approval by this House», during a debate on the Bill.

Before the summer recess Justice Secretary Jack Straw told MPs the committee's recommendations would be «subject to approval by this House».

The Justice Secretary Jack Straw and Deputy leader Harriet Harman are holding cross-party talks on precisely these proposals.

But Justice Secretary Jack Straw said the scandal about MP expenses has increased the public's appetite for further constitutional change.

Justice secretary Jack Straw remained defiant as the bill drew to a close, despite later admitting the experience was one of his most difficult in parliament.

Justice secretary Jack Straw has apologised to those worse off as a result of the abolition of the 10p income tax starting rate.

Justice secretary Jack Straw has launched a consultation on the government's role in appointment judges, asking whether ministers should weald more influence or have their input further limited.

The Criminal Justice Alliance, a coalition of leading criminal justice organisations whose members include Liberty, the Prison Officers» Association and the Prison Reform Trust, wrote to Justice Secretary Jack Straw in August 2008 calling for the plans to be scrapped.

Justice secretary Jack Straw will face an election challenge from the mother of Gary McKinnon, the hacker battling extradition to the US.

Justice secretary Jack Straw was the victim of internet fraudsters who hacked his personal account and sent out hundreds of e-mails asking for money.

Gordon Brown appeared to back justice secretary Jack Straw over home secretary Alan Johnson as he backed government silence in the case of killer Jon Venables.

The second phase of the campaign has been expanded to include all those under 25 and justice secretary Jack Straw is confident positive progress reflects the government's «tough stance».

The justice secretary Jack Straw has been forced to open an urgent inquiry into how potentially hundreds of criminals were allowed to walk free.

Justice secretary Jack Straw is alleged to have doubts about the policy, which critics say will lead to miscarriages of justice.

Justice secretary Jack Straw outlined his ambition to make justice a «new front in public service» at the Labour conference in Manchester today.

An inquiry has been ordered by justice secretary Jack Straw after reports suggested Scotland Yard bugged a Muslim Labour MP who was visiting a constituent in prison.

Meanwhile, it was confirmed late last night that the BNP leader will face justice secretary Jack Straw on the BBC's Question Time panel show.

Last year justice secretary Jack Straw said the government was «ready to consider» changing the law.

The Electoral Commission demanded an explanation today and justice secretary Jack Straw launched an investigation within the party.

Justice secretary Jack Straw today confirmed the government plans to build three new «Titan» prisons by 2014.

«This bill will ensure that accountability and transparency are placed at the heart of the new system,» justice secretary Jack Straw said last week.

He is followed by the Health Secretary Alan Johnson (18.1 per cent); the backbencher Jon Cruddas (11.3 per cent); the Justice Secretary Jack Straw (9.6 per cent); Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman (6.6 per cent); the left - winger John McDonnell (6.5 per cent); the Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell (3.2 per cent); and the Schools Secretary Ed Balls (2 per cent).

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.

They include justice secretary Jack Straw, home secretary Jacqui Smith and Olympics minister Tessa Jowell, all of whom were in the Cabinet when the closures were approved.

Not exact matches

Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, is to admit that over a period of «many years» hundreds of cases never came to court because warrants were not issued for the arrests of defendants when they failed to show up at court.

The ECHR was criticised earlier this year by Jack Straw, justice secretary, when he described the convention as a «villains» charter».

Yesterday he held a meeting with Harriet Harman, leader of the House, Jack Straw, justice secretary and various civil servants.

Almost 1,000 offenders who should have been sent back to prison are still on the loose according to justice secretary, Jack Straw.

However, following widespread opposition to the plans, former Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, confirmed in April 2009 that Titans would not be built after all; in their place would be five new prisons providing up to 1500 places each.

19 July 2007: Jack Straw, in his new position of justice secretary in the cabinet of Gordon Brown, insists the government is determined to proceed with Lords reform and that the powers of the chamber, the method of election, financial packages and the number of members will (yet again) be discussed by a cross-party working group.

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».

Gordon Brown (prime minister) Jack Straw (justice secretary) Alistair Darling (chancellor) Hilary Benn (environment secretary) Harriet Harman (leader of the Commons) David Miliband (foreign secretary) Douglas Alexander (transport secretary) Lord Mandelson (business secretary and first secretary of state) Alan Johnson (home secretary) John Denham (communities secretary) Shaun Woodward (Northern Ireland secretary) Baroness Royall (leader of the Lords) Jim Murphy (Scotland secretary) Peter Hain (Wales secretary) Michael Wills (justice minister) Nick Brown (Commons chief whip) Lord Bassam (Lords chief whip)

Jack Straw was appointed to the new role of Secretary of State for Justice.

Ed Miliband's campaign coordinator, Sadiq Khan is rewarded with the Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Justice Secretary role, taking over from Jack Straw after he stepped down from frontline politics.

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.

Jack Straw, the shadow justice secretary, asked Clegg to rethink the cancellation of the loan.

Clegg's comments on Iraq came during an exchange with Labour's shadow justice secretary, Jack Straw, who was Tony Blair's foreign secretary when the US - led offensive began.

Jack sat down only to stand up again when Speaker Bercow realised he had got his sums wrong and the shadow justice secretary still had one question to go.

* Alistair Darling, Chancellor; Alan Johnson; Home Secretary; David Miliband, Foreign Secretary; Lord Mandelson, Business Secretary; Bob Ainsworth, Defence Secretary; Yvette Cooper, Department of Work and Pensions; Ed Balls, Children's Secretary; John Denham, Communities Secretary; Andy Burnham, Culture Secretary; Peter Hain, Welsh Secretary; Douglas Alexander, International Development Secretary; Hilary Benn, Environment Secretary; Lord Adonis, Transport Secretary; Ben Bradshaw, Culture Secretary; Harriet Harman, Leader of the House of Commons; Jack Straw, Justice Secretary; Ed Miliband, Energy Secretary; Shaun Woodward, Northern Ireland Secretary; Baroness Royall, Leader of the House of Lords; Tessa Jowell, Cabinet Office Minister; Jim Murphy, Scottish Secretary; Liam Byrne, Chief Secretary to the Treasury;

Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, is considering allowing anyone sentenced to less than four years the right to cast a ballot.

Jack Straw, the justice secretary, wants Wright's committee to look at the possibility of using well - supported public e-petitions on specific issues as a way of requiring MPs to hold debates on issues that matter to voters.

Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor Jack Straw will be responsible for seeing through any legislation needed for the changes.