Sentences with phrase «most junior ministers»

Most junior ministers have a lower public profile than their senior colleagues and media engagement is generally a minor part of the job.

To be frank, I suspect that the chair of the home affairs select committee will be more able to get a public platform and more able to influence policy than a shadow cabinet minister or even the most junior ministers in government.

Prime minister's questions was largely about the freezing of fuel duty, and about Chloe Smith, the demure 30 - year - old Norwich MP who is the most junior minister in the Treasury.

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«The established process of approval means that most decisions are taken by junior ministers,» a spokesperson said.

He dithers over whether he really wants to be a junior minister rather than chairman of a select committee, and eventually is disappointed when he's only ever appointed to the most junior jobs as a parliamentary under - secretary.

Most accounts say Thatcher's experience as a junior Pensions minister and Education Secretary was negligible and affected very little - as PM, she preferred to refer to her time spent as an Opposition spokesman than to her time in government.

Ian Taylor, the junior trade minister, tells me that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) provides developing countries with most of the assistance required to meet such matters, and Britain is a substantial contributor to this organisation.

«The BVI Tourist Board congratulates the students who participated in this year's Junior Minister of Tourism competition, which is one of the most exciting events held in support of tourism education.

There were a few ministers among the 300 attendees, notably Brundtland, but most countries were represented by relatively junior people.