Sentences with phrase «as government whip»

Well, it may seem a funny kind of subversive element who ends up as a government whip for Gordon Brown's New Labour, though that is the kind of challenge with which those who believe in achieving political change from within must grapple.

A former British railways signalman, Snape served as a government whip under Harold Wilson and Callaghan.

My experience as a Minister for the Environment, in the Wales Office, as a Government Whip, and as a parliamentary aide in the Northern Ireland Office, DCMS and DWP has provided a thorough and varied preparation.

This is a valuable account of life as a government whip in an increasingly beleagued Brown government.

He has held various government posts under Gordon Brown's premiership, including as a Government whip, Communities Minister and finally Transport Minister.

Rejected an appointment as a government whip in 2001, but joined the government as a junior transport minister between 2005 - 2007 (more information at They work for you)

Baroness Stedman - Scott OBE was appointed as a Government Whip (Baroness in Waiting).

Steve Young: Left his position as Government Whip to become Associate Minister of Public Safety, a new position.

: Left his position as Government Whip to become Associate Minister of Public Safety, a new position.

It is unclear whether Mr. Schmidt and Ms. McLean will continue in their roles from the previous Legislative session as Government Whip and Deputy Government Whip.

«The issues are, indeed, complex,» constitutional affairs minister Mark Harper told MPs, as government whips manoeuvred to defeat the bill.

Four MPs, Mel Stride, Therese Coffey, Ben Wallace and Damian Hinds, have been appointed as government whips.

Not exact matches

Mr. Hill, who was MP for Prince George - Peace River starting in 1993 and served as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government house leader and chief whip before stepping down from national politics in August 2010, didn't respond to a request for comment.

A government whip is held at Buckingham Palace as hostage MP until the Queen returns safely.

Baroness Sugg CBE was appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport (having previously been a Government Whip (Baroness in Waiting)-RRB-.

He suggests limiting the issuance of whips «to only those bills that could threaten the survival of a government, such as Money Bills or No - Confidence Motions» to balance both stability of government and freedom of MPs.

Led by Roy Stone, Private Secretary to the Chief Whip and Mike Winter, Head of the Leader of the House's office, they operate in the dark, agents of the secret state of the most over-centralised political system in the Western world without so much as a Parliamentary Business Committee (promised but not delivered by the last government) to hold them to account.

«Last November, I mentioned to the Government chief whip and the parliamentary commissioner for standards my concern, on behalf of the House, about what many might regard as an inherent incompatibility between chairing a select committee and having commercial interests, even though fully transparently registered, in the sector covered by that committee,» the Speaker wrote.

Following the 1987 general election he became the PPS to the Home Secretary Douglas Hurd until he was promoted to the government of Margaret Thatcher as an Assistant Government Whigovernment of Margaret Thatcher as an Assistant Government WhiGovernment Whip in 1988.

As a former Whip myself in another place and as a great admirer of our Government Chief Whip here, I hope that the Government, of whom I am a strong supporter, will have the courtesy and common sense to spare her and themselves the embarrassment that will otherwise ensue by not attempting to whip what will in any event be de facto free votes.&raquAs a former Whip myself in another place and as a great admirer of our Government Chief Whip here, I hope that the Government, of whom I am a strong supporter, will have the courtesy and common sense to spare her and themselves the embarrassment that will otherwise ensue by not attempting to whip what will in any event be de facto free votes.&raWhip myself in another place and as a great admirer of our Government Chief Whip here, I hope that the Government, of whom I am a strong supporter, will have the courtesy and common sense to spare her and themselves the embarrassment that will otherwise ensue by not attempting to whip what will in any event be de facto free votes.&raquas a great admirer of our Government Chief Whip here, I hope that the Government, of whom I am a strong supporter, will have the courtesy and common sense to spare her and themselves the embarrassment that will otherwise ensue by not attempting to whip what will in any event be de facto free votes.&raWhip here, I hope that the Government, of whom I am a strong supporter, will have the courtesy and common sense to spare her and themselves the embarrassment that will otherwise ensue by not attempting to whip what will in any event be de facto free votes.&rawhip what will in any event be de facto free votes.»

With speculation at various points that the Government would struggle to get the Bill through as it wished - with MPs wanting to change the referendum date, impose those thresholds or be less prescriptive about the electorate quotas of the new constituencies - the whips will doubtless be quietly pleased about it attaining a majority of 57.

He has previously worked as a Special Adviser in a variety of Government roles including in Transport, Local Government and the Regions; Defence; for the Leader of the House of Commons; and for the Government Chief Whip.

It's probably more a case of a desire to be led from the front, for him to deploy against the Government the ruthlessness he showed by denying Ed Balls the shadow Chancellor's post and ousting Nick Brown as Labour's chief whip.

After serving as a whip he was promoted to a local government minister for housing and then made Transport Minister under Gordon Brown.

Lord Heseltine, 83, who served as a minister in the Thatcher government, said he was informed by the Conservative chief whip in the Lords he was to be sacked «from the five jobs with which I have been helping the government».

Mr Gove, who frequently clashed with the new Prime Minister, returns to the backbenches after six years in Government as Education Secretary, Chief Whip and most recently Justice Secretary.

Those on the back benches who failed to join various rebellions were as spineless, intimidated by Nick Brown and his whips into betraying their voters — and the vulnerable always best protected by a Labour government.

As was the case when Mr Crabb held the post, Mr Cairns will also be a government whip and do the Wales Office job part time.

The government then suffered its biggest Tory rebellion to date, in which one ministerial aide was sacked and one resigned as they joined colleagues to defy a three - line whip to vote against the second reading of the Lords reform bill.

The Times» Oliver Wright has posted on Twitter a copy of a letter from Lord Heseltine to Theresa May following his dismissal as a government adviser for voting against the Tory whip on an amendment to the article 50 bill in the Lords.

Separately, senior Lib Dem sources dismissed as «complete nonsense» rumours that there had been meetings between the party's MPs and Conservative whips, as Theresa May's party battled to assemble a functioning government.

The evening is completed via a sojourn to the Smoking Room, with a few Scotch and sodas shared with Local Government Minister Bob Neill, a font of stories from his time as a criminal barrister in the East End, Nadine and Mark Francois (another Brent veteran and who I am fond of despite him being a very important Whip!)

He brought embarrassment on the government when, as chief whip, he sent a note to Keith Vaz thanking him for his help with the crunch vote over 42 - day detention for terror suspects and saying he trusted he would be «appropriately rewarded».

A chip has been implanted in the brains of government MPs and ministers to be activated by the Chief Whip to repeat this message as and when required.

Indeed, once you exclude those Lib Dem MPs who are or were at some point members of the «payroll vote», either as ministers or parliamentary private secretaries — and thus expected to remain loyal to the government, there is now not a single Lib Dem MP who has been on the backbenches throughout the parliament and who has remained loyal to the party whip.

Today Whips have limited patronage as membership of select committees is by election and promise of a preferment begins to wane in the fag end of a Parliament or Government.

The awkward role of both Lib Dem chief whip and deputy government whip (also known intriguingly as...

The government suffered an embarrassing defeat last night as 11 Conservatives defied their party whip to vote in favour of Grieve's amendment calling for MPs to be given a meaningful vote on the final Brexit deal.

Wavering rebels sought to explain their dilemmas as party whips and senior officials sought to frantically convince them to vote with the government or abstain.

Many have been forced back early from far - flung locations - stretching from Tuscany to India - where they had been catching the dimming rays as the sun set on recess, and therefore arrived already cantankerous and perhaps more likely to defy a whip to vote with the government.

In Greater Accra, the Chief of Staff, would touch base with the supporters of the party and to whip up enthusiasm, explain government policies and achievements as well as activate them to work hard to realize a comprehensive victory.

This news came as a surprise to many Lib Dems, both in government and out, not least because Carmichael was popular in his party as their whip, and, according to a former spad, was capable of a «good bollocking», Mike Moore (who he's replacing) is generally regarded to have done a good job in negotiations on the Scottish Independence referendum, and the 66 - year - old Don Foster not being the most obvious option for chief whip.

Downing Street sources have said that Gove, as chief whip, will play a major role defending government policy on the airwaves.

Alun Cairns has been appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State @walesoffice and Government Whip #reshuffle

Boothroyd, re-elected as MP for West Bromwich West after her former constituency was abolished, was quickly thrown in the deep end, after being appointed assistant government whip for the Labour party.

In dramatic scenes in the Commons, Tory rebels shouted «too late» as justice minister Dominic Raab outlined his concession and Government whips buzzed around the chamber in an attempt to win over rebel MPs.

[17] Shortly before leaving office in 1990, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brought Young back into government as a whip (Comptroller of the Household) as part of her attempts to reunite the party.

They are::: The revelation in November 2007 that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was aware the Security Industry Authority had granted licences to 5,000 illegal workers but did not think the Home Office's official explanation was «good enough» for the press office or ministers to use;:: The fact that an illegal immigrant had been employed as a cleaner in the House of Commons, which emerged in February this year;:: A whips» list of potential Labour rebels who might vote against the Government over plans to increase the pre-charge terror detention limit to 42 days in a crucial Commons vote;:: A letter from Ms Smith to Prime Minister Gordon Brown warning that the recession could lead to a rise in violent crime and burglaries.

While the government's front benchers sat together in the House of Commons and the two parties acted as a bloc during PMQ, [11] the Liberal Democrat and Conservative backbenchers sat apart and each had their own whips, [11] and the two parties competed in by - elections.

In July 2016, he was appointed as Lord in Waiting (i.e. government whip).