Sentences with phrase «as chair of a select committee»

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Mr. Meresman was selected to serve as a director on our board of directors due to his background as chair of the audit committee of other public companies and his financial and accounting expertise from his prior extensive experience as chief financial officer of two publicly traded corporations.

As finance critic, deputy chair of the select standing committee on finance and a member of the select standing committee for children and youth, I have had a busy fall.

In the 38th Parliament (2005 - 2009) he served as Chair of the Legislature's Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts Committee, Deputy Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Education and Deputy Chair of the Special Committee to Appoint an Ombudsperson.

On top of that he will receive # 66,396 for his salary as an MP in the 2013/14 financial year and a further # 14,728 top - up because of his select committee chair role.

Three of the Labour party's leading moderates are in the running to replace Keith Vaz as chair of home affairs select committee.

«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.

Senior Tories, including John Whittingdale, chair of the influential culture, media and sport select committee, and loyalists such as Nicholas Soames are among those who have signed the letter, which concludes with an appeal to colleagues to ensure the bill is given the «full and unrestricted» scrutiny it deserves rather than the 10 days being offered by the government.

asked Andrew Tyrie, chair of the Treasury select committee as Dominic Cummings hovered menacingly over his shoulder.

She has also been close to a de Blasio rival, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who selected her as a vice chair of the state Democratic Committee and has provided public support for the governor's policies.

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In my time as Chair of the Education Select Committee I witnessed several successful reforms such as the regulation of class sizes and admissions code reform.

Benn is now the chair of the new Brexit select committee in parliament, a high - profile role as Britain moves towards leaving the EU.

Keith Vaz has stood down as chair of the home affairs select committee following three days of allegations involving sex workers and drugs.

«I have always been passionate about select committees,» he said, «having served as either chair or member for half of my time in parliament.

As Select Committee chairs are already elected by secret ballot at the start of every Parliament, they believe they can sell it as part of the wider reforms programme which it will be difficult for the Speaker to object tAs Select Committee chairs are already elected by secret ballot at the start of every Parliament, they believe they can sell it as part of the wider reforms programme which it will be difficult for the Speaker to object tas part of the wider reforms programme which it will be difficult for the Speaker to object to.

Benn's victory as chair of the exiting the European Union select committee came at the expense of the leave campaigner Kate Hoey, his only opponent.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has tapped the first woman to serve as chair of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, selecting Brooklyn's Helene Weinstein (41st AD) to succeed retired Assemblyman Herman «Denny» Farrell Jr., of Manhattan, in the post..

13 of the 47 elected chairs had also previously served as Select Committee chairs under the old, unelected system.

A more positive reading might be that select committee chairs are becoming increasingly attractive to former frontbench MPs as an avenue for exercising real influence that does not depend on the patronage of party leaders.

The majority leader designates the committee chair, vice-chair and majority members, while the minority leader designates the minority members and selects one of them as ranking member.

Bryant continued: «This decision is ludicrously premature when the CPS is still considering corporate charges against News Corp, when the House of Commons privileges committee has still to rule on whether three News Corp executives lied to Parliament, as claimed by the select committee when it was chaired by John Whittingdale, and when the Leveson inquiry has to still to complete the second part of its work into the events at the News of the World.

Senator William T. Stachowski, Chair of the Senate Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business Committee, said: «I commend General Motors for its decision to select Tonawanda Powertrain for the production of new V - 6 and V - 8 engines as well as Governor Paterson for his efforts throughout this process.

One explanation for this shift is the set of reforms to the Select committee system introduced in 2010 on the recommendation of the Committee for Reform of the House of Commons chaired by MP Tony Wright, and collectively known as «the Wright reformcommittee system introduced in 2010 on the recommendation of the Committee for Reform of the House of Commons chaired by MP Tony Wright, and collectively known as «the Wright reformCommittee for Reform of the House of Commons chaired by MP Tony Wright, and collectively known as «the Wright reforms».

Andrew Tyrie, who has been campaigning on it entirely separately to his work as chair of the Treasury select committee, has been pleased with the government's approach ever since David Cameron hinted he would take this route in a recent appearance before MPs.

Wollaston (pictured) continues as chair of the health select committee, after seeing off her only opponent, David Tredinnick, by 532 votes to 64.

He was speaking before the release of a report he has written for Centre for Policy Studies, rather than as Chair of the Commons Treasury Select Committee.

The chairs of these committees were more balanced in gender terms compared to other select committees or Parliament as a whole, with between 45 % and 55 % being female.

The Institute for Government's Hannah White asks what her election as the new Chair of the health select committee tells us about the way the system is changing.

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So does the number of women elected or appointed to positions of responsibility within Parliament, whether as Cabinet members, shadow ministers or select committee chairs.

So far they include some of the usual suspects such as failed coup leader Grant Shapps, sacked minister Ed Vaizey and outspoken health select committee chair Sarah Wollaston.

Our report reviewed progress since 2009 on the recommendations of the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons — known as the Wright Committee after its Chair, Dr Tony Wright.

Welsh Liberal Democrat campaigner Jane Dodds has hit out at Montgomeryshire's Conservative MP for nominating a pro-homeopathy and pro-astrology colleague as Chair of the Commons Health Select Committee.

In a little - observed statement in the House of Commons on Monday this week, the Chancellor George Osborne — in responding to a question by Tory backbencher and Chair of the House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee, Bernard Jenkin MP, over the «orderly break - up of the euro» — stated in his reply, ``... as I say, it would not be sensible to advocate to our European colleagues the break - up of the euro.

Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Rep. Steve Israel (D., N.Y.) falsely claimed Democrats have not used Congressional Select Committees as a tool for fundraising.

Both of those candidates were selected by Democratic committee chair Rich Schaefer on Friday, as the party failed to fill those positions at its May 22 nominating convention.

Three Tory Commons select committee chairs — Bob Neill, Nicky Morgan and Sarah Wollaston — are among the signatories to the motion, which urges the Government to «include as an objective in negotiations... the establishment of an effective customs union».

Ian Marsh has hailed Select Committees as a «newly emboldened» and «empowered system», BBC Parliamentary correspondent Mark d'Arcy described the post-Wright SC system as «more powerful and independent - minded than ever before», and Sir Richard Ottaway, former Chair of Foreign Affairs Select Committee, said that the 2010 — 2015 Parliament would be remembered as «the Parliament of the Select Committee».

«Nicky Morgan and Gavin Williamson stress the importance of manufacturing as Kwasi Kwarteng uses his maiden speech to accuse Labour MPs of being in «never - never land» Main Arbuthnot, Dorrell, Ottaway and Tyrie among successful candidates to chair Select Committees»

For example, with regard to attendance and turnover rates, the size of the payroll vote impacts negatively upon the level of electoral competition for chair positions and membership, and select committee work is often incompatible with other parliamentary duties such as constituency case work, scrutiny of legislation and contributing to debates.

In 2006, he chaired a House of Lords select committee which criticised the use of the television licence fee, which is used to fund the BBC, as a tax.

During the debate, Starmer argued that passing the papers initially to the Brexit select committee would be a prudent approach, not least as it has a majority of Conservative MPs, despite being chaired by a Labour member.

They include current chairs of select committees as well as past and still serving middle - ranking and junior ministers.

As well as being a former member of the Commons Education Select Committee, Mr Hinds once chaired the All - Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility — a key issue for both the prime minister and Ms GreeninAs well as being a former member of the Commons Education Select Committee, Mr Hinds once chaired the All - Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility — a key issue for both the prime minister and Ms Greeninas being a former member of the Commons Education Select Committee, Mr Hinds once chaired the All - Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility — a key issue for both the prime minister and Ms Greening.

As well as being a former member of the Commons Education Select Committee, he once chaired the All - Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility — a key issue for both the prime minister, and his immediate predecessor, Justine GreeninAs well as being a former member of the Commons Education Select Committee, he once chaired the All - Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility — a key issue for both the prime minister, and his immediate predecessor, Justine Greeninas being a former member of the Commons Education Select Committee, he once chaired the All - Party Parliamentary Group on Social Mobility — a key issue for both the prime minister, and his immediate predecessor, Justine Greening.

More recently, MP Neil Carmichael, chair of the Education Select Committee has voiced his support of including skills, such as engineering, in the Ebacc.

Sarah Wollaston, a former GP who chairs the health select committee, called for the remaining revenue from the levy that is not spent in schools to be ring - fenced for children's public health programmes, rather than funding the expansion of academies as part of the Department for Education's general budget.

Robert Halfon, the new chair of the education select committee, campaigned in the corridors of Parliament for the position using leaflets and badges as if he were in a school election for class representative.

The lack of thought underpinning Gove's White Paper (which was, as we now know, based on the false premise that the UK was plummeting down PISA league tables) is an example of what Neil Carmichael, chair of the Education Select Committee, describes as the «Acting first; thinking later» approach of the DfE towards education reform.

Neil Carmichael, the former chair of the education select committee who lost his seat as an MP at the last election, has been appointed a senior adviser at the political lobbying firm PLMR.