Sentences with phrase «as secretary of state for»

Truss has served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 2014.

«I'm very much looking forward to getting on with my role as secretary of state for education and minister for women and equalities and I feel incredibly fortunate to be re-appointed,» she said.

I have a list of things I personally disliked about Gove» s tenure as Secretary of State for Education — this is probably the one that angers me most.

Following her appointment as secretary of state for education, Justine Greening moved to scrap a number of policies, including forced SATs resits for 11 - year - olds and proposals to force schools to academise.

Soon thereafter, another Tory MP — Michael Gove, who served as Secretary of State for Education from 2010 to 2014 — took up the cause.

The longest and most enthusiastic applause during Nicky Morgan's first conference speech as secretary of state for education was for her predecessor Michael Gove.

As Secretary of State for Education, my simple ambition is for all children, whatever their background, to go to a good school where they are inspired to learn and can fulfil their potential

Emma Hollis, Executive Director, NASBTT, said: «We congratulate Damian Hinds on his appointment as Secretary of State for Education and look forward to working with him in his new role.

As Secretary of State for European integration and as Foreign Minister, Irina Bokova has always advocated for European integration.

«We need,» said Blair appointee Estelle Morris just before resigning in 2002 as secretary of state for education, «a shift in understanding away from the old model of teaching as transmission of facts and figures towards one which captures the teacher's role as expert practitioners in advanced pedagogy.»

David Cameron's cabinet reshuffle has seen Michael Gove replaced as Secretary of State for Education by Nicky Morgan, MP for Loughborough.

MPs David Davis and Liam Fox, who have been vocal supporters of grammar schools, now make up part of the cabinet as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and Secretary of State for International Trade, raising campaigners hopes that now may be the best chance to overturn the block on new grammar schools.

David Mundell receives his first official papers following his appointment as Secretary of State for Scotland

I like being a front line politician and there's no reason why as Deputy Leader I can't stay as Secretary of State for Education, provided the Prime Minister decides that what he or she would want me to do.

In September 2004, Prime Minister Tony Blair appointed Johnson to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions after the resignation of Andrew Smith.

She was nevertheless promoted by Gordon Brown to her first proper Cabinet role as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (having previously been «Labour Party Chair»).

[12] The department's old name was kept and Johnson served as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.

As Secretary of State for Scotland.

[2] Shore's job as Wilson's PPS kept them in close contact and in August 1967, Shore became a member of the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.

Later, as Secretary of State for Health and Social Services, he drew public attention to the dangers of AIDS.

As Secretary of State for Health and Social Security in 1986, Fowler implemented the first official drive to educate the British public to the dangers of AIDS.

As Secretary of State for Transport, Fowler drove through Lord Nugent's 1981 bill to make seat belts compulsory, a law that came into force in 1983.

When Wilson returned to government in 1974, Shore was appointed as Secretary of State for Trade.

Mr Murphy was shadow secretary of sate for defence, previously serving as secretary of state for Scotland.

He was joint - Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury in Winston Churchill's war - time coalition government and later served as Secretary of State for Scotland under Churchill and then Sir Anthony Eden from 1951 to 1957.

She replaced Michael Gove as Secretary of State for Education in a Cabinet reshuffle in July 2014.

As it was, he was parliamentary private secretary to the ministers for industry (1990 — 91), corporate affairs (1991 — 92) and local government (1992 — 93) as well as to John Redwood as Secretary of State for Wales in 1993.

[12] Following her appointment as Prime Minister, May did not appoint him to the Cabinet on 14 July 2016; however, he returned to the Cabinet following the 2017 General Election as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

However he added, «I do believe that the previous Government, with you as the Secretary of State for Health, must acknowledge and take responsibility for these failures on your watch.»

[78] Liberal Democrat appointments included Danny Alexander as Secretary of State for Scotland, Chris Huhne as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and David Laws became Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

Merlyn Merlyn - Rees, Baron Merlyn - Rees, PC (18 December 1920 — 5 January 2006), born Merlyn Rees, was a Welsh - born Labour party Member of Parliament from 1963 until 1992, who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1974 — 76) and Home Secretary (1976 — 79).

On 15 July 2014, Gove's four - year stint in charge of the Department for Education came to an end when he was replaced as Secretary of State for Education by former Treasury Minister Nicky Morgan in a wide - ranging cabinet reshuffle and moved to the post of Government Chief Whip.

Son of the late Tony Benn, Hilary held ministerial positions as Secretary of State for International Development from 2003 until 2007, and for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2007 until 2010.

[38] The party's 2014 leadership election was won by Jim Murphy, an MP who had previously served as Secretary of State for Scotland and had been a prominent campaigner for the pro-Union side in the referendum.

What about Ed Miliband's spending of taxpayer's money for personal use during his time as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2008 - 10?

As Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a role that had previously been known as Secretary of State for the Colonies.

«I've known Ben for years, as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, but also as a great dancer.

«My first and only aim as the Secretary of State for International Development is to put the interests of British taxpayers and the world's poor at the front of our development work.»

Young then served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1994 to 1995, and in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997.

A smaller public sector, perhaps, but it is noticeable that as Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove is creating a far more market - like system of school provision; he is also protecting spending levels.

Before his appointment as Secretary of State for Defence last autumn, Gavin Williamson built a reputation as an effective, and ruthless, backroom...

And indeed, before the resignation of Maria Miller as secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Cameron's cabinet was one third female.

Lord Mandelson is the former Labour MP for Hartlepool, who served as the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry under Tony Blair.

Alternatively he could either go back to Defence with a brief to sort out a realistic deployment of the forces or, even better, take up a new post as Secretary of State for the Nations and Local Government - combining responsibility for the three devolved nations and the present «Communities» department?

You can be extremely proud of your work in Government - as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, as Minister for Women and as Minister for Disabled People.

Baroness Warsi, who took over as secretary of state for faith and communities in 2012, took the opposite stance to the one she had held in opposition.

Ruth Kelly has dismissed claims that her personal religious beliefs will inevitably conflict with her role as Secretary of State for Education.

Downing Street later insisted the prime minister still had «full confidence» in Mr Hain, who also serves in government as secretary of state for Wales.

«Parkinson served twice as Tory Party Chairman and as Secretary of State for Business.

He stood down as an MP in 2004 to become EU Trade Commissioner, before returning to the government under Gordon Brown as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, First Secretary of State, and Lord President of the Council.