Sentences with phrase «asked foreign office»

I WAS horrified by the reports of an 80 000 - litre oil leak at Argentina's Marambio Base, in Antarctica, and I asked foreign office minister David Davis what could be done.

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Asked whether it would be seeking to transport the pair to Britain, the Foreign Office said it did not comment on individual cases or ongoing investigations.

Ministers have been careful not to respond to any allegations about Russia's involvement - something President Putin has denied - other than to say that the Foreign Office has asked the Kremlin for any information that may be useful to the investigation.

The governor who said Nigerians should remove party, ethnic and religious sentiments and ask themselves what they have benefitted in the last one year, reminded Nigerians that, «Foreign Reserve was $ 28.6 billion, Excess Crude Account (ECA) was $ 2.07 billion, dollars was less than N200, petrol was N87 per litre and most importantly, one bag of rice was N8, 500 and power generation was over 5,000 MW when Buhari assumed office.

He said he would ask Hague to clarify the role of the Foreign Office in overseeing the legal frameworks which control GCHQ.

23 March 2010 — OPPOSITION: SHADOW MINISTERIAL VISITS Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any information has been released following a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office relating to the visit of the Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, to Cuba in March 2009; if so, to whom; and when.

But a number of Labour and SNP MPs have now called on the parliamentary authorities to «urgently investigate» the matter, with former Foreign office minister Chris Bryant calling it a «clear conflict of interest»; Caroline Lucas labelling the findings «deeply concerning» and the SNP's Deirdre Brock asking, «What kind of shameless opportunist would be supporting their colleagues in public while betraying them in private?»

But the former Tory leader and arch-Brexiteer finally cracked when presenter Jo Coburn asked why Patel had misled The Guardian by insisting that the Foreign Office had known about the meetings.He admitted:

So there was total amazement in the Foreign Office state room when Brad Klapper of Associated Press, the first American to ask Boris Johnson a question at his joint press conference with US secretary of state John Kerry, went for the jugular.

asks the shadow foreign secretary with a grin as he appears at the door of his office, a banana in hand.

Asked on Sky News yesterday what steps the government would take to secure a ceasefire, Foreign Office minister Bill Rammell replied: «Well, we are literally working hour to hour, day to day talking to all the key partners.

Is the agent asking more than the usual 20 % (occasionally 25 %) for foreign sales made through his or her office?

Arief asked the immigration office to take care of visa extension for foreign tourists.

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office asks visitors to «Be alert to your surroundings and remain vigilant in crowded places popular with foreign nationals» among its advice, and you should check the latest FCO advice before youForeign and Commonwealth Office asks visitors to «Be alert to your surroundings and remain vigilant in crowded places popular with foreign nationals» among its advice, and you should check the latest FCO advice before youforeign nationals» among its advice, and you should check the latest FCO advice before your trip.

I have, as you requested, written to the Foreign Office to raise this case with them and ask for their urgent assistance.

Britain's Foreign Office has already asked ambassadors and civil servants to fly economy in an effort to cut their carbon emissions.

If a firm has many offices, it might create a template that asks each office to provide certain categories of information that would be useful for foreign lawyers coming to work in that office.