Sentences with phrase «cabinet level minister»

In 2015 - 16, Mark Francois, Penny Mordaunt and Sajid Javid all paid their subscriptions to the organisation while holding jobs in government, and the ERG gained its first cabinet level minister, as Javid became Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

The deputy leader is not a cabinet level minister.

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In Canada, the report notes, unlike in the U.S., there have been strong efforts to emphasize diversity at the highest levels of government and society, most notably that of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who appointed 15 men and 15 women to cabinet positions.

It would probably have been made at the Cabinet level, pursuant to a Memorandum to Cabinet signed my the Minister accompanied by a Discussion Paper prepared by Statistics Canada.

As a civil servant, I prepared cabinet ministers and senior level officials with itineraries, scheduling meetings, speaking notes, and media relations.

By the sheer number of these cartoons, Robinson demonstrates that Burke was far more in the public eye than anyone of his day with the exception of the prime ministers and royalty - quite a feat for someone who never held Cabinet - level office and was never regarded as an insider.

The younger brother of David Miliband, who was promoted to environment secretary in the reshuffle, Ed Miliband will report to Hilary Armstrong, the newly appointed cabinet - level minister for social exclusion.

The government needs a mental health minister at Cabinet level, an influential economist will argue later.

In a statement to MPs on Wednesday Mr Cameron proposed amending the ministerial code to require all Cabinet - level ministers to publish all meetings with senior media figures on a quarterly basis.

But the febrile atmosphere reached what was called «absurd» levels yesterday when the London Evening Standard reported that Yvette Cooper, chief secretary to the Treasury, was to be urged by a cabinet minister to stand as a «stop Harriet» candidate.

You are right about all those ministers, although I would just note that Gavin Strang was at the same level in the first Blair administration as Michael Meacher, they were both Ministers of State who sometimes attended cabinet meetings - John Prescott was the Secretary of State for the Department they were both ministers in.

The first signs of Cabinet - level splits over the sacking of Professor David Nutt emerged today after it was revealed that science minister Lord Drayson vigorously opposed the decision.

Outside interests of course should not be barred, but they need to be at a reasonable level, and compatible with a Shadow Cabinet minister's and MP's jobs.

To have that level of experience at my own Cabinet table has been incredibly helpful — both to me as Prime Minister and to the whole Cabinet.

According to the text of the amendment, the Lib Dems are also calling for the creation of a «cabinet - level champion for wellbeing» (ie, a minister for happiness), a European Commissioner for wellbeing, a law saying that big firms should have to report on employee satisfaction and a law allowing company directors to be disqualified for failing to proect the wellbeing of their workers.

Secondly, sources close to Francis Maude say that Maude knew a Cabinet - level role was on the cards but made it clear he wanted to stay as Cabinet Office Minister to drive forward the cross-Whitehall efficiency and civil service reform agendas to which there is still significant system resistance.

Limits: Home Secretary Theresa May, pictured, has been one of the Cabinet ministers pushing for curbs on EU free movement — including restrictions on countries whose level of wealth is far below that of Britain

At least in modern times (the post WW2 era), most cabinet ministers have always had safeish seats, the main reason being that you generally need to have sat for a couple of parliamentary terms to get into the cabinet and if you have a marginal seat you tend to lose it before you get to cabinet level.

Whilst I have been able to use the experience and the clout which came from having been a cabinet minister for the benefit of the constituency in getting a hearing, contributing to policy and providing a voice for local people and for Sheffield at national level, it is clear that the leadership of the party wish to see new faces in ministerial office and a clear break with the past.

But to my mind the worst mistake was not having a minister at Cabinet level responsible for science and technology for most of those 14 years.

They include: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Canadian Energy Pipeline Association Petroleum Services Association of Canada Propane Gas Association of Canada Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association Alberta Chamber of Resources Alberta Chambers of Commerce The Cement Association of Canada Canadian Council of Chief Executives Giorno organized a wine and shrimp fete in 2002 to allow CCRES members to lobby top - level Ontario cabinet ministers in an effort to oppose action on climate change.

The averaged mean sea level at Fremantle in 1993 was the lowest recorded since 1941, which makes it an extraordinary year for comparison since this critical fact is ignored by a Federal Government department, a Federal Cabinet Minister and the media.

Heenan Blaikie was the working home to multiple prime ministers, cabinet members and justices of various court levels.