Sentences with phrase «cabinet minister also»

A Cabinet minister also said to me recently that the simultaneous political and economic crises are bound to have tumultuous consequences, so far ill defined.

The shadow cabinet minister also argued that universal free school meals would end the stigma around children not paying for lunch.

David Cameron's three leading shadow cabinet ministers also top the league that measures grassroots approval of frontbenchers.

Not exact matches

Deluce has also been known to come down to the terminal to greet notable passengers — governors, cabinet ministers — when they arrive.

The National Security Council, the security cabinet, then - defense minister Moshe Ya'alon, and the IDF were also implicated.

Southern Ontario backbench MP Ed Holder has also been brought into the cabinet fold, replacing Rickford as minister of state for science and technology.

While Canadians have tended to notice so - called charm offensive trips to the U.S. by their prime minister, premiers and cabinet members, there are several reminders this week that influential American politicians are also working the file.

The new cabinet, scheduled to be unveiled at 11 a.m. Monday at Rideau Hall, will also include «new faces and younger members, along with experienced hands,» one senior Conservative source said, with more female cabinet ministers in particular.

Ahead of the morning meeting, part of a three - day cabinet retreat and strategy session in New Brunswick, Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi said the government is also looking at the shared funding formula to see if provinces would also end up paying less, which would leave the federal government on the hook to pay more.

He also became the youngest minister in B.C. history when he was appointed to cabinet in 2008.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak after his mediocre showing in the May 5 general elections on May 15 announced a new 57 - member cabinet packed with traditionalists, which is also strikingly short of representatives from the Chinese minority.

The provincial government also employs former cabinet minister Gary Mar as a permanent envoy in the American capital and frequently sends cabinet ministers and MLAs to conferences and trade meetings in the United States.

Also noteworthy is the fact that four PC cabinet ministers were defeated: Norm Betts (Business New Brunswick), Kim Jardine (Environment and Local Government), Norm McFarlane (Labour), and Rodney Weston (Agriculture and Aquaculture).

While I spent a considerable amount of time knocking on doors for candidates in Edmonton, I was also working with a group of MLAs, lawyers and former PC cabinet ministers on what would have been the plan to transition the Liberals into government if the party had won that election ten years ago today.

He also served as Chief of Staff to Mr. Prentice when he was a cabinet minister in Ottawa.

The former Conservative cabinet minister says he would also let his name stand in any race to pick a leader for a newly formed party.

Harper will also bring a sizable entourage of his cabinet for portions of the trip, including Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, Employment Minister Jason Kenney, Industry Minister James Moore and Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver.

The Prime Minister has also announced a number of high profile changes to his cabinet including the departure of William Hague from the Foreign Office.

Her research has also informed the House of Commons Health Committee on Inequalities and informed the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit in the Cabinet Office on developing public services that empower service users.

«We are hopeful that this report will get favorable response from the Federal Government especially given the fact that the Honourable Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) was a passionate advocate of this issue during his tenure as the Governor of Lagos State and is also now a representative of Lagos State in the Federal Cabinet.»

He also stated: «We have a new Prime Minister and Cabinet facing the most complex challenges of modern times: Brexit negotiations, the Trump administration, the threat from Scottish nationalists, and many other issues.

Mention can be made of the Speaker of the 5th Parliament Joyce Adeline Bamford - Addo, Chief Justice Georgina Wood, Electoral Commissioner Mrs Charlotte Osei, former CEO of the Ghana chamber of Mines Joyce Rosalind Aryee, and other women ministers such as Hon. Hannah Tetteh, Gloria Akuffo and others, also high commissioners and ambassadors including ambassador Mrs Mercy Yvonne Debrah - Karikari (now a cabinet secretary) amongst other great women.

Fellow cabinet minister Justine Greening also expressed her disappointment at the decision to back a third runway at Heathrow.

In the September Cabinet reshuffle, Transport Secretary Justine Greening, known to be strongly opposed to a third runway, was moved to become International Development Secretary and Transport minister Theresa Villiers, who also did not support a third runway, was promoted to Northern Ireland Secretary.

However, there is also provision for a «Ministerial veto», whereby the Information Commissioner's notice can be overridden, in respect of requests relating to central Government departments and the Welsh National Assembly, by a certificate signed by a Cabinet Minister, or the Welsh or Northern Irish First Minister.

Thoko Didiza, a former cabinet minister who has also worked for a Christian ecumenical organisation, seemed to be appropriate.

Former cabinet ministers have also tended to move into the upper chamber, although that has not always been the case; Jack Straw, who was cleared of breaching rules, concerning cash - for - access allegations, was not nominated for a peerage in 2016.

[32] On 28 June 2007, after she became Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Brown was appointed Prime Minister, Harman joined Brown's Cabinet as Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women and Equality, and was also given the title of Labour Party Chair.

McDonnell also hit out at former Labour shadow cabinet minister Caroline Flint, after she told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme yesterday that his ambition that the party «hang on» in the recent local elections was not good enough.

[1] The Liberal Party, founded in 1859, were descended from the Whigs, Radicals and Peelites, while the SDP were a party created in 1981 by former Labour members, MPs and cabinet ministers, but also gained defections from Conservatives.

It is well understood, of course, that prime ministers are not just accountable to their party members: they also need to retain the formal confidence of the House of Commons (and, for m practical purposes, their cabinet colleagues).

The departmental structure around them is also shifting, with Remainer Damian Green taking over effectively as deputy prime minister in the Cabinet Office, which was linking the work being done in the Brexit department with Liam Fox's Department for International Trade and the Foreign Office under Boris Johnson.

Denham also reportedly suggested shadow Cabinet minister should use more stories about struggling southern voters in speeches.

Mrs. Tambajang, who was a former United Nations Development Program (UNDP) gender / development expert, also served as a cabinet minister in the government of Yahya Jammeh.

Handily, she was also barrister and later sued her accusers, who included James Purnell, an adviser to Tony Blair at the time and later and MP himself and Cabinet Minister.

The hard core of europhile 1980s cabinet ministers were there - Heseltine, Hailsham, Patten - but it is also worth noting the smattering of Cameron appointees who were there as well - Baroness Altmann, Baroness Wheatcroft, Baroness Verma, Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint, Lord Cooper of Windrush, Lord Prior of Brampton.

Speaking to ConservativeHome, three Tory Cabinet ministers have now also rung the alarm bell.

She was also backed by the Democratic Unionist party's Westminster leader, Nigel Dodds, former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond and pro-Brexit former Tory cabinet minister Theresa Villiers.

Mr Blair outlined the report and his reaction during a 20 minute debate in the cabinet on Thursday morning but he also insisted that ministers would not be allowed to campaign for one side or the other during a referendum campaign.

The soft - left leadership candidate will also say that he will appoint a gender - balanced cabinet and give at least two of the four top cabinet jobs — prime minister, chancellor, home secretary and foreign secretary — to women.

The recently enobled Lord Bates of Langbaurgh (right) becomes Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, and also a Whip.

He also claimed that the Prime Minister did not discuss the details of the referendum with the Cabinet.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who chairs the local growth cabinet committee, also hailed the announcement as marking the end of a culture of «Whitehall knows best» and helping to end an over-reliance on the banks and the City of London.

Former cabinet minister John Redwood has launched a pamphlet urging the «moral» reasons for tax cuts and insisting they are vital for economic growth, while former Tory chairman Norman Tebbit has also argued that «tax cuts work».

Also voting with the SNP were former cabinet ministers Cheryl Gillan and David Jones, and mayoral wannabe Zac Goldsmith.

Mr Anyidoho noted that during the NPP administration, President Kufuor had a strong team from the Eastern region in his government such as current NPP Flagbearer Nana Akufo Addo who was a Cabinet Minister, Hackman Owusu Agyemang, Felix Owusu Agyepong, Osafo Marfo who was also served as Finance Minister, Yaw Barimah and the likes never thought of establishing a University in their home region and wondered why President Mahama wont be praised for taking the bold initiative of establishing a University in the region.

Former cabinet minister Lord Mandelson also weighed in, sayings that it had it become clear to many in the party during this referendum campaign «that Jeremy can't cut it».

«When the time comes for the person to deal with corrupt officials, he will have the independent power and mind to handle all cases without interference from any Cabinet minister and also not fall under the presidency to control the actions of the Special Prosecutor,» he indicated.

In a letter to all cabinet ministers, he wrote: «Catholic teaching about the foundations of family life, a teaching shared not only by other Christian churches but also other faiths, means that Catholic adoption agencies would not be able to recruit and consider homosexual couples as potential adoptive parents.

Bower's account also tells how repeated requests by Cabinet ministers for papers on Iraq were ignored.