Sentences with phrase «commented shadow justice»
«Prison escapes are becoming a habit under this Tory - led government,» commented shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan.
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Commenting on the figures, Dominic Grieve, the Conservative shadow justice secretary, said: «The surge in female violence - fuelled by binge - drinking - is a damning indictment of this government's track record in addressing both crime and social breakdown.»
«The fact that MPs have a final say in whether a recall petition is triggered, unless an MP commits a crime punishable with a prison sentence, is certainly not what the Tory or Lib Dem manifestos promised,» shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan commented.
Clegg's comments on Iraq came during an exchange with Labour's shadow justice secretary, Jack Straw, who was Tony Blair's foreign secretary when the US - led offensive began.
The shadow justice secretary, Charles Falconer, said he was appalled by the home secretary's comments, which he described as «so ignorant, so illiberal, so misguided», while the Tory MP and former attorney general Dominic Grieve said he was disappointed by the intervention.