Sentences with phrase «constitutional affairs minister»

Constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman welcomed the report, saying that «it is important that a system which affects so many is properly understood and commands public confidence».

Wayne David, shadow constitutional affairs minister, said: «We are in favour of Lords reform, but the government plans do not set out a stable, coherent long - term relationship between the two houses.

Constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman was forced to defend her husband, Labour party treasurer Jack Dromey, against claims that his call for an inquiry into party funding was designed to damage Tony Blair.

Constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman said: «The findings of an inquest are important not just to explain how someone died but also to learn lessons for the future which will prevent deaths in similar circumstances.

Declared candidates so far include Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain, education secretary Alan Johnson, constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman, and Hilary Benn, the international development secretary.

In the latest intervention, Harriet Harman, the constitutional affairs minister and deputy Labour leadership candidate, told the New Statesman: «You can either be against discrimination or you can allow for it.

Constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman has said she feels the attorney general and the cabinet must be kept separate to promote public trust.

«The issues are, indeed, complex,» constitutional affairs minister Mark Harper told MPs, as government whips manoeuvred to defeat the bill.

Constitutional affairs minister Harriet Harman told ITV's Sunday Edition: «I think you can be confident that what the attorney general will do is recognise there has to be public confidence in the fact that the decision will be taken independently and in an open way.

Mark Harper, the constitutional affairs minister, defended the proposed timetable in a last - ditch attempt to avert a large - scale Tory rebellion.

«Early indicators suggest that hundreds of thousands of people have gone missing from the electoral register,» shadow constitutional affairs minister Stephen Twigg said.

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In 2001, she was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, serving until 2005 when she became Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs.

«Mr. Heald: To ask the Prime Minister whether the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs will receive the pension entitlement of the Lord Chancellor (a) during the planned transition period before the proposed abolition of the office and (b) subsequently, if the office is abolished; and if he will make a statement.

In a measure aimed to avoid any conflict of interest, Dromey's wife Harriet Harman — a minister in the Department for Constitutional Affairs — relinquished her responsibilities for overseeing electoral reform and House of Lords reform.

«Despite a number of amendments being tabled during the process, some of which came from the Assembly's Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, the Minister has refused to accept our recommendations.

His ministers have been speaking out in recent months - in August, constitutional affairs secretary Lord Falconer said the US was guilty of a «shocking affront to the principles of democracy» in using the camp to hold terror suspects.

Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Angela Eagle MP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Seema Malhotra MP Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn MP Opposition Chief Whip Rosie Winterton MP Shadow Secretary of State for Health Heidi Alexander MP Shadow Secretary of State for Education Lucy Powell MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Owen Smith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Maria Eagle MP Shadow Lord Chancellor, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer of Thoroton Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention Jon Trickett MP Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Lisa Nandy MP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Chris Bryant MP Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Lilian Greenwood MP Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Vernon Coaker MP Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Diane Abbott MP Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Nia Griffith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Kerry McCarthy MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Kate Green MP Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Michael Dugher MP Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration Gloria De Piero MP Shadow Minister for Mental Health Luciana Berger MP Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon Lords Chief Whip Lord Bassam of Brighton Shadow Attorney General Catherine McKinnell MP Shadow Minister without Portfolio Jonathan Ashworth MP Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning John Healey MP

Cathy Ashton, a minister at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, said the government will not tolerate forced marriage.

The Government of Ghana had in an earlier statement signed by Foreign Affairs Minister Hanna Tetteh, condemned the coup of September 17, noting that it violates with impunity «the internationally brokered process to promote the principle of entrenching democracy and constitutional governance in Burkina Faso.»

Then Lib Dem spokesman on constitutional affairs Simon Hughes said: «It is no criticism of the present attorney general to say that the prime minister's claim that he takes responsibility for the «no - prosecution» decision has completely undermined the attorney general's constitutional position.»

«While the Lord Chancellor is regularly wheeled out to defend the prime minister or the flawed Human Rights Act, shouldn't he be concentrating on getting his own house in order at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, so that it delivers access to justice for all?»

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what percentage of Legal Services Commission costs are accounted for by administration.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment the Government have made of the effect on those (a) affected by domestic violence and (b) on low incomes of the proposed changes to legal aid arrangements; and if she will make a statement.

Harry Cohen: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment the Government have made of the effect on those (a) affected by domestic violence and (b) on low incomes of the proposed changes to legal aid arrangements; and if she will make a statement.

However, Harriet Harman MP, minister for the Department for Constitutional Affairs has made it clear that she is supportive of change and is keen for change to take place soon.

Daniels et al. v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) et al. 2016 SCC 12 Administrative Law — Constitutional Law — Courts — Indians, Inuit and Métis Summary: The plaintiffs sought declarations (a) that Métis and Non-status Indians were «Indians» within the meaning of the expression «Indians and lands reserved for Indians» in s. 91 (24) of the Constitution Act, 1867; (b) that the Queen (in right of Canada) owed a fiduciary duty to Métis and Non-status Indians; and © that the Métis and Non-status Indian peoples of Canada had the right to be consulted and negotiated with, in good faith, by the federal government on a collective basis through representatives of their choice, respecting all their rights, interests and needs as Aboriginal peoples.

Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Teoh (1995) 183 CLR 273 at 287 per Mason C.J. and Deane J.; also Kartinyeri v Commonwealth (1998) 195 CLR 337 at 384 per Gummow and Hayne J.J. Generally A. Simpson and G. Williams, «International Law and Constitutional Interpretation» (2000) 11 Public Law Review 205 at 208; J. Spigelman, «Access to Justice and Human Rights Treaties» (2000) 22 Sydney Law Review 141 at 149.

See Senator John Herron, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Affairs, Federal Government Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Reference Committee, Inquiry into the Stolen Generation 2000 (hereafter Federal Government Submission, Senate Stolen Generation Inquiry), p 39