Sentences with phrase «defended by government minister»

John Prescott has been defended by government minister Hilary Benn, amid calls from MPs and commentators for him to leave the cabinet.

Not exact matches

The minister defended his recent remarks on the Conservative government's income - splitting pledge by citing a famous American Democratic senator.

This argument was also used by farm minister George Eustice to defend the government's cull policy in the debate in parliament on March 13th.

The suit comes after the Deputy Attorney General, Godfred Dame, in a 16 - page response to CHRAJ's enquiry in a petition brought by the Ashanti Regional NDC organizer, Yaw Brogya Gyamfi, defended the Finance Minister over allegations that he may have been involved in a conflict of interest situation in the $ 2.25 billion domestic bond issued by government.

Earlier she had been vigorously defended by David Cameron in prime minister's questions, after Ed Miliband attacked the «shambolic» way the government had handled the issue.

Delegates buoyed by Vince Cable's colourful and blistering attack on the Tories this morning asked the deputy prime minister tricky questions regarding losing «the soul» (Clegg's words) of the Liberal Democrat Party via being associated with government measures such as the «bedroom tax» (defended and carefully referred to as the «spare bedroom subsidy» by Clegg), the notorious immigration vans and public spending cuts.

On the World at One Lord O'Donnell, the former cabinet secretary, defended the rules introduced by David Cameron about limiting the right of pro-Brexit ministers to see certain government papers.

Accountability and exposure, by which government proposals are subjected to thorough scrutiny on the public record, requiring ministers to defend their positions.

However, despite having been defended by Schools Minister Nick Gibb just a few months ago as being necessary to «ensure that pupils receive an inclusive and broad - based education», the Government has decided to shelve the cap, allow religious schools to become entirely single - faith in their intake, and then introduce new measures to break down the further segregation this will cause.

The shadow Treasury minister Anneliese Dodds criticised the government for failing to «defend publicly the journalists who were singled out by Appleby» and asked it to affirm that the reports were in the public interest.

But the Information Minister at a press conference held at the Information Ministry, defended the President's decision, saying «in putting together this government, he [President] has been guided by the competences and experiences of the people and the legal requirements for making such appointments.»

Schools Minister David Laws has defended the government's school rebuilding programme in response to serious concerns raised by a School Reporter.

The schools minister Nick Gibb has been heckled by teachers as he defended government plans to turn all schools in England into academies.