Sentences with phrase «during foreign office»

Phillip Hammond personally rebuffed the outlandish suggestion from his Tory colleague Keith Simpson, made during Foreign Office Questions in the House of Commons.

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Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, left, is greeted by his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi during his visit to China's Foreign Ministry office in Beijing, China, Monday, July 18, 2011.

Revelations that Trump disclosed extremely sensitive intelligence to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador during an Oval Office visit last week added to the firestorm.

Furthermore Davenport - Hines argues that during this period the supposed class exclusivity of the Foreign Office mattered little compared to gender exclusivity.

Even under George W Bush, development was already increasingly prioritised, with foreign assistance doubling during his time in office.

The Justice Department acknowledged Sessions as a U.S. senator met twice with the ambassador during the campaign, once in his office and in a group of several foreign diplomats at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

She singles out the Home Office and the new leadership of the Foreign Office for weakness and short - sightedness during the Gaza crisis.

Seems odd that young Christopher Myers (25) should go from driving William Hague (49) around his constituency during elections, where according to the Mirror, «although he never worked at Tory HQ in London... they became close during campaigns», to become his third Special Adviser at the Foreign Office.

During a joint press conference at the Foreign Office, Mr Brown said: «Premier Wen has overseen improve in social and economic rights in China.

He wrote: «The committee regards the refusal of the [Foreign Office] to provide a minister to give oral evidence during this crucial phase of the discussions on the future of Europe as a failure of accountability to parliament.

Both sides of the Brexit debate have been scrambling to decode remarks made by Prince William during a speech to British diplomats at the foreign office in London.

«Our assessment remains that, as on March 17th, travel on the main routes on the island during daylight hours is orderly if slow in some places because of police checkpoints,» the Foreign Office said.

Mr Straw, who acted as home secretary, foreign secretary and justice secretary during his time in office, announced well before the leadership result that he would be stepping down from the front bench.

It was late one night during the Labour conference, that the he suggested this government might try to make savings in the Foreign Office budget by transfering the # 272m annual budget of the BBC World Service directly to the BBC, to paid out of income from the licence fee.

Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show this morning, the Shadow Foreign Secretary called on Amber Rudd to quit over the Government's treatment of Windrush generation, who have been hit by an overhaul of migration rules during Theresa May's time at the Home Office.

[2] He served as a political advisor to Foreign Secretary, James Callaghan during the conflict in Cyprus in the 1970s, before becoming head of the Prime Minister's political office at Downing Street in 1976 when Callaghan succeeded Harold Wilson.

The Foreign Office will pay out # 2.2 million to a Libyan dissident who says he was tortured after being forcibly returned to the country from the UK during Colonel Gaddafi's rule.

During his tenure at The Foreign Office, Britain was busy shedding Empire and he was very involved in the new constitutions of colonies becoming independent, including Fiji.

Officials were wrong to claim she had not informed the Foreign Office (FCO) about the visit, during which she met the leader of one of Israel's political parties and businesspeople while accompanied by a major lobbyist, she told the Guardian.

An account of President Barack Obama's foreign policy team during their last year in office.

«The Final Year» (Monday on HBO at 8 p.m.) This documentary, premiering May 21 on HBO, chronicles President Barack Obama's foreign - policy team during its last year in office.

UK Consultant Clive Bishop speaks to Breaking Travel News during World Travel Market about The Netherlands CBI, a division of the Dutch Foreign Office which runs an international development programme in tourism in 37 countries.

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has warned British travellers to exercise caution as they take to the slopes during the upcoming winter ski season.

HBO has dated it's The Final Year doc: During his last year in office, President Obama's foreign - policy team worked to solidify the administration's policies amidst immense challenges.

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) was in touch with climate science denier Myron Ebell during his time as head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team, DeSmog UK can confirm.

«If food prices continue to be high, there are risks of riots,» Diouf cautioned on Wednesday, during a London meeting to talk with foreign office and aid officials.

As a result, during his tenure, Mr. Machen's office obtained financial recoveries of nearly $ 2.5 billion for US taxpayers from domestic and foreign corporations and financial institutions.

Tandem Law is the Lead Solicitor in the Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation (KEGL) for claims made against the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office and HM Government in relation to the atrocities committed against Kenyan nationals during the state of emergency in 1950s Kenya.

Examples of such cases are Chandler v Cape Plc [2011] EWHC 951 (QB)(liability of non-employer for exposure to asbestos), Kynixa Ltd v Hynes and others [2008] EWHC 1495 (QB)(claims arising from alleged breaches of restrictive covenants in employment contracts), Romantiek BVBA v Simms [2008] EWHC 3099 (QB) a claim alleging that a public official had committed the tort of misfeasance in public office when discharging a licensing function, OOO and others v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [20011] EWHC 1246 (QB)(claims by young foreign females that they had been trafficked into the UK by foreign nationals for the purpose of slavery and that officers of the Metropolitan Police Force breached their human rights in failing to investigate their complaints adequately or at all) and Mouncher and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Wales.

These were a Ministry of Defence data project in 2014 - 2015 - when there was a Conservative - Lib Dem coalition government - plus a Home Office training project and a Foreign Office communications project in during Gordon Brown's Labour government.

During 2013 and 2014, more than half of foreign capital was invested in office properties.