Sentences with phrase «environment secretary»

Their letter was sent after the new environment secretary this morning called for a «new environmental contract» on tackling climate change to ensure government, business and individuals all play their part.

A medical environment secretary must add regulatory confidentiality and increased importance in accuracy, due to patient care needs.

Former environment secretary Owen Paterson has criticised David Cameron over his handling of the Scottish referendum.

«The weight of evidence now shows the risks neonicotinoids pose to our environment, particularly to the bees and other pollinators which play such a key part in our # 100bn food industry, is greater than previously understood,» UK environment secretary Michael Gove told the Guardian.

But former environment secretary Owen Paterson joined the growing list of Tory MPs to call for ministers to be allowed to pick sides for the referendum, before resuming collective responsibility afterwards.

Corbyn has also announced that Sue Hayman will replace Rachael Maskell as shadow environment secretary and Christina Rees will replace Jo Stevens as shadow Welsh secretary.

But in a post on his blog he made clear he wants to start afresh with Truss, who was promoted to the Cabinet as environment secretary by David Cameron on Tuesday.

The then environment secretary David Miliband was promoted as a credible candidate but eventually announced his support for Gordon Brown, as did several other possible contenders including Alan Johnson and John Reid who at the time were education secretary and home secretary respectively.

Like his father, Zac Goldsmith is a maverick, and he only joined the party after effective wooing from former Shadow Environment Secretary Peter Ainsworth.

On Tuesday Environment Secretary Hilary Benn and Home Secretary Alan Johnson unveiled a consultation that will review and streamline current legislation to help enforcers tackle people who break existing laws and to help prevent dogs being abused by people.

«The abhorrent ivory trade should become a thing of the past,» Britain's environment secretary said Tuesday.

She said it was hard to «think of many politicians as ill - equipped for the role of environment secretary as Michael Gove».

Referring to wind farms and climate change, UK Environment Secretary Owen Paterson added that «some of the steps we are taking might actually cause more damage than the original problem itself.»

New environment secretary Liz Truss has made clear she intends to continue culling badgers, in a move swiftly lamented as «very disappointing» by the opposition.

The claims about growing euroscepticism in the cabinet came as Owen Paterson, the former environment secretary who is one of Duncan Smith's closest allies, called on the prime minister to embark on a British withdrawal from the EU if he wins the election.

After a year and a half in the Conservative Research Department Barwell was appointed as special adviser to John Gummer, then environment secretary.

Tory backbenchers want him to send a tough negotiator who will fight the UK's corner and are pressing for Environment Secretary Owen Paterson, former Defence Secretary Liam Fox or former Cabinet minister Peter Lilley to be handed the role.

Signatories include former environment secretary Caroline Spelman, who lost her job in this autumn's reshuffle, as well as former foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind and ex-party chairman Lord Fowler.

asked shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth.

BASC believes shooting can help the government deliver on the 25 - year Environmental Plan announced by Environment Secretary Michael Gove today

The then prime minister, who appointed Miliband to the cabinet as environment secretary in 2006, called his protégé the «Wayne Rooney» of his ministerial team.

Possible contenders who could replace Rudd include Environment Secretary Michael Gove, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, Northern Irish Secretary Karen Bradley and former Northern Irish Secretary James Brokenshire.

Environment Secretary warns Prime Minister there will be «a lot of bad feeling» in Government if referendum fight isn't fair

It is also unsurprising considering the general direction during this year's conference season of all Lib Dem ministers being less coy about the frustrations of running a government alongside Tories, the usually mild - mannered Ed Davey attacking Tory environment secretary Owen Paterson in a strongly - worded (and poorly - joke - embellished) speech yesterday.

Gove has prioritised animal welfare issues since being appointed environment secretary after the June election.

And it goes against other recent studies, including those by the International Energy Agency, the Breakthrough Institute and former Pennsylvania environment secretary John Hanger, that made that argument.

He had several ministerial posts before becoming Environment Secretary in 2006.

Mr Gove was appointed Environment Secretary, replacing Andrea Leadsom, who becomes the new Leader of the Commons.

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In March 2004, environment secretary Margaret Beckett announced that the government would permit the commercial cultivation of the GM maize tested in the FSE trials, on certain conditions relating to further testing after 2006.

Claim: The Telegraph said the shadow environment secretary claimed for stamp duty on a home he jointly owned with his partner.

Scottish Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has revealed that the Scottish Government is seeking to introduce a ban on plastic straws by the end of 2019.

A new Great British Food Unit has been established to turbo charge UK food exports and support industry growth plants, like its target of increasing manufactured food exports to # 6 billion ($ 7.8 bn) by 2020, according to UK environment secretary Elizabeth Truss.

On the 11 March 2004, the MP for Lewes and shadow environment secretary told the House of Commons that «Biofuels are good for the environment, and diversifying into them would help protect rural industries and the rural economy.

The bottom five shadow Cabinet members were Ms McKechin, shadow Northern Ireland secretary Shaun Woodward, shadow energy and climate change secretary Meg Hillier, shadow leader of the House Rosie Winterton and shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh.

Foreign Secretary Boris wore a navy fleece and a beanie while Environment Secretary Michael went for a polo shirt and luminous yellow cycling shorts.

Environment secretary faces calls for his resignation, as Green campaigners warn that a climate change sceptic should not be in post during extreme weather events

Even senior Conservatives appeared prepared to rebel yesterday, with environment secretary Owen Paterson voting against the bill and defence secretary Philip Hammond and attorney general Dominic Grieve abstaining.

When asked by Sky's Adam Boulton whether he thought it was his «biggest mistake» to think he had a chance of winning the Tory leadership contest, given there was more support for the now Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom, he said: «It was a mistake wasn't it.»

She is now environment secretary.

DEPARTURE SEVEN >> 1.41 pm: Shadow environment secretary Kerry McCarthy quits.

As was the case with previous environment secretaries such as Phil Woolas, Caroline Spelman and Jim Paice, Owen Paterson faces a huge uphill struggle to persuade the British public of GMs real and lasting benefits before Defra can draw up any kind of legislation.

There are currently two openly gay men on the Conservative front bench - Shadow Environment Secretary Nick Herbert and Shadow Commons Leader Mr Duncan.

One by one Lib Dem ministers took turns to lay into their Conservative colleagues, with Ed Davey especially outspoken about environment secretary Owen Paterson and Vince Cable completely let off the leash as he savaged the «nasty» party of old.

The BBC Wildlife magazine described him as the «Environment Secretary against which all others are judged», [10] placing him as one of its top ten environmental heroes.

Shadow Environment Secretary Rachael Maskell and Shadow Equalities Minister Dawn Butler announced they were standing down less than an hour before defying the Labour leader.

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Large parts of Somerset underwater; climate skeptic environment secretary Paterson getting it in the neck - but at any rate, a pretty spectacular amount of water.

Meanwhile on Instagram, the former environment secretary posted a series of snaps with overlayed with prominent text.