Sentences with phrase «first cabinet meeting»

At the first cabinet meeting after Kyoto Robert Hill received a standing ovation.

Environment minister Robert Hill, who led our delegation, was feted by his colleagues; indeed, he received a standing ovation at the first Cabinet meeting after his return.

Prime minister announces new ministerial committees reflecting her priorities at first cabinet meeting

Justin Tomlinson arrives for Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron's first cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street

Newly - minted LG Bob Duffy gave an impromptu press gaggle after the Cuomo administration's first cabinet meeting and pledged to continue to act as a champion of upstate interests in his new role — much as he did in his old job as mayor of Rochester.

Fault lines have emerged in the new government even before its first cabinet meeting, with tensions evident over the sequencing and extent of reforms.

When Tony Blair's first cabinet met in 1997, anyone trying to guess which faces would still be there a decade later would probably not have picked out Alistair Darling's.

Not exact matches

At the White House, the first lady will sit in on meetings with cabinet officers and disagree with Trump, he said.

The Guardian: Muslim women face an uphill battle against prejudice to find work Baroness Warsi may have opted for shalwar khameez for her first meeting of the cabinet in May 2010, but for many Muslim women, the struggle is to downplay ethnic or religious difference in order to find acceptance — and employment.

A decision by the federal cabinet was expected at the end of 2013 but has been delayed until the first meeting of the new year in late January.

But as the new cabinet met for the first time on Tuesday morning, Theresa May appeared keen to modify the message a little.

The prime minister said he would be setting up a new Cabinet committee to oversee flood recovery and would be personally chairing its first meeting on Thursday.

The very first question Andrew Cuomo was asked at his Cabinet meeting this afternoon was in reference to an interview he gave with the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in which he sounded like he was backing down from his threat to veto any lines drawn by lawmakers in the once - a-decade redistricting process.

The new - look shadow cabinet has held an awkward first meeting in which Jeremy Corbyn was overheard...

A cronyism row which saw an SNP cabinet secretary rubber - stamp a # 150,000 grant to the organisers of the T in the Park music festival after a meeting brokered by a former party adviser may have caused First Minister Nicola Sturgeon the inconvenience of having to answer some awkward questions in the Scottish Parliament but it has done her party no discernible harm.

CIHT welcome the decision by Prime Minister David Cameron to launch a targeted review of the resilience of the transport network to extreme weather events, announced at yesterday's first meeting of the new Cabinet Committee on flooding.

Cuomo made the announcement today at a cabinet meeting that he would include Klein, a Bronx Democrat, in the first leaders meeting scheduled for later this afternoon.

Governor Cuomo, at an end of the year cabinet meeting, said he still considers campaign finance reform and the other recommendations of the Moreland Act Commission a «top tier» priority, but says he will first focus on the state budget and a tax cutting plan.

Theresa May will meet her ministers at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday for the first time since Amber Rudd quit.

A Cabinet Office inquiry into the first secretary of state found that Maltby's account of a disputed meeting was «plausible», but was not able to reach a definitive conclusion on her allegations that Green had behaved improperly towards her.

At his first public cabinet meeting in Albany since 2014, Gov. Andrew Cuomo reiterated his push for the «seminal» extension of the millionaires tax — underscoring his belief that keeping high rates on the rich is necessary.

It is the first case of the deadly strain of bird flu, which has killed more than 100 people worldwide, found in British birds, and it prompted a meeting of the cabinet emergency committee, Cobra, in Downing Street this morning.

But today we learn that the two sides met this week for «very convivial» peace talks overseen by Chris Grayling, the first such meeting chaired by a cabinet minister.

The new - look shadow cabinet has held an awkward first meeting in which Jeremy Corbyn was overheard expressing concerns about letting the TV cameras film the event.

At his first public cabinet meeting in Albany since 2014, Gov. Andrew Cuomo reiterated his push for the extension of the millionaires tax — underscoring his belief that keeping high rates on the rich is necessary.

Backbench opposition As the new Conservative and Liberal Democrat cabinet met for the first time yesterday, some senior Tory and Labour MPs voiced concern over the proposal.

Were he to reach a very early agreement with Clegg after May 8, he should first seek endorsement from the Shadow Cabinet, and then from an emergency meeting of the Parliamentary Party - to - be.

Cuomo said last week during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol that new data regarding the results of the second year of the evaluation system, which included New York City for the first time, caused him to reconsider signing the bill.

You are right about all those ministers, although I would just note that Gavin Strang was at the same level in the first Blair administration as Michael Meacher, they were both Ministers of State who sometimes attended cabinet meetings - John Prescott was the Secretary of State for the Department they were both ministers in.

All the day's political news as Labour MPs nominate leadership favourites and Theresa May holds her first new cabinet meeting

As I reported last week, there was outrage when Corbyn wrote to MPs opposing air strikes without first informing the shadow cabinet (I'm told that my account of that meeting was also raised).

Harriet Harman has this morning announced a new Shadow Cabinet team before the first meeting of the new parliamentary party due this evening.

At his first public cabinet meeting in Albany since 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo reiterated his push for the extension of the millionaires tax — underscoring his belief that keeping high rates on the rich is necessary.

Gordon Brown is chairing the first meeting of the government's national democratic renewal council in the Cabinet Office this lunchtime.

The first full cabinet meeting of the Cuomo administration was held this morning for about 90 minutes, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out his legislative priorities for the rest of the year.

The newly elected Leader will make appointments to the Cabinet ahead of its first meeting on 19 June.»

Ed Miliband visited Caerphilly on Friday and took his shadow cabinet to meet First Minister Carwyn Jones's.

However party rules state he can only do so via a vote of the whole shadow cabinet.It appears a final decision will be made by the new - look shadow cabinet when it meets for the first time next week.

When we meet, her fast - tracking into frontline politics by David Cameron - via a recently announced seat in the House of Lords - is being talked up by her minders as the stuff of history: Warsi is the first Muslim to sit in either the cabinet or the shadow cabinet, and when she takes her seat in the Lords, she will be the youngest non-hereditary peer.

Cameron will chair his first full cabinet meeting this morning before putting the finishing touches to the coalition government with the announcement of junior ministerial positions, which will include a number of Lib Dems.

This suggests a debate will be held at the first meeting of the new - look shadow cabinet early next week.

These are the Tories who will join Theresa May around the Cabinet table for the first meeting chaired by a woman PM at No. 10 Downing Street in 26 years.

The move by Cameron came as he prepared to tell a meeting of the first Tory - only cabinet in 18 years that he leads Britain's «real party for working people» which will make job creation and the expansion of childcare its main priorities.

At three months old, Edward is understood to be the first baby to attend a cabinet meeting in Australia.

The twenty - first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of Leave it to Donald Trump to reinvent the Cabinet meeting.

Most recently, Stein joined an E2 / NRDC delegation that traveled to Costa Rica to meet with President Oscar Arias and members of his cabinet to support Costa Rica in its efforts to become the world's first carbon - neutral country by 2021.

For example, at the first meeting of the Ministerial Taskforce on Longer Term Economic Growth in 1985, which included five senior Hawke Government (Labor) Cabinet members, the Chair, Industry Minister Senator John Button, told the assembled economists etc (mainly economists) to forget ALP policy, to forget ACTU policy, what the government wanted to know was how best to proceed for the Australian community as a whole.

Tuesday January 24, 2012, First Nations chiefs from across Canada met with the Prime Minister and an array of his cabinet ministers.

Things that immediately stood out at my first meeting were the following: 1) The outdated laminate countertops; 2) The different countertop levels next to the window sill; 3) The dark kitchen cabinets which made the room seem small and dreary; 4) The outdated 4 ″ x 4 ″ square ceramic backsplash; 5) The outdated mirror behind the sink; 6) The scalloped wood molding over the sink; 7) The outdated light fixtures and 8) The outdated cabinet hardware.

We wanted our first full - width plank to go on the top of the countertop in between the two sink cabinets, so our level line runs along the top edge of that plank and because the cabinets were slightly crooked, we used caulk to fill in the gap at the bottom of that plank where it meets the countertop.