Sentences with phrase «former shadow home secretary»

Committee chair and former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper told the witnesses that the abuse they described was «deeply un-British and should have no place in this country.»

The English Democrats fielded Joanne Robinson as their candidate in the by - election forced by the resignation of former shadow home secretary David Davis from the House of Commons.

Two of the most respected figures in the Conservative party were at war today, after former shadow home secretary David Davis told Theresa May he was not going to «tolerate» her arguments.

Allegations of complicity by British security forces in the torture of Mr Mohamed came to light yesterday when they were presented to MPs by former shadow home secretary David Davis.

The serial rebel said he would support former shadow home secretary David Davis» resignation in protest at the government's planned 42 - day detention for terrorism suspects.

Former shadow home secretary Mr Davis came second to Mr Cameron in the Tory leadership election in 2005.

David Davis, the Conservative former shadow home secretary, said it was «extraordinarily inconsistent» to want to withdraw from the ECHR and stay within the EU.

Former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper attacked Farage for «exploiting the misery of the Syrian refugee crisis in the most dishonest and immoral way».

In a sign the Conservative party may be moving away from the civil liberties ideals of former shadow home secretary David Davis, the Tories have announced a push to make it easier for police to launch surveillance operations against non-terrorists.

Former shadow home secretary David Davies told politics.co.uk: «This is yet another piece of evidence that the Jacqui Smith estimate of the cost of the ID card is not just wrong but wholly implausible.

And this week, the former shadow home secretary burnished her credentials as the next Labour leader by landing another direct hit on May at Prime Minister's Questions.

Davis, a former shadow home secretary, warned against «symbolic» airstrikes and said Turkey and Saudi Arabia must do more to tackle ISIS.

Hague agreed to make a statement to MPs after the former shadow home secretary David Davis and the Labour chairman of the Commons home affairs select committee, Keith Vaz, raised serious concerns about the GCHQ disclosures.

David Davis, a former shadow home secretary, warned against «symbolic» airstrikes and said Turkey and Saudi Arabia must do more to tackle ISIS.

As the former shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper has more to say on immigration.

One source close to Rees claims that apart from Tony Blair, Jack Straw, Peter Mandelson and Alastair Campbell, he also targeted Gaynor Regan, who became the second wife of the foreign secretary Robin Cook; the former shadow home secretary Gerald Kaufman; and the former Tory minister David Mellor.

That sentiment was echoed by Mr Grayling and former shadow home secretary David Davis last night at the Liberty event.

The former shadow home secretary said it was «likely» Speaker John Bercow would allow such a motion to be voted on by MPs before the summer recess.

* David Davis, the former shadow home secretary, spent more than # 10,000 of taxpayers» money on home renovations and furnishings, including a new # 5,700 portico at his home in Yorkshire.

As MPs vied to become heads of four other select committees, the former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper won a close election against three Labour colleagues to become chair of the home affairs select committee.

David Davis is MP for Haltemprice and Howden and a former shadow home secretary.

While familiar faces, such as Farage, David Davis, the former shadow home secretary, and George Galloway, the Respect party MP, have taken the limelight at GO rallies, Banks has been doing the heavy lifting back at his Bristol offices.

David Davis, former shadow home secretary, told Channel 4 News: «I can't see why it should change.

One source close to Rees claims that apart from Tony Blair, Jack Straw, Peter Mandelson and Alastair Campbell, he also targeted Gaynor Regan, who became the second wife of the former foreign secretary Robin Cook; the former shadow home secretary Sir Gerald Kaufman; and the former Tory cabinet minister David Mellor.

David Davis, the former shadow home secretary and Grassroots Out spokesman, said the French claims were «more like bluster than a real threat».

He was ordered to stop speaking by deputy speaker Sylvia Heal while making comments about a statement made by Commons speaker Michael Martin concerning e-mails sent between Mr Green and former shadow home secretary David Davis.

A rape victim angry at David Davis» alleged lack of interest in sexual violence is to challenge the former shadow home secretary in the Haltemprice and Howden by - election.

«David Davis [the former shadow Home Secretary] would be absolutely the right man at this time as shadow Chancellor.

Claim: The former shadow home secretary David Davis reportedly claimed for more than # 10,000 of home renovations and furnishings, including a new # 5,700 portico at his home in Yorkshire.

Former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has accused Theresa May of shirking responsibility for the Windrush scandal, in a blistering attack in the Commons today.

The proposal has also attracted sharp criticism from the Tory libertarian right, with the former shadow home secretary David Davis calling it an «unnecessary extension of the ability of the state to snoop on ordinary people».

However, former shadow home secretary David Davis recently criticised the abolition of grammar schools for creating a «dominance» of public school boys in top jobs which had «handicapped the intellectual capacity of the country».

Former shadow home secretary and prominent civil liberties advocate David Davis said the decision was «unnecessary and regrettable».

The full extent of a potential Tory rebellion is starting to become a little clearer, with figures such as Andrew Mitchell, former chief whip, Damian Green, former Home Office minister, and David Davies, former shadow home secretary, potentially joining confirmed rebels such as former attorney general Dominic Grieve and former justice secretary Ken Clarke.

Former shadow home secretary David Davis calls for David Cameron to stand up to Europe in Friday's Brussels summit in an interview on the Today programme:

In addition to former shadow home secretary Davis and former defence secretary Fox, prominent MPs backing the group include Dominic Raab, Priti Patel and Robert Halfon.

«That's the sort of thing we would see in Tripoli, not London,» former shadow home secretary David Davis complained.

The intervention is the first major statement from the former shadow home secretary, who was being tipped for the Home Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalition.

The former shadow home secretary told BBC1's Question Time programme he was unhappy with the European court of human rights» (EHR) ruling earlier this week that prisoners should not be disenfranchised.

And today, through an article in the FT, the former shadow home secretary addresses the question of where the Government - and therefore a future Conservative government - could find savings.

David Davis, the former shadow home secretary who quit the Tory frontbench to fight campaigns on civil liberties issues, welcomed news of the review.

The former shadow home secretary said it showed that IPSA was «out of touch with reality» and he would propose a motion to stop the increase as the «public would not see the point of this», but he would not be drawn on whether he would accept the rise.

One source close to Rees claims that apart from Tony Blair, Straw, Mandelson and Campbell, he also targeted Gaynor Regan, who became the second wife of the foreign secretary, Robin Cook, the former shadow home secretary, Gerald Kaufman; and the former Tory minister David Mellor.

This was echoed by the former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, who emphasised on Friday that immigration is «not what this campaign is about — Brexit will not make a difference».

The former shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, has been demoted to a ministerial post in the work and pensions department under Iain Duncan Smith, a man likely to advance radical welfare reforms, including making benefits more conditional on working.

Yvette Cooper, the former shadow home secretary, said Labour must not be «paralysed from debating immigration reform either — or our tin ear to the concerns of the country will stop others listening to our case for helping refugees», while former shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves caused controversy on Tuesday by suggesting the UK could «explode» if concerns about immigration were ignored.

Yvette Cooper, Labour's former shadow home secretary, who spoke at the event to encourage more young voters to register before the new extended deadline, said Corbyn would not privately vote leave.