Sentences with phrase «government whip»

Following the 1987 general election he became the PPS to the Home Secretary Douglas Hurd until he was promoted to the government of Margaret Thatcher as an Assistant Government Whip in 1988.

Steve Jones says that, despite being used to the «rough and tumble of politics» after working for Government whips in Westminster, he found the behaviour of some at the top of the Welsh Government was «pure poison» and like nothing he'd «ever seen before».

Four MPs, Mel Stride, Therese Coffey, Ben Wallace and Damian Hinds, have been appointed as government whips.

The former government whip made several claims for household items, including 16 bedsheets and two DVD players for his one - bedroom flat.

Boothroyd, re-elected as MP for West Bromwich West after her former constituency was abolished, was quickly thrown in the deep end, after being appointed assistant government whip for the Labour party.

But that might just be an exaggeration — we can expect a lot of exaggeration in the coming hours — to exert maximum pressure on government whips to do their job.

They want to look like MPs who put their constituents and party members first and the dictats of government whips second.

The awkward role of both Lib Dem chief whip and deputy government whip (also known intriguingly as...

There is an obligation to co-operate with government whips and ministers, but a more important requirement to protect and maintain the House of Commons and the needs and security of its members.

He finished in second place some 18,345 votes behind the then Government Whip Michael Portillo.

He previously served as Assistant Government Whip from July 2014 until March 2015, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from May 2015 until July 2016 and as Minister of State for the Department of Work and Pensions from July 2016 to January 2018.

Mel Stride, Therese Coffey, Ben Wallace and Damian Hinds have been appointed as Assistant Government Whips #reshuffle

Government whip publicly cautions against rushing NHS reforms and calls for the Health Bill to be amended

Once it became clear government whips could not pass the motion it became clear the bill was unlikely to survive unchanged.

As senior Conservatives warned government whips that they will join forces with Labour to disrupt the plans, Cameron is expected to indicate interest in one of the rebels» main demands — the holding of a referendum.

The business secretary, Vince Cable, insisted his party was not issuing any threats or thinking of quitting the coalition and played down the prospects of defeat as government whips battled to control the revolt.

The desire to connect women in this way is why earlier this month we launched our forum for Asian Female Entrepreneurs at an event at the House of Commons hosted by myself and the inspirational Baroness Verma, who has started up three multi-million pound businesses throughout her career, in addition to being a House of Lords member and Conservative Party Government Whip.

«The issues are, indeed, complex,» constitutional affairs minister Mark Harper told MPs, as government whips manoeuvred to defeat the bill.

Conservative MP and government whip Chris Heaton Harris did not use the same wording when writing to vice-chancellors at the start of this month asking for the names of any professors involved in teaching Brexit.

In dramatic scenes in the Commons, Tory rebels shouted «too late» as justice minister Dominic Raab outlined his concession and Government whips buzzed around the chamber in an attempt to win over rebel MPs.

I'm sure government whips would only endeavour to be helpful and accommodating if they were to ask rebel MPs if debating time could be found in the two month long recess, enquiring if they still plan to be in the Bahamas on select committee business in August.

In July 2016, he was appointed as Lord in Waiting (i.e. government whip).

McDonagh, a junior government whip, was sacked from her role on 12 September.

Upon her re-election in May 2005, Ward was appointed an Assistant Government Whip before being promoted to full Whip, as a Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, on 5 May 2006.

Government whips thought they would lose if the motions were put to a vote and so Tory MPs abstained, with the result that the motions were passed and the documents were handed over to select committees.

However, the former government whip accepted that police had complained about his behaviour, as ITV News Political Correspondent Libby Wiener reports.

11.05 am Labour MP and government whip Bob Blizzard confirms to Sky that the Labour candidate is not at the count and that he is at home recovering from suspected swine flu.

The original government whipping was to oppose but was reversed at the last minute with the submission of a bland government amendment to the motion's wording, enabling Tory MPs to back it.

Yesterday government whips rang round to find out how MPs intended to vote.

The former government whip added: «The present leadership of the party, Momentum and other associated left wing groups appear to think that their own individual pious principles are more important than winning elections.

A former government whip today called on Lord Mandelson to tell Gordon Brown it is time to step down as prime minister to save Labour's chances of winning this year's general election.

Government whip Baroness Evans responded: «You'll be aware there is currently no requirement in the existing A-level criteria to study feminism.

Petitions received by a minister of the Crown are usually presented by the Chief Government Whip.

He was government whip in Margaret Thatcher's administration of the late 1980s.

There is a greater chance of getting a bill amended in the Lords than Commons because the House does not rely on government whips.

The image that captured this most explicitly was Theresa May surrounded by an all - female group of government whips.

Alistair Carmichael, deputy government whip and Lib Dem chief whip, is reshuffled to Scottish Secretary.

He served as an Assistant Government Whip from 1988 - 9, a Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury from 1989 to 1990 and Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household from 1990 - 2.

Alun Cairns has been appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State @walesoffice and Government Whip #reshuffle

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In October 2008 she became an Assistant Government Whip.

Steve Young: Left his position as Government Whip to become Associate Minister of Public Safety, a new position.

The former government whip has served the constituency for 12 years and said she is still loyal to Gordon Brown.

George VanderBurg: Appointed the Government Whip.

It is unclear whether Mr. Schmidt and Ms. McLean will continue in their roles from the previous Legislative session as Government Whip and Deputy Government Whip.

: Left his position as Government Whip to become Associate Minister of Public Safety, a new position.

The Government whip said it is the right of medical workers that they should have their personal beliefs respected, adding: «The right to object to participate in treatment is enshrined in the Abortion Act 1967 and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.»

Mr Davidson said he was not even holding out for a close vote in tonight's debate, adding: «If I was a government whip, I would want the majority to be well into three figures».

To counteract the persuasive powers of the government whips, the rebels have managed to unite together via the letter we've got in full below.