Sentences with phrase «maiden speech in»

Aunty Kate gave her maiden speech in State Parliament as the Member for Port Stephens... and my gorgeous offspring were mentioned in it!

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In June, Mr Lewis used his maiden speech in the House of Commons to attack the company, which has previously called on Mr Lewis to join its board, and has since repeated calls made on Monday by education secretary Nicky Morgan for him to «work with the school».

[13] He delivered his maiden speech in the House on 2 June 2010.

Indeed, during his maiden speech in yesterday's debate on the Finance Bill he recalled that one biographer of John Neilson Gladstone — a Liberal Conservative predecessor as MP for Ipswich an done of the William Gladstone's brothers — wrote of him that «he took no strong independent line such as would anger his father but accepted his minor role in the scheme of things.»

Dave Watts (pictured) was making his maiden speech in the House of Lords on Monday night when he criticised the Labour leader for jettisoning Michael Dugher and Kevan Jones in the «unnecessary» recent reshuffle.

Her categorical rejection of the government's actions, in her maiden speech in the Lords, provoked clear satisfaction from those around her.

Badenoch is the MP who memorably said in her maiden speech in the Commons in July: «As Woody Allen said about sex: if it's not messy you're not doing it right.

Two weeks later, I made my maiden speech in the afternoon, and — equally as important — my debut in the evening for a House of Lords bridge team in a match against Cambridge University alumni.

He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 16 June 2008.

In his maiden speech in the Lords the following year, Davidson opposed metrication.

The prospect of John Prescott's maiden speech in the Lords hung menacingly over parliament today, like the raincloud which finally broke over Westminster in late afternoon.

He has not been seen in parliament or in the constituency since October, and is yet to make his maiden speech in the Commons.

Indeed, it comes just a few days after former Labour PLP chairman Dave Watts memorably used his maiden speech in the House of Lords to hit out at allies of Jeremy Corbyn who «sit around in their # 1 million mansions, eating their croissants at breakfast and seeking to lay the foundations for a socialist revolution».

Addressing the event even before his maiden speech in the House, the member for Croydon South said a number of MPs with constituencies near to his were favourable to a second runway at Gatwick.

Yesterday, I was proud to make my maiden speech in Parliament.

When he delivered his maiden speech in the Commons in June 2005, the new MP for Shipley insisted he did not want a job in government.

In his maiden speech in the Lords, Labour's former election strategy chief Spencer Livermore said it was a «curious anomaly» that the bill would leave trade unions as the «only organisation in Britain prohibited from harnessing technology to modernise their own democratic procedures».

Giving his maiden speech in the House of Lords this week, former Labour MP and chair of the parliamentary Labour party David Watts said: «My advice to my own party leadership is that they should take less notice of the London - centric hard left political class who sit around in their # 1m mansions eating their croissants at breakfast and seeking to lay the foundations for a socialist revolution.»

In March 2011, he was asked to head an audit of the UK's industrial performance for Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and HM Treasury, upon which — after 11 years as a member of the House of Lords — he made his maiden speech in the chamber.

On Tuesday, Simon Reevell — who gained Dewsbury from Labour's Shahid Malik — gave his maiden speech in the Commons.

McGovern made her maiden speech in the House of Commons on 3 June 2010 in a debate on European Affairs.

«Perhaps the hon. Gentleman is not aware that his noble Friend Lord Heseltine has not even made his maiden speech in the House of Lords.

Clive Lewis made his maiden speech in June 2015.

Morgan made her maiden speech in Parliament on 22 May 1997 in the debate on the Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill, designed to pave the way for devolution.

He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 23 May, responding to comments made by future Speaker John Bercow.

Thornberry made her maiden speech in the House of Commons on 24 May 2005.

At the 2001 election he was elected with a majority of 16,362, and gave his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 4 July 2001.

The former solicitor also set out her socialist credentials in her maiden speech in 2015.

They will ceremonially welcome him into the second chamber as of parliament and he will make maiden a speech in the future.

Here is video of Mr. Bhullar's maiden speech in the Legislative Assembly, delivered on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.

Not exact matches

In the United States, Congress has largely favoured stimulus over austerity (new House Speaker John Boehner vowed to change this in his maiden speech), but a growing number of cash - strapped states and cities is stoking the same kind of sovereign debt fears that are rippling through EuropIn the United States, Congress has largely favoured stimulus over austerity (new House Speaker John Boehner vowed to change this in his maiden speech), but a growing number of cash - strapped states and cities is stoking the same kind of sovereign debt fears that are rippling through Europin his maiden speech), but a growing number of cash - strapped states and cities is stoking the same kind of sovereign debt fears that are rippling through Europe.

I made my first visit to the Alberta Legislature visitors gallery in 2 years to watch Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips deliver her maiden speech as the MLA for Lethbridge - West.

In his maiden speech — which, following a tradition now rarely observed, he waited a year after his election to deliver — Sasse argued that the upper house of the U.S. Congress was intended specifically by the framers to preserve minority opinion by enshrining a process of long - form debate to preclude a legislative fast track.

I mentioned it in my maiden speech to Parliament in 2010 because of its unique situation.

MPs told me after her explosive speech that she'd previously told them she'd taken so long to make her maiden because she believed speeches in the Commons were «irrelevant».

None of this group was more devastating than Heidi Allen, who has been in the Commons nearly six months and yet still hadn't made her maiden speech.

In his maiden Senedd speech, Hamilton took aim at both Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and Lib Dem AM Kirsty Williams, describing them as «political concubines» in Carwyn Jones» «harem»In his maiden Senedd speech, Hamilton took aim at both Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and Lib Dem AM Kirsty Williams, describing them as «political concubines» in Carwyn Jones» «harem»in Carwyn Jones» «harem».

As she declared in her maiden speech: «Women have got a vote now and we mean to use it.»

Badenoch was born in Wimbledon in 1980 but grew up in Nigeria and briefly in the United States before moving to the UK at 16, a point she noted in her award winning maiden speech.

She showed true determination, declaring in her maiden speech that the country was «ripe for drastic drink reforms».

In rising to deliver his maiden speech, Glyn Davies began by explaining why he is one of the last few of the new Conservative MPs to make his maiden speech (by my calculation, six of the 146 are still to do so - Fiona Bruce, Jonathan Lord, Stephen Metcalfe, Priti Patel, Dan Poulter and Julian Smith).

I remember telling Lady Thatcher a couple of years ago that he had not made his maiden speech, having been in the Lords for nine years at the time.

Mark Garnier, Simon Kirby, Julian Sturdy and Gareth Johnson all set out their scepticism about further European integration in their maiden speeches

In their maiden speeches, Richard Graham highlights the perils of youth unemployment as David Mowat and Marcus Jones seek a reverse in the decline of social mobiliIn their maiden speeches, Richard Graham highlights the perils of youth unemployment as David Mowat and Marcus Jones seek a reverse in the decline of social mobiliin the decline of social mobility

Nicola Blackwood defeated Lib Dem MP Evan Harris in Oxford West and Abingdon at the general election, a man who she said in her maiden speech «never put popularity above principle».

[6] In her maiden speech to parliament she emphasised her and Plaid Cymru's commitment to public education, and highlighted issues facing rural Wales.

In their maiden speeches, Jackie Doyle - Price and Stuart Andrew explain how growing up on council estates informed their political outllook

«I am glad to see my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for North Warwickshire (Dan Byles) in his place beside me, for he spoke most movingly in his maiden speech of the need for this House to put Help for Heroes out of business by providing better medical care for our troops.

In their maiden speeches, Dewsbury MP Simon Reevell says that communities must integrate as John Stevenson suggests that the Government move civil servants to his constituency of Carlisle