Sentences with phrase «meet shadow foreign secretary»

The Guardian reports that Lieberman will also meet shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, and members of «a humanitarian and environmental charity» called the Jewish National Fund.

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She quoted Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, accusing the Conservatives of «a tendency to empty - chair those meetings that seem to be on the periphery of our interest».

In Monday's shadow cabinet meeting, MPs agreed that Corbyn would open Labour's argument in Wednesday's Commons debate by opposing airstrikes while shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn will close the debate with an argument in favour of the government's motion.

Mr Cameron met the Chinese leader for 45 minutes on Sunday morning, accompanied by shadow foreign secretary William Hague and shadow chancellor George Osborne.

The Labour leader and the shadow foreign secretary will now advocate opposing positions from the frontbench when MPs meet, with Corbyn opening and Benn closing.

The advisory group had been due to hold its first meeting with her, McDonnell and the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, but that never took place because she stepped down on Sunday after Corbyn sacked Hilary Benn as shadow foreign secretary.

Speaking after Mr Cameron had addressed a meeting of Tory MPs, shadow foreign secretary William Hague said: «We will offer to the Liberal Democrats in a coalition government the holding of a referendum on the alternative vote system, so that the people of this country can decide what the best electoral system is for the future.»

This view was challenged by Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, at a meeting on Tuesday where she rejected the idea that the Labour party's answer to the greatest decision facing Britain is to say it could not decide either way.