Sentences with phrase «ministers saw for the first time»

Last month, ministers saw for the first time the effect of recession on industrial R&D.

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«When the door was opened for people to ask questions, I was the first person to put up my hand; it is possible that the minister did not see me... anytime I put up my hand so forcefully, the minister came and said this is the time we want gender balance so it has to be a woman and of cause not being a woman I didn't have the chance and then he will come up and say no we've had a one or two newspapers so let's have radio, because I wasn't with radio, I didn't have the chance and so on and I was getting deeply frustrated and I am not saying this to mean the minister was deliberately avoiding me; it may well be that he genuinely wanted to achieve that balance... it went on and on until the President made an intervention which led to my being given the microphone; that for me may have indicated that the President was willing to listen to everybody...» he narrated.

Of course, Sturgeon would like to hold a second referendum and to be the politician who led the Yes campaign to victory but she is not reckless; the First Minister wants to see support for independence polling at at least 60 per cent - for a substantial period of time - before gambling on another vote.

And it's good to see a senior Labour Party figure — probably for the first time since Robin Cook was Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry in the early 1990s — make a strong case for industrial policy.

The Finance Minister indicated that, the current debt to GDP ratio is about 71 percent, whiles noting that «for the first time in over 12 years, since the declaration of HIPC [Ghana assuming the status of a Highly Indebted Poor Country], we have seen the rate at which we actually accumulate debt decline.»

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's controversial «reinterpretation» of the Japanese constitution could see Japan assert itself as an international military presence for the first time in the seven decades since it's surrender ended World War II.

With a Government in Canada that has recently seen increased representation by First Nations MPs, and with the appointment of the first Indigenous Minister in an Australian Government, the time was judged right to explore ways for Canada and Australia to work more closely together to develop common Indigenous health and wellness solutFirst Nations MPs, and with the appointment of the first Indigenous Minister in an Australian Government, the time was judged right to explore ways for Canada and Australia to work more closely together to develop common Indigenous health and wellness solutfirst Indigenous Minister in an Australian Government, the time was judged right to explore ways for Canada and Australia to work more closely together to develop common Indigenous health and wellness solutions.