Sentences with phrase «of home affairs spokesman»

The acting Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, today tried to calm the nerves of his party reeling from the shock resignation of home affairs spokesman, Mark Oaten, and the lowest opinion poll rating in five years.

Not exact matches

The Liberal Democrats voted against renewing control orders, labelled «imperfect and in need of extensive revision» by home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg.

The party's home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said: «These figures show that not all of those tarnished with the brush of terrorism are terrorists.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg added: «Control orders were the centrepiece of the government's anti-terrorist strategy.

Lord Paddick, as it turned out, was not even the worst of them when, in a manner reminiscent of the innuendo of Victorian prejudice, he stuck the knife in by resigning as the party's home affairs spokesman, citing concerns about Farron's «views on various issues that were highlighted» during the general election.

Meanwhile home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg, who along with Mr Huhne is seen as one of the strongest contenders, is expected to launch his bid on Friday.

But, in heated exchanges, he went on to accuse home affairs spokesman Mr Clegg of «flip - flopping» over his policies.

Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg also warned that «overwhelming and concrete evidence» would be needed for parliament to revisit the issue, saying the 28 - day limit had already stretched «long - established principles of due process».

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman said: «It does not matter how fancy the design of ID cards is, they remain a grotesque intrusion on the liberty of the British people.

«Failing to check the immigration status of individuals seeking NI numbers is one thing,» added Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg.

«Once again, the Home Office is fighting an undignified rearguard action designed to give as little as possible in response to the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights,» said Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris HuHome Office is fighting an undignified rearguard action designed to give as little as possible in response to the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights,» said Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhome affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

«If we want to tackle the problem of youth crime, we need to take action early to stop kids from embarking on a life of crime before it's too late,» said Chris Huhne, Lib Dem home affair spokesman.

The long - heralded bill, which was originally conceived when Nick Clegg was home affairs spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, is the third significant step towards unravelling Labour's various criminal justice laws during its 13 years in office following the scrapping of ID cards and the review of counter-terrorism laws.

Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Jeremy Browne said: «The government's incompetent handling of the asylum system is wasting taxpayers» money, compromising Britain's international reputation and fuelling public mistrust.»

Conservative home affairs spokesman Edward Garnier called for proper leadership on the issue and condemned the government for pushing the problems of the prison system from «minister to minister to minister».

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg added: «Any review of bail hostels must explain why they are being used to house more serious offenders, instead of the lower risk people who used to occupy most beds.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg added: «Tagging has a very important role to play in ensuring that low level offenders and those at the end of their sentence are kept under adequate surveillance.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg added: «Millions of pounds have been spent on this unnecessary, harebrained scheme.

A quick succession of high - profile roles (home affairs spokesman, Europe spokesman) paved Clegg's route to the Liberal Democrat leadership.

Allies of the first secretary of state have expressed concern about the comments made by Quick and Lewis regarding an investigation into government leaks when Green was an opposition home affairs spokesman.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said: «Britain is setting a shameful new record in anti-Semitic incidents this year, which are running at double the annual rate of the previous record.

«Any prosecutor would be reluctant to call them as a witness for fear of being taken apart by the defence,» said Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

Mark Oaten resigned as the Liberal Democrats» home affairs spokesman after stories of this married MP's visits to a male prostitute emerged.

«In a rare moment of self - awareness, Jacqui Smith has admitted that the government put spin over substance,» said home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

The party's home affairs spokesman Joanna Cherry told Sky's Murnaghan programme she was «already aware that a number of leading Tory backbenchers will be with us on that».

Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Michael Moore said the former home secretary's comments were a «devastating critique» of New Labour's attempt to change its policy from that of the Conservatives.

«We are already the most watched society in the world and yet ministers want more snooping powers,» said Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne of reports that development of an advanced monitoring system is already underway.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg noted: «Re-offending is much lower for those under the most stringent levels of supervision.

Home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg said the raft of criticisms levied at the scheme sees the government change its justification every month.

The House of Commons» Speaker Michael Martin should resign from his post, the Liberal Democrat's Home Affairs spokesman Chris Huhne has told BBC 2's Newsnight.

Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Sir Ed Davey, whose wife was re-elected as a Kingston councillor, said it was a «great night» and a «sign of things to come».

In the early stages of the hacking story, there was only one frontbench politician from any party who was willing to attack the News of the World — the Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

The Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, Ed Davey, has accused Theresa May of «bashing the police» as he sought to paint his party as the natural defenders of law and order.

The Conservative Party has, of course, a new Home affairs spokesman, Dominic Grieve.

The party's home affairs spokesman was elected to Parliament in 2005, at the age of 38, and is one of the two front - runners for the leadership.

Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesman, Tom Brake MP, who sits on the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, says: «Clearly people will be shocked to find out that # 8.5 has been spent by police forces around the country to obtain data they need from the mobile phone companies.

According to Tim Montgomerie on Conservative Home, the poll also shows that «24 % told GfK NOP that they would prefer Charles Kennedy to return as leader and slightly more (7 %) preferred LibDem Home Affairs spokesman Nick Clegg to the embattled Sir Menzies (6 %)», though I'm not sure what sort of question or structure this was in response to.

The call by Senator Scullion, Opposition spokesman for Indigenous Affairs, for an across - the - board audit of Indigenous spending by all commonwealth government departments ignores the Report's explicit statement that it does not provide any breakdown by individual departments and that only 45 per cent of the estimate can be sheeted home to the Commonwealth.