Sentences with phrase «select committee when»

Lawson was a member of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Select Committee when it launched a skeptical report on climate change released to coincide with the 2005 G8 conference.

He said this was a suggestion he would be making to the education select committee when it considers the issue.

Behind him lies the zealous, over-confident Dominic Cummings, his special adviser at education — forced out — humiliated at the Treasury select committee when his version of reality collided with its clever Tory chairman, Andrew Tyrie.

Bryant continued: «This decision is ludicrously premature when the CPS is still considering corporate charges against News Corp, when the House of Commons privileges committee has still to rule on whether three News Corp executives lied to Parliament, as claimed by the select committee when it was chaired by John Whittingdale, and when the Leveson inquiry has to still to complete the second part of its work into the events at the News of the World.

Watson said he learnt much about select committees when he first entered parliament and served under the chairmanship of Chris Mullin on the home affairs committee.

Not exact matches

When it was all over, the tally of alleged wrongdoing cited here today, assigned to one party or another, included unpaid taxes (NDP), abusing election laws (Conservatives), improperly taking money from charities (Liberals), improperly claimed expenses (Liberals), illegal campaign debts (Liberals), illegal political donations (NDP), flouting Hill security (NDP), a potentially illegal cheque (Conservatives), secrecy (Conservatives) and sabotaging the committee to select the parliamentary budget officer (Conservatives).

When the Community Committee at MTS selects Asian - American relations as the theme for an annual retreat, without input from Asian - Americans at the seminary, the transgression is treated with deadly seriousness.

The growing private - public differences came to a head in 1979 when a committee selected the at - large teams to the 16 - team single - division CCS tournament.

Last year, the CFP set the precedent of a non-conference champion in the field when the committee selected Ohio State as a tribute for the semifinal game against Clemson.

In July 2013, the Communities and Local Government Select Committee, a cross party group, said that rent controls would serve «only to reduce investment in the sector at a time when it is most needed».

Hours later, Crone and Myler released this statement: «Just by way of clarification relating to Tuesday's CMS select committee hearing, we would like to point out that James Murdoch's recollection of what he was told when agreeing to settle the Gordon Taylor litigation was mistaken.

When I last wrote for this blog about Brexit and the Article 50 process, shortly after giving evidence to the House of Lords EU Select Committee, I was writing about something that might happen.

He was a member of the Health Select Committee from 2001 until 2003, then serving as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Home Secretary David Blunkett until 2004, when he became PPS to Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.

Despite this success, the need for further reform was highlighted just weeks later, when party boss Frank Seddio selected the candidate for an open state Senate seat in a thoroughly undemocratic process that ignored the will of voters and County Committee members.

Mr Crone and Mr Myler's statement reads: «Just by way of clarification relating to Tuesday's CMS [culture, media and sport] select committee hearing, we would like to point out that James Murdoch's recollection of what he was told when agreeing to settle the Gordon Taylor litigation was mistaken.

The tax waiver was granted last week when Parliamentary Select Committee on Finance in a report tendered before the House recommending for the House to «approve a waiver of US$ 185million for a period of five years for the Ghana Airports Company Limited.»

Home secretary John Reid only found out about the row earlier this week when a member of the Association for Chief Police Officers (Acpo) reported to a select committee.

When the Commons returned after last year's summer break Bercow went into retreat, halting the process and handing the matter over to a specially - formed select committee.

He was a member of the Treasury Select Committee from 2004 until he was briefly, in 2005, a spokesman on work and pensions under the leadership of Michael Howard, but returned to the backbenches later in the year when David Cameron became Conservative leader.

Jay is in attack formation, he says Murdoch knew when he recognised that fact in front of the select committee.

I was adding a couple of additional attendees into the address bar when — and I have no idea how this happened — I copied in the email inbox for submissions to the health select committee.

This has happened more so since May 2010, when the Speaker allowed far more Urgent Questions, and since direct elections for membership of the select committees have given those committees a greater democratic mandate.

According to him, when the Minister of Finance appeared before the Parliamentary Select Committee, he was asked about the impact of the levy on Ghanaians after which he gave a vivid explanation to them.

When he appeared in front of the select committee he said he had not been shown the email at that meeting.

The willingness of select committees to get stuck in when a scandal appears.

He dithers over whether he really wants to be a junior minister rather than chairman of a select committee, and eventually is disappointed when he's only ever appointed to the most junior jobs as a parliamentary under - secretary.

His big moment in the public eye came on 19 July 2011 when the select committee grilled Rupert and James Murdoch.

As a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee I was one of those who interrogated the former Home Secretary when she made her comment

When looking at individual rebellion rates, however, there is some evidence that Select Committee chairs are more independent of the instructions of their party managers than other comparable MPs.

The government collapsed after only nine months when the Liberals voted for a Select Committee inquiry into the Campbell Case, a vote which MacDonald had declared to be a vote of confidence.

Keighley has appeared before select committees in the Commons talking about the BBC's EU coverage, including the European Scrutiny Committee in 2013 when Tory Eurosceptic Bill Cash was chair.

I know from my work with the education select committee that when agencies do not work well together, children and young people are put at risk.

Keith Vaz, the chair of the home affairs select committee, quipped that he never thought he would see the day when Harman was attacked «from the left» by Field.

Chris Keates: «The Select Committee report vindicates the stance taken by the NASUWT when the investigation reports were published».

The West Bromwich East MP's relentless investigation into phone - hacking put him in prime position when the scandal blew up, but his reputation was really cemented when he questioned James and Rupert Murdoch on the media select committee.

A women and equalities select committee report from 18 months ago accused the government of being «misleading» in its claim that SRE is compulsory when it's only the biology aspects that have to be taught.

When becoming an MP, he was elected on to the Treasury select committee and became Ed Miliband's parliamentary private secretary.

Chris Pincher Conservative MP and member of the energy and climate change select committee Policing policy Westminster recently witnessed a huge demonstration when thousands of police officers protested against the arbitrary changes the government is bulldozing through on their working conditions.

The Nassau Democratic Committee has unanimously selected Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky of Long Beach, a former federal prosecutor, to run for the Senate seat vacated last month when Dean Skelos was convicted of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges.

Ministers first knew of the situation on January 9th 2007, when the chief constable of Hampshire constabulary appeared before the home affairs select committee, it was recognised.

Rebekah Brooks, who edited the Sun 2003 - 9 and who is now chief executive of News International, already admitted to this over-cosy relationship when she told the Home Affairs Select Committee that the Sun had paid police officers for information.

The MEF engaged in deceitful practices in the process of the organization of the awards event by selecting companies for awards even when the companies had not submitted information meeting the designed criteria and also forged documents meant to deceive the Committee and Parliament as a whole; and

For most people, an appearance before a select committee is a sweaty affair, a time when their shortcomings can be systematically exposed.

«The MEF engaged in deceitful practices in the process of the organization of the awards event by selecting companies for awards even when the companies had not submitted information meeting the designed criteria and also forged documents meant to deceive the Committee and Parliament as a whole,» they said in their report.

Lewis's claims appear to contradict Rudd's evidence to the home affairs select committee last Wednesday, when she was asked when targets for removals were set.

Select committees only work effectively when they operate in a bipartisan manner, with MPs from different sides of the committee endorsing the same report.

Select Committees should be able to employ professional counsel to examine witnesses when the circumstances warrant it.

With a fair wind, the day will come to pass when scrutiny committees in local government are as respected and listened to, and seen as important in local politics and elections, as are the Parliamentary select committees.

Closing the gender divide when it comes to select committee witnesses won't solve these problems, but as they become more visible and influential, they should at least attempt to lead by example.

Mr Yates told the home affairs select committee that the police had been advised to only consider phone - hacking cases when a voicemail had been intercepted before it was listened to by the intended recipient.