Sentences with phrase «shadow foreign secretary under»

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23 March 2010 — OPPOSITION: SHADOW MINISTERIAL VISITS Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any information has been released following a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office relating to the visit of the Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, to Cuba in March 2009; if so, to whom; and when.

Corbyn and his allies are coming under increasing pressure to allow a free vote on bombing ISIS in the country, and shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has repeatedly refused to rule out backing the government if it comes before the Commons.

Meanwhile, a number of Corbyn supporters on Twitter also insisted that Labour's low standing under the current leader is a result of what they call the «chicken coup» — a reference to the flurry of resignations that was triggered by Hilary Benn standing down as shadow foreign secretary on 26 June.

An in / out referendum on EU membership under a Labour government is «frankly unlikely», the shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander has said.