Sentences with phrase «shadow home secretary said»

The shadow home secretary said it was «extraordinary» that blame had been put on Home Office officials.

But when presenter Piers Morgan pressed her for more detail, the shadow home secretary said only that she was working on a policy which would make the handling of migration «fairer and more efficient».

In a speech on immigration in the wake of the Windrush scandal, the shadow home secretary said Labour would scrap minimum income requirements for spouses to join partners in the UK and always allow children to do so.

The former shadow home secretary said it showed that IPSA was «out of touch with reality» and he would propose a motion to stop the increase as the «public would not see the point of this», but he would not be drawn on whether he would accept the rise.

The shadow home secretary said getting access to the centre in Bedfordshire, which has regularly seen concerns raised about inappropriate treatment of highly vulnerable detainees, was a necessary part of her job.

The former shadow home secretary said it was «likely» Speaker John Bercow would allow such a motion to be voted on by MPs before the summer recess.

Not exact matches

Before lunch delegates loyally applauded shadow home secretary Alan Johnson saying: «You do not demonstrate your commitment to civil liberties by failing to protect the most important civil liberty of all; the right to be safe on our streets.»

The serial rebel said he would support former shadow home secretary David Davis» resignation in protest at the government's planned 42 - day detention for terrorism suspects.

«Families who have had to leave their homes and will need to have them repaired because of flood damage should not be asked to pay council tax,» shadow communities and local government secretary Hilary Benn said.

Some disgruntled Labour insiders said the full circle would really have come if Abbott was home secretary rather than shadowing the job.

«Just as many RAF personnel will be thinking about returning home having performed heroics in Libya, ministers are drawing up their P45s,» shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said.

«I will remain as shadow home secretary for the time being,» said Burnham.

He said: «They have a leader who will not sing the national anthem, a shadow chancellor who seems to admire the IRA more than he does the British Army, a shadow foreign secretary who sneers at the English flag and a shadow home secretary who seems to advocate unlimited immigration.

The shadow home secretary also pledged to properly centre the right to family life in Labour's immigration policy, saying her party «don't want to break up families from the EU in the way we currently do for non-EU families.»

Davis, a former shadow home secretary, warned against «symbolic» airstrikes and said Turkey and Saudi Arabia must do more to tackle ISIS.

Speaking on BBC Newsnight the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said there were too many low - skilled EU migrants coming to the country.

They were joined by Jeremy Corbyn, shadow home secretary Andy Burnham, and veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner, who said an inquiry would reveal that «what we suspected at the time is true».

However, last night shadow home secretary David Davis said that if reports that others knew about the problem were true, «the position of two ministers would be untenable».

«If David Cameron is really serious about protecting our children he should stop blocking compulsory sex and relationship education in our schools which could teach all our children zero tolerance of violence in relationships and greater resilience against online abuse,» shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

The shadow home secretary acknowledged the need for caution in attributing blame for the death of the former spy in London last week, but said it was «incredibly important» to resolve the issue.

Labour's shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said security services did require powers to get information to stop extremist acts, but said «strong powers need to be backed by strong checks and balances».

«She has refused to come to the House or do interviews for nearly two weeks,» shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

Adults who rebuke unruly youngsters will be given added protection from prosecution under a return to «common sense» policing, Dominic Grieve, the shadow Home Secretary, has said.

Responding for Labour, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said: «The Windrush generation was my parents» generation.

Burnham said he was stepping down as shadow home secretary to concentrate on his campaign to be mayor of Greater Manchester.

Responding in the Commons, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said: «The Windrush generation was my parents» generation.

In a speech at the IPPR think tank in London, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott said the closures would happen if Labour got into power.

Earlier this week I heard Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary, say that this crisis could put in question «the foundations of the legitimacy of the state».

Galley had been introduced to Green by his then boss, the shadow home secretary, David Davis, whom he had approached saying he was a committed Conservative and was willing to leak material.

The shadow home secretary, Ed Balls, had no say in the matter.

Commenting earlier on the plans, shadow home secretary David Davies said: «This sounds like a break through.

«The figures in this report contrast sharply with what the government claim and betray a chronic deficit of information on immigration,» said shadow home secretary David Davis.

His comments provoked outrage from the Conservatives, and shadow home secretary David Davis said it looked like «deliberate negligence on the part of the Home Office&raqhome secretary David Davis said it looked like «deliberate negligence on the part of the Home Office&raqHome Office».

David Davis, the former shadow home secretary and Grassroots Out spokesman, said the French claims were «more like bluster than a real threat».

«Last May Conservatives called for the minimum age for foreign spouses to be raised to 21,» said Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary.

«The government are kidding themselves if they think ID Cards for foreign nationals will protect against illegal immigration or terrorism - since they don't apply to those coming here for less than three months,» said shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve.

But commentators were not convinced with one journalist saying that Abbott had experienced a Natalie Bennett-esque «brainfade» and one former Labour special adviser suggesting that the shadow home secretary must be a Tory secret agent...

Its proponents, who included shadow home secretary David Davis, said it would have restored the balance between the criminal and the victim, but the government maintained property owners already had sufficient rights.

He's fairly right - wing, it has to be said; as shadow home secretary he didn't exactly hold back.

«The EU Commission are wrong to try to prevent member states having sensible checks like this as it will increase public concerns about migration and give member states an incentive to cut employment support for everyone, which is against everyone's interests in Britain and across Europe,» shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

But shadow home secretary David Davis said today: «Far from fixing the problems that stop the Home Office protecting the public, under John Reid's regime they are only discovered by accident.&rahome secretary David Davis said today: «Far from fixing the problems that stop the Home Office protecting the public, under John Reid's regime they are only discovered by accident.&raHome Office protecting the public, under John Reid's regime they are only discovered by accident.»

However, shadow home secretary David Davis said his attitude to the rise in robbery and violent crime showed a «staggering complacency towards public safety».

«It's time the government realised the dangers of their cuts and re-opened the police spending review immediately,» shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

The move was recommended by the security and intelligence committee two months ago, and today shadow home secretary David Davis said it was an «eminently sensible idea that will increase public confidence and public vigilance».

«This is a shocking revelation given Tony Blair's insistence that this group should be proscribed and after illegal immigrant workers were discovered working in the Home Office,» said shadow home secretary David DaHome Office,» said shadow home secretary David Dahome secretary David Davis.

David Davis, the shadow home secretary, later said he had contacted the prime minister in December last year regarding the alleged bugging, though he did not name the MP involved.

No wonder public confidence in the government's handling of this issue has collapsed,» shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

There was also support from shadow home secretary Andy Burnham who said he had no intention of taking part in a coup against the Labour leader

Mary Creagh, the shadow environment secretary, taunted Spelman in the Commons over the U-turn, saying: «Today the air is filled with the sound of chickens coming home to roost.

Claim: The Telegraph said the shadow environment secretary claimed for stamp duty on a home he jointly owned with his partner.