Sentences with phrase «shadow minister asking»

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Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, also asked if asked if the prime minister would have «have the moral backbone to tell [Trump] he is wrong on climate change» when she visits him in Washington.

In a September 2016 TV interview, whilst serving as shadow foreign minister, Thornberry was asked to name the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development (Jean - Marc Aminister, Thornberry was asked to name the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development (Jean - Marc AMinister of Foreign Affairs and International Development (Jean - Marc Ayrault).

Labour's shadow work and pension secretary Rachel Reeves has asked «when will the PM and IDS [Iain Duncan Smith] get a grip» on Universal Credit, after Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude admitted to ITV News that its implementation had been «pretty lamentable» so far:

New leader of the opposition Harriet Harman, after asking a question about Israel, focused on the proposed anonymity in rape prosecutions - an issue close to the shadow women's minister's heart.

John Hayes, the shadow minister for higher education, skills and lifelong learning, said: «It's absolutely right we're in a pickle but you have to ask yourself the question, why?

The shadow Minister nods, but under his Government, and under this Government, we have not yet made the case to the Home Office that Croydon council tax payers should not be asked to shoulder the cost of a national obligation.

Shadowing the newly appointed and ruthlessly free - market business secretary, Nicholas Ridley, in 1989, he asked: «Did he say to the prime minister, «Give me the department and I will finish the job», or did he say, «Give me the job and I will finish the department»?»

Last week, shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan asked justice minister Jeremy Wright what types of contraband were found in items of post being received by prisoners in the last four years.

The shadow minister went on to talk about problems in the NHS, but when asked about her criticisms of Corbyn things got rather confusing.

The pair looked wholly unimpressed after the shadow City minister Richard Burgon asked whether the prime minister would resign if the UK voted to leave the EU.

The shadow care minister was asked about the comments as she appeared on the Andrew Marr Show and said:

Gareth Thomas, the shadow Europe minister, has written to David Cameron asking him to allow Lord Hill to be questioned by a Commons committee about his nomination as European commissioner.

The shadow Treasury minister asked whether the Prime Minister would resign if the UK voted to leave the EU - a good way to help ensure that minister asked whether the Prime Minister would resign if the UK voted to leave the EU - a good way to help ensure that Minister would resign if the UK voted to leave the EU - a good way to help ensure that it does.

Labour's shadow cabinet office minister has written to the country's top civil servant asking «a number of important questions» over the arrest of the Prime Minister's former deputy policy adviser over allegations linked to child abuseminister has written to the country's top civil servant asking «a number of important questions» over the arrest of the Prime Minister's former deputy policy adviser over allegations linked to child abuseMinister's former deputy policy adviser over allegations linked to child abuse images.

One shadow minister told the Guardian: «We will have to ask the question whether sending large groups of people, sometimes from outside an area, can actually antagonise voters instead of inspire them.»

Lord Jones of Birmingham, better known as Digby Jones, who has also been head of the CBI, was asked if the party was business - friendly by Jo Coburn on the Daily Politics, before shadow industry minister Iain Wright responded for Labour.

It was presumably why two Conservative party leaders, William Hague and David Cameron, selected me to be shadow attorney general and why Cameron also appointed me as shadow home and then shadow justice minister, and why he, as prime minister, asked me to be solicitor general.

Murnaghan said he had been asking the questions because of her position as shadow foreign secretary and the shadow minister overseeing Brexit.

Thornberry, who also serves as the shadow Brexit secretary, was asked if she could name the French foreign minister, Jean - Marc Ayrault, or give the name or gender of the South Korean president, Park Geun - hye.

In 2011, Murnaghan asked then shadow chancellor Alan Johnson to give the current rate of employers» national insurance contributions, something the new minister was unable to answer.

The Speaker of the House of Commons intervened and asked the prime minister to withdraw a reference to shadow chancellor Ed Balls as a «muttering idiot».

Last night Jon Trickett, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, said there were serious questions to be asked about the appointment.

The shadow Treasury minister Anneliese Dodds criticised the government for failing to «defend publicly the journalists who were singled out by Appleby» and asked it to affirm that the reports were in the public interest.

At a time when the public are warming towards spending increases - DC lauds the fact he has asked every shadow minister to find cuts!

In recent months, Kevin Brennan MP, shadow minister for schools, has asked several parliamentary questions about the information available to parents on websites.