Sentences with phrase «shadow secretary of state»

The position of shadow secretary of state for self importance has been mentioned although there are many other candidates for this post.
Owen Smith, who backed Ed Miliband in the leadership election, has been moved from the Treasury team to act as shadow secretary of state for Wales.
A key lieutenant of David Davis in his leadership bid, Mitchell was appointed shadow secretary of state for international development after the election (more information at They work for you)
Lib Dem shadow chief secretary 2005 - 2006, Lib Dem shadow secretary of state for the Environment 2006 - 2007, Lib Dem shadow home secretary 2007 - 2010.
Her star rose quickly and she became shadow Secretary of State for Education in June 1999, when the Conservative Party was the party of opposition.
Seen as a rising star, she was until recently shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change in Corbyn's shadow cabinet.
[11] In July 2012, after two years as an MP, he was promoted to the Shadow Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as Parliamentary Private Secretary to shadow Secretary of State Mary Creagh [12] Following a reshuffle in October 2013, Evans joined Labour's Shadow Treasury Team as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Chris Leslie.
Liberal Democrat Education spokesman 2006 - 2007, Universities spokesman after the split in the departments following Gordon Brown becoming Prime Minister and Lib Dem shadow secretary of state on business since Nick Clegg became leader in December 2007.
Nick Herbert, the Conservative shadow secretary of state for justice, questioned how accountability would be preserved in the event of the removal of the requirement of the consent of the attorney general in respect of a wide range of prosecutions.
Need for clarification Oliver Heald MP, a former shadow secretary of state for constitutional aff airs, has stated that there is a case for a law which clarifi es the rights of those who have lived together for a long period of time, or for those who have children, but two years — the length of time proposed by the Law Commission — seems a ludicrously short period of time for anyone to acquire these rights.
«Dear Jeremy, It has been a privilege to serve as shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under your leadership.
Kerry McCarthy, the Labour MP for Bristol East, has been appointed shadow secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Jeremy Corbyn.
Margaret Greenwood will act as shadow secretary of state for work and pensions during this period.»
Adam Smith, chief of staff to shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport Jeremy Hunt, agrees that the political selling point is going to hit problems with privacy and security.
He wrote: «This from the shadow secretary of state for Wales?
Six weeks later, after being asked every week to do so by Maria Eagle when she met him at shadow cabinet meetings (I wasn't a member of the shadow cabinet, only the shadow secretaries of state sit in that meeting), Jeremy finally phoned me.
Under Ed Miliband he was shadow secretary for education and shadow secretary of state for health.
[325] The SNP has also criticised Rachel Reeves, Labour's shadow secretary of state for work and pensions, for saying [326] a future UK Labour government would be even tougher on benefits than the Cameron ministry.
The shadow secretary of state for business, energy & industrial strategy - a title he says took him weeks to remember - also has a back story.
The shadow Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain called on the legal authorities to conduct a «full and proper public investigation» and then claimed the police investigation had been «tardy».
When then leader William Hague departed, his successor Iain Duncan Smith appointed May as shadow Secretary of State for transport.
«When the previous Government consulted on this matter, the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve), who was then the shadow Secretary of State for Justice and is now the Attorney - General, described the prospect of giving prisoners the vote as «ludicrous».
Ed is running in the Labour leadership contest, and is shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change.
Culture Department I was shadow secretary of state for a few years.
The latter pretends to further public office and is Red Ed's shadow secretary of state for justice.
Became a shadow spokesman on Trade and Industry in 1985, shadow chief secretary in 1987, shadow secretary of state for trade and industry in 1989 and shadow chancellor in 1992.
However, the Tory leader's colleague, shadow secretary of state for children, schools and families Michael Gove, tacitly suggested there might be room for negotiation between with the Lib Dems, on education at least.
I have to say, I never expected to be shadow secretary of state for anything.»
«Since fees were introduced, the evidence has shown that although there has been widening participation, students from some backgrounds are not attending the best universities, as I said to the shadow Secretary of State.
Owen Smith MP, shadow secretary of state for Wales, said that Labour was ahead in the polls and working flat out in the marginals.
Following my appointment as shadow secretary of state I have been contacted by many grassroots Labour members across the country who passionately believe as we do that Labour should continue to vigorously fight for the rights of those living in poverty across the world.»
Ms Hoey was responding to criticism from her Labour Party colleague, Owen Smith, the shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland.
John Healey is the shadow secretary of state for health and the Labour MP for Wentworth and Dearne — next time Jim Murphy takes the hot seat
Labour's shadow secretary of state for housing, John Healey MP, said: «The Prime Minister should be embarrassed to be fronting up these feeble measures first announced a year ago.
Cheryl Gillian, shadow secretary of state for Wales, said prisons in England and Wales are overcrowded, while rehabilitation has been compromised by funding cutbacks.
BASC statement on the appointment of Kerry McCarthy as shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Liam Fox, shadow secretary of state for defence, reaffirmed his commitment to mental health as a welfare priority and announced a post-traumatic stress treatment programme and a mental health screening for all service leavers.
«At the moment this a concept of neither meaning nor effect for the millions of people languishing in terror in Darfur,» said Andrew Mitchell, shadow secretary of state for international development.
Labour's shadow Secretary of State for the Environment spoke of the importance of high standards in shooting
It is a unique privilege to serve on our Party's frontbench, both in Opposition and in Government, and I thank you for appointing me last September as shadow secretary of state for housing and planning.
Despite this, Osamor now finds herself as shadow secretary of state for international development as more senior MPs refuse to serve under Corbyn as they believe he is unelectable.
As the shadow secretary of state, Owen Smith, aptly put it: «The reality is that we are living in something of a twilight zone between devolution and direct rule, with real problems for accountability and transparency.»
In a clear message to a small number of Labour backbenchers who are openly hostile to greater devolution, Brown was flanked by both Lamont and Margaret Curran, the shadow secretary of state for Scotland, when he spoke.
Barry Gardiner, shadow secretary of state for international trade, said people were «innocent until proven guilty».
But Jeremy Hunt, the shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has kept his cards close to his chest so far on broadcasting — apart from some conventional pieties about the importance of public service broadcasting and the need to keep Channel 4 going through some funding fudge.
Margaret Curran had held Glasgow East since 2010 and was the shadow Secretary of State for Scotland.
Stephen Benn's younger brother Hilary is the shadow secretary of state for communities and local government.
In the foreword, Jones and the shadow secretary of state for Wales, Christina Rees, argue that: «Wales needs a Labour government in Westminster that shares our ambitions».
She has yet to ask a single written question after six months of being a shadow secretary of state.
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