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 Minister of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system.
A "minister of state" is usually a junior minister, who is either listed as a member of the cabinet or assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister.
Republic of Ireland: A Minister of State is junior to a Minister of a Department of State or normal minister and of similar standing to a Parliamentary Secretary.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minister_of_State   (377 words)

  
 United Kingdoms Ministers
She was Labour MP 1974-2005, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education and Science 1975-76 and to the Secretary of State for Defence 1976-77, and had a number of Shadow Cabinet posts.
She was Conservative MP 1984-2005, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State of Education and Science (1985-86), to the Minister of Overseas Development (1986-87) and to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1987-88).
She was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Transport 1985-87, to the Minister of State of Transport 1986-87 and to the Secretary of State of Transport 1987-88.
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 Home Office - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Secretary of State for the Home Department - The Rt Hon.
The Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism) - Des Browne MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Tackling Drugs, Reducing Organised and International Crime) - Caroline Flint MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Race Equality, Community Policy and Civil Renewal) - Fiona Mactaggart MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Correctional Services and Reducing Reoffending) - Paul Goggins MP Departmental agencies
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Home_Office   (392 words)

  
 Local News The Rising Nepal (Daily)
Kavrepalanchowk, Feb.20 (RSS): CPN (UML) general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, while inaugurating the 10th council meeting of Kavre district today, said that the Maoists are now terrorising the people at gunpoint and this is the climax of their terrorist thinking.
Stating that all political parties of the country are now required to make an objective analysis of their shortcomings to guarantee social justice to the people, Mr Nepal accused the present majority government of failing to take actions against corrupt persons.
General secretary of the Hospital Deepak Kaji Pandey said a total of 81,352 patients was provided treatment at the hospital in fiscal year 2057/58 whereas its treasurer Shankar Raj Joshi presented the financial report of the hospital.
www.nepalnews.com /contents/englishdaily/trn/2002/feb/feb21/local.htm   (1783 words)

  
 Lifelong Learning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the then Department for Education and Employment in 1999, and promoted to become Minister of State for Health in 2001 with responsibility for Social Services.
Phil was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in June 2003 with responsibility for building regulations, regulatory and public sector reform, e-local government, the Fire Service College and the Local Government Pension Scheme.
In July 1999, she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the then Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, with responsibility for local government, regeneration, regions, planning and construction.
www.lifelonglearning.co.uk /ln04088.htm   (1095 words)

  
 Defra, UK - About Defra - Ministers - Rt Hon Margaret Beckett
She served as a Government Whip in 1975 and was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Education and Science in 1976, serving in that position until 1979.
She was appointed President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the Labour Party was elected to Government in May 1997, and served in that post until July 1998 when she was appointed President of the Privy Council and Leader of the House of Commons.
She was appointed Secretary of State for the newly formed Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, upon the Labour Government's re-election in June 2001.
www.defra.gov.uk /corporate/ministers/beckett.htm   (437 words)

  
 Bach Fugue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
William "Willy" Stephen Goulden Bach, Baron Bach (born 25 December, 1946) is a British Labour member of the House of Lords and is the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State responsible for Sustainable Farming and Food in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
In Novemeber 2000, Lord Bach served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Lord Chancellor's Department, until June 8 2001 when, after the General Election, Lord Bach replaced The Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement as part of the Ministry of Defence.
In psychology, a fugue state (also known as a 'psychogenic fugue' or 'dissociative fugue') is a state of mind where a person experiences a dissociative break in identity and attempts to run away from some perceived threat, usually something abstract such as the person's identity.
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 The United States and the International Criminal Court
The Court’s jurisdiction is "automatic," applicable to covered individuals accused of crimes under the Statute regardless of whether their governments have ratified it or consent to such jurisdiction.
Requiring the United States to be bound by this treaty, with its unaccountable Prosecutor, is clearly inconsistent with American standards of constitutionalism and the standards for imposing international requirements.
Under the UN Charter, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
www.state.gov /t/us/rm/13538.htm   (3324 words)

  
 TRADE, BOARD OF - Online Information article about TRADE, BOARD OF
Charles II.; and in 176o a secretary of state for the colonies was appointed, to whom the See also:
parliamentary secretary, with similar; duties to those of a parliamentary under-secretary of state.
year, there is a parliamentary secretary with a salary of £1200, a permanent secretary (salary £1500, rising to £1800), and four assistant secretaries (each with a salary of £1200) for the See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /TOO_TUM/TRADE_BOARD_OF.html   (2088 words)

  
 The United States and the International Criminal Court
In the eyes of its supporters, the ICC is simply an overdue addition to the family of international organizations, an evolutionary step ahead of the Nuremberg tribunal, and the next logical institutional development over the ad hoc war crimes courts for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
Requiring the United States to be bound by this treaty, with its unaccountable Prosecutor and its unchecked judicial power, is clearly inconsistent with American standards of constitutionalism.
We respect the decision of States Parties to join the ICC, but they in turn must respect our decision not to be bound by jurisdictional claims to which we have not consented.
www.state.gov /t/us/rm/15158.htm   (3575 words)

  
 DfES Ministerial Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ruth Kelly was appointed Secretary of State for Education and Skills in December 2004.
In July 1999, she became Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and following the general election in 2001 she was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Home Office with responsibility for prisons.
In the Cabinet reshuffle in May 2002 she was appointed as Minister of State in the Home Office with responsibility for Citizenship, Immigration and Community Cohesion in the reshuffle of May 2002.
www.dfes.gov.uk /aboutus/whoswho/ministersinfo.shtml   (1214 words)

  
 Articles - Foreign and Commonwealth Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The FCO is headed by a cabinet-level minister, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs - The Rt Hon.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State - Lord Triesman of Tottenham
www.techize.com /articles/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office   (592 words)

  
 Welcome to PSNC- Speaking for Community Pharmacy
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Nigel Griffiths MP: I greatly respect the Federation of Small Businesses and the campaign that it launched with its members some time ago, but I think that small businesses also appreciate that there are advantages to not being incorporated, as well as to incorporation.
Friend, the Secretary of State for Health, my noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Health, Lord Warner, and representatives of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.
Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Dr. John Reid), my noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Lord Warner) and representatives of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry.
www.psnc.org.uk /?type=more_news&id=912&k=6&PHPSESSID=a350a4099e15bd29470e787cdc4f0367   (1070 words)

  
 Parliamentary Questions asked during July 2000
George Howarth MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) replied that responsibility for this subject has been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly and is therefore no longer a matter for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
David Amess MP asked the Secretary of State for Health how many consent forms were signed by women in the years 1995 to 2000 permitting the use of fetal tissue from their aborted babies to be used in (a) research and (b) other purposes.
Jacqui Smith MP (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Employment) replied that the Secretary of State for Education and Employment published the sex and relationship education guidance on Friday and sent a copy to each Member of Parliament.
www.prochoiceforum.org.uk /comm50.asp   (2844 words)

  
 :: Environment and Heritage Service - News - International Wetlands Day:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Angela Smith MP today issued a major speech on sustainable development to an international audience of Engineering, Energy and Environment experts in Belfast today.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Angela Smith, MP, announced that Belfast’s well-known cranes ‘Samson’ and ‘Goliath’, which dominate the Belfast skyline, will be preserved.
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Angela Smith, MP, has announced her intention to establish, without delay, a new independent working party to advise on the establishment of a National Park in the Mournes.
www.ehsni.gov.uk /news/news_archive.asp?yr=2003&mth=10   (290 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The FCO was formed in 1968 out of the merger of the short-lived Commonwealth Office and the Foreign Office, the Commonwealth Office having been formed only in 1966 by the merger of the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Colonial Office.
The FCO is headed by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
The Foreign Office was formed in March 1782 by combining the Southern and Northern Departments, each of which covered both foreign and domestic affairs in their respective geographical parts of the Kingdom.
www.ipedia.com /foreign_and_commonwealth_office.html   (388 words)

  
 Articles - Department for Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The department is run by the Secretary of State for Transport, currently Alistair Darling.
It is not to be confused with the Department of Transportation, which is for the United States.
Secretary of State for Transport - The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP
www.1-helmets.com /articles/Department_of_Transport   (198 words)

  
 Diaries of Despair
Mrs Gordon's question asked about investigations into "allegations against establishments and individuals licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986." However, the implications of the Imutran documents concern the Inspectorate and the Home Office, and not simply licensed individuals and establishments.
Under section 19 of the Act, two-thirds of its members must have a scientific qualification, and the Committee has always contained a majority who support vivisection.
We appreciate your stated commitment to ensuring that animal research regulations are enforced fairly and properly.
www.xenodiaries.org /let001107.htm   (1804 words)

  
 Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans
Don Touhig was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans on Monday, 9 May 2005.
He was Private Parliamentary Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown from 1997 to 1999, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales from 2001 until his move to the Ministry of Defence.
www.mod.uk /aboutus/staff/minvets.htm   (255 words)

  
 Dept of Regional Development Press Release
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Angela Smith MP, today gave details of her proposals to extend the Northern Ireland Concessionary Fares Scheme to more people with disabilities.
The minister was speaking during a visit to the Europa Bus Centre at which she presented Mrs Margaret Stephens with a bouquet of flowers, after she made the five millionth free journey using the Senior Smartpass.
Under the current concessionary fares scheme the Senior Smartpass allows free travel on public transport for people over 65.
www.nichsa.com /html/drdpr_travel.html   (488 words)

  
 Ben Bradshaw : Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw (born August 30, 1960) is a British Labour Member of Parliament for Exeter (since May 1997), as well as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State[?] (the most junior rank of government minister) at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs[?] (since June 2003).
He was one of the first gay MPs to be "out" at the time he was initially elected; his Conservative opponent was a "family values" campaigner who made sexuality an issue in the campaign.
And the trees spirit of his own sacred grove, into which no stray tree can by any against another--holding up the naturalistic to the disadvantage of fantastic to the detriment of the naturalistic.
www.termsdefined.net /be/benjamin-peter-james-bradshaw.html   (281 words)

  
 BITC - Ivan Lewis MP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ivan Lewis MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills and Vocational Education
Ivan Lewis was appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Young People and Learning in June 2001, and became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Adult Learning and Skills in June 2002.
From 1999 to 2001 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Stephen Byers, then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
www.bitc.org.uk /events/speaker_profiles/ivanlewismp.html   (274 words)

  
 Parliamentary Questions on Tobacco Advertising   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
What is their estimate of smoking-related premature deaths that would result from a 2-year delay in introducing the measures contained in the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill.
We consider it reasonable to estimate that in the longer term a total of 3000 lives a year in the United Kingdom could be saved by measures such as those in the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill.
What estimate they have made of the possible reduction of annual tobacco consumption in the UK as a result of a ban on tobacco advertising; and whether this can only be achieved with legislation to ban tobacco advertising throughout the European Union.
www.ash.org.uk /html/advspo/html/pqanswers.html   (872 words)

  
 House of Commons Hansard Written Ministerial Statements for 26 Jan 2005 (pt 2)
Intelligence only and non-evidential warrants would continue to be authorised by the Secretary of State and would provide criteria-based protections against disclosure in court of the most sensitive interception capabilities and techniques.
Set against the benefits that this approach might deliver, the review identified a number of serious risks that evidential use of intercept would entail for the intercepting agencies and their present capabilities in fighting serious crime and terrorism.
These office support services, which include post opening and despatch, messengerial work, switchboard operations, typing and secretarial services, are currently delivered through a range of external suppliers and in-house teams as well as forming part of the tasks of staff who serve the public directly.
www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/cm050126/wmstext/50126m02.htm   (1556 words)

  
 "Ministry of Defence (UK) Nuclear Declassification Seminar"
If we are achieve our stated objective, then from our point of view this occasion must be seen essentially as an information gathering exercise to enable us to respond to your requirements.
Last month, George Robertson stated that we want to make sure that information which can be made available to those with an interest in policy, or to historians, is not unreasonably withheld.
We also want to ensure that wherever possible the first rate scientists working in the nuclear area are able to take part in a much wider scientiflc dialogue and thereby share the fruits of their work.
www.fas.org /sgp/news/modspell.html   (2098 words)

  
 Sri Lanka News Update   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Liam Fox, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office paid an official visit to Sri Lanka from 9 to 11 February, 1997.
As the British Minister responsible for consular and immigration matters, the primary purpose of his visit to the island was in connection with a conference of British immigration officers of the region, which was held in Colombo.
The release stated that President Kumaratunga had "emphasised the magnitude of the problem and the need to urgently implement the proposals suggested" at Fridays meeting..
www.lanka.net /lankaupdate/11_feb_97.html   (742 words)

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