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  Secretary of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
E.g., Vincent Van Quickenborne is Secretary of State responsible for the simplification of the administration and responds the the Prime Minister, Guy Verhofstadt.
During a sede vacante, the former Secretary of State (the appointment expires when the pope dies or resigns) assumes some of the functions of the head of state as a part of a temporary commission.
In many states the state secretary of state is often third in line to assume the office of governor upon death or resignation of the incumbent, after the lieutenant governor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_of_State   (1007 words)

  
 Secretary of State article - Secretary of State United Kingdom History Principal Secretary State (c. 1253–1539) - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1660–1782)
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001; divided)
In the federal government of the United States of America, the main role of the Secretary of State is to supervise and conduct foreign policy.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Secretary_of_State   (1302 words)

  
 Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Baker and Others - case comment - UK Litigation & Dispute Resolution Law ...
The obiter comments of the Vice-Chancellor in the recent case of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Baker & Others (1997) appear to constitute a departure from the established view within the legal profession of the meaning of 'litigation privilege' and the categories of document protected by that head of privilege.
The issue which the Court had to determine was whether the Secretary of State was entitled to claim privilege in relation to that report.
The Secretary of State claimed litigation privilege in relation to the report, that is, that it had been brought into the existence for the dominant purpose of use in prospective or pending litigation.
www.icclaw.com /devs/uk/lt/uklt_026.htm   (793 words)

  
 Benson and others v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Under a collective agreement on wages and conditions of employment between their employers' trade organisation and their union, the applicant employees were contractually guaranteed employment at a specified hourly rate for their full contractual hours after the first four hours lay-off in any week.
The Secretary of State treated the application as one for a statutory guarantee payment under section 28 and awarded a lesser amount than under the collective agreement.
Paragraphs (b) to (e) of section 184(1) were not intended to be declaratory or explanatory of "arrears of pay" in paragraph (a), but contained items which were not arrears of pay and would not have been debts for the purpose of section 182 but for their express inclusion in those paragraphs.
www.lawreports.co.uk /ICREjunc0.3.htm   (269 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Secretary of State Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The ancient English monarchs always had in attendance a learned ecclesiastic, known at first as their clerk, and afterwards as "secretary", who conducted the royal correspondence; but it was not until the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (reigned 1558 - 1603) that these functionaries gained the title "Secretaries of State".
Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1660 - 1782)
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997 - 2001; divided)
www.ipedia.com /secretary_of_state.html   (1378 words)

  
 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 18 Jul 1990
Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment said that we would be looking at the possibility of a code of practice on environmental claims and of amending the provisions of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968.
Friend the Secretary of State expects to meet his EC colleagues on several occasions during the course of this year to discuss progress in the Uruguay round of multilateral trade negotiations, which cover the future of trade in textiles and clothing.
Friend the Secretary of State expects to meet his EC colleagues on several occasions during this year to discuss progress in the Uruguay round of multilateral trade negotiations.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1990-07-18/Writtens-11.html   (3317 words)

  
 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 16 May 1990
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many tonnes of steel per man year were produced in the United Kingdom in (a) 1981 and (b) 1989.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is his Department's latest estimate of the balance of trade in information technology with Japan and the United States of America.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next intends to meet the president of the Confederation of British Industry to discuss the performance of British manufacturing industry.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1990-05-16/Writtens-5.html   (2854 words)

  
 JURIST - Gazette: Rutherford & Anor v. Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [UK]
It should not have defined and distorted the relevant pool by excluding the "figures" relied on by the Secretary of State as not relevant for it to consider and by referring only to those who were disadvantaged by the disputed upper age limit requirement.
In brief, the employment tribunal erred in regarding as irrelevant to its consideration the figures relied on by the Secretary of State relating to those in the workforce who could comply with the age requirement.
If the correct approach is taken, the statistics in evidence clearly establish that the difference in the working population between the proportion of men aged under 65 who can comply and the proportion of women aged under 65 who can comply is very small indeed.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /gazette/2004/09/rutherford-anor-v-secretary-of-state.php   (269 words)

  
 Secretary of State
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
In the United States federal government, the Secretary of State is responsible for foreign policy.
www.fastload.org /se/Secretary_of_State.html   (199 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)

  
 BRITAIN AND A DEVELOPMENT ROUND
The Secretary Of State For Trade And Industry, Patricia Hewitt, made a statement to the House of Commons, London, on 7 November 2001 regarding the 4th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference.
She attached first priority to the reduction and elimination of trade protection in both developing and the developed countries.
Reminiscent of the UK view at Seattle, the Doha forum is seen as the launch pad for a "Development Round." Reflecting this position, British objectives at Doha were centred on endorsing a trade round that put "social justice and poverty reduction at its heart." Ms.
www.thunderlake.com /uk_doha.html   (224 words)

  
 Department of Trade and Industry - About the Department - Ministers - Alan Johnson MP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP is Secretary of State for the Department of Trade and Industry.
He was previously the Secretary of State at the Department of Work and Penisons and earlier held the post of Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education at the Department for Education and Skills.
Earlier, he was Minister of State for Employment Relations and Regions and, before that, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competitiveness, both at the Department of Trade and Industry.
www.dti.gov.uk /ministers/ministers/johnson.html   (621 words)

  
 John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State
He subsequently served as Secretary of State in the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, where he was instrumental in forming the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
Dulles was a member of the United States delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in Paris in November, 1948, when Secretary of State George C. Marshall was forced to return to the United States for surgery.
The job of Secretary of State was one that he apparently had been after for a long time.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jfdulles.htm   (7989 words)

  
 Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State - Trade in the Post-Doha Global Economy - Economic Perspectives - January 2002 - ...
The United States believes the enormity of the challenge posed by HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, such as malaria and tuberculosis, requires the mobilization of the resources of the entire international community.
WTO members focused the MEA talks by mandating that their scope be limited to the applicability of existing WTO rules among parties and instructed that they not prejudice the WTO rights of any member that is not a party to the MEA in question.
Developing countries agreed with the United States on the need to also address in the negotiations the issues of transparency and due process in members' antidumping investigation procedures and the underlying causes of unfair trade.
usinfo.state.gov /journals/ites/0102/ijee/larson.htm   (1509 words)

  
 Missouri Government News for Week of Oct. 21, 1996
Louis Post-Dispatch endorses GOP candidate for Secretary of State.
The GOP candidate for Secretary of State accused the Democratic incumbent of the same charges she's made against him.
The paper cited problems in administration of the office by the incumbent, Bekki Cook, who was appointed by the governor to fill out the term of Judi Moriarty who had been impeached in the middle of her term.
www.mdn.org /1996/STORIES/NEWS30.HTM   (540 words)

  
 BDJ | Tooth whiteners - the legal position   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Thus the Departments of Trade and Industry and Health were not, and had not been, entitled to obstruct the distribution of the gel within the United Kingdom under the 1996 Cosmetics Regulations.
However, the Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry and Health brought an appeal against this decision to the Court of Appeal, who considered the case in July 1999.
The Department of Trade and Industry have stated that it is their policy to work with the Department of Health with a view to seeking amendments to the 1976 Directive, which in turn will allow changes to the UK Regulations allowing a higher percentage of hydrogen peroxide in tooth whitening products.
www.nature.com /bdj/journal/v194/n7/full/4809997a.html   (1582 words)

  
 Secretary of State - Know Rhode Island
There shall continue to be one seal for the public use of the state; the form of an anchor shall be engraven thereon; the motto thereof shall be the word "Hope"; and in a circle around the outside shall be engraven the words, "Seal of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1636".
The total area of the state is 1,214 square miles, of which 1,045 are land and 169 are water.
The greatest length of the state is 48 miles and the greatest width is 37 miles.
www.sec.state.ri.us /resources_for/library/riinfo/riinfo/knowrhode   (6446 words)

  
 Secretary of State's Web Page
The Office of the Secretary of State is an elected state office, second in line of succession behind the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor.
The Secretary of State serves as an ex officio member of the board of directors of the New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA).
in the state dies, resigns, leaves the state, or cannot be found.
www.sos.state.nm.us   (489 words)

  
 LBR: Competition Regulators: United Kingdom
Confidential guidance concerning the likely treatment of proposed mergers is sought from the OFT, mergers are notified to the OFT using both formal and informal procedures, and the OFT will have primary responsibility for enforcing the new prohibitions on anti-competitive agreements and abuse of market power under the Competition Act 1998.
He may refer monopolies to the CC for further investigation, and will advise the Secretary of State on whether to refer a merger to the CC, although the Mergers Panel, an advisory body, will sometimes take part in this decision-making process in more complex cases.
If the CC concludes that a merger is against the public interest, the Secretary of State may ask the DGFT to liaise with parties in order to negotiate suitable undertakings.
www.global-competition.com /regultrs/uk.htm   (617 words)

  
 SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY DEDICATES CEME BUILDING AT DAGENHAM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
DAGENHAM, 16 May, 2002 – Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, the Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, today visits CEME (the Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence) on the Ford Motor Company estate at Dagenham in order to dedicate the new building.
Welcoming the visit by the Secretary of State, Sean McIlveen, Ford's Director of Education, Training and Development, said: "We are delighted that the Secretary of State is coming to see CEME rising from the ground.
Ted Parker, Principal of Barking College, stated: "This highly original venture will encourage a strong enterprise culture and offer an innovative range of learning activities to expand the skills base and competitiveness of the local community.
media.ford.com /print_doc.cfm?article_id=11979   (518 words)

  
 Trade - Trade Policy and Programs - US Department of State
To achieve these goals, the State Department and others in the U.S. helped establish the system of international trade rules administered by the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Many U.S. agencies are involved in the formulation of U.S. trade policy and negotiating positions, under the coordination of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).
The State Department's Trade Policy and Programs (TPP) division actively participates in the policymaking process to ensure that U.S. foreign policy goals are fully considered in the formulation of our trade policy.
www.state.gov /e/eb/tpp   (386 words)

  
 HM SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY v. ALEXANDER MACBEAN WALKER, 03 February 2004, T.G. Coutts, Q.C.
It is also not in dispute that the fact that a director had caused or permitted the company to trade where there was no reasonable prospect of its creditors being paid in full, does not necessarily mean that he is "unfit to be concerned in the management of a company".
The response to that averment is that the respondent professes not to know and does not admit that the Royal Bank had expressed such concern, nor does he admit the averment about his memorandum.
The petition has been brought at the instance of the Secretary of State with a view to determining whether the public require to be protected from the respondent's having the opportunity to act as a director or being concerned in or taking part in the promotion, formation or management of a company.
www.scotcourts.gov.uk /opinions/TGC1201.html   (1962 words)

  
 John Hay, Secretary of State (from WILLIAM McKINLEY) --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
McKinley was fortunate in having as his secretary of state John Hay, one of America's greatest diplomats.
He had been private secretary to President Lincoln and secretary of the legations at Paris, Vienna, and Madrid.
Under President Hayes he was assistant secretary of state for two years.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-204401?ct=   (528 words)

  
 Georgia Secretary of State | Corporations Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Some foreign (out of state) entities that do business in the state of Georgia are required to file with the Corporations Division.
Uniform Commercial Code and trade name filings are not made with the Georgia Secretary of State.
Division services are available through the Secretary of State’s South Georgia office by hand delivering material to 238 East Second Street, Tifton, GA 31794.
www.sos.state.ga.us /corporations   (464 words)

  
 Vermont Secretary of State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Because a match is sought starting at the beginning of each name and continuing for as many letters as you specify, you may improve your chances of finding a match by typing only the first few letters.
CAUTION: Registering a trade name in Vermont is not a guarantee that you are entitled to use of the name.
A person or entity may have or claim to have a pre-existing right to exclusive use of a name based on trademark registration at the federal level.
www.sec.state.vt.us /seek/tradseek.htm   (121 words)

  
 French secretary of state of foreign trade in Rabat
French secretary of state of foreign trade, Jacques Dondoux, who started on Thursday a two-day work visit to Morocco held talks with several members of the cabinet on means of upgrading bilateral economic relations.
The French secretary of state who is accompanied by several officials and delegates of French small and medium-sized enterprises, held a working session with Moroccan minister of industry and trade Alami Tazi.
The delegation later on held a meeting with Secretary of state for posts and new information technologies, Larbi Ajjoul, to review Moroccan-French cooperation in telecommunication matters and prospects for French enterprises to participate in the modernization and rehabilitation of the Moroccan telecommunication network.
www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/990409/1999040941.html   (351 words)

  
 Louisiana Secretary of State Commercial Division Index
(9-7-05) - BATON ROUGE, LA - Secretary of State Al Ater announces that the Department of State's Commercial Division is processing all mail received by the office and adding all filings which are in order to the Secretary of State's database at www.sos.louisiana.gov/app1/paygate/app1/paygate/crpinq.jsp.
All Secretary of State Commercial Division offices and facilities will be closed for official state holidays.
Visit this section for information on incorporating, forming a limited liability company, registering a partnership, filing a trade name, accessing information on entities already on file, or obtaining certificates and certified copies on existing entities.
www.sec.state.la.us /comm/comm-index.htm   (565 words)

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