Example sentences of "[noun sg] the minister [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is a Member of Parliament to do when , having been lucky enough to be given an Adjournment debate by you , Mr. Speaker , and having given a copy of his entire speech to the Foreign Office at 9.45 in the morning , the Minister — in this case the Minister of State , the hon. and learned Member for Grantham ( Mr. Hogg ) — makes no attempt whatever to answer the deeply serious issues that have been raised ? |
| 2 | In that case the Minister of Transport granted the tenant a lease of a motorway service area at a fixed rent and an additional variable rent . |
| 3 | Last night on the world in action programme the minister for health , the member for Peterborough , categorically denied that there was no two tier system and he said I have no evidence of a two tier system developing in the N H S. |
| 4 | This Act , known as the Addison Act after its sponsor the minister of health , while not the first legislation to allow local authority house building , was the first to subsidize it . |
| 5 | On Sept. 4 , 1989 , the NPC Standing Committee formally relieved of his post the Minister of Culture , Wang Meng , who had reportedly resigned due to poor health . |
| 6 | If the Minister claims to be so concerned about the consumer , can he explain why his right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , at the National Farmers Union annual general meeting last month , produced a list of nearly 100 regulations from the Ministry and promised to discuss their relevance and implementation with the farmers ? |
| 7 | The National Rivers Authority is accountable to my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food in respect of its flood relief functions . |
| 8 | of the cost of the scheme may be eligible for grant by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food . |
| 9 | I have responded as fully as possible when the hon. Gentleman has raised the matter , and I have drawn it to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food . |
| 10 | I was quite sad to hear my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food say that he was prepared to sit in the negotiations for months . |
| 11 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food on fighting his corner with such determination , vigour and success for British farmers . |
| 12 | I am sure that my hon. Friend welcomes the steps taken by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food in the Agriculture Council on this matter , especially in relation to the export of live horses . |
| 13 | I have read his speech in this House , in which he made most of those points , and some of his contributions in the Water Bill Committee , in which he made other points which have been well answered by my Hon. Friend the Minister of State . |
| 14 | However , as my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces said in the recent defence debate , under our restructuring proposals , the proportion of Scottish units in the Army overall will increase rather than decrease . |
| 15 | The developments that have taken place led to my right hon. Friend the Minister of State expressing the Government 's worry to the Indonesian ambassador on 13 November . |
| 16 | When my right hon. Friend the Minister of State next has contact with the Indonesian ambassador , will he express the abhorrence of the House at the indiscriminate shooting of men , women and children in Dili , which I visited three years ago with other hon. Members ? |
| 17 | My noble Friend the Minister of State expressed that concern to the Indonesian ambassador on 13 November . |
| 18 | I know that he will join me in welcoming the announcement yesterday by my hon. Friend the Minister of State , Treasury at the start of the project to construct a new building for Customs and Excise at Queen 's dock . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend the Minister of State and I regularly receive representations , both for and against , on the subject of NHS trusts . |
| 20 | As the hon. Gentleman is well aware , his first question is a matter for my hon. Friend the Minister of State and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State who have , no doubt , listened to him carefully . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend will know that my hon. Friend the Minister of State , Treasury , has taken the lead in the discussions . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend the Minister of State , Treasury , is conducting discussions with the industry on the basis of a proposal for a flat rate agricultural tax which would replace the 17.5 per cent . |
| 23 | As a result of that , my hon. Friend the Minister of State , Treasury , will write to the industry shortly . |
| 24 | The division of Universities Funding Council funding will be decided in due course in consultation with all the Departments concerned , but my hon. Friend the Minister of State , Scottish Office , always a powerful advocate for Scottish interests , has said that Scotland will receive a fair share of those resources . |
| 25 | In response to the hon. Gentleman 's second question , my hon. Friend the Minister of State , Northern Ireland Office , made it perfectly clear that we will not make any comment whatever on that case while it is proceeding . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend the Minister of State will no doubt have something to say about that to European Community colleagues this weekend . |
| 27 | My hon. Friend the Minister of State was very impressed by his visit to Basildon , and I should certainly be interested in visiting it myself if and when my diary allowed it . |
| 28 | In explaining that my hon. Friend the Minister of State is not present to answer questions because he is doing duty in the Province , I give the right hon. Gentleman an absolute assurance of the commitment of the intelligence services and of their relevance in Northern Ireland today . |
| 29 | My right hon. and noble Friend the Minister of State also had discussions with Mrs. Ogata on 7 February . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend the Minister of State represents an outer London borough and he would be surprised if I did not at least briefly mention the position in the London borough of Barnet . |