Example sentences of "state for wales " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new service started on 3 October 1988 and was immediately so successful that Mid Glamorgan County Council applied to the Secretary of State for Wales for a £600,000 grant to purchase a Sprinter unit to provide an hourly service . |
| 2 | All the old Heathites , save for Peter Walker ( a highly individualist and most effective leftish Secretary of State for Wales ) were on the back-benches . |
| 3 | His mentor during the stay was the Secretary of State for Wales , George Thomas ( later created Lord Tonypandy ) , who became a lifelong friend as a result . |
| 4 | The commissioner with responsibility for regional development , Bruce Millan , met Peter Lilley , the trade and industry secretary , Ian Lang , the secretary of state for Scotland , and David Hunt , the secretary of state for Wales on April 25th , partly in order to try to persuade them to sort things out . |
| 5 | Since 1979 the other Cabinet ministers ( Margaret Thatcher excepted ) who have exceeded five years in one department are Nicholas Edwards , the Secretary of State for Wales between 1979 and 1987 ; George Younger , as Scottish Secretary ; Nigel Lawson , as Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and Geoffrey Howe , as Foreign Secretary . |
| 6 | We would have actually liked to have told her that the man was the Secretary of State for Wales and a member of the Cabinet ! |
| 7 | Mr Baker , 57 , was apparently offered the post of Secretary of State for Wales , but he clearly felt unable to accept such an obvious demotion . |
| 8 | Mr Kenneth Baker probably wisely turned down the offer of becoming Secretary of State for Wales but it was a serious proposition . |
| 9 | The Secretary of State for Wales proposes that these recommendations should form the basis of modifications made to the programmes of study for key stage 2 in the Order under Section 4 of the Act . |
| 10 | He is the Member of Parliament for Worcester and was , until recently , Secretary of State for Wales . |
| 11 | In 1982 one formal objection went to the Minister ( Secretary of State for Wales ) but was not upheld . |
| 12 | In 1986 , the Secretary of State for Wales announced the creation of a Cardiff Bay Corporation . |
| 13 | For example , in 1988 the Secretary of State for Wales , Peter Walker , announced a £500 million revitalization programme for the valleys of South Wales , which would involve land reclamation , business advice and support , factory construction , housing rehabilitation and infrastructural investment , and which would be implemented by local authorities , the private sector , central government and the Welsh Development Agency . |
| 14 | The scheme was heralded as a triumph for the notification system since the Secretary of State for Wales upheld the park committee 's objection . |
| 15 | It had the help of finance from the Welsh Development Agency and publicity from Nicholas Edwards , the Secretary of State for Wales , who provided a video-taped message for the launch . |
| 16 | But he will have to deal with the new Urban Regeneration Agency , whose chairman is the former cabinet minister , Peter Walker , a Tory wet , who pursued a blatantly interventionist and un-Thatcherite policy while secretary of state for Wales . |
| 17 | Mr Grist has a new job , thanks to his former boss , the Secretary of State for Wales , David Hunt . |
| 18 | Minister of State for Wales Sir Wyn Roberts said the Brussels proposals were ‘ just not on ’ . |
| 19 | Hence fresh permission would be required before the original business use could be resumed , as the Court of Appeal held in Cynon Valley Borough Council v. Secretary of State for Wales and Another [ 1986 ] JPL 760 . |
| 20 | Mr. Adley : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he last met the chairman of the Wales tourist board ; and what was discussed . |
| 21 | The Secretary of State for Wales ( Mr. Peter Walker ) : I frequently meet the chairman of the Wales tourist board to discuss many matters of mutual interest . |
| 22 | Mr. Denzil Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any plans to meet in the near future the chairman of British Coal to discuss the state of the Welsh coalfield . |
| 23 | Mr. Gregory : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the number of applicants for section 4 grants under the Development of Tourism Act 1969 , the number approved and the value awarded , for each year since 1980 ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 24 | Mr. Butler : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales by what percentage unemployment has fallen in Wales since June 1987 . |
| 25 | Mr. Michael : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has to stimulate and encourage research into environmental matters in Wales . |
| 26 | The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales ( Mr. Ian Grist ) : The Welsh Office has commissioned a number of research projects into environmental matters related to my right Hon. Friend 's responsibilities in Wales , and with permission , Mr. Speaker , I shall circulate a list in the Official Report and place a copy in the Library of the House . |
| 27 | But , in pursuit of joint oversight responsibilities for these facilities in Wales , did the Secretary of State for Wales plead with that Department on the ground of regional policy alone as is pointed out by the Hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan ( Sir R. Gower ) , who is sadly absent today , in his early day motion that it makes no sense to move hi-tech jobs in Government research and development from an area such as south Wales to an overheated area in the south-east of England ? |
| 28 | Mr. Ron Davies : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he last met representatives of the Wrexham and East Denbighshire water company ; and what matters they discussed . |
| 29 | Mrs. Clwyd : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on his Department 's strategy for dealing with acute poverty and deprivation in the Cynon Valley and other districts with a high percentage of low income households . |
| 30 | Mr. Stern : To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he intends to make any proposals to alleviate the impact on the ports of south Wales of proposed barrage schemes . |