MINISTERIAL


Meaning of MINISTERIAL in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a government/departmental/ministerial committee

cabinet/ministerial rank

As promised, a minister of cabinet rank has now been appointed to supervise its operation

presidential/royal/ministerial etc duties (= duties that go with being a president, member of a royal family, a minister etc )

The prince is now old enough to carry out royal duties.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

colleague

When the case came to ministerial colleagues , it was these arguments that prevailed.

I am sure that one of my ministerial colleagues will want to inform the House tomorrow.

The general impatience among intellectuals, journalists ... And some of your ministerial colleagues ?

committee

Its work will be backed up by a new ministerial committee .

level

How then could one get the necessary co-ordination at ministerial level and make a reality of collective discussion and responsibility?

Any other questions should be dealt with at ministerial level .

meeting

A ministerial meeting in Venice agreed to this and in June work began to draft the treaties.

He / she participates in Troika ministerial meetings . 21.

Uniscan was not complex, but simply based upon consultation at the highest bureaucratic level, with occasional ministerial meetings .

The committee had been conceived during a ministerial meeting between the two countries in Seoul in November 1990.

The proposal failed to win unanimous endorsement at a subsequent ministerial meeting on Oct. 19.

The full summer ministerial meeting scheduled for May 21 would review the position and policy for the remainder of the year.

The final decision is expected to be taken at a special ministerial meeting in July of this year.

office

Too large an increase in personal taxation could lose them votes and deny them further ministerial office .

After occupying junior ministerial office from his first year in Parliament, he became Economic Secretary to the Treasury in 1955.

High priority is given to any of their senior members who have held ministerial office .

Mrs Currie, an ardent self-publicist, had been keen to return to ministerial office .

And he has done so despite the ups and downs of his political career and his flirting with ministerial office .

I have rarely met two Ministers who take more trouble to carry out the duties of their ministerial office .

Further, the longer a party has been in opposition, the fewer of its leaders will have had ministerial office .

Cranbourne has held ministerial office before.

post

He intends to continue teaching, combining these activities with those of his ministerial post .

This was followed by weeks of bargaining with the smaller parties over ministerial posts and policies.

The provincial coalition government is already shaky, with opposition members bought off with ministerial posts .

They had declared the presidency and all ministerial posts vacant.

There were also substantial differences over the composition of the new government in terms of the allocation of ministerial posts .

responsibility

In practice, however, the precise boundaries of ministerial responsibility are often difficult to define.

In any event the sheer volume and variety of bodies under departmental sponsorship often makes ministerial responsibility something of a myth.

The relationship between Government and Parliament can only be understood against the background of the convention of ministerial responsibility .

In this way the concept of ministerial responsibility is maintained.

Clearly, orthodox ministerial responsibility could not be extended to them without undermining the arm's length principle.

The cabinet is similarly responsible to Parliament through the convention of collective ministerial responsibility .

Of these, by far the most important is the convention of ministerial responsibility .

How could I make proposals on social security without mentioning National Insurance for which I had ministerial responsibility ?

statement

These come in various formats - White Papers, departmental policy documents and ministerial statements , and speeches.

New policies are expressed as much in ministerial statements , White Papers and circulars to the local authorities as in new statutes.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

ministerial committees

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A fair amount is conducted by ministerial correspondence, a perfectly acceptable method in constitutional terms.

A year later she was again arrested for throwing stones at a ministerial car during a political meeting in Liverpool.

I do not expect the Minister to say that the matter is outwith his ministerial remit.

On the right, victory seems so close that there has already been infighting over future seats in parliament and ministerial portfolios.

One of the most ambitious of the Presbyterian preachers who embodied the new ministerial style was the Reverend Lyman Beecher.

The most important prime ministerial appointments will be those of the members of Cabinet.

The proposal failed to win unanimous endorsement at a subsequent ministerial meeting on Oct. 19.

There is already talk about the need to explore some form of ministerial rule which would make the government accountable.

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