lead Minister definition

lead Minister means a member of the Council who has been nominated by that member’s government to have the right to vote on a resolution proposed by the Council;
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lead Minister means a government minister who is designated as a lead minister under the regulations;
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Examples of lead Minister in a sentence

  • In the circumstances where a lead Minister was not proposing to attend the meeting in question, and had not arranged for a replacement Minister to discharge his/her responsibilities, there would also be a statutory obligation on FM/DFM to nominate a replacement for a lead Minister to attend the NSMC/BIC and discharge his/her responsibilities.

  • Requests by the Ministers of Devolved Administrations to attend Council of Ministers should be welcomed unless there is a compelling reason not to do so and which the lead Minister should be willing to explain.

  • In the circumstances where a lead Minister was not propos- ing to attend the meeting in question, and had not arranged for a replacement Minister to discharge his/her responsibilities, there would also be a statutory obligation on FM/DFM to nominate a replacement for a lead Minister to attend the NSMC/BIC and discharge his/her responsibilities.

  • A statement by the lead Minister in the House of Commons with respect to government policy on an issue is ordinarily to be accepted at face value as stating official government policy and the rationale behind it.18 172.