Article: Tributes to former Welsh Secretary.(News)

Article: First Tory Welsh Secretary dies at 87.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  February 5, 2008 ;     461 words ... ... the miners' strike that led to Mr Heath calling a general election in February 1974, which saw Labour returned to power. Lord Thomas's ministerial career included posts in the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Labour. He was also chairman of the Conservative ...

Article: OBITUARY: Lord Thomas of Gwydir.(News)(Obituary)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 8, 2008 ;     666 words ... ... of State for Wales, Lord Thomas of Gwydir was thrust ... this, his tenure as Welsh Secretary was far from a picnic ... Carrington. While Welsh secretary, he oversaw the 1974 ... the Commons in 1987. Lord Thomas of Gwydir, politician ...

Article: LORD THOMAS OF GWYDIR
The Independent - London;  February 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ...First Tory Welsh Secretary The first ever Conservative Secretary of State for Wales, Peter Thomas had a tough act to follow, succeeding Labour's popular ...

Article: Ex-Welsh Secretary and wife compete in opposing ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Martin Shipton Chief Reporter FORMER Welsh Secretary Ron Davies and his wife Lynne Hughes ... leader John Smith made him Shadow Welsh Secretary and encouraged him to develop plans ... 1994, Mr Davies continued as Shadow Welsh Secretary under Tony Blair. When Labour wona ...

Article: Welsh Secretary's role under threat; MPs from North ...
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  January 17, 2002 ;     664 words ... ... row by demanding that the office of Welsh Secretary should be scrapped. Instead, the ... should take the axe to the office of Welsh Secretary will provoke anger among Welsh MPs ... s decision to keep the position of Welsh Secretary was "significant". "It meant that ...

Article: Welsh Secretary 'should answer more ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 13, 2001 ;     518 words ... ... pressed for the right to question the Welsh Secretary more on matters devolved to the Assembly ... According to Tory aides, Shadow Welsh Secretary Nigel Evans would have risked being ... session of Welsh Questions. An aide to Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy questioned the purpose ...

Article: Hain told: Your job is a waste of time; Welsh ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  January 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Lords study, which wants to scrap the Welsh Secretary's post, questions the value of ... birth of the National Assembly, the Welsh Secretary's job has been to ensure laws relating ... He denied that combining being Welsh Secretary with a role shaping the constitutional ...