John Derek Twigg (born 9 July1959, Widnes) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labourmember of Parliament for Halton, and was first elected in 1997. July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arms of the former Widnes Borough Council Location within the British Isles. ... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Halton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Between 2002 and 2004 he served as a whip. On the 16 December2004, in the reshuffle following the resignation of David Blunkett, he was appointed junior education minister in the Department for Education and Skills. 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the parliamentary system a cabinet shuffle is an informal term for an event that occurs when a Head of State or Head of Government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in his or her United States it would very unusual for a president to reassign all the cabinet... David Blunkett The Right Honourable David Blunkett (born June 6, 1947) is a British Labour Party politician. ... Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ...
In the cabinet reshuffle following the United Kingdom general election of 2005, Derek became a junior minister in the Department for Transport. The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005, just over three weeks after the dissolution of Parliament on 11 April by Queen Elizabeth II, at the request of the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ... In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the transport network. ...
DerekTwigg: I do not want to disagree that it is very important, but, as I say, really I do not want to go into the details of what may or may not be in the White Paper and pre-empt its publication and I do not think you would expect me to do that.
DerekTwigg: I think the straightforward answer is that I would want to look at a number of options about how we could continue to make the improvements that the Committee has been highlighting and which I would like to see.
DerekTwigg: Defra made it clear what the criteria were, for organisations bidding for limited resources, and that bids were judged against those criteria, quite properly, with no guarantees of success being given to any organisation.
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