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Meaning of "parliamentary secretary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY

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Parliamentary secretary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Parliamentary Secretary

A Parliamentary Secretary is a member of a Parliament in the Westminster system who assists a more senior minister with his or her duties. In the parliamentary systems of several Commonwealth countries, such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, it is customary for the prime minister to appoint parliamentary secretaries from his or her political party in parliament to assist cabinet ministers with their work. The role of parliamentary secretaries has varied under different prime ministers. Originally, the post was used as a training ground for future ministers.

Definition of parliamentary secretary in the English dictionary

The definition of parliamentary secretary in the dictionary is a Member of Parliament appointed, usually as a junior minister, to assist a Minister of the Crown with departmental responsibilities.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY

parliament
parliament building
parliament house
parliamentarian
parliamentarianism
parliamentarily
parliamentarism
parliamentary
parliamentary agent
parliamentary candidate
Parliamentary Commissioner
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
parliamentary democracy
parliamentary election
parliamentary government
parliamentary inquiry
Parliamentary Labour Party
parliamentary private secretary
parliamentary privilege
parlor car

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY

assistant secretary
budgetary
cometary
company secretary
Deputy Secretary
dietary
elementary
executive secretary
foreign secretary
General Secretary
Home Secretary
interplanetary
monetary
nonproprietary
planetary
press secretary
proprietary
secretary
shadow Foreign Secretary
Treasury Secretary
undersecretary

Synonyms and antonyms of parliamentary secretary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parliamentary secretary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY

Find out the translation of parliamentary secretary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of parliamentary secretary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parliamentary secretary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

议会秘书
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

secretario parlamentario
570 millions of speakers

English

parliamentary secretary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संसदीय सचिव
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

السكرتير البرلماني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

парламентский секретарь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

secretário parlamentar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংসদীয় সচিব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

secrétaire parlementaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setiausaha parlimen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

parlamentarischer Staatssekretär
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

政務次官
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의회 비서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sekretaris parlemen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thư ký quốc hội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாராளுமன்ற செயலாளர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संसदीय सचिव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Parlamento sekreteri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sottosegretario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sekretarz parlamentarny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

парламентський секретар
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

secretar parlamentar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινοβουλευτικό γραμματέα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parlementêre sekretaris
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parlamentarisk sekreterare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parlamentarisk sekretær
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parliamentary secretary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY»

The term «parliamentary secretary» is normally little used and occupies the 113.394 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «parliamentary secretary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «parliamentary secretary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parliamentary secretary

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QUOTES WITH «PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word parliamentary secretary.
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Bill Shorten
When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY»

Discover the use of parliamentary secretary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parliamentary secretary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook on the Working of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY In the United Kingdom, a Minister who is a member of one House, cannot go to the other House of Parliament. Therefore, a member of the House other than the one to ...
India. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, V. K. Agnihotri, 2004
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
305 Oral Answers to Questions Oral Answers to Questions 306 Mr. Nthenge: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if the Government is saving on the Parliamentary Secretary for Education, would it not be reasonable for the Government to save on the other ...
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
1525 Oral Answers Oral Answers 1526 The Parliamentary Secretary for Natural Resources (Mr. Njiiri): It is a question 1 have answered already, but I did not mention about iht electricity. The Speaker (Mr. Slade): The Parliamentary Secretary ...
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
[The Parliamentary Secretary for Constitutional Affairs and Administration] reply on behalf of ray Minister as follows. Parliamentary Secretaries are political appointments and they are appointed to assist Ministers in the discharge of their  ...
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
9 Oral Answers Oral Answers 10 The Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture and Animal Husbandry (Mr. Osogo): Sir, small farmers planting tea are given a loan in the form of reduced price of tea stamps. That means at this time the price of ...
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
The Parliamentary Secretary for Defence (Mr. Murgor): Mr. Speaker, Sir, the dissatisfaction was only temporary because his staff was fully occupied, and Government is not considering moving them. Mr. McKenzie: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I ask ...
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Europa World Year
PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES (ATTACHED TO MINISTRD3S) Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister: ANTHONY ABELA. Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Finance: TONIO FENECH. Parliamentary Secretary in  ...
Taylor & Francis Group, 2004
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
935 Oral Answers Oral Answers 936 Mr. Kohli: How does this accommodation compare with the other employees? The accommodation given to the other employees? The Parliamentary Secretary for Social Services (Mr. Anjarwalla): I do not ...
9
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
1001 Committee of Ways and Means — —Budget Debate 1002 [The Parliamentary Secretary for Education] [Mr. Speaker (Mr. Slade) left the Chair] [Mr . Deputy Speaker (Mr. Nyagah) took the Chair] Now. Sir, many of the hon. Members made ...
10
Year Book, Australia
... Services Minister for Small Business Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Parliamentary Secretary to the Minster for Transport and Regional Services Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Parliamentary Secretary ...
‎1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parliamentary secretary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Michael Falzon must resign in wake of new scandals; Government …
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil laid into parliamentary secretary Michael Falzon this morning, saying that every week, he sinks further into his ... «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»
2
Notary clarifies he had 'nothing to do' with Ian Borg's property …
The notary who oversaw a contract for the sale of a property in Rabat's Santa Katerina valley between Parliamentary Secretary Ian Borg and ... «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»
3
Training course on care of the elderly
Parliamentary Secretary for Rights of Persons with Disability and Active Ageing Justyne Caruana, said the agreement will continue improving ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
4
Not to open liquor vends in villages if Panchayats wish: CM
Chief Parliamentary Secretary and local BJP MLA Kamal Gupta, main opposition INLD MP Dushyant Chautala, opposition Haryana Janhit ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
5
Pirate fishing's toll means high stakes on the high seas
Australia's parliamentary secretary to the agriculture minister, Richard Colbeck, told local news media that Australia was legally barred from ... «Ames Tribune, Jul 15»
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Raphael calls for compensation for 1990 coup victims
But for former hostage, Rawle Raphael, who served as parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Enterprise and Tourism, at the time of ... «Trinidad News, Jul 15»
7
TDs fork out €12000 on fine porcelain imported from UAE
Asked why this was the case, the then minister's Parliamentary Secretary Michael Begley (FG) replied that the room in question, used to ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Will share stage with Capt in two months, says Bajwa
Responding to the claims of chief parliamentary secretary (CPS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu that money ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
9
'Genuine' environmental NGOs
Parliamentary Secretary for Planning Michael Falzon's recent aspersions on genuine and less genuine environmental NGOs rightly stirred a ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
10
BOV managers told not to give information to bank's directors
... of a million euro golden handshake given to the bank's former legal official Michael Falzon when he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary, ... «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»

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