Speaking after a summit of 27 business and industry representatives hosted by the business minister, Sajid Javid, she said: "We're a long way off having a plan and leadership and … that is what businesses need.
A summit of EU leaders on October 29th and 30th was due to approve plans for a new European External Action Servicee" (ie, diplomatic service) headed by a High Representative, a kind of foreign minister.
It's like a summit of fun.
In 1963 the PLO constitution was drafted at a summit of Arab states in Cairo, although it took another 11 years for the UN and the Arab League to recognize the PLO as the sole representative of the people of Palestine.
In its latest round of a four-day-summit of representatives of 16 ethnic armed groups which ended on July 29 in Laiza, the capital of the Kachin Independence Organization, the leader of the New Mon State Party Nai Hong Sar said talks with the central government have stalled because the government has refused to accept the ethnic groups' right to equality and self-administration.
Alexander will hold a summit with representatives of housing organisations and charities tomorrow to hear their views.
The all-party parliamentary group for drug policy reform is marking this anniversary with a top-level summit of government representatives from 14 countries with senior UK delegates.
A summit last month with representatives from across the rail industry - including train operators - saw agreement in principle to a new code of practice, which has yet to be fully drafted.
Earlier this month, at an "energy summit" of governors and representatives from 18 Western states, Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, a Democrat, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, a Republican, co-signed a statement strongly endorsing energy efficiency and setting aggressive targets for much greater use of wind, solar, biomass and other forms of renewable energy throughout the region.
