Sentence examples for ministers to explain from inspiring English sources

Mr. Saleh was called before Parliament, along with the defense and interior ministers, to explain the security failings.

An influential Commons committee called on ministers to explain how diverting development cash to subsidise the trip met global aid rules.

The approach is hardly tougher than the requirement for ministers to explain whether they are going to reach child poverty targets.

In Britain, the Labour peer Lord Foulkes has taken up the issue and is pressing ministers to explain the sequence, and logic, of its flawed decision-making.

The report calls on ministers to explain why the government introduced screening for Ebola at UK ports against the advice of the World Health Organisation and Public Health England.

While the Lords will not seek to force their will on the Commons – because the referendum was a key part of the Tory manifesto – it seems determined to force ministers to explain why they do not plan to give 16- and 17-year-olds a say.

Santos asked his defence minister to explain the reasons behind the apparent breach of security protocol.

Wednesday's speech, then, was a chance for the prime minister to explain what he means.

One opposition politician, Massimo Donadi, called on the interior minister to explain to Parliament why only 12 people had been arrested.

It's hard for me if I'm prime minister to explain why we poor should help the rich Greeks.

And it was left to Mr. Peres, then foreign minister, to explain the Israeli offensive to the world.