31.   The report dismissed earlier suggestions of a deliberate cover-up by civil servants or government ministers.

32.   Meanwhile, government ministers faced calls for their resignation, and Yeltsin acted to ban the more blatant manifestations of opposition activity.

33.   Reformist government ministers used the press revelations to support their claims that Khasbulatov was building up a power base.

34.   Suggestions of a tourist tax on hotel beds or at airports proposed by the shadow local government minister, was met with anger and dismay by the hotel industry.

35.   In France the secretary of state for foreign affairs had now become one of the greatest of government ministers.

36.   Government ministers admit that ozone levels are higher than anywhere else in the world.

37.   The decision was backed by the responsible government minister.

38.   Within days of the accident local officials and government ministers sought to play down the extent of the damage.

39.   At leading public schools, most notably Eton, there is a tradition of providing MPs, government ministers, and prime ministers.

40.   Government ministers are drawn from, and remain within, Parliament.