The little minister usually wanted his translator near when strangers came to the island.

At one point, the minister of tourism wanted to play the role.

But journalists say that the prime minister wants to protect himself and his allies.

"The minister does not want to stop them doing their work," she said by telephone from Rome.

The prime minister did not want to worry about her niece.

Certainly, not every minister wants to lead a large congregation.

So the real question is this: how badly do ministers want to cut immigration?

"Now every minister in the nation wants to get on a cruise."

And that's why the minister wants us to go in quickly.

The move is understood to have had little impact and ministers want to go further.