Sentences with phrase «parliamentary committee about»

U.K. lawmakers have already called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before a parliamentary committee about this case.

Mr. Strayer, as he then was, testified before a joint Parliamentary committee about what was understood and intended by the drafters in respect of the phrase «fundamental justice».

Not exact matches

Sandy Parakilas, who worked in data protection for Facebook in 2011 and 2012, told a U.K. parliamentary committee Wednesday that the company was vigilant about its network security but lax when it came to protecting users» data.

OTTAWA — The Broadbent Institute cares deeply about renewing Canada's democracy and we welcome the launch of a special parliamentary committee to study new voting systems.

Politicians call for watchdog to gauge affects of deal, saying it should not hurt suppliersMPs from two parliamentary committees have called on the competition regulator to examine how the merger of Sainsbury's and Asda will affect suppliers.The merger of the UK's second - and third - largest supermarket chains could hand them control of about 30 % of the -LSB-...]

«Last November, I mentioned to the Government chief whip and the parliamentary commissioner for standards my concern, on behalf of the House, about what many might regard as an inherent incompatibility between chairing a select committee and having commercial interests, even though fully transparently registered, in the sector covered by that committee,» the Speaker wrote.

All the issues about entry on to the premises of Parliament, the searching of parliamentary offices and constituency correspondence and what is, or should be, available to the court can be considered by the Speaker's Committee, which the House agreed should start its work after the criminal proceedings had come to a conclusion.

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has been called on by a parliamentary committee to give evidence about the use of personal data by Cambridge Analytica.

According to him, when the Minister of Finance appeared before the Parliamentary Select Committee, he was asked about the impact of the levy on Ghanaians after which he gave a vivid explanation to them.

Earlier, a parliamentary committee called for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to give evidence about the use of personal data by Cambridge Analytica.

The company has complained to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards about the conduct of Iain Wright, the former Labour MP for Hartlepool, who chaired the business, innovation and skills select committee during the last parliament.

The Ranking Member on the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Inusah Fuseini, has called on the Chief Justice to hurriedly determine whether a prima facie case has been established against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC) Charlotte Osei, in order to clear any lingering doubts about the integrity of the Commission's leadership.

The government has not adequately addressed concerns about the UK's national security strategy (NSS) ahead of the Scottish independence referendum, a parliamentary committee found today.

Commenting on the publication of the second report by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, Adrian Coles, Director - General of the Building Societies Association said: «It is clear from the this morning's report that there the Committee has strong feelings about the right percentage level for the minimum leverage ratio.

Recently there has been a lot of inaccurate nonsense written about the origins of the 1922 Committee and readers should refer to Stuart Ball's The 1922 Committee: The Formative Years 1922 - 45 in Parliamentary History 9 (1990) pp 129 - 157 for the definitive history.

Meanwhile, a UK parliamentary committee has called for Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg to give evidence about its use of personal data.

It implemented the Nolan Committee report and appointed a new Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to handle complaints about MPs.

Mikardo outlined in the House of Commons attempts by some members of the Parliamentary Select Committee, of which he was a member, to find the truth about the sinking of the Belgrano during the Falklands War.

Public confidence is likely to be tested again in this parliament — not least when the Standards Committee considers the findings of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards on allegations about Alistair Carmichael MP leaking a government memo during the election campaign.

It was reported on 14 October 2010 that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards (on instruction from the Standards and Privileges Committee [51]-RRB- had referred an expenses - related complaint about MacShane from the British National Party [52] to the Metropolitan Police.

A French parliamentary committee convened to examine what has been discovered about transmission of the AIDS virus over the past decade sat for the first time last week.

Former chancellor George Osborne will be questioned by the parliamentary education committee about the state of education and support for disadvantaged pupils in the north of England.

The parliamentary education committee heard today from eight witnesses about multi-academy trusts (MATs) and their role, size, governance and performance.

The Department for Education has responded to questions from the parliamentary education committee about the movement of schools between academy trusts.

Spielman is due to face questions about unregistered schools from MPs when she appears in front of the parliamentary education committee this morning.

Lord Nash, parliamentary under secretary of state for schools, appeared in front of the House of Commons education committee today to talk about regional schools commissioners.

Rather than the Muir Russell panel «thoroughly investigating» an issue highlighted by the Parliamentary Committee, there is no record of Jones» answering a single question about the request to «delete all emails» or the equally damning instruction that Briffa «should say» (untruthfully) that there had been no such correspondence between him and Wahl.

The controversy over the Institute of Physics biased submission to the U.K. Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee's investigation of the stolen emails from East Anglia's Climate Research Unit is about to get a whole lot hotter.

We have a public meeting tomorrow night in our local market town where Tim Yeo — my MP — who is Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee responsible for climate and energy matters, is going to speak about the necessity to continue with aggressive pursuit of green policies.

Hi Ben, what are your views with regards to the reply given to the Parliamentary committee by Phil Jones when asked about not sharing the data?

If everyone knew about the scientific method the challenges I faced in my first presentation before a Canadian Parliamentary Committee would not have occurred.

Then both cross-party Parliamentary Committees tasked with reviewing delegated legislation — the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Committee and the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI)-- expressed doubt about the legality of the measures.

Recent months may have led people to believe that buying a company with a defined pension scheme is about the most dangerous thing you could do, particularly if you want to avoid insolvency, or being called in front of a Parliamentary select committee, and being on the front pages of the papers for a couple of months.

He speaks to audiences across the country about a wide range of human rights issues, appears regularly before parliamentary committees and is a frequent commentator in the media.

Richard Colvin, the Canadian diplomat who has testified before a Parliamentary committee concerning his warnings to the government about the torture of Afghan detainees captured by the Canadian military and turned over to Afghan authorities, has released a sixteen - page letter in which he addresses the claims of the government concerning his testimony.

on Behind Closed Doors: an Interesting Article About the Lack of Transparency in Parliamentary Committees

They ditched traditional models in order to engage in real time on bill C - 51, launching a blog about it (antiterrorlaw.ca), publishing their work on the world's largest open - access database — the Social Science Research Network — sending it to public policy - makers, writing op - eds, and appearing before parliamentary committees.

As University of Denver law professor Sam Kamin advised the parliamentary committee, «The more different and innovative approaches the provinces take — from distributing cannabis themselves, to regulating and taxing it, to prohibiting distribution entirely — the more we will learn about the impact of regulatory policy on important outcome metrics.»

I have written elsewhere about why this proposal is fundamentally misguided, and have noted the excoriating criticism to which it has been subject by a number of parliamentary committees.

Sandy Parakilas, who worked in data protection for Facebook in 2011 and 2012, told a U.K. parliamentary committee Wednesday that the company was vigilant about its network security but lax when it came to protecting users» data.

Meanwhile, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned to give evidence about the company's links to Cambridge Analytica to a UK parliamentary committee.

Meanwhile, a UK parliamentary committee has called for Mr Zuckerberg to give evidence about its use of personal data.

Last week, a U.K. parliamentary media committee summoned CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify about how Facebook uses data, while U.K. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham is investigating how Cambridge Analytica got the data.

Alexander Nix, chief executive of Cambridge Analytica, was questioned by a Parliamentary committee last month about using data to target messages.

Meanwhile, a UK parliamentary committee has called for Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg to give evidence about its use of personal data.

It also explains why US senators and the UK's Parliamentary Committee on Digital, Culture, Media and Sport want Mark Zuckerberg to testify about the incident.

Meanwhile, a UK parliamentary committee has called Mark Zuckerberg to give evidence about its use of personal data.

This dialogue has occurred between the Australian government and and two UN treaty committees, on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (August 1999 and March 2000) and the Human Rights Committee (HRC)(July 2000); between Indigenous non-government organizations and UN committees on each of these occasions; between the government and Indigenous and non-Indigenous representatives before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fund (PJC) in February and March 2000; and, at a broader level, among Australian citizens and a range of institutions, as part of a continuing debate about the meaning of reconciliation.

Third, in my submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Native Title inquiry into CERD and the Native Title Amendment Act 1998, I argue that the government's arguments about a margin of appreciation misunderstand the scope of the Committee's interpretation of the meaning of racial discrimination.

I expressed concern about the use of connection reports in my submission to the Inquiry into Indigenous Land Use Agreements by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund.