Sentences with phrase «policy commission on»

He is a board member of the Conservative Party's Policy Commission on International and National Security.

The former mayor of London has been made co-convener of the party's policy commission on defence, working alongside shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle.

The University of Birmingham established a Policy Commission on the Distribution of Wealth in September of last year to bring leading figures from the public, private and third sectors together with Birmingham academics to generate new thinking on this issue.

Not exact matches

The Commission took unilateral action and retroactively changed the rules, disregarding decades of Irish tax law, US tax law, as well as global consensus on tax policy, that everyone has relied on,» Apple said.

European Commission President Jean - Claude Juncker on Friday denied media reports that President Donald Trump slammed Germany's trade policies during a closed - door meeting in Brussels the previous day.

Quick, concrete results like these don't always materialize when politicians commission deep thinking on economic policy.

In fact, some companies even see it as a risk, since the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cracks down on companies that violate (accidently or intentionally) the privacy policy that they offer to consumers.

That resulted in the commission casting doubt on the legality of the zero - rating policies of AT&T and, to a lesser extent, Verizon.

The idea was originally developed in the early 1930s by the Russian - born economist Simon Kuznets, who was commissioned by the U.S. government to come up with a better way to measure economic activity — and guide an increasingly interventionist government policy — than relying on shaky indicators like the stock market and railcar loadings.

«The [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] enforces the ADEA and considers the ADEA to prohibit an employer from using neutral employment policies and practices that have a disproportionately negative impact on applicants or employees age 40 or older, if the policies or practices at issue are not based on a reasonable factor other than age,» writes Elliot at VirginiaWorkplaceLaw.com.

Under the new policy, the only real check on ISP blocking or slowing is antitrust law enforced by the Federal Trade Commission.

On paper, the recommendations for debt relief and reduced austerity «suddenly evaporate when IMF functionaries coalesce with their ECB and the European Commission colleagues in order to impose upon our government their chosen policies,» said Mr Varoufakis.

Insurance is regulated state by state, and each state has its own insurance commission to determine how much insurers can raise rates on renewed term policies.

Kenney said in a statement that Starbucks «will cooperate fully with our probes of the matter, particularly the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations» review of Starbucks» policies.

Earlier in the fall, we commissioned economic modelling to look at the benefits of building on the best elements of today's provincial climate policies.

Gary Gensler, the former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has been appointed senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he will teach graduate classes on public policy and global markets.

ARI is a national, not - for - profit, non-partisan public opinion research foundation established to advance education by commissioning, conducting and disseminating to the public accessible and impartial statistical data, research and policy analysis on economics, political science, philanthropy, public administration, domestic and international affairs and other socio - economic issues of importance to Canada and its world.

A recent study by comScore (commissioned by UPS) Online Shopping Customer Experience Study, 63 % of customers look for the company's policy on returns before making a purchase.

Virgin Unite, Richard and the Global Commission on Drug Policy call for the abolition of the death penalty for drug offences, and ultimately for all offences.

The National Monetary Commission's longest volumes were on the great German industrial banks, and Republican policy aimed at bringing banking into the industrial era, to provide long - term funding after the model of German and other Central European banks.

Speaking at a foreign policy forum in South Carolina on Tuesday, Gingrich advocated a «commission on gold to look at the whole concept of how do we get back to hard money.»

An investor bulletin on variable annuities from the Securities and Exchange Commission includes a caution to investors to watch out for policy charges.

On the other hand, according to the Measures for the Administration of Securities Investor Protection Fund 《 證券投資者保護基金管理辦法 》, the functions of China Securities Investor Protection Fund (CSIPF, 中國投資者保護基金) include «indemnifying creditors as required by China's relevant policies in case a securities company is subjected to compulsory regulatory measures including dissolution, closure, bankruptcy and administrative takeover by China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and custodian operation» or «other functions approved by the State Council».

European Commission chief Jean - Claude Juncker on Sept. 13 called for the appointment of a euro zone finance minister role to coordinate economic policy across the currency bloc, but suggested the job could be done by someone who was already a senior European commissioner.

«They are a convenient way to consult on the policies of major suppliers with regard to everything from commissions to payment schedules, co-op marketing and more.»

Theodore Hesburgh, then President of the University of Notre Dame and Chair of the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, testified before Congress that the Select Commission's recommendation favoring amnesty was predicated «on one condition: that somehow the sieve that we call a border could be tightened up, that somehow we would bring our illegal immigration under control.»

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom's 2010 Annual Report took note of the shift, stating, «This change in phraseology could well be viewed by human rights defenders and officials in other countries as having concrete policy implications.»

The CPC list was about six weeks late, frustrating some religious freedom watchers, including the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which is appointed by the federal government to make policy recommendations.

From 1990 to 1993, this scribe served on the commission established by the White House and Congress to study American policy toward the UN, and it was a generally discouraging experience.

24 / The program policy of the Commission must also be based on the premise that mankind consists of many diverse cultures, most of which represent in actual numbers very large numbers of persons.

Russell Moore, the president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission — the public policy part of SBC — wrote about the importance of SBC's stand on his website.

In Rochester, New York, where the issues were housing and jobs, Minister Florence of the FIGHT organization could put the word «plantation» on policies of the city housing commission and major corporations.

Labeling the current «government regulation of political speech» by religious organizations as «untenable,» the 60 - page document submitted to Sen. Charles Grassley — who has been investigating televangelists» finances since 2007 — is the work of the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations (CAPRO).

Every Living Thing: An Evangelical Statement on Responsible Care for Animals is a new offering spearheaded by Barrett Duke of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Michael Cromartie with the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the Clapham Group's Mark Rodgers, a former chief of staff to Senator Rick Santorum.

The trustee committee of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission announced two reprimands on Friday for Richard Land, who leads public policy efforts for the Southern Baptists, according to the official press arm.

A significant congressional advisory group, the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations (led by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability), recommended such changes in a 2013 report.

The Productivity Commission should be tasked with modelling the recommendations of this Review as a package (in consultation with jurisdictions) to support discussions on policy proposals to pursue.

The Commission first issued warnings the TPP negotiation process in 2010, stating «a more transparent and strategic approach is required to ensure that there is an appropriate focus on policies that are most in Australia's interests».

We have a strict no tolerance policy on PPC trademark bidding and you will immediately forfeit all commission for a minimum of the past 30 days and your commission will be reduced to 0 % without warning.

Jennifer Brown Lerner, policy manager for the Aspen Institute's National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development, said the NFL needs to brand flag football as a viable option.

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The Commission offers recommendations on PPD policy to the Massachusetts Departments of Public Health and Mental Health (MDPH and DMH), which in turn funds MCPAP for Moms.

«While my policy as leader is not to sign the many pledges that are presented to me, I want you to know my position on the three issues that you have raised with the members of the State Legislature: I support the concepts of applying generally accepted accounting principles to our state budget, requiring disclosure of lawmakers» non-government income and appointing an independent commission to redraw legislative district lines,» Sampson said in a statement released by NY Uprising.

The Liberal Democrats and the home affairs committee have called for a royal commission on drug policy and for more thorough assessments of experiments with legalisation overseas, including in various US states.

The commission had attacked the charity, set up by Mr Fox in 1997, for being focused on promoting a political policy «closely associated with the Conservative party».

Formed by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the Independent Commission on National Security met for the first time today.

15:15 - Janet Allbeson, Senior Policy Adviser at Gingerbread speaks in front of the committee on Public Accounts on: Structured cost reduction for the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission

An inkling of the movement for constitutional reform at the practical level of electoral politics may be traced to the Joint Commission on the Constitution set up in 1981 by the Alliance, with the purpose to «examine the policies for reform of the British constitution, in particular of the electoral system... that our parties should present together at the next election for implementation» (Joint Liberal / SDP Alliance Commission on Constitutional Reform 1983: 1).

The report authored by the chief energy policy adviser to government, the Energy Commission, says the amount required will expended on natural gas, light crude oil, diesel and heavy fuel oil to power the various thermal plants as the country looks to contain the threat of erratic energy supply on the economy.

The blog will include contributions from the first ever cohort of students on the Blavatnik School of Government's Master of Public Policy course, who originate from 19 different countries, as well as members of the Commission and scholars at Oxford and Cambridge.