Sentences with phrase «cent of members from»

He said all the parties were in favour of reforming the Lords, all believed there should be at least 20 per cent of members from non-political backgrounds, all thought the remaining 92 hereditary peers should go, and all agreed the reforms should be introduced slowly.

Liberals pick up 2 per cent of their members from the unchurched but lose 8 per cent to that group, for a net loss of 6 per cent.

Not exact matches

Another announcement that will benefit Greater Vancouver Board of Trade Members is today's affirmation that the Provincial Government will cut the small business corporate income tax rate from 2.5 per cent to 2 per cent, which will make B.C. the second-most competitive tax environment for small business in the country.

These programs have set us apart from more traditional business organizations, and have led to a surge in new Members under the age of 35 — 60 per cent of which have been women.»

«About 50 per cent of our members import from the U.S., and about 25 per cent export, so that's a significant amount, and if there is a decrease in access to the U.S., that will certainly have an impact on our members.

With the plan expected to add a cost of 1.9 per cent per employee and the likelihood that employees over the age of 50 may never benefit from their own contributions, roundtable members were vocal in their concerns about the plan's impact on both competitiveness and employee support.

The results show two other members of Magna's board also garnered just 38 per cent support from shareholders, while all other directors got more than 84 per cent support.

Canada's CPTPP gains are moderately greater than the gains from participating in the TPP, with the real GDP gain rising from 0.068 per cent to 0.082 per cent, and the welfare gain rising from $ 2.3 B to $ 2.9 B. With the United States out of the deal, the cost to Canada of staying out while the TPP goes ahead as a 10 - member deal without either the United States or Canada becomes negligible.

The most significant deductions from these figures are, first, that more than half of the people of the United States are now members of religious bodies — in the neighborhood of 58 per cent — and second, that growth in church membership reveals a steady increase, not only numerically but in proportion to the general population.

Most of our members (beverage manufacturers) will start charging their customers for the CDS fees and charges + the 10 cent deposit from November 1.

Sources close to Hermann Neuberger, the West German who's a member of FIFA's inner circle, say that at a critical stage in the negotiations Jo √ cents o Havelange, the Brazilian who serves as FIFA's president, received a call from a prominent USSF member.

Mr Wilkie was shocked to discover that 10 per cent of its 114,000 members come from the wealthy south - west London suburbs of Wimbledon, Dulwich and Clapham.

In the latest «Eurobarometer» wave 60 per cent of Britons agreed that, «taking everything into account, the UK has not benefited from being a member of the EU».

Already, according to the deputy Minister of Health, Hon. Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu, who also doubles as the Member of Parliament for Bibiani - Anhwiaso - Bekwai, government has paid GH cents 500 million out of the GH cents 1.2 billion NHIS debt inherited from the Mahama government.

The poll of Unite members from across the UK also reveals that 70 per cent of respondents believe that government reforms will lead to privatisation.

Economic reform in China, in the form of competition and the rule of law, means attacking important vested interests: the state - owned enterprises responsible for about 40 per cent of output, 82 million Party members and an army of bureaucrats at every level, many of whom benefit from corruption.

Following questions in the House from Labour and DUP members, the Leader of the House announced that there would be discussions with affected parties, and in March Chris Grayling presented a written statement to the Commons, detailing a much lower reduction of around five per cent in real terms.

A recent survey of nearly 600 party members showed that net support for the coalition fell to 45 per cent in August from 57 per cent in July.

Currently the Panel is made up of 18 members, from which it considers to be the «main professions» However, other than architecture, represented by the Royal Institute British Architecture (RIBA), there is no mention of any construction or engineering disciplines, an industry that accounts for approximately nine per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

To ensure that all candidates who are put to the ballot command a substantial body of support in the PLP, the threshold for nominations to secure a position on the shortlist should be raised from 12.5 per cent to 15 per cent of House of Commons members of the PLP.

Most Unite NHS members will see their pension contributions increased from 6.5 per cent to 9.3 per cent over the next three years; this coming after a two - year pay freeze and the proposed two years of a maximum one per cent increase for some staff.

That total is up sharply from 46 per cent, and suggests that Party members have been impressed by a better run of news from the Government and a worse from Labour - whose fortunes we look at in a special series on LeftWatch this week, which opens with Christian Guy's excellent piece today.

A survey of 500 Poles in Britain for Newsnight suggests that just 64 per cent had signed the workers» register, which the government uses to monitor the number of people coming from the ten new European Union member states to work in Britain.

Sir Stuart Bell: Over the last 30 years church members have increased giving as a proportion of net income from 1 per cent.

Lazio has cast thousands of votes in Congress on everything from impeachment to prescription - drug benefits, but when asked to name one principled stand he's taken that's cost him politically, he has to reach all the way back to the eighteen - member Suffolk County legislature and a 1992 plan to raise sales taxes by half a cent that had been crafted by the Republican county executive, Bob Gaffney.

DESY is a member of the Helmholtz Association, and receives its funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)(90 per cent) and the German federal states of Hamburg and Brandenburg (10 per cent).

- Negative economic growth and rising unemployment lead to significantly increased likelihood of younger men, aged 25 - 44, committing suicide, with a one per cent increase in unemployment leading to a 3.5 per cent rise in suicides among this age group, though migration and receiving money from family members who had migrated is found to reduce suicides among both the youth and female population.

Members of the Executive Committee shall be allowed, in lieu of their traveling expenses in attendance on meetings of the Committee held apart from the meetings of the Association, a refund amounting to 4 cents a mile for the round trip.

«Up to 60 per cent of women will start their pregnancy overweight, many women are having children at an older age, and most people have a family member with Type 2 diabetes, so traditional risk factors are starting to apply to more and more people, which prevent us from properly identifying those at a high risk.»

Considering the rising cost of university tuition and the widespread unemployment that makes it hard for young scholars to find well - paying work to fund it, Wade says his site has seen the number members who are university students grow from 30 per cent in 2006 to approximately 50 per cent last year.

Add some terrible directing, highly implausible moments from both films and phoned in performances from all cast members (except 50 Cent because he can't act worth a damn anyway) and you have two of the dumbest films I wasted my time with in 2012.

The conference also found that only nine per cent of members thought that Ofsted were independent and free from political interference.

Key features of the reformed scheme include: increase contributions paid by members of the scheme; switch from final salary, to Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE); pre-retirement revaluation of earnings for CARE at CPI +1.6 per cent; accrual rate of 1 / 57th of salary; and linking of the Normal Pension Age with the State Pension Age.

A NAHT survey of its members has found that the number of schools currently in deficit has more than doubled since its 2015 survey (up 10 percentage points from 8 per cent to 18 per cent).

A survey of 5,000 members of the NASUWT teachers» union revealed that 79 per cent of respondents had suffered from work related anxiety with 86 per cent suffering from sleeplessness and five per cent needing treatment in hospital.

According to a survey of 400 ATL members, 38 per cent said pupils suffered from physical health issues over the summer break, with 26 per cent claiming that pupils often went hungry over the period.

Physical assaults on members of staff which have led to exclusions have also increased by 23 per cent, from 1,588 in 2014/15, to 1,990 in 2016/17.

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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said 18 per cent of first - time buyers polled said they received a gift from a family member as part of their down payment.

The Enhanced Business Platinum ® Card from American Express OPEN offered a lot of value for many people with its Pay With Points benefit allowing members to redeem Membership Rewards for certain airlines at 2 cents per point by utilizing a 50 % automatic rebate.

Members will also enjoy unprecedented flexibility from the new loyalty programme, with the ability to conveniently exchange Avios for flights, including discounts starting from two euros up to 100 per cent of the total cost of any of Vueling's fare categories (Basic, Optima or Excellence), including taxes, charges and additional fees.

The average expenditure per Club Member stay increased from $ 950 (in 2013) to $ 1,007 (in 2014), representing a six per cent increase, while the average length of stay has remained at 2.6 nights.

In addition to redeeming points for stays at any Rove Hotels property, members of the U by Emaar programme can enjoy several benefits including ten per cent savings on direct bookings, late checkouts until 16:00, 20 per cent savings on membership fees at Emaar Leisure Group properties and complimentary transfers to and from Dubai International Airport, depending on the tier.

Amex Membership Rewards members can redeem points at a rate of 1 cent apiece toward airfare on the Amex Travel site (or 1.25 cents apiece if you have the The Business Platinum Card from American Express OPEN).

This was followed by a new proposal, keeping the Diageo Pension Scheme open until March 31 2018 as a final salary scheme, before being modified from April 1 2018 to provide career average revalued earnings accrual, with a 1 / 70th accrual rate, 8 per cent member contributions and a pension age of 60.

In 2006, 3,685 or 11.5 per cent of all Ontario lawyers were members of a visible minority, up from 9.2 per cent in 2001.

In the 2008 jury roll from which Mr. Kokopenace's jury members were selected, Aboriginal people living on reserve made up only 4.1 per cent of the individuals, despite making up 30 per cent of the general population in the district.

Despite widespread public support from Quebec's legal community and a mid-strike vote in which they rejected the government's final offer by a whopping 97 per cent, the striking lawyers emptied their $ 4 - million strike fund, took out an $ 8 - million loan (which is currently being repaid through an increase in union dues to three per cent from 0.75 per cent of members» salaries) and dropped strike pay to zero from the 60 per cent of members» weekly salaries paid at the start of the strike.

Sixty - three per cent also voted to continue the strike even though the LANEQ had entirely depleted its $ 8 - million war chest (half of it loans that are being repaid through an already - activated increase in union dues to three per cent from 0.75 per cent of members» salaries) and strike pay was reduced to zero from a high of 60 per cent of members» weekly salaries at the start of the strike.

The fact is that Costco members can purchase $ 250,000 of life insurance through Protective Life for less than 55 cents a day.1 That's less than it would cost for a few lattes a month from your neighborhood coffee shop.