Sentences with phrase «committee heard evidence»

On 30th January, the joint Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee and Work and Pensions Committee heard evidence from two of the Carillion pension scheme trustees, one of whom was only very recently appointed.

The Committee heard evidence from barrister Anthony Speaight QC and leading academic Professor Catherine Barnard.

The committee heard evidence from a juror in a trial that involved the murder of a young woman by her boyfriend.

The committee heard evidence that young people in particular were often dismissed by local authorities.

In an unusual move, the Public Accounts Committee heard evidence on the policy prior to implementation.

Not exact matches

The parliamentary committee interviewing Schroepfer has recently heard evidence from whistle - blower Christopher Wylie, former Cambridge Analytica executive Brittany Kaiser, and Kogan, the researcher who shared Facebook user data with Cambridge Analytica.

Committee members displayed visible outrage during the session, accusing Facebook of concealing the truth or at very least concealing evidence from it at a prior hearing that took place in Washington in February — when the company sent its UK head of policy, Simon Milner, and its head of global policy management, Monika Bickert, to field questions.

The influential public accounts committee concluded that Google's Irish employees simply processed the bills, after hearing evidence from a former employee turned whistleblower who lifted the lid on what he described as Google's «immoral» tax schemes.

«I think, given the extraordinary evidence we've heard so far today, it is absolutely astonishing that Mark Zuckerberg is not prepared to submit himself to questioning in front of a parliamentary or congressional hearing, given these are questions of fundamental importance and concern to his users, as well as to this inquiry,» Damian Collins, the member of parliament heading the UK committee, said earlier on Tuesday.

The Senate Agriculture Committee hearing today on agricultural biotechnology highlighted the overwhelming scientific evidence supporting the safety of foods developed from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the tremendous urgency for Congress to pass a national, uniform labeling standard this year.

Specifically, the Senate Committee recommended: (1) that the ACCC re-open its informal review of ADM's proposed acquisition of GrainCorp and obtain independent expert advice when conducting that review; (2) that the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) consider evidence from the committee's hearings, potential loss of taxpayer revenie, the potential for the takover to «distort the capital market to the detriment of Australian farmers and Australia's economy due to food security concerns» and the need to «protect the public interest and the interests of grain growers» when making its recommendation to the TCommittee recommended: (1) that the ACCC re-open its informal review of ADM's proposed acquisition of GrainCorp and obtain independent expert advice when conducting that review; (2) that the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) consider evidence from the committee's hearings, potential loss of taxpayer revenie, the potential for the takover to «distort the capital market to the detriment of Australian farmers and Australia's economy due to food security concerns» and the need to «protect the public interest and the interests of grain growers» when making its recommendation to the Tcommittee's hearings, potential loss of taxpayer revenie, the potential for the takover to «distort the capital market to the detriment of Australian farmers and Australia's economy due to food security concerns» and the need to «protect the public interest and the interests of grain growers» when making its recommendation to the Treasurer.

The Committee recognises that this trend is occurring across the majority of grocery items, not just drinking milk, and given the evidence it has heard from dairy farmers throughout this inquiry believes the effect this practice is having on other primary industries should be thoroughly investigated.

On his way to give evidence before the home affairs select committee inquiry into last year's riots, Boris tactfully juxtaposed the seriousness of the hearing with the silliness of his headgear.

«We do see evidence of international terrorist groups benefitting from... illicit trafficking and money laundering» in South America, he said in written testimony during a March 13 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

The Home Affairs Committee heard harrowing evidence of hate crimes following the Brexit vote at its latest hearing into the issue.

Yvette Cooper's home affairs select committee has heard evidence of increased hate crime attacks since the Brexit vote

The environmental audit committee is currently hearing evidence from scientists and environmentalists in the lead up to the Copenhagen summit.

The five - member panel, which met last Wednesday to hear testimony in the case, was tasked with making a final determination after the ethics committee for the Public Employees Federation found evidence of a «major violation» and referred it for a hearing.

The Committee again heard evidence from Les Hinton, by then chief executive officer of Dow Jones & Company, and Andy Coulson, by then director of communications for the Conservative Party.

Phone - hacking committee hearing as - it - happened Mr Murdoch insisted he was only presented with evidence of widespread phone - hacking in January 2011, after civil cases threw up new evidence.

4 pm Soft Power and the UK's Influence Subject: Soft Power and the UK's Influence Witness (es): (at 4.20 pm) evidence will be heard from Nicholas Beadle CMG, Senior Associate Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Lt General Simon Mayall CB, Defence Senior Adviser for Middle East, Ministry of Defence and Steve McCarthy — Director of International Security Policy, Ministry of Defence Location: Committee Room 1, Palace of Westminster Tuesday 9th July 9.30 am Public Administration Subject: Work of the Cabinet Office Witness (es): Richard Heaton CB, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster

The video evidence is to be presented before the committee by outgoing ambassador of the United States of America to Nigeria, James Entwistle at th commencement of the public hearing of the case.

12:27 - Graham Stewart, Conservative, says the children's committee just heard horrible evidence of the extent of children's deaths at the hands of abusive adults.

Since our client was not given an opportunity to cross examine Hon. Joseph Osei - Owusu on this unsubstantiated piece of evidence, it would surely be in accord with the rules of natural justice that our client be heard in his own defence before your Committee.»

The Lawyers in an official letter addressed to members of the 5 - member ad - hoc committee tasked to investigate the alleged scandal, said: «we have been instructed by our client to convey to you, which we hereby do, his desire to appear before your committee to be heard on the above allegation and to provide evidence that would assist your Committee to reach a fair and true conclusion on this substantially important matter of public interescommittee tasked to investigate the alleged scandal, said: «we have been instructed by our client to convey to you, which we hereby do, his desire to appear before your committee to be heard on the above allegation and to provide evidence that would assist your Committee to reach a fair and true conclusion on this substantially important matter of public interescommittee to be heard on the above allegation and to provide evidence that would assist your Committee to reach a fair and true conclusion on this substantially important matter of public interesCommittee to reach a fair and true conclusion on this substantially important matter of public interest.»

The home affairs committee is often hearing evidence about how difficult it is to deport criminals, he says.

«We have consistently requested an early date for this evidence, so that parliament could be better informed of the government's approach to the discussions taking place and so that ministers could hear the views of the committee.»

His comments are revealed in an email to Keith Vaz, chair of the home affairs select committee which has been hearing evidence on the case for extending detention without charge.

Committees are permitted to hold hearings and collect evidence when considering bills.

At the first day's hearing by the National Constitutional Committee (NCC) into Wadsworth's future in the Labour Party, around 40 Labour MPs and peers accompanied Smeeth to ensure she was able to be present to give evidence.

One of the signatories, the Cameron loyalist Tory backbencher Nadhim Zahawi, said he had changed his mind after hearing evidence while sitting on parliament's joint committee on privacy and superinjunctions.

The Treasury Select Committee will hear evidence today from the Barclays Chairman over the Libor scandal

I'm all in favour of getting party leaders to give evidence to select committees, but these hearings only work if the MPs get a chance to probe and cross-examine, using follow - up questions.

«The Committee, after the hearings and the analysis and evaluation of the evidence adduced before it has come to the conclusion that there is no merit in the allegations levelled against the Ministry of Trade and Industry as contained in the motion and which culminated in the setting up of the Special Committee,» concluded the committee'Committee, after the hearings and the analysis and evaluation of the evidence adduced before it has come to the conclusion that there is no merit in the allegations levelled against the Ministry of Trade and Industry as contained in the motion and which culminated in the setting up of the Special Committee,» concluded the committee'Committee,» concluded the committee'committee's report.

Hodge said: the department had been forced to follow up allegations brought to the committee's attention after MPs heard evidence from whistleblowers who alleged that private companies were at the centre of fraudulent activity.

Cooper says the committee has heard evidence on this.

Pressure: David Cameron, left, will be told by the Commons Home Affairs Committee, which heard evidence from witnesses including Russell Brand, right, that current drug laws are no longer «fit for purpose»

The Tynwald Social Affairs Policy Review Committee has heard evidence from the Chief Constable of the Isle of Man Police regarding abuse.

His fate now rests with the state Democratic Party's 92 - member executive committee, which will meet on Thursday to hear evidence of the challenge and decide whether to throw out the primary results - an unlikely prospect, Democrats say, without precedent in South Carolina politics.

At the resumed hearing today, the prosecution counsel Rotimi Oyedepo, led in evidence one Uchenna Emenalo, younger brother to Emeka Emenalo, the owner of O2 Services Limited, the company that was allegedly used to divert part of the proceeds from the Committee on International Shipping and Ports Security in NIMASA.

These committees are empowered to hear evidence and conduct public hearings.

The House's dissatisfaction with the Asteroid Initiative is further evidenced by the scheduling of a hearing (as reported by the Space Politics website) by the Science, Space, and Technology Committee for 10 a.m. on Feb. 27, which will also be webcast live, titled «Mars Flyby 2021: The First Deep Space Mission for the Orion and Space Launch System?»

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard evidence from a number of educational authorities about concerns regarding the value for money of the the government's teacher recruitment methods.

Sir Michael Wilshaw and Sir David Carter will appear together at the first evidence hearing next week of the select committee's inquiry into multi-academy trusts.

The education select committee has been reviewing exclusions and recently heard evidence about the way zero tolerance behavior policies potentially reduce inclusion.

MPs on the parliamentary education committee have heard evidence from headteachers and local authority officers, who warned that vulnerable pupils are being forced out of mainstream schools due to «cliff - edge» accountability measures and a narrowing of the school curriculum.

As evidenced during the recent public hearing held by the General Assembly's Education Committee, apologists for the Common Core and Governor Malloy's corporate education reform industry initiatives desperately defend the indefensible policies related to the Common Core, the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Test and the absurd teacher evaluation system.

Should the charges be sustained after hearing all the evidence and testimony presented by complainant and defendant, the Board or Committee may by a majority vote of those present reprimand (a written reprimand directed exclusively to the member may be somewhat detailed but an official (published) reprimand should only indicate that subsequent to a board hearing»... member (X) was officially reprimanded as a result of charges filed by member (Y) or suspend the defendant from all privileges of the club for not more than six months from the date of the hearing, or until the next Annual Meeting, if that will occur after six months.

If, upon hearing the evidence and testimony of the parties and their witnesses, the committee shall sustain the charges, it may suspend the defendant from the privileges of membership in the Club for a period not exceeding six months from the date of the decision, except that a defendant so suspended shall be permitted to pay dues owed during such suspension.

Should the charges be sustained after hearing all the evidence and testimony presented by complainant and defendant, the Board or committee may by a majority vote of those present, suspend the defendant from all privileges of the Club for 12 months.