Sentences with phrase «conducted by the minister»

Not exact matches

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's handling of the current economic crisis is worthy of praise, according to a recent web poll of Canadian CEOs conducted by COMPAS Inc..

«We are writing to set out Mr. Whitmarsh's concerns with respect to the manner in which the Public Service Agency's review is being conducted, as well as the damaging public comments that have been made about him recently by the Minister of Health Terry Lake, Premier Christy Clark and others in Government,» wrote Adams.

The Liberals have also attempted to counter the image of Prime Minister Stephen Harper put forth by the Conservative Party, instead portraying him as a controlling and secretive leader with a hidden agenda, and attacking his judgment by tying him to past Conservative scandals, such as the Cadman affair, alleged spending misconduct in the last election, and the conduct of Maxime Bernier, the former Conservative minister of foreign Minister Stephen Harper put forth by the Conservative Party, instead portraying him as a controlling and secretive leader with a hidden agenda, and attacking his judgment by tying him to past Conservative scandals, such as the Cadman affair, alleged spending misconduct in the last election, and the conduct of Maxime Bernier, the former Conservative minister of foreign minister of foreign affairs.

The primary justification for the proposed tax changes was that high - income individuals (e.g., doctors, small business owners, farmers, among others) were using the tax system to reduce their income tax by incorporating CCPCs to conduct their businesses or carry on their professional practises This meant that individuals with the same income could end up paying different taxes and this, according to the Finance Minister and the Prime Minister was «unfair».

When plans for a major naval operation had been approved by the proper agencies, to what extent did the Naval Minister exercise control over the manner of conduct of that operation?

A survey conducted by Yale University in cooperation with the National Council of Churches revealed that fifty to fifty - five thousand alcoholics a year are seen by ministers in the United States.

Italy's Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said an investigation would be conducted by prosecutors to determine the cause of the incident.

It is with this type of worship that we are concerned in this chapter — and appropriately so, because it is the type of worship which provides the best setting for the preaching of the gospel or Word of God, while at the same time it is the type of worship which best delivers the body of believers from complete dependence upon the minister to whom is committed by the Church both the preaching of the gospel and the conduct of the divine service itself.

It is unlike it at several important points: (1) it is engaged in not alone but with other people, some and perhaps many of whom are likely to be strangers; (2) it is conducted by someone usually a minister or priest — and is channeled through regular forms; (3) there are appeals to the eye in the sanctuary's architecture and appointments and to the ear in music and spoken word which are not usually present in private worship; and (4) in the singing of hymns and the unison repetition of prayers and responsive readings there is opportunity for corporate vocal self - expression.

Humility is an important Christian virtue, and one point at which even Christian ministers need to exercise it is in passing judgment on services conducted by their brothers in the Lord.

It was avoided by the expedient of having an Anglican service, conducted by Anglican ministers, to which «all baptized believers» were invited.

He is reporting that the Prime Minister's office is rejecting claims Barnaby Joyce breached the ministerial code of conduct when his lover was employed by fellow MPs, arguing Vikki Campion could not be considered the Deputy Prime Minister's «partner» at the time.

The move could signal the prioritising of the issue within government in the lead up to the September 14 election, but is also evidence that the voluntary code of conduct is close to completion and may be approved by the Prime Minister's office in the near future.

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

In essence, the prime minister must signal that UK military conduct will adhere to international law first and foremost, and that all strategic alliances will be bound by this.

A sixth school was labelled inadequate for its poor educational standards and another 12 were told to make improvements.Ofsted will be able to conduct snap inspections of any school with no warning, under new plans being drawn up by the prime minister ahead of what is expected to be a damning report into extremism in Birmingham schools.

Ms Rudd said she made the «difficult decision», supported by Prime Minister Theresa May, because «ultimately there were no deaths or wrongful convictions» resulting from the conduct of South Yorkshire Police.

Addressing the media Thursday, the Health Minister said 19 tests conducted by the Nogouchi Memorial Institute confirmed Influenza H1N1 2009 as the cause of the deaths and not meningitis as earlier suspected.

Shadow digital minister Liam Byrne said it was «ludicrous» that a search warrant had still not been obtained by the ICO and suggested it did not have sufficient power to conduct investigations properly.

But a spokesman for Jeremy Corbyn said: «It appears the Prime Minister, by asking the new Home Secretary to conduct an inquiry separately without any of the clear processes and powers that we are talking about, is trying to avoid accountability and clarity about this decision.

It will be conducted behind closed doors, with as little scrutiny as possible, and only the most meaningless platitudes uttered by ministers.

The sector Minister Mr Boakye Agyarko who had earlier constituted a body to investigate the matter, announced at a press conference in Accra on the 4th of July that a joint investigations conducted by the BNI and National Security, found nothing wrong with the decision to sell the contaminated fuel to Movenpiina Company Limited.

The Minister also disclosed that the investigation conducted by the two bodies established that there is no direct relationship between Mr Alfred Obeng and Movenpiina.

A former Deputy Education Minister under the Mahama Administration, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, has dared the Akufo - Addo Administration to conduct a financial audit into the cost of projects undertaken by the John Mahama administration.

Industrial Revolutions: Capturing the Growth Potential is a major new report commissioned by Lord Sainsbury, former Minister for Science and Innovation, and drawing on research conducted by McKinsey & Company.

Furthermore, it is clear that no due diligence was conducted by even the management of the bank before the Minister's approval.

Rather than conduct a rigorous enquiry into how a military officer whose entire career had been in the army, could afford those purchases, the Minister of Defense in a statement published in Vanguard Newspapers on June 27, 2016 dismissed the issue as «the allegations was part (sic) of attempts by unpatriotic elements to distract the leadership of the armed forces from the successes of the war against terrorism...».

He said that there needed to be a thorough investigation conducted by the House of Commons, but that the Prime Minister himself also needed to get to the bottom of the «very serious allegations about how this government behaves».

Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader said: «A secret inquiry conducted by a clutch of grandees hand - picked by the Prime Minister is not what Britain needs.

Legg was appointed by the prime minister to conduct an independent audit of all MPs» expenses claims since 2004.

Two other peers who were investigated by the Sunday Times — the former Labour ministers Lord Cunningham of Felling and Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan — were cleared of any breach of the Lords code of conduct.

The inquiry, which will be conducted by privy counsellors at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre in central London, will hear evidence from ministers, military officers and officials.

David Cameron's basic point is that this is a «significant and very welcome U-turn» by Gordon Brown, since he had already made a number of these proposals and sought a meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss them - but he had previously been rebuffed by Brown on the grounds that the Committee on Standards in Public Life was conducting its review.

So it seems that the Prime Minister has conducted something of a U-turn by rushing to announce a series of interim changes to MP's expenses and allowances, which he wants the Commons to vote on «as early as next week».

Represented at the event by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Mallam Muhammad Bello, President Buhari described Children's Day celebration as an occasion to remind children about their duties and responsibilities to parents in conducting their affairs morally.

He began, as is customary, by giving a whistle - stop tour of his constituency which, he noted, he conducted himself during his three years as parliamentary candidate by bike - «following the instruction of the former Member for Chingford (Lord Tebbit), and more recently the example of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister — perhaps the only time that they have agreed».

Yesterday the home secretary said she intended to enforce a mandatory code of conduct on the drinks industry - a decision that ends the 10 - year campaign by ministers to persuade the drinks industry to enforce a voluntary code on responsible promotion of alcohol sales.

The committee faulted the reported conduct of a parallel congress by the foreign affairs minister, adding that, «I did advise when I met him, there is rule of engagement for any competition and we have to abide by it.

However, foreign affairs minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama had said he conducted a parallel congress as he was not satisfied with the guidelines provided by the National Working Committee of the Party.

All meetings between Welsh Ministers and lobbyists would be published, and members of the public could trigger an investigation into a Minister's conduct, under plans launched by the Welsh Liberal Democrats today.

The committee cleared her of the central charge of deliberately submitting expenses claims to which she was not entitled, but said she had breached the ministers» code of conduct by providing «incomplete documentation and fragmentary information» to the inquiry.

Per the Minority's assessment, Mr. Iddrissu added that «it was clear that no due diligence was conducted by even the management of the bank before the minister's approval.»

Rt Hon Mark Francois MP — but appointed by the Prime Minister to conduct a review into the use of reserves in the Army.

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, who monitored the election had on Saturday hailed the conduct of the election, describing it as the most peaceful and best election ever conducted by INEC.

Charles Francis Potter, a liberal Unitarian minister and writer who had been invited to conduct services at the Methodist - Episcopal church, was barred from the pulpit by the parishioners.

The DfE turned down another part of the FOI request, which sought the minutes of meetings held so far by the RSC - led headteacher boards, after an unnamed minister decided that disclosure would «prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs».

A special federal government account operated by the Bank of Canada to hold and conduct transactions in Canada's foreign exchange reserves on instructions from the Minister of Finance.

The Tate's 12 trustees, which must include three artists, are appointed by the Prime Minister and the board is required to follow principles established by the Nolan Committee on the conduct of public bodies, including declaration of trustees» interests.

It's already started thanks to Robin Camp's egregious conduct, and the four Law Professors and the Justice Minister who were guided by their good conscience and courage to do something about it!

A spokeswoman said: «Provided an applicant can demonstrate that they are capable of conducting a safe operation, by ensuring the safety of persons and property on the ground and other airspace users, the minister will approve the SFOC.»