Sentences with phrase «considered by ministers»

Exam board OCR has condemned a proposal to create a single state - run awarding body, which is currently being considered by ministers as a «Corbyn-esque» approach that would lead to political interference.

I understand from both government and BBC sources that one decision still being actively considered by ministers is to transfer the # 556m annual cost of providing free TV licences to pensioners over 75 - years - old, from the government's books to the BBC.

Here since the «475 Patent did not claim a formulation and only claimed medicinal ingredients the «475 Patent should properly have been considered by the Minister or the Federal Court under section 4 (2)(a) which deals with claims to medicinal ingredients.

Not exact matches

Only two years ago they were rating AAA all the toxic bonds that created the crisis,» said Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, adding that the downgrade was executed «not because of what Greece is doing but because of the decisions being taken by the EU that are not considered as going far enough.»

Ahead of a Bank of Japan leadership change, central bankers are considering the possibility of shifting policy closer to the quantitative easing campaign of the last decade, hoping it will give policy the kick demanded by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

A Japanese government source told Reuters in mid-March that Japan was considering seeking a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Kim to discuss Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago.

Consider that it was Harper, not then — industry minister Christian Paradis, who announced the approval of the takeover of Nexen Energy by China's CNOOC late last year.

The detailed policy will be considered by state, federal and territory energy ministers for final approval in August.

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The government was urged to do so by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police last year, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper saying at the time he would consider it.

The Canadian Press has learned that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will notify B.C. Premier Christy Clark that he is seriously considering her request for a ban or a tax on thermal coal exports, and that it's being explored by federal trade officials.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Toronto: Gov» t to Consider Scrapping TFW Program for Low - wage Jobs by 2016: Minister Kenney

Politicians always follow the «look busy» rule: when bad things happen, they have to be seen to be responding, even if there is little likelihood their actions will have any effect. But in this case, Harper was motivated by an additional strategic judgment. Perversely, with his re-election campaign sidetracked by ongoing revelations in the Duffy / Wright case, the Prime Minister actually wants Canadians to worry about the economy. Conservative strategists hope that will undermine voters» willingness to consider an alternative government, playing into the traditional frame that Conservatives have the strongest economic «credentials.»

In another I suggested that, since it seemed likely that little could be done to bring about reconciliation — the other party had left the church — and since the church remained a source of pain because it had failed to minister when the crisis erupted, the person might consider making a fresh start in her Christian life by seeking out a congregation of another denomination.

It's no wonder that a thinking woman is considered dangerous by these ministers and directors.

The petitionreads as follows: «We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to allow free votes on the embryology and fathers components of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill when considered by the House of Commons».

It is this which the contented churchmanship of the eighteenth century seemed to fail to realize — one thinks of such amusing illustrations as Adam Smith's discussion of the ministry in England and Scotland on the basis of its economic status 3 or the even more startling defense of diversity of orders in the Church by Archdeacon Paley on the ground that it «may be considered as the stationing of ministers of religion in the various ranks of civil life.»

A recent media report in the Daily Telegraph suggested that the scheme being considered by the federal and state ministers could cost consumers up to $ 8,000,000,000 ($ 8 Billion) over 20 years.

Administrative law — Application to Australian Competition Tribunal («Tribunal») under s 44K for review of Minister's decision to declare pursuant to s 44F — Review by Tribunal is re-consideration of the matter — Nature of review to be undertaken by Tribunal — Whether Tribunal could consider any material parties considered relevant.

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.

Owned by former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, AC Milan is considered as one of the most successful football clubs in Italy.

That threat is now emerging after today's judgment from Lord Neuberger, the culmination of a ten - year campaign by the Guardian newspaper, forced the prime minister to accept the government must now consider how to release the 27 «black spider» letters written by the heir to the throne in 2004 and 2005.

Everything could be thrown off balance by the split, merger or creation of parties: pollsters are already testing the waters for a possible new party led by former minister Moshe Kahlon, who is considering a comeback and would likely steal leftist voters from the left for the right.

The group therefore insisted that «the work and mandate of the committee» set up by the Energy Minister to investigate the scandal continue, adding that «the alleged report at best be considered as one of the materials that the Committee may consider, and with liberty, based on evidence that it might recover, to agree or disagree with what is contained in the BNI Report.»

«A Minister of the Crown may by regulations make such provision as the Minister considers appropriate for the purposes of implementing the withdrawal agreement if the Minister considers that such provision should be in force on or before exit day.»

Edwin Kofi Siaw reports that the Minister called for calm assuring students that all concerns by Student Unions, the Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS) and the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) will be considered to find a workable and sustainable solution.

The union will urge the minister to consider the very real threat to the services provided by his department, particularly in light of a critical Commons report into the Department for Work and Pensions» finances expected to be published today (13).

Laurie Penny pits here finger on a live issue the hierachy and class nature of the way Labour is run.I would add the total lack of internal Labour Party debate Labours record in Govt was apalling Privatisation and privatisation of the NHS backed by Labours ministers as well as War etc mean I do nt consider you a party of the Left.

In several of these cases (1951, 1966 and Oct 1974) the parliament was either hung, or the Prime minister had a majority of less than 10 (which is not considered to be a «working majority» in the UK's parliamentary system) and so you can say that they «jumped» to call an election before they were «pushed» by losing a vote of no - confidence.

It is considered by some parties as illegitimate, posing a serious danger to Japan's democracy since the Prime Minister circumvented the constitutional amendment procedure, dictating a radical change to the meaning of fundamental principles in the Constitution by way of Cabinet fiat without Diet debate, vote, or public approval.

consider and report to the Minister or to the House of Representatives on electoral matters referred to the Electoral Commission by the Minister or the House of Representatives:

Maria Miller must have been holding her breath throughout, and although she had a firm and embarrassing telling - off by Bercow for giving a lengthy statement rather than answering topical questions, she was lucky no one asked her about how appropriate she was as the new equalities minister, considering she has voted against the criminalisation of hate speech.

Fowler welcomed the prime minister's letter and «recognition of the careful and considered work done by Lord Burns and his committee».

The prime minister David Cameron announced on 6 July 2011 that a public inquiry, known as the Leveson Inquiry, would look into phone hacking and police bribery by the News of the World, consider the wider culture and ethics of the British newspaper industry and that the Press Complaints Commission would be replaced «entirely».

Manasseh Azure's investigations pointed out that per the reasons given by the Roads and Highways minister, it would have been illegal to consider Mr. Kanazoe for the contract on sole - sourcing basis.

Women's minister Nicky Morgan's suggestion that all - women shortlists could be considered for the Conservatives has been slapped down by the party.

They also note that insufficient attention was paid by ministers to the effect the smoking ban would have on personal liberty - arguing that the idea that the risks of passive smoking might be offset by possible limits on people's freedom to smoke was not properly considered.

They had actually been instructed by the PNDC in PNDCL 252 to consider that option of a President elected by universal adult suffrage in addition to a Prime Minister who must command a majority in the National Assembly.

Commenting on media reports of comments made by the Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts, on the quality of information, advice and guidance provided by state schools and teachers to students considering university, Dr Patrick Roach, Deputy General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said:

Labour's shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander today accused the Prime Minister of a «fairly knee - jerk reaction which... may well have been driven more by politics than by a considered judgment of the needs of the constitution».

By the early hours of Friday morning, pressure was mounting on the prime minister as Tory MP Anna Soubry broke ranks to say May should «consider her position».

During First Minister's Questions this afternoon, Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, called on the Welsh Labour Government to consider introducing free school meals for all year one and year two primary pupils as has been announced in England by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

In years to come this will be considered one of the most disastrous speeches ever made by a British prime minister.

In a letter to all cabinet ministers, he wrote: «Catholic teaching about the foundations of family life, a teaching shared not only by other Christian churches but also other faiths, means that Catholic adoption agencies would not be able to recruit and consider homosexual couples as potential adoptive parents.

A source also told the Herald that the ex-cabinet minister has considered quitting the party because of concerns about Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and that an MSP was dispatched by the Labour party to persuade Murphy to reconsider.

Boris Johnson, considered a possible future contender for British prime minister, was taken to the Lower Manhattan Security Initiative by NYPD Commissioner William Bratton for a demonstration of the software that allows investigators to view surveillance footage and cull data from 911 systems.

Today's report says ministers had been «at best naive and at worst misleading» in dealing with the issue and concluded that by focusing energy on denying the ombudsman's findings, rather than considering what might be done to help those who lost their savings, the government had «caused further distress to complainants».

«I am impressed by the success of the Pathways programme - it proves that with the right support we can make a difference even with long - term benefit claimants, which is a group of people usually considered harder to help,» employment minister Stephen Timms said.

Bishop Hezekiah Walker, a high - profile black Brooklyn minister who signed up to join dozens of colleagues in a meeting with Donald Trump, said on Friday that he's considering skipping the event over recent comments by the 2016 Republican presidential candidate.

The self - serving nature of those opposed to change becomes even more insidious if one considers that some of our lordships may be in danger of losing their present position of privilege, whilst those in the lower chamber who still harbour aspirations towards preferment by some future prime minister, could have their hopes of elevation dashed by the changes currently being proposed.