Sentences with phrase «debates on issues such»

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Downing Street has ruled out such membership, preferring to be able to negotiate free trade deals with the rest of the world, but the majority of members in the upper house of the U.K.'s parliament, the House of Lords, have voted against that, forcing a debate on the issue.

To overcome this, the commission said there was a debate on whether to strip EU countries of their veto rights on tax issues, based on an article in the EU treaties that allows such exceptional action in the event of market distortions.

A paper co-authored by University of Ottawa Professor Michael Wolfson, one of Canada's top researchers on income and equality issues, said there was much debate of Ottawa's new program this year allowing some income splitting for couples with children, but most people don't realize income splitting has long existed for thousands of professionals such as doctors and lawyers who have been able to funnel their incomes through private companies they create to hold their income.

We will touch on themes such as labour migration, diversity accommodation, family reunification, refugee issues, and other issues pertinent to ongoing debates on immigration in each case country.

Of course the irony is that the current debt ceiling debate does not address any of the very important longer term fiscal issues that face the US such as Medicare funding and other booming social costs that lay ahead — these issues are not even on the table.

It is precisely such a perspective that is needed in current debates on homosexuality and the issue of civil unions for homosexual persons.

Much modern intellectual debate, particularly within the popular arena, centers on disputes between religion and science over such seminal issues as creationism versus evolutionary theory, or theological explanations of the origin of the universe versus the «big - bang theory» of the new cosmology.

The landscape of the missional debate is filled with questions, assumptions, and opinions - along with hard pressed critiques on wider issues such as leadership styles, congregation sizes, vocational / bi-vocational ministry, building church - based or house church - based as well as core theology.

Even though many of the theologians with these concerns have public political commitments (the most forthright tend to be on the political left or center - left, such as Elaine Graham, Timothy Gorringe, Kenneth Leech, Michael Northcott and Denys Turner), the main debates have not usually been about current political issues.

Even if one regrets the neglect or absence of a comprehensive agenda and the pursuit, instead, of single - issue and single - candidate concerns, and regrets even more the lack of a governing political philosophy, the times and issues are such that open debate must be welcomed on as broad a platform as possible.

I hate wasting time on such a nonsensical accusation, and the other issues such as repentance are WIDELY debated among all evangelicals.

well we are still debating on ttje worldclass nature of bellerin......... However there are other issues at stake such as winning the League, keeping our best players (getting em to sign when their contracts are almost expired, fending off interested parties) and overall superb management....

I won't even touch on the injury debate, there is something deeply wrong with SOMETHING at the training ground, what it is I do not know but that is an issue that needs to be tackled as its own entity, such is the plight of a gunner.

The debate has never truly been had on the MMA forums because when it comes to the most divisive issues such as racism, politics or whatever they may be, people can not for some reason be rational and objective.

Lewis Hamilton has weighed in on the Max Verstappen penalty debate, saying it wouldn't have been an issue if there had been a proper deterrent, such as grass, surrounding the track.

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Voters» register debate transcends NDC, NPP — IEA The Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Jean Mensa has defended the policy think tank's decision to hold a debate on the country's voters» register, saying the institute has every right to discuss such national issues.

The Executive Session shall be that portion of the Board meeting where only members of the Board may debate the issues and vote on such issues.

On Oct. 28, Grimm and Recchia faced each other in their final debate before Election Day, fighting over issues such as immigration, the minimum wage and transportation.

Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino in Albany on Thursday renewed his call for a one - on - one televised debate, saying last night's forum didn't provide for enough airing of key issues such as the SAFE Act.

From what has emerged from the caucus debates, an argument was made that «on such a serious issue as going to war», members are act in accordance with conscientious belief.

And pundits told Kramer the last thing Albany needs right now is more chaos, especially since high stakes debates on such issues such as increasing the minimum wage and raising the cap on charter schools must be resolved before the session ends in June.

Jeremy Corbyn's supporters are satisfied that he has already shifted the terms of debate leftwards on issues such as the 1 per cent public - sector pay cap — which all of the candidates oppose — and the child tax credit cuts.

Even if having opinions on this issue should be the preserve of women, surely those expressing such a profound lack of knowledge should perhaps take a back seat in the debate?

There is much debate about whether the Conservative pledge to hold an in / out referendum on the EU will win votes from UKIP, or whether UKIP supporters are more concerned with other issues such as immigration.

I believe Nassau County voters deserve the truth on such an important issue, and I believe a debate is the proper forum for us to set the record straight,» Haber said in a statement.

The following Monday, a codes committee meeting chaired by Assemblyman Joe Lentol dragged on for over two hours as lawmakers debated issues such as GMO labelling and daily fantasy sports.

Amid debates about renewing the party's position on issues such as austerity, immigration, patriotism and Brexit, one of the themes that came up repeatedly at fringe events was how Labour could to start to rebuild trust and support across the country by setting out a radical programme for devolution.

Mr Davis goes on to suggest some of the ways in which he would find savings; several, such as abolition of ID cards and abolition of regional government, are already party policy - but others are not and therefore act as a useful contribution to the debate on the issue of how to tighten the nation's belt:

The three GOP candidates agreed on most issues in the debate, but tried to stand apart on some of the finer details of policy issues such as campaign finance reform.

Ultimately, the discussion about the complex system for workers injured on the job has many moving parts and may have been more than all the parties could handle — given other issues they are debating such as minimum wage and family leave.

The two candidates for the Republican congressional nomination next month faced off in a debate last Friday on Long Island News Radio, tackling issues such as illegal immigration, veterans» health, unemployment benefits, Ukraine, and other issues.

She added, «It's too bad Cuomo refuses to debate Teachout on the issues that matter to us and have such repercussions over our lives.»

WOODBURY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and Democratic challenger Thomas Suozzi focused on financial issues, but also touched on matters such as immigration, casinos and the Nassau Coliseum during their second debate Tuesday.

Achieving reform through middle of the night voting and limited debate on such an important issue is not the way we would have wanted to see redistricting reform realized.»

We hope that starting technical debates on such issues will contribute to the defeat of the fear of homosexuality, overthrowing the gut feeling that even highly - educated people have toward the LGBT culture.

by promoting reasoned and balanced policy discussions and debate among contending points of view on such issues.

Although it is rare that a Private Member's Bill, such as this proposed amendment to the University of Ottawa Act, makes it through the many stages required before becoming law, putting the question on the floor of the legislature forces an open debate on the issue, in full view of the public and the press.

It has also reviewed hundreds of thousands of reports to aid in distinguishing the best - quality research from weaker work, including studies on such subjects as the effectiveness of charter schools and merit pay for teachers, which have informed the ongoing debate about these issues.

The Senate debate paralleled that in the House (see Voices, Summer 2002, page 3) on some issues, such as transportation and the importance of Yucca Mountain to nuclear power production.

Given the statute's scope, today's debate could include countless issues, such as possible changes to Title II rules on educator effectiveness, the expansion of the charter school grant program, the introduction of a private school choice initiative, reconsideration of competitive grant programs (RTTT, TIF, i3), and much more.

Although prohibition - measures such as those in the case of France were not only regarding Islamic veils but also included every religious dress or sign that was extremely obvious like Sikh turbans, kippas (Jewish skullcaps) and large Christian crosses (Jones, 2012, p. 22), the public debate on the issue across Europe mainly concentrated on the Islamic attires.

This issue of ASCD Express looks at the complex debate on national standards and asks if creating such a set of standards is even a viable option for the U.S. education system.

Choosing a school is one of the key points at which parents experience national policy through a local lens, and as such, should be an important election issue both in the big debates and on the doorstep.

«Assemblyman Singleton understands the need for greater student achievement in public education and his legislation initiates the debate on many key issues such as independent authorizing authority and greater accountability for New Jersey's public charter schools,» read the statement.

The clock is ticking on this year's legislative session so please get back to me so that we can work through any logistics or issues that need to be addressed prior to such a debate.

While it often comments on local issues, it is just as likely to debate broad educational themes relevant to all educators, such as what makes an empowered school.

Larson brings readers into innards of the Constitutional Convention: the formation of committees to tackle issues such as presidential selection and executive power, debates on the power to tax and the length of the president's term and the crafting of language to meet the desires of both nationalists and their opponents.

Thanks, @KristinLambTX: twitter, always glad to find such germane issues under debate on your blog, keeps the rest of us on our toes.

Alas, we didn't have a chance to get into the patent on the «used digital content» issue, although this was a heavily debated theme at a TOC Executive Roundtable on Monday — not so much the Amazon patent but the work of ReDigi as a marketplace for such content.