Sentences with phrase «elected peers by»

(There's talk of a compromise of 120 elected peers by 2015 — or just electing enough Lords to replace the hereditary peers.)

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These high payout companies differentiate themselves from their growth - oriented peers by electing to return earnings to shareholders in the form of quarterly income.
Travelink, American Express Travel, is pleased to announce that during the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) Global Convention in Reno - Tahoe on September 27, 2016, the ASTA Corporate Advisory Council (CAC) set its Executive Committee leadership roster and Michael Dixon, President of Travelink was elected by his peers to an Executive Leadership position.
The voting was done by the PFA (English Professional Footballers» Association) and the 23 - year - old international from Wales was also elected as the league's young player of the year by his peers.
As a McDonald's franchisee and chairman of the National Leadership Council, a group of franchise - owners elected by our peers, representing more than 2,400 McDonald's franchisees in the U.S., I can say with firsthand knowledge that the article «Coffee leaves»em jumpy; McDonald's owners fret cost of new drinks» (Business, Dec. 3) does not represent the truth regarding franchisee alignment with the company and support for our combined beverage business.
The bill would have made the house predominantly an elected one by 2025, although limited numbers of bishops and life peers would have remained.
The history of this is well - known and we would not want to return to a situation where an elected government, commanding a Commons majority, can be blocked by unelected peers from raising the money it needs when it has made a clear political choice to raise those funds.
Now it looks like we will have an elected Lords, which is accepted by some peers and rejected by others.
It is chaired by the party president, currently Sal Brinton, and includes members of the party - at - large elected every three years in an all - member ballot, as well as representatives from the state parties, MPs, peers, MEPs, and councillors.
The main report by the joint committee of peers and MPs published on Monday broadly welcomes the coalition's proposals, but calls for a post-legislative referendum and says «a concordat» will have to be agreed between the two elected houses on their respective powers.
In 2007, he was elected MEP of the Year for Justice and Fundamental Rights by his peers.
Critics have claimed that the proposals could undermine the power of the House of Commons, arguing that the Lib Dems call for peers to be elected by proportional representation would hurt the Conservatives.
Independent peers could be elected by having «Independent» (for a list of independent candidates) as a voting choice alongside the political parties.
«Well it is a very sad day for our community when a jurist, an elected Supreme Court Justice, who was, by all accounts respected by both the attorneys of our community and his peers, demonstrates that he has betrayed the trust given to him by us,» stated Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael Flaherty.
Clegg told MPs: «It is essential that we make a start by having the first 120 elected peers elected in 2015.
He did not, as had been expected, go on to become chief whip; and, in 1999, when rehe form of the Lords began, failed by only 15 votes to be included among the 92 hereditary peers elected to continue in the interim half - reformed upper house.
The white paper calls for 20 % of peers to be elected by the public and the axing of the 92 hereditary peers.
16 July 2003: Responding to the report by the joint committee on Lords reform, the government says that there is no consensus in parliament for introducing any elected element into the second chamber, only for removing the remaining 92 hereditary peers and establishing a new independent appointments commission.
Many Tory backbenchers are also worried by the constituency sizes which peers would be elected to, probably under proportional representation.
In January, 2007, Legislator Mills was elected Minority Leader by his Republican caucus peers and currently holds that office.
Most of the hereditary peers left the Lords, although 42 places were reserved for those elected by their own party group.
Jenkins, a leader in Democratic politics for over 20 years, won his 16th District legislative seat for a third full term November 9, 2011 and was elected once again by his peers to become Chairman of The Board of Legislators and was sworn in on January 9, 2012.
The vast majority of hereditary peers have been kicked out and replaced with a group of Lords elected by and from among their own ranks.
He was elected by his peers to chair the Manhattan Delegation and the Council's Consumer Affairs Committee, according to his website.
With a moratorium on new life peers, 46 new directly elected «senators» would represent barely 6 % of the House, merely a quarter of the number appointed in this parliament and exactly half those there by accident of birth.
Any report produced by the sub-committee can be discussed on the floor of the Lords, but the sub-committee does not have the power to sanction peers, who are appointed rather than elected and do not face deselection.
Bizarrely, the only peers who are elected are the hereditary peers who are elected by other peers to replace hereditary peers who die.
AAAS elected fellows are members of AAAS who have been recognized by their peers for their efforts to advance science or its applications — a tradition that dates back to 1874.
APS Fellows are elected by their peers for «exceptional contributions to the physics enterprise; e.g., outstanding physics research, important applications of physics, leadership in or service to physics, or significant contributions to physics education.»
Elected by his peers, Liu was recognized for his distinguished contributions to cancer biology, particularly the molecular analysis of breast cancer, and to the global advancement of human genomics.
Michelle Barton, Ph.D., was nominated and elected by her scientific peers in recognition for her contributions to understanding the function of the tumor suppressor, p53 in stem cells, particularly with respect to the discovery of TRIM24, an E3 - ligase and epigenetic regulator that is overexpressed in many cancers.
Those elected to the rank of NAI Fellow are named inventors on U.S. patents and were nominated by their peers for outstanding contributions to innovation in areas such as patents and licensing, innovative discovery and technology, significant impact on society, and support and enhancement of innovation.
In many countries, the law also provided for work councils made up of workers elected by their peers at the firm level to adjust the national agreement to local conditions.
The fellows are nominated by peers, selected and recommended by the Fellows Program Committee, and approved by the elected council governing AERA.
The DfE has stated that the leaders — who were elected by their peers across the country — «were chosen because they have the right experience and local knowledge to take on this important role».
Elected by their peers or appointed by PDK International Chief Executive Officer Joshua P. Starr, the national student leaders are external ambassadors and internal thought leaders.
The 2018 Fellows were nominated by their peers, selected by the AERA Fellows Committee, and approved by the AERA Council, the association's elected governing body.
Student Council: Students from across grades 9 - 12 are elected by their peers to serve as representatives and officers on Student Council.
The Mundo Verde Sustainability Committee holds monthly meetings that are open to all parents, staff, and teachers, and are also attended by the Mundo Verde Student Sustainability Leadership Team (students elected by their peers to represent the student voice in sustainability pursuits at Mundo Verde).
First - through fifth - grade student council members are elected by their peers and organize community engagement projects throughout the year.
Petzko (2004) reported that in «highly successful» schools, teacher leaders were slightly more likely to be elected by their peers when compared to the national sample.
Second, the inclusion of serving academy headteachers, elected by their peers, is a first attempt to enable school leaders to take a role, albeit at this stage non-executive, in regulating the system.
This group is made up of a mix of staff from all levels of the organization, and many of the positions are filled by personnel elected by their peers.
She joins 19 other professional artists and architects — all elected by their peers — who represent some of the most distinguished practitioners in their respective fields.
The Royal Academy of Arts is governed by 80 Royal Academicians who are all practicing painters, sculptors, engravers, printmakers, draughtsmen and architects, and are elected to the post by their peers.
According to Climate Depot, the» talking points memo -LSB-...] is a complete skeptics» guide for elected officials, media and the public on how to discuss global warming backed up by dozens of citations to peer - reviewed research.»
Elected hereditary Peers The right of hereditary Peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords was ended in 1999 by the House of Lords Act but 92 Members were elected internally to remain until the next stage of the Lords reform pElected hereditary Peers The right of hereditary Peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords was ended in 1999 by the House of Lords Act but 92 Members were elected internally to remain until the next stage of the Lords reform pelected internally to remain until the next stage of the Lords reform process.
Members are nominated by their peers and elected by the Board of the American Bar Foundation.
Jeff Lerman was also elected by his peers to be President of the Marin County Bar Association.
In 2015 he was elected by his peers to the board of directors of the Harris County Criminal Lawyer's Association.
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