Sentences with phrase «government call for evidence»

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Western Australia's peak industry lobby group has repeated its call for the federal government to come up with credible evidence to support its proposed changes to the 457 visa program for temporary s

Martin marshals incontestable evidence that for the better part of four decades the top echelons of the U.S. government — and a good many foreign governments too, for that matter — were never more than a phone call away.

The Government published a call for evidence in March, seeking to understand why claims for tax relief on expenses which employers do not reimburse to their employees increased 25 per cent to # 800 million per annum between 2009 - 10 and 2014 - 15.

Ron Paul's insistence on the overreach of government is so great that he calls for the privatization of basic social services, and Rick Perry claims (contrary to all available evidence) that the 2009 stimulus package created «zero jobs.»

The call for evidence was issued to: • better understand how the relief is currently used • understand whether or not the relief is working as the Government intends • help inform any potential reform.

The Government issued a «call for evidence» in July 2011 which aimed to «build a strong evidence base on the burdens to employers of having to operate two different systems.»

The CIOT was responding to the Scottish Government's call for evidence on the Draft Scottish Fiscal Commission

Guidance and claims process for employee expenses Commenting on HMRC plans to work with external stakeholders to improve the guidance on employee expenses, particularly on travel and subsistence and the process for claiming tax relief on non-reimbursed employment expenses, Colin Ben - Nathan said: «A simpler process for employees to claim tax relief for their expenses is something which we recommended when contributing to the Government's call for evidence.

In the CIOT's response to the government's call for evidence on the taxation of employee expenses, we recommended: «Greater alignment of the rules under which employment expenses an employer pays or reimburses tax - free with the rules on which non-reimbursed employment expenses an employee can obtain tax relief on.

The government has called for urgent international action to tackle climate change, after a new United Nations report found «unequivocal» evidence for global warming.

In 2006, every single MP in the government voted in favour of the exact amendments that are once again being called for: that the United States should have to produce evidence in support of its extradition requests - as it is happy to do for almost every other country on the planet - and that a judge here should be able to take a view on whether a trial might best be heard here or in the US.

Calls for evidence, like the one launched last week on «rent a room relief», and early stage consultations, such as that on corporate tax and the digital economy, launched on Budget day, are hopeful early signs that the government will be doing more early consultation, getting input from business, tax professionals and others to inform the process before a proposal has been drawn up.

Calls for evidence, like those launched today on the VAT threshold and on «tackling the plastic problem», are hopeful early signs that the government will be doing more early consultation, getting input from business, tax professionals and others to inform the process before a proposal has been drawn up.

The CIOB's call for evidence is inviting submissions from industry, government, education establishments, professionals and other interested stakeholders that shed light on addressing the skills gap that currently exists across the sector.

However, calls by government officials for them to substantiate these allegations with evidence have not been fulfilled.

The feds had failed to timely turn over as evidence for more 90 hours of phone calls — some of which were in Yiddish and yet to be translated — and more than 3,100 text messages from a wire - wearing government witness, crooked Rockland County developer Moses Stern.

In science news around the world, NASA scientists spot evidence for ice volcanoes on the surface of Pluto, transmission of the Ebola virus comes to an end in Sierra Leone, Canada's new minister of innovation, science, and economic development reinstates the country's long - form census and announces that government scientists are free again to speak to the media, the United Kingdom's House of Commons Science and Technology Committee calls for a strategy to increase government research funding, and more.

The debate became so heated at one point that Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D — Ohio), who called the hearing, snapped at Hoover for interrupting David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany, State University of New York, as he argued there was enough evidence to warrant more scrutiny and a government warning of potential damage.

The information gathered for the Internet site will provide evidence for annual Big Brother awards for those governments and companies that have done the most to suppress calls for democracy.

The report, entitled Putting Science and Engineering at the Heart of Government Policy, called for more evidence - based science to support government policies and more transparency over political Government Policy, called for more evidence - based science to support government policies and more transparency over political government policies and more transparency over political decisions.

The report highlighted one case in point in which scientific evidence was overlooked: a decision by the U.K. government's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in May of this year to grant its first license for a homeopathic medicine called arnica.

As reported by Schools Week, the government has launched a call for evidence in order to update guidance on what should be taught when sex education becomes compulsory in 2019.

«This is why we are calling for continued government commitment to this evidence based program that has clear and positive outcomes.»

In response to a call for evidence from the Women and Equalities Committee the BHA has said that the government's decision not to make PSHE compulsory «flies in the face» of the recommendations made by a huge number of education, health, and children's rights experts, including the Chief Medical Officer, the Children's Commissioner for England, and the NSPCC.

In response to a Neil Carmichael, who called on the Education Secretary to make the subjects compulsory, Nicky Morgan said: «The vast majority of schools already make provision for PSHE and while the government agrees that making PSHE statutory would give it equal status with other subjects, the government is concerned that this would do little to tackle the most pressing problems with the subject, which are to do with the variable quality of its provision, as evidenced by Ofsted's finding that 40 per cent of PSHE teaching is less than good.

The Commission has called on the government to rethink its plans for grammar schools and more academies, cautioning that there is no evidence either works to improve social mobility.

«With evidence about the benefits for children and young people of teaching [sex and relationships education] stacked up high and a growing list of politicians calling for the subject to be mandatory, there is no excuse for government to continue leaving [sex and relationships education] to chance.»

Sir Peter Lampl, founder of the Sutton Trust, backed the calls for the government to show evidence that new grammars could close the attainment gap - when less than 3 % of grammar school entrants are eligible for free school meals.

The government has launched a «call for evidence»...

Sir Michael called for an urgent review of safeguarding arrangements between the government and councils, as well as a review of home education — pointing to evidence that some schools were using the «freedoms afforded to genuine home educators as a cover for their activities».

Vermont's State Board of Education followed with a resolution carefully reviewing the evidence on testing; calling on the federal government to reduce testing mandates and to stop using tests to evaluate teachers; and calling on state and national organizations to broaden educational goals and ensure adequate resources for schools.

That this House believes that every child throughout the UK must be given the opportunity to reach their full potential; further believes that there is no evidence that additional academic selection in the school system will improve social mobility; and calls on the Government to instead concentrate on providing the best education possible for all children.

After a year of evidence gathering and analysis the British Veterinary Association (BVA) has set out its comprehensive vision for animal health and disease monitoring in the UK and is calling on UK Governments to modernise and enhance the current surveillance networks.

As predicted, the UK's Conservative government's new budget includes a «call for evidence» for how taxes and other mechanisms could be used to reduce single - use plastic waste.

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee have launched a new call for evidence as part of their inquiry into the use of behaviour change interventions in delivering Government policy.

A «call for evidence» from the UK government on how to reform the energy sector, calling for information and commentary by industry and other stakeholders, has been welcomed by the country's Electricity Storage Network trade association.

Just before Christmas last year the government published its response to the recent call for evidence on «Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market».

Conveyancers welcomed the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government's response this week to its Call for Evidence on «Improving the home buying and selling process».

In a sharp rebuke, Chantal - Aimée Doerries QC, Chairman of the Bar, said: «The government seems wedded to the principle that courts should be used as a source of revenue, despite repeated calls for a review and the growing evidence that this approach is effectively pricing people out of justice.

No - fault dismissal was not mentioned in either list, implying that the government's mind remains open, pending its response to the call for evidence.

He went on to mention the call for evidence on no - fault dismissal in the context of the government's review of employment law, and promised to examine the evidence submitted as a result.

We are also calling for inquiry and explanation as to why the National Registry of Evidence - based Programs and Practices (NREPP), under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, was summarily canceled for «convenience of government.»

The government's report includes an analysis of the responses received as part of its Call for Evidence, summarises recent research into special guardianship and sets out next steps.