In a recent interview with the Guardian, Sarah Parsons, the assistant director of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass),
an independent public body that gets involved in family law cases involving children, announced a new approach to parental alienation that she hailed as «groundbreaking.»
There was
no independent public body to regulate referendums within the United Kingdom until the Labour government led by Tony Blair in 2000 set out a framework for the running of all future referendums when the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 or PPERA was passed, creating and giving the Electoral Commission responsibility for running all elections and such future referendums.
It requires the environment secretary to bring forward proposals for primary legislation to create a duty on public authorities to apply these principles, and to establish
an independent public body to ensure compliance.
In addition, the event would be run by
an independent public body who would provide trained facilitators to manage the event.
The Committee on Climate Change is
an independent public body made up of highly experienced committee members, including scientists, business people, engineers and economists.
Not exact matches
Environment Secretary Michael Gove urged the Prime Minister and Chancellor to listen to
independent bodies that review
public sector pay, after a week in which Labour attacked a government «shambles» for initially raising, then playing down hopes that the cap could be lifted.
Mr. Bowsher was also Chairman of the
Public Oversight Board, an
independent, private sector
body that monitored and reported on the self - regulatory programs and activities of the SEC Practice Section of the Division for CPA firms of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants.
The British ICO is an
independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the
public interest, promoting openness by
public bodies and data privacy for individuals.
Portugal's Superior Magistrates Council, an oversight
body, said it had taken note of the «vivid criticism from broad sections of
public opinion», but added courts are
independent and it could not intervene, even when faced with «archaic, inappropriate or unfortunate» comments by judges.
Since taking leadership of the country last September, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who in 2009 said the science behind climate change was «crap», has abolished the
independent Climate Commission, the
body created by the former Labor government to provide
public information on the effects of global warming.
Increasingly
public health
bodies are recognising the need to look to
independent, trustworthy information upon which to base
public health policies.
It called for
Public Health England, the
body which the coalition government proposes setting up, to be completely
independent from the government.
And often, the principle of
independent scrutiny was then taken by the government, or the hard - pressed leadership in a particular area of
public life where standards were said to be inadequate, to imply formal enforcement by an external
body.
So far, every single act of alleged corruption labeled against any member of my administration has been or is in the process of being investigated by
independent bodies, and the findings so far made
public.
The president indicated that so far, «every single act of alleged corruption labelled against any member of my administration has been or is in the process of being investigated by
independent bodies and the findings made
public.
Growing police autonomy, both nationally - the Association of Chief Police Officers, for example, is an
independent corporate entity not a
public body - and internationally, especially within the EU
He should revive the Moreland Commission as a truly
independent body, with the power to investigate, subpoena, and prosecute
public corruption throughout the state, even if it affects those close to him.
The legislation would make the Authority subject to open
public record laws of both states, require that its meetings be open to the
public, establish audit and finance committees within the
body, and mandate an annual report by an
independent auditor that gets sent to the governor, state comptroller and each state's Legislature.
The Committee on Standards in
Public Life is an
independent body designed as a watchdog for parliamentarians» activities.
«Its recommendations demonstrate, once again, the value of an
independent review
body process, particularly when
public service workers, including teachers, are facing a hostile Government and unnecessary and unjust pay restraint.
New York needs a new, truly
independent oversight and enforcement
body with strong effective responsibility for all campaign finance law administration, including
public financing and sufficient funds to perform its mission well.
«This bill will create a mechanism for ensuring that systemwide issues are evaluated by an
independent body and that only youth who have committed certain crimes or who are deemed to be a significant risk to
public safety are placed with O.C.F.S.»
The plan calls for
independent oversight of the city's Housing Preservation Department; establishing a
public education campaign to inform tenants about HPD's role; empowering a new
body or building inspectors to collect fines against landlords; having HPD make repairs not completed by the landlord in the specified amount of time and then billing the landlord; making inspectors carry citations in multiple languages and send out reports in multiple languages; forcing landlords to make repairs within 24 hours of emergency violations; establishing an East Harlem HPD oversight team as a pilot for other areas with at - risk low - income housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on violations.
The proposals include creating a single research and higher education ministry, an
independent higher science council to advise the government on strategy, a new
body to evaluate all researchers, a long - term jobs plan for
public agency researchers, and more crossover between the two groups.
The coalition also signalled that it would disband Australia's Climate Commission — an
independent scientific
body that provides reliable information on climate change to the
public.
The legislation, which covers details only an accountant could love, embraces recommendations from NSF's inspector general, the agency's in - house but
independent watchdog, as well as from outside
bodies such as the National Academy of
Public Administration.
Swedish Match is happy to provide
public health
bodies with
independent scientific evidence.
It is an
independent, non-departmental
public body of the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
It is an
independent, non-departmental
public body of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
It is globally recognised as an
independent and impartial
body serving both the private and
public sectors, working with manufacturing and service industries, businesses and governments to facilitate the production of British, European and international Standards.
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is an
independent and non-departmental
public body that advises the government on migration issues, sponsored by the Home Office.
A Department of Education spokesperson said: «We recognise and value the hard work of teachers which is why we have accepted the pay deal proposed by the
independent School Teachers» Review
Body, in line with the 1 per cent
public sector pay policy.
As the executive director and the board chairman of the District of Columbia's
independent chartering
body, we are often asked whether we favor a «New Orleans» future for D.C., where charter schools eventually serve virtually all
public - school students.
KIPP LA Prep is an
independent public charter middle school that serves a primarily Latino student
body and was one of only two schools from LA Unified to receive the honor, along with Wonderland Elementary, a traditional district school.
Two Republican lawmakers are working on a plan that would turn over control of several struggling Milwaukee
Public Schools to an
independent body.
An ethnographer by training, since 2001 Jackie has drawn from her direct experience as head of an
independent Montessori school and principal of a large, urban
public Montessori school to produce an internationally recognized
body of scholarship on Montessori education.
Charter school governing
bodies are often subject to various business regulations, such as ethical financial practices, and
public body rules, such as open meeting laws, and like all
public school districts, must have an annual
independent financial audit in accordance with state rules.
The report's recommendations include: a limit on the number of times a sire can be used for breeding; health screening should be made a legal requirement for dogs selected for breeding; the title of Champion should not be given unless a dog has been health screened; the word «pedigree» should be linked to a high standard of breeding for health and welfare; an
independent advisory
body should be set up to advise the Kennel Club and breed clubs; a puppy sale contract should be introduced to protect consumers; DEFRA should take forward a campaign for
public awareness.
This included: pressure on Defra and other
bodies to supply long term funding for the Dog Advisory Council; extending the Council's powers so that it becomes an
independent regulatory
body; compulsory microchipping; the licensing of breeders who breed 3 litters or more a year; the KC to adopt the Advisory Council's Breeding Standard; improved education of the general
public including Animal Welfare as part of the core curriculum of schools; the Defra Code of Practice for the Welfare of Dogs to include breeding and genetic welfare issues; endorsement of the RSPCA Puppy Contract by all stakeholders.
With the new Stephen Pace Residency for a Mid-Career Painter, the Fine Arts Work Center opens its creative dynamic community to an artist who has created an
independent body of work over a number of years and who has received regional or national recognition through publication or
public presentation of his or her work.
This exhibition marks a culmination of his acclaimed sculptural approach and the first time a comprehensive
body of work by Schanck will be on
public view and features 15 works with
independent, stand - alone narratives woven into an otherworldly landscape.
is someone who has created an
independent body of work over a number of years and who has received regional or national recognition through publication or
public presentation of his or her work.
A Mid-Career Artist is someone who has created an
independent body of work over a number of years and who has received regional or national recognition through publication or
public presentation of his or her work.
The price of the politics of fear is the trust in
public institutions of all kinds and their advice, be they corporations, scientific
bodies and advisers,
independent regulatory authorities, government departments, and politicians.
The caveat is that they must be NSF --(
independent third - party certification
body that tests and certifies products to verify they meet these
public health and safety standards) certified and manufactured by an NSF - compliant company.
Basically someone reasonably fair,
independent, competent, able to understand scientists, the scientific debate, and the
public debate, needed to look thoroughly over the entire
body of emails, and whatever was there, put it in the
public arena.
The UK Parliament's
Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) has published a report calling for a new national
independent patient safety investigation
body to be established in England.
We find it surprising and disappointing that the SRA — a
body charged with encouraging an
independent, strong, diverse and effective legal profession and promoting the
public interest — would even contemplate such a course of action.
And it set out a plan for immediate action, including: widening the scope of legal aid; replacing the Legal Aid Agency with an
independent body; and improving the
public's understanding of the law.
According to Prof Moorhead, the Society could reclaim some of their position by «taking a
public interest line, more
independent of their members» interest» but such a stance is «not consistent with their structures or status as a representative
body».