Sentences with phrase «influence over the commission»

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He would provide a profile of the early Church which was «a religious communion claiming a divine commission, and holding all other religious bodies around it heretical or infidel, a sort of secret society binding its members together by influence and engagement, spread over the whole world, a natural enemy to governments, intolerant and capable of dividing families and breaking laws.

The London Health Commission, set up by Boris Johnson last year under ex-Labour health minister Lord Darzi, has called on the mayor to make bylaws banning smoking in Trafalgar Square and Parliament Square and exert influence over the royal parks, where he appoints the board, to also ban smoking in their spaces.

Amid ongoing concerns being raised over an advisory opinion that would require consultants to inform lobbying regulators when they seek to influence an editorial board's opinion, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics has released a set of frequently asked questions on the regulation.

Huge increase quietly slipped through despite Electoral Commission objections over «undue influence»

Sean Ryan [email protected] A Milwaukee commission's stalled decision over the Sydney Hih buildings» historic status highlights the influence of development plans and money over preservation.

«We saw firsthand with the Vito Lopez scandal that this commission is far from independent and that the speaker has a great deal of influence over the process,» said Harry Bubbins, a Mott Haven resident and a co-founder of Friends of Brook Park.

Cuomo's office sought to exert influence over the panel, seeking to direct or block subpoenas from the commission in order to get state lawmakers to agree to an ethics package.

The Electoral Commission specifically warned against «excessive spending to prevent the perception of undue influence over the outcome of the election».

And while I believe, Charlotte Osei is working in tandem with other commissioners, I am convinced of her significant influence over the decisions of the Commission.

He challenged President Buhari and Lai Mohammed to explain why these men did not feature on their list and why they continue to remain in this APC government where they wield immense powers and influence, even over the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that is meant to prosecute them.

«I challenge President Buhari and Lai Mohammed to explain why these men did not feature on their list and why they continue to remain in this APC government where they wield immense powers and influence, even over the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that is meant to prosecute them.

Research councils believe the changes will put them one step closer to Brussels, giving them greater influence over the direction of the Commission's research programmes and increasing their income from Europe.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also lack any formal mechanisms for identifying potential conflicts of interest or for assessing the level of industry influence over the research.

The Communication Trust is a coalition of over 50 leading voluntary sector organisations, which raises awareness, influences policy, promotes best practice among the children's workforce and commissions work from its members.

The California Fair Political Practices Commission shows that by far the biggest political influence peddler in CA is the California Teachers Association, which spent over $ 211 million between 2000 - 2009 on candidates, ballot measures and lobbying.

Starting October 16, four contemporary artists take over The Wolfsonian's iconic lobby with tropics - inspired special commissions complementing Philodendron, the museum's fall exhibition exploring the cultural influence of Latin American plant life on art, design, film, and fashion.

In the General Court's opinion, the Commission and the Council had made their decision to refuse MET status without sufficient investigation into whether the fact that the State was a substantial shareholder in Xinanchem and had influenced the appointment and composition of the board of directors necessarily amounted to State control over decisions regarding production and pricing (para. 19).

Later in his judgment, he said: «when it comes to assessing the plurality of the aggregate number of relevant controllers and to considering the sufficiency of that plurality, the Commission may, and should, take into account the actual extent of the control exercised and exercisable over a relevant enterprise by another, whether it is a case of deemed control resulting from material influence under section 26 or rather one of actual common ownership or control.»

On Friday, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford said in a prepared statement that their criticisms of the ban «had no intention to influence the military judges presiding over the military commissions.»

The (commission) difference is not enough to influence my decision to push one product over another.»

When asked if the Commission is concerned over allegations of data being harvested to build psychological profiles of voters to influence them, Rawat said, «Definitely.

That means that a commissioned Realtor in a position to refer business to a safeguard service provider actually may have some influence over the determinations the safeguard business makes.