Sentences with phrase «influential committee»

Prospect of a Lords rebellion against the government's emergency surveillance law grows, after influential committee of peers raised concerns

Influential committee tells Department for Education it needs a «better grip» over when academy chains are at risk of failure

Influential committee says collapse in low - carbon investment is endangering jobs and threatening climate commitments

Influential committee criticises almost every aspect of the government's organisation for leaving Europe

Senior Labour MP steps down from influential committee following string of allegations about sex workers and drugs

He is also receiving help rallying votes from a number of influential committee members — including Mississippi committeeman Henry Barbour — and has the most public commitments so far.

No official announcements have been made yet, but sources have told NY1 that behind - the - scenes decisions are being made about who will lead some of the council's most influential committees.

Naomi who is a leading adoption lawyer, distinguished career so far includes setting up the Children's Legal Centre in 1981, the International Year of the Child; sitting on many influential committees, including the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Board on Family Law, a national working group establishing standards for adoption practice, and working groups to brief both Houses of Parliament on major law changes in family law such as the Children Act 1989 and the Adoption and Children Act 2002.

Britain's preparation for major terrorist threats is being crippled by «institutional inertia», an influential committee of MPs said today.

Revenge porn can be tackled without the need for a new law, an influential committee of peers has said.

England is at risk of a «planning vacuum» after regional planning is dismantled, an influential committee of MPs has found.

The riots which hit England this summer do not justify the use of water cannons or rubber bullets by police, an influential committee of MPs has found.

The Football Association (FA) should be given a year to sort out the financial management of football clubs or face legislation, an influential committee of MPs said today.

The MoD's procurement of the Type 45 Destroyer was «over-optimistic», an influential committee of MPs has said.

Criminals are able to defraud people online with virtual impunity and secure significant profits, an influential committee of MPs has found.

The new universal credit could be inaccessible to those who need it most, according to an influential committee of MPs.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) should investigate the advice councils received which led them to invest in Icelandic banks, an influential committee of MPs has found.

The government is treating science as «a peripheral policy concern,» an influential committee of MPs has said today.

Britain's aid money could be wasted through inadequate monitoring of fraud and corruption, according to an influential committee of MPs.

The Freedom of Information Act is working, but there is considerable room for improvement, an influential committee of MPs has said.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is still unable to properly manage defence procurement projects, an influential committee of MPs has said today.

The prospect of a Lords rebellion against the government's emergency surveillance law grew today, after an influential committee of peers raised concerns about the legislation.

The prime minister refused to budge on drug prohibition today, despite an influential committee of MPs demanding a rethink on Home Office policy.

The body set up to monitor heath and social care in Britain has failed in its primary responsibilities, an influential committee of MPs has found.

Newly - elected police commissioners have been given far too much power over chief constables, an influential committee of MPs has found.

The UK should withhold funding from the World Bank unless it improves its environmental credentials, an influential committee of MPs said today.

Twenty - four - thousand people die prematurely each year because their diabetes has not been managed properly according to an influential committee of MPs.

Bridgen told the house that the public would not forgive it for appointing an MP to an influential committee while police and parliament examine complaints against him.

For constituents, the promotion of their elected leaders, or their assignment to influential committees, like former congressman Maurice Hinchey on House Appropriations, is usually a good thing.

An influential committee of MPs claims further use of funds for anything other than relief by the Burmese junta should lead ministers to consider invoking their «responsibility to protect» to the south - east Asian country's population.

The body tasked with investigating complaints against the police is unable to do its job and has perilously little public trust, an influential committee of MPs said today.

Anti-social behaviour orders «must not become a modern pillory or stocks», an influential committee of MPs warned today.

A new watchdog should be created to ensure the integrity of scientific research in the UK, an influential committee of MPs said today.

New laws are needed to help the families of missing people settle their affairs, an influential committee of MPS found today.

Wales is too small to successfully attract investment on its own, an influential committee of MPs has concluded.

Theresa May's ban on khat was not based on any evidence of medical or social harm and must be stopped before it becomes law, an influential committee of MPs found today.

Alan Johnson was attacked by an influential committee of MPs today for his approach to the extradition of Gary McKinnon.

Responsibility for counter-terrorism operations should be taken from the Metropolitan police and handed to another body, an influential committee of MPs has found.

The UK should admit its trade priorities contradict its human rights concerns, an influential committee of MPs found today.

Failure to provide estimates of how many Romanians and Bulgarians would come to Britain last year stoked «anti-immigrant prejudice», according to an influential committee of MPs

The debate on sentencing in Britain is actually creating more crime than it solves, an influential committee of MPs has found.

The Home Office has said combating anti-social behaviour continues to be a priority, after an influential committee of MPs said «drunken yobs» were turning town centres into no - go areas.

Searing criticism by an influential committee of MPs must now force a rethink of the government's plans to cut coastguard stations and jobs, the Public and Commercial Services union says.

Teachers facing accusations of misconduct should always be presumed innocent until proven guilty, an influential committee of MPs said today.

Alan Johnson has been asked to give his account of the events leading up to the sacking of Professor David Nutt by an influential committee of MPs.

Train companies are set to miss their targets for providing passenger spaces, leading to yet more over-crowding, an influential committee of MPs has found.

Having chaired the influential Committee on Codes since the early 1990s, Mr. Lentol has had decades to cement bonds with the veteran lawmakers in the Assembly and could pitch himself as the experienced hand required to guide the legislature through one of the more pivotal sessions in years (rent laws and the mayoral control of city public schools are both set to expire.)

The needs and fears of New York City's half - million undocumented immigrants were a constant theme of the budget response Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Queens Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, chair of the influential Committee on Finance, submitted today in answer to de Blasio's preliminary spending plan.