Sentences with phrase «issue of constitutional reform»

Not exact matches

The last hour has seen the political and constitutional reform committee issue a report complaining that the government's ignoring its recommendations about going to war; Labour have put out a line on the strikes, saying they're «usually a sign of failure»; and the Institute for Government is telling us that Whitehall is leading the way in headcount reductions, with an overall reduction of 8.4 % since the comprehensive spending review in October last year.

Contemporary organised demand for constitutional reform traces back to the late 1970s, yet even before then, isolated intellectuals — «a voice crying in the wilderness» — had tried to make an issue out of a written constitution for Britain that would include a Bill of Rights.

[1] The manifesto text does say that reform of the second chamber and consideration of the role of English MPs is scrutinising English legislation are «part of the Constitutional Convention process» (my emphasis), implying that there might be other issues for the convention to consider.

Symposium on The Politics of State Constitutional Reform, Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association, Fall 2016 Issue.

My general research interests encompass: British executive - legislative relations; UK constitutional politics and reform; devolution in the UK; issues of political disengagement and democratic renewal.

Just on constitutional reform, which continues to be a big interest for you: looking back at the sweep of New Labour in office under Blair and now Brown, hasn't it been a big failure really on what Roy Jenkins called «breaking the mould» issues: Lib - Labbery, elected second chamber - you must be disappointed with that record.

[i] «The manifesto text does say that reform of the second chamber and consideration of the role of English MPs is scrutinising English legislation are «part of the Constitutional Convention process» (my emphasis), implying that there might be other issues for the convention to consider.

It is notable that the most important issue of the moment - economic stability - features lowest in the ranking of contested bills, while the most irrelevant issue in terms of voters» priorities, constitutional reform, is expected to be the most heavily fought - over.

The Commons» political and constitutional reform committee said moves to end a ban on the monarch marrying a Catholic opened up related issues about the Church's links with the head of state.

By early evening, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders had reached a deal on a number of issues including a redistricting plan, expansion of the state's DNA data base, pension reform, and a constitutional amendment to allow up to seven new gambling casinos in New York.

The junior minister in charge of constitutional reform, Mark Harper, acknowledged then that «currently the first three members of the royal family in line to the throne are all male and so we have some time until there may be a pressing issue to address».

It was conducted in almost complete isolation from the real issue — whether AV is a better way of electing the people who represent us — and so can not be taken as an indication of the public's apathy to constitutional reform.

If this campaign is not to become the most depressing in modern times the central issues, apart from sovereign debt, should be these: urgent reform of the City; the need to build a more balanced economy; youth unemployment; poverty in an era of spending cuts and pay freezes; electoral reform and a new constitutional settlement; the European Union and Britain's place within it; withdrawal from Afghanistan and a multilateral foreign policy.

Constitutional reform is dismissed as political geekery, something that is way down the average voter's list of issues, if on it at all.

Indeed, there are many aspects of the coalition government's programme of which we approve, notably its commitment to constitutional reform and enhanced civil liberties, and the willingness of the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, to make poverty and dispossession a defining issue of our political discourse.

The stronger SNP presence will also serve as a constant reminder of the more pressing constitutional reform issues likely to dominate the new Parliament.

But voters care little for such things — it's the «bread and butter» issues of the economy and the NHS that matter, not political and constitutional reform.

Ben Kallos (D)- D5 - Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island - Kallos, a lawyer and lifelong Upper East Sider, advocated for state constitutional reform as the Executive Director of the groupEffectiveNY and has put the issues of government accountability and transparency at the forefront of his campaign.

Also in this issue: A look back at what the Obama administration's signature education reform got wrong, with lessons learned to guide states and districts in refining their teacher evaluation systems, and a warning on the limits of federally - led school reform; a proposal for how to redesign education research under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and a debate on whether there is a federal constitutional right to education.

I reproduce the speech here in its entirety, and it touches on a number of interesting issues, including the challenges of constitutional reform, changing societal values, patriation, the tensions in federalism, and the need for a constitutional Bill of Rights, a full 15 years before the Charter was enacted.

Practice Directions are made under powers in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 by the Lord Chancellor who can delegate his authority to the Lord Chief Justice, who can delegate to the President of the Family Division (family proceedings Practice Directions issued by the President are endorsed as being approved by the LCJ).

Even then it raises the issue of how enthusiastic a government will be to immerse itself in the constitutional quagmire that is the reform of the House of Lords — an issue that has dogged parliamentarians since 1911.

: Implications of Judicial Bias Studies for Legal and Constitutional Reform This issue attests to the increasing significance of...

In my Editorial in the latest issue of the Journal of World Investment and Trade (which this blog reproduces), I interpret this Convention as a piece of constitutional reform of the international investment regime and ask to which extent it can serve as a model for international investment law reform more generally.

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These hearings focussed on the issues raised by Bill S - 4 and the Murray / Austin motion, rather than revisiting the much broader range of Senate reform and related constitutional issues that have been considered, in some cases repeatedly, over the years.

The Advanced Guidance Notice issued by the Department for Constitutional Affairs sets out the principles underlying the reform of Pts 36 and 37:

The Prime Minister has also raised the possibility of constitutional reform to recognise Indigenous peoples and has identified processes to improve Indigenous representation — two key issues that will impact on the adequacy of rights protection for Indigenous peoples.

In 2011 IHRNA will host a series of regional forums around Australia to allow members to steer the development of the Network, and provide feedback on national issues such as Constitutional reform and progressing the Declaration.

At the highest level, sitting atop the myriad of specific issues with which I and my team engage, there are four key inter-related national issues: Constitutional reform, the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [2], progress towards Closing the Gap on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inequality, and the status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in this country, an issue at the forefront of my agenda.