Sentences with phrase «made by public servants»

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Indeed, until it was reformed in 1989, Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 made it a criminal offence for any civil servant or public contractor to reveal any information he or she had learned in the course of his or her work: an offence that successive governments continued to prosecute well into the 1980s, despite recommendations published in 1972 by the Franks Committee calling for reform.

As I've said before — isn't it disturbing that your ideas of what makes a good public servant are so colored by your apparent affinity for Niccolo Machiavelli who is known for proposing that «a prince is praised for the illusion of being reliable in keeping his word.

Mr Speaker, if the citizens of this country could see the time and care taken in making these decisions; the carefully - targeted nature of all our interventions; and the strict controls in place to ensure that the law and our democratic values are upheld; and if they could witness the integrity and professionalism of the men and women of the intelligence agencies, who are among the very finest public servants our nation has, then I believe that they would be reassured by how we go about this essential work.

And we've proved in government we stand up for fairness by blocking Tory plans to: run schools for profit, to pay public servants less simply because they work in Wales, and to allow employees to be fired without cause; while in Wales we have opposed Tory plans to make patients pay to use the NHS.

«Our teamwork is made possible by public servants who are true advocates like Speaker Mark - Viverito and Councilmember Menchaca.

Part of the letter which was made available to DAILY POST reads: «As a citizen and a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I am concerned that such inciting expletives and profanity could be uttered by a public servant who is also the security officer of a state.

«The current narrative of fear around refugees however, reinforced by some of our countries most influential and high - ranking public servants governors, mayors, city councils, and teachers has made schools increasingly susceptible to anti-refugee and Islamophobic prejudice.»