Sentences with phrase «on changes to legislation»

Guidance on changes to legislation relating to children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).

«The opinions of professionals on changes to legislation and systems they deal with on a daily basis are extremely important, and should be taken into account.

The Australian Parliament is expected to vote before the end of the year on a change to legislation which will enshrine same - sex marriage in law.

Not exact matches

Legislation to do this would change the rules on immigration, allocating a larger share of green cards to people who qualify on the basis of education and skills and fewer to foreign relatives of US citizens and residents.

«What has changed is that while there used to be a modicum of congressional bargaining across major policy developments, the party in power now tries to pass legislation on straight party - line votes,» says Mr. Jillson.

Assuming no change in legislation — and Trump campaigned on keeping those entitlements intact — the Congressional Budget Office predicts America's deficit will expand to $ 1.34 trillion by 2026.

WASHINGTON / SAN FRANCISCO, April 10 - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two U.S. congressional hearings without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business.

Any changes that can't be made on that basis — changes, for example, that simply redistribute money — will have to be made through legislation, if and when there is the political will to do so.

The legislation could be changed and shift the political ground once more — but GOP leadership's ambitious goal of voting on a bill before the July 4th Congressional recess just became a lot harder to achieve.

Proposed changes to the legislation introduced on Monday may actually lead to even more widespread coverage losses.

Senate legislation on climate change is still being drafted, and a vote is not going to occur at least until April.

When the time came to vote on the changes to domestic violence legislation, the thought of looking into her fellow deputies» eyes made Pushkina physically ill.

The legislation would build on other changes to the QM rule that the CFPB announced last month, which would expand an exception for small lenders with under $ 2 billion of assets.

WASHINGTON The White House on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to move ahead with legislation to help prisoners prepare for life after release, but stopped short of calling for broader reforms such as changing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.

In May 2017, IAB Canada testified in front of The Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics regarding proposed changes to the existing PIPEDA legislation.

«We need to respond to legislation changes on emissions... Towards the end of the decade, we will introduce hybrid cars across the range.

Enabling legislation allows for the spending on statutory programs without having to seek annual approval by Parliament, unless changes to the parameters of the programs are being sought.

In a 2010 piece discussing the impact of climate change legislation on the U.S., Levi and Trevor Houser write that, «energy security is notoriously difficult to define and thus serves as the perfect weapon for attacking legislation.»

The government plans to release draft legislation on the passive - income change in the lead up to next year's budget.

The Tax Reform Toolkit is a series of blog posts featured on Eye on Housing that are designed to help builders and remodelers make sense of the changes in tax law as a result of the legislation passed in December.

Finally, this session I spent considerable time debating the changes that the Christy Clark government was making to the legislation on the Auditor General for Local Government (AGLG) file — this office has a short two - year history that resulted in the waste of $ 5.2 million.

WASHINGTON / SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday navigated through the first of two U.S. congressional hearings without making any further promises to support new legislation or change how the social network does business.

Reconciliation instructions may also direct the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to report legislation to change the limit on the public debt in accordance with the spending levels in the budget resolution.

But, as the discussion above suggests, if Bill 12 were applied in such a way as to change the rules with respect to the batching of product on the TransMountain pipeline it would be necessary to examine very carefully if this created one of the two forms of prohibited conflict between provincial legislation and the terms of the National Energy Board Act (see the common carrier rules of s 71 (1)-RRB-, and any applicable Board decisions relating to the prorating of capacity on the TransMountain pipeline.

Many of the seasoned campaigners in the battles to change Ireland's legislation on social matters during the eighties and nineties were disturbed by the nature of this particular campaign.

When the religious try to impose their beliefs on others by attempting to change legislation and education standards, then it DOES become relevant to non-believers.

Since any change to that status can only be brought by state legislation, the task of church becomes more of a conscience raiser and an advocate for change of state policy based on its own faith perspective.

Legislation was passed in 2017 giving effect to these changes; it commenced on 6 November 2017

Abbott has also introduced legislation into parliament to axe Labor's Climate Change Authority, which advises the government on emissions - reduction targets, and to repeal its tax on carbon pricing.

The Danish Government has changed the national legislation on donations of non-animal food to charity, which previously made it difficult to donate from retailers to charity.

As with legislation at every level of government, successful utilization of the power of the permit depends not so much on concerned citizens committed to making youth sports in their local community safer (although they are, of course, important) as on the willingness of governmental officials themselves to sponsor bylaw changes and push for enactment, in other words, to serve as «safety champions.»

I've been trying to make some changes in the way I eat and the way I approach food in general, as well as educate myself on the food industry and legislation regarding food, and I've found your posts to be really helpful and supportive.

The changes in Nestlé policies and practices that have been achieved are attributable to pressure from the boycott and concerted work around the world on monitoring companies against the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent, relevant Resolutions of the World Health Assembly and working for legislation to enforce these measure.

I did a bit of reading on the subject, and one of the interesting things I learned was that countries who brought in this type of legislation decades ago are now seeing a lower incidence of violent crime that appears to correspond to the change in the laws.

At present there is no legislation on the age limit of any tyres fitted to vehicles in the UK, so Frances has enlisted the help of Maria Eagle MP and they have met with Patrick McLoughlin, The Secretary of State for Transport to try to change the law on this important matter.

Legislators considering changing their divorce laws should consider the full range of legal options available to them, such as those compiled by Americans for Divorce Reform and posted on their Internet «Divorce Reform Page «69 This site presents arguments for and against the initiatives as well as model legislation.

Controversial federal legislation to limit funding for subsidized school lunches and change some of the program's nutritional standards passed a House committee on a 20 - 14 vote May 18, and the proposal is being hammered by critics who believe it would endanger the health of American school children.

On her list, more surveillance cameras for Manhattan, and legislation that would require airlines to check their no fly lists within two hours of being notified of a change (something she says is necessary in light of the news that the alleged bomber almost made it onto a plane out of the country).

Campaign group Republic said the «Queen's and Prince's consent» rule gives the Prince of Wales an effective veto on legislation, which allows Charles to insist on changes to laws which affect his private interests.

16/10/2014, MEMO / 14/589, Taxation: Commission asks ROMANIA to stop the discriminatory tax treatment of foreign legal entities Case No 2009/4343 Proceedings closed on 19/11/2015 (Romania changed its legislation)

Vladimer on Facebook wrote the harassment culture in Albany needs to change and that legislation can only go so far.

A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) refused to confirm what would be in the Queen's speech - which sets out legislation for the coming year - but said ministers were looking at «all the options» on climate change.

On such legislation there would be three main changes to the legislative process.

He has focused on legislation and policy changes to support affordable housing, protect the environment, promote economic and social justice and a more humane society, prevent gun violence, create a fairer and more open political process, and provide for greater accountability in the ways government provides services and spends our tax dollars.

Prosecutors say they expect some unspecified «changes» in the testimony, while Silver's defense team says that ambiguity remains at the core of their strategy — to try to convince jurors that Silver's receipt of legal outside income was separate, and his official behavior was based on the merits of legislation and grants rather than a «quid pro quo» for a bribe.

In this climate of upheaval and change, it is especially important that NYS voters can count on elected Democrats to stand together with the Democratic Party to support progressive legislation.

SilentHunter, Some of the differences are that a newspaper is publishing an account and a dossier; that this is going to an independent complaints commission which the police do not control; that both supporters as well as opponents of the government will ask questions about this - in parliament, on blogs, and in many other places - no doubt pushing for an inquest with a jury, and be pushing for broader changes in policing to ensure its consistency with the human rights legislation we now have (such as those being advocated by Stuart White here on Next Left).

It points out that the regulation being debated proposes to add or change some requirements and bring all the legislation on motorcycle Type Approval together, voting on which will be on the 22nd November.

Three others received between 28 and 33 votes — not enough to establish a minority position — on the excessively revolutionary issues of gaps in anti-discrimination legislation, increasing numbers of parent governors at academy schools, changing balloting arrangements for school selections, and strengthening enforcement of the national minimum wage.

The original legislation changed the language on the DMV license renewal form to highlight the option for New Yorkers to enroll in the NYS Donate Life Registry.