Sentences with phrase «opening the debate by»

She will open the debate by commending and encouraging «Serve Scotland», a body of Christian organisations, who have contributed to 9028 social action projects.

Some audio clips from that coming up a bit later, but right now I'm going to focus on the speech opening the debate by Treasury minister Greg Clark.

I sat in the public gallery of the House of Commons as Catherine McKinnell, the MP from Newcastle, opened the debate by congratulating the Shaw Foundation for the great response to their petition on making mental health education compulsory in all schools.

Labour's Lucy Powell opened the debate by challenging the expense and purpose of the shake - up of England's schools.

Especially the lack of participation regarding open debates by the parties who started all of this A.G.W. rallying in the first place.

I assume they are mute since they know that any open debate by them will be interpreted as a lack of confidence in the certainty of CAGW.

Public Comment Policy This policy asserts Macquarie University's commitment to the principles of academic freedom, and its expectation that staff will challenge society's ideas and contribute to open debate by commenting publicly within areas of their professional expertise.

Williams opens the debate by discussing some of the world's most innovative companies, and how despite the pace of change around the world, law firms continue to lag behind in terms of the levels of investment they are making in technology.

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That debate takes place internally at the central bank, where contrasting views are regularly articulated by members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) as our Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers attempt to steer monetary policy with regard to interest rates.

Business leaders need to support open and spirited debate, encouraging discussion of various alternatives which are supported by data.

That judgment, about whether the government should get involved in the entire P2P throttling debate, will likely be made by the end of the summer, but Bell certainly could not have helped its assertion that congestion is a huge problem by opening its own (non-P2P) video download store last week.

By opening the debate on dead and failed coins, the community will start benefiting even before the public sale of the CoinJanitor token begins on March 15th, 2018.

However, in the ongoing AMA, hosted by Bitcoin.com, Shrem opened up about a range of topics including the ongoing debate over bitcoin's block size, adjusting to prison life and why he believes the transparent nature of the bitcoin blockchain will lead to more repressive government regulation.

Olasky's goal is to «push open the debate» over welfare reform by offering some legislative possibilities.

Christians may also he attracted to an approach advanced by former Harvard professor John Hart Ely who argues that courts should not themselves choose substantive constitutional values, but should issue rulings that keep the processes of political debate and decision - making open to all.

Washington (CNN)-- Lowe's knows that it opened Pandora's box when the company «managed to step into a hotly contested debate» by pulling its advertising from the reality TV show «All - American Muslim.»

I'd also point out that the open view of the future was espoused in the 5th century by a man named Calcidius and has been widely debated from the 17th century up to today.

And because his case can not bear scrutiny in open debate, he is compelled to ward off the threat of exposure by means of catch - phrases, righteous indignation, and sanctions.

How can confidence in the superiority of free enterprise be expressed by shutting off open debate?

Their definition of what it means to be a Christian can certainly be open for debate, but it is not discrimination to have a definition of what it means to be a member of a religion and live by those standards, just like it is not discrimination to have Greek standards, unless everyone who has ever been in a Greek organization is saying that every Greek Fraternity or Sorority must accept everyone who applies.

If the appointment of former Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay at Wigan Athletic, whilst the Scot is still under an FA investigation over alleged racist, sexist and antisemitic text messages sent to Iain Moody, had brought controversy to the club, new comments from owner Dave Whelan, reported by the Guardian, are set to blow the debate wide open.

NFL scouts endlessly debated Brees's height (again), his arm strength and the possible skewing effect of playing in Tiller's wide - open offense (which would be pedestrian by today's standards, just a decade later).

Liverpool were out to spoil the party and after Puuzzo had cancelled out a much - debated opening goal by Phil Neal — with the Roma players complaining that the goalkeeper had been fouled in the build - up to the goal - the match went to penalties.

In an atmosphere of free and open inquiry, students and teachers debate, collaborate, and investigate, challenging assumptions — and one another — with insights backed by rigorous study.

One final wrinkle before I throw it open for debate: if flavored milk does have a place in school cafeterias, why can't we at least improve it by, e.g., eliminating high fructose corn syrup, cutting the overall sugar content, and eliminating artificial colors and flavors?

By that I mean that you do the course, week by week, and everything is supposed to build on the previous lessons, and open questioning or debate is discourageBy that I mean that you do the course, week by week, and everything is supposed to build on the previous lessons, and open questioning or debate is discourageby week, and everything is supposed to build on the previous lessons, and open questioning or debate is discouraged.

13:23 - I'm hearing that Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary, will open in the phone - hacking debate, followed by Dominic Grieve, attorney general, for the government, and then probably Chris Bryant, the Labour MP and phone - hacking victim, who called for the debate.

Third, the publicity afforded to the most recent debate could be viewed as part of a wider effort by the Chinese to indirectly warn North Korea and demonstrate to the outside world, especially the US, that China is open to a more public discussion of policy.

These efforts and more are documented by Clive Hamilton, in his long - awaited book Silent Invasion: China's Influence in Australia.The controversy surrounding the book's publications and ensuing debates show an increasingly conflictual debate, which has not lived up to the standards of open and honest discussion of the presented facts.

The debate was opened by Brexit secretary David Davis who urged «MPs to deliver the will of the people.

But the wage debate opened fissures within the conference that were first exposed last year, Dean Skelos stepped down as majority leader and was replaced by a fellow Long Island lawmaker, John Flanagan.

One interesting illustration of the issue came up when the US Republican presidential candidate last fall, Mitt Romney, opened the first of the three presidential debates by saying that he wanted to cut off funding for PBS, the public - funded broadcasting service in the US.

In Monday's shadow cabinet meeting, MPs agreed that Corbyn would open Labour's argument in Wednesday's Commons debate by opposing airstrikes while shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn will close the debate with an argument in favour of the government's motion.

Reinvent Albany at Council Hearing Calls for Using Open Data to Measure Completion of Agency Required Reports Also Supports Mandating Webcasting of Candidate Debates Reinvent Albany testified today the City Council should create a simple online dataset to measure whether agencies are completing the hundreds of reports required by city's laws.

BBC presenter and Visiting Professor at The Open University Business School, Evan Davis will put forward his views on infrastructure decisions and their impact on the economy and environment at the debate which is organised by The Open University Business School.

The belief that transparent, open government exists, allowing for full participation and debate by all citizens affected by helicopter noise abuse, is a fantasy.

Event: Managing the impact of infrastructure on the economy and environment Organiser: Dr Leslie Budd, The Open University Business School Date: 4 November 2013 18.00 - 20.00 Venue: Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA Audience: General audience This public debate is hosted by The Open University Business School and will include speakers» presentations and a question and answer session.

Now this approach can be questioned but it opens up a fascinating debate, and is addressed in individual chapters by some, though not all the contributors, in their assessment of their chosen leader.

That arrangement has been roundly criticized by government watchdogs, who decry a lack of transparency and open debate.

Questions were selected from those put forward by members of the audience, with each of the speakers given a chance to reply before the debate was opened out.

Juanita Perez - Williams took a jab at city auditor Marty Masterpole during an open - ended question midway through the Democratic primary debate hosted by Spectrum News.

The debate was jointly organised by two civil society organisations — Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).

Enikanolaiye had earlier addressed the UN Security Council's open debate on «Women and peace and security: Sexual violence in conflict» where he assured the international community of Federal Government's commitment to bring back the girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists.

But Steele's attendance had been an open question; he declined to participate last month in an RNC debate sponsored by the conservative group FreedomWorks, which was held before he formally announced that he is seeking a second term at the committee.

The FOI appeal was brought by Mr Burnham's predecessor John Healey, who said the decision gave «strong legal support to a full and open debate about the NHS reorganisation».

The debate opens with an amendment put forward by the Social Liberal Forum (SLF), a left - wing pressure group, for a change of economic policy.

TV debates tend to have their momentum set by the opening performances, but a weak night from Mr Clegg on Thursday could turn the wave of support into a mere blip.

May I, however, protest that convention has been discarded by the Government's somewhat offensive decision to stick a topical debate in ahead of the second day of the Budget debate, which is traditionally opened by the shadow Chancellor?

Zephyr Teachout, a progressive populist hoping to take over an open seat in upstate New York currently held by the GOP, has challenged her opponent to a debate.

Any prison closure plan should be brought before the legislature for a full and open public debate and a vote and not crafted in secret and handed down by fiat from the administration,» said Tedisco.