Sentences with phrase «powers bill gives»

Chakrabati and Brooke say investigatory powers bill gives the state «a blank cheque» to spy on citizens and threatens investigative journalism

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By 335 votes to 244, the House of Lords backed an amendment to the government's key Brexit bill to give Parliament decision - making power on the outcome of negotiations with the EU — including the power to call off the divorce.

«Harper's so - called anti-terrorism bill gave Canadian security agencies radical new powers while simultaneously taking away...

As a result, many utilities could pursue a «virtuous cycle» — spending more capital on more wind farms, while in turn increasing earnings - per - share growth and lowering customer bills given how cheap wind power has become.

Bill 1: Promoting Job Creation and Diversification Act introduced by Economic Development and Trade Minister Deron Bilous gave the minister new powers to create programs focused on broadening the province's industries and businesses.

By: Henry Lazenby 30th April 2018 Canadian miners are voicing frustration and concern over the federal government's removal of a Senate amendment relating to final offer arbitration (FOA), and with its modification of an amendment giving the Canada Transportation Agency own - motion power, in Bill C - 49 — legislation that amends the... →

She said the bill gives power to the court, not the government, to decide what is fake news.

«With the prospect of a Recall Bill, which will give the public the power to remove MPs who have behaved in ways that fall short of the standards expected of them, the stakes have never been higher.»

The «irregulars» have little clue how the church operates, the «regulars» sort of have a clue, and the «inner circle» knows that those who pay the bills and have the power decide how it operates (hoping to give the impression that the «doctrinal statement» has been given a nod).

The emotional scenes emerged during debate on the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill, which includes introducing formal recording for a stillborn child born before 24 weeks» gestation and giving coroners the power to investigate late - stage stillbirths.

The Court gave examples of such legislative violations of due process of law: «Acts of attainder, bills of pains and penalties, acts of confiscation, acts reversing judgments and acts directly transferring one man's estate to another, legislative judgments and decrees, and other similar special, partial, and arbitrary exertions of power under the forms of legislation.»

After giving grocery retailing a clean bill of health in 2008, the ACCC is looking at the sector with a fresh set of eyes amid accusations from suppliers and competitors of unfair dealings and abuse of market power by the major chains.

The Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Competition and Consumer Amendment (Misuse of Market Power) Bill 2014 has been given an extra six months to report (the original report date was 24 June, which was extended until 17 June - on Tuesday this was further extended to 4 December 2014).

This private member's bill - Senator Xenophon - would give the Court power to direct a corporation found guilty of a s 46 breach to reduce its market share.

The Bill also proposes amendment to s 155 to give the Court power to compel compliance with a s 155 notice.

It's no surprise that reigning national champion Ohio State and its embarrassment of riches at quarterback ranks first in this year's poll, giving the Buckeyes the trifecta of first place in the AP Top 25, Coaches Poll and Bill Connelly's preseason power rankings.

The report goes on to make a strong argument as to why Williams would be perfect for the Premier League given his power and pace, while they also note that Klopp is still ultimately looking to sign young players with big futures and so the Bilbao ace fits the bill.

It's claimed that the club will be comfortable in terms of having the financial power to make such deals happen, especially given that the expected exits of Ibrahimovic and Wayne Rooney will free over # 500,000 - a-week from the wage bill at Old Trafford.

When Bill Clinton was President, did he Abuse the power he was given?

- A story in the Aug. 7 Du Page section erroneously reported the vote by an informal task force urging support for legislative passage of a bill to give municipalities additional powers to quickly acquire property for flood control projects.

The measure, passed by a vote of 100 - 12, also would give the bill's sponsors — Illinois state Rep. Tom Cross, R - Oswego, and Illinois state Sen. Jennifer Bertino - Tarrant, D - Shorewood, — the power to appoint the two new park board members.

The bill also gives authorities in England an explicit power to «support, facilitate, or be represented at religious or similar events».

The effect of this bill is to give councils and a range of other authorities such as fire and rescue authorities, joint waste authorities, internal drainage boards and even Transport for London the power to «support religion» and impose prayer.

If Bill chooses to vote on an issue, his vote now has the power of 2 votes (his and yours, assuming no one else give Bill a voting power).

Cuomo, speaking to the Rev. Al Sharpton, decried the Republican opposition to a bill that would give the U.S. attorney general the power to block people on the «no fly» list from purchasing guns or explosives.

«The way in which this is expressed gives enormous power to the secretary of state,» Conservative MP Bill Cash said today adding that «there a danger that we might be regarded as the nasty party if we put this into effect.»

Can vote for a bill that gives blind power to parliament to stigmatise and condemn people to detention without charge.

The Vermont Senate has voted to override Republican Governor Phil Scott's veto of a bill that would give Vermont more power to regulate children's products containing unsafe chemicals.

The Localism Bill, currently negotiating its committee stage in the Lords, is a powerful expression of the Conservative instinct to devolve decision making away from Whitehall and give power to ordinary people over their homes, neighbourhoods and lives.

Any future referendum bill on any subject has to make sure that it is given those powers, otherwise you're guaranteed a dirty campaign.

Most worryingly the Bill contains a number of so - called «Henry VIII clauses» where power is given to ministers to use secondary legislation to amend existing primary legislation.2 Alan McLintock commented: «The Bill gives the Secretary of State and the Treasury unprecedented power to create tax legislation with very limited opportunity for scrutiny.

During an interview on AM 710's «The John Gambling Show», Governor Paterson asked the state legislature to give him the power to implement the same FMAP contingency plan lawmakers agreed to back in the summer when they weren't sure if the state aid bill would pass.

Brake said the bill was being amended to give future ministers the power to add special advisers to the list without the need for further legislation «if and when they are persuaded to do so».

«The repeal bill will include powers for ministers to make some changes by secondary legislation, giving the government the flexibility to take account of the negotiations with the EU as they proceed.»

Those that have been in power in Iceland for a long time have been gradually been giving their friends and allies -LSB-... drops out...] So they put forward a bill for this new fishing quota that is really badly written.

The Government accepted an amendment by Tory MP Oliver Letwin which kept the date on the face of the bill, but gave parliament the power to extend the deadline if necessary.

Labour's manifesto says that it will implement Smith and «go further, with a Home Rule Bill to give extra powers to Scotland over tax, welfare and jobs».

She added that a bill is being brought forward on data protection that will give tougher powers to the Information Commissioner's Office - which scrutinises the use of the public's private data for political purposes - to ensure organisations comply.

A constitutional bill will also seek to formalise the changes announced by Mr Brown in his first week at Number 10, which would give more powers to MPs.

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance comes to Albany to push a new bill giving local law enforcement officials more power to prosecute elected officials who violate public integrity laws.

I am therefore delighted that the Localism Bill contains a new discretionary power to levy business rate discounts, thus giving councils the opportunity to support key local services such as rural pubs and post offices.

Speaker Carl Heastie in the Assembly told reporters he was hopeful for a three - way agreement on the issue, but declined to say if this the bill that would do it given support for vesting this power in Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office.

But the party's frontbencher in the Lords, Baroness Morgan, says the borrowing powers the bill would give to the Welsh Government are significant.

The bill would also give the governor power where he formally has none under current law.

ALBANY — The State Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would change the way the Board of Regents is selected, allowing most members to be appointed by the governor and giving more power to minority legislative conferences.

Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, a Long Island Republican, ushered a bill through his chamber during the 2014 session that would change how the Regents are selected, giving the governor and legislative conferences appointment power.

Shoreham's operators walked away with $ 6 billion, which Long Islanders are still paying on today's utility bills, for a plant that never gave them power.

The UK Government has today published the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, which will give Ministers in Whitehall powers to make more unchallenged decisions than Henry VIII, it has been claimed.

Peter Mandelson is planning to introduce changes to the Digital Economy Bill now in Parliament to give the Secretary of State power to amend copyright law by statutory instrument, effectively allowing he and his successors to do anything, without parliamentary approval or debate, provided it is done in the name of protecting copyright.

A bill proposed by State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli would give the comptroller the power to oversee economic development contracts in the future and potentially flag any signs of illegal activities.