Sentences with phrase «questions about government policies»

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They also need to ask themselves hard questions about their government's fiscal policy, including why their country continues to spend so much money on defence.

Because the birth control cases all focus on a 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, not the Constitution, the Justices will face questions about whether the mandate to provide free access to 20 forms of birth control drugs or devices, sterilization, screenings, and counseling imposes a «substantial burden» on religious freedom of nonprofit employers with religious objections to some or all contraceptives, whether the mandate in fact serves a «compelling interest» of the government, and whether an attempt to provide an exemption from the mandate satisfies the requirement that such an accommodation is «the least restrictive means» of achieving the government's policy interest.

the question was asked about this issue and our company told us that this was under the new government policy..

This question does not appear to be about governments, policies and political processes within the scope defined by the community.

Mixed messages from the Coalition government around schools policy are not only confusing, but also raise deeper questions about whether they have a firm position on schooling at all.

The Speaker stopped the prime minister answering a question about poverty from Labour MP Mark Hendrick and said «we will concentrate on the policies of the government».

Separate question - marks have been raised about the efficiency of David Cameron's communications team, after former policy guru Steve Hilton revealed No 10 frequently found out about policy initiatives from other government departments via press reports.

The first «World Conference on Untouchability» has prompted questions in the House of Commons and the House of Lords about government policy towards the global human rights problem of caste discrimination, which afflicts almost 250 million people in countries from Japan to Nigeria.

I'm voting to close this question as off - topic because it is about legal advise, not about governments, policies and political processes.

The question is a legitimate one, about the UK government copying policies from the Scottish government.

Politics Stack Exchange is for objective questions about governments, policies and political processes.

Both Lib Dem leader Tim Farron and the SNP's Angus Robertson joined Corbyn in asking important questions about the «xenophobic» anti-immigration policies now being pursued by May and her government.

The absence of the information about house movements on the back of the bedroom tax — called a «spare room subsidy» by the government — raises questions about arguments from ministers that the policy was designed to save money and free up existing stock to cut housing queues.

«Even if government policy included an acceptance of private schooling for those with special needs, the fact that the complainant did not feel that the current state system could meet her child's requirements raised questions about the nature of publicly - funded schooling and its ability to cater for children with special needs (including those whose families would not be able to pay for private schooling).»

A genuine and sustained debate among MPs about the details of the policy regime, much of it centred around the proposals in a paper from moderate backbench critics Alan Whitehead and Peter Bradley, has led to significant government concessions and a new focus on questions of increasing access to university from a broader social intake.

The former deputy prime minister said broadcasters» and the media's «endless crystal ball gazing» about the likelihood of another coalition government meant the Conservatives were not properly questioned about the policies they would pursue in power.

For Clement Nwankwo, of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre in Abuja, «the bigger question (about the Maina affair) is how much control does the president have over his government».

The 72 - question survey asked for demographic information, as well as why respondents had marched and what they thought about government policies and public attitudes toward science.

«There are many important policy questions about how governments can best invest in children's development at the preschool age, and whether invested funds are producing intended effects on children,» said Yoshikawa, who will act as a research advisor to Weiland.

Daniel Zavala, League of Education Voters Director of Policy and Government Relations, gives details about the plan and answers your questions.

Our advice in respect of «Failing», «Coasting» and «Underperforming» Schools aims to support NUT local officers in addressing questions from NUT members and others about the implications of recent Government policy initiatives for maintained schools and local authorities.

At least one congressional Republican — U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R - Ind., the chairman of the House subcommittee overseeing K - 12 policy, raised big questions about pieces of the prekindergarten proposal, saying it could amount to «an alarming expansion of government power.»

The question of the potentially fleeting impact of federal education policy is about more than Duncan himself; it is a lesson in the state of education nationwide and the federal government's ability to change it.

NONE of them have questioned the science behind climate change for more than a decade; they may argue about which policies are the best way to address the problem, what mix of government regulations and private sector actions is best, but not one challenges the science.

IPCC can, however, distinguish between prescriptive and descriptive questions that arise in relevant socio - economic literature about climate policy - making, identify important ethical and justice issues that arise in this literature, where there is a consensus on ethics and justice issues in the relevant literature describe the consensus position, where there is no consensus on ethical and justice issues describe the range of reasonable views on these issues, and identify hard and soft law legal principles relevant to how governments should resolve ethical and justice issues that must be faced by policy - makers.

In the UK, for example we could send it to our MPs and get questions asked in parliament about why our Government still believes in the IPCC and why it should base its policies on the IPCC reports.

This is highly embarrassing to Pachauri who was forced to respond to questions, including one from a diplomatic official, about his reported views, causing him to declare unequivocally in his letter: «I did not even by remote implication endorse the policies of the Australian Government on climate change».

In Uncertainty in science and its role in climate policy, Lenny Smith and the Blair Government's climate economist, Nicholas Stern attempt to give this form of politics some justification in the face of questions about «uncertainty».

On questions about climate policy, the protection of biodiversity, the regulation of industrial pollution, and the use of natural resources, scientists and the environmentalists are in harmony: scientists tend to identify problems and environmentalists tend to see government regulation as a ready solution to those problems.

It was closed for being off - topic («not about governments, policies, or political processes»), but this is overtly a question about a US policy.

The toolkits contain information about the relevant exemption and related Bill 148 amendments to the ESA, an overview of the Ministry of Labour's ESA exemption policy framework, and the questions regarding which the government requests stakeholder submissions.

It helps community groups understand and use legal tools to advance their concerns; works with policy - makers at all levels of government to create better processes for making environmental decisions; and provides free advice and education to people who have questions about a broad range of topics including pesticide use and conserving greenspace in cities, impacts of gravel pits, saving agricultural land or addressing the impacts of the oilsands.