Sentences with phrase «reasonable public policy decisions»

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More controversially, they also cover material relating to government policy formulation (including the background information on which decisions were based) and anything else which «would in the reasonable opinion of a qualified person be likely to prejudice the effect conduct of public affairs» - something again left undefined in the Act.

It would seem reasonable to appoint undersecretaries to the mandated positions in Science and in Intelligence who have appropriate science backgrounds and could contribute to policy decisions about hazard detection and amelioration, immigration, and public health (epidemiology and microbiology), which are all topics that invite the use of scientific resources.

He noted (among other things) the decision of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Carson v United Kingdom [2010] ECHR 338, (2010) 51 EHRR 13 where (referring to its 2006 decision in Stec and others v UK (2006) 43 EHRR 1017, [2006] All ER (D) 215 (Apr)-RRB-, the court said: «Because of their direct knowledge of their society and its needs, the national authorities are in principle better placed than the international judge to appreciate what is in the public interest on social or economic grounds, and the court will generally respect the legislature's policy choice unless it is «manifestly without reasonable foundation».