Sentences with phrase «scrutinise decisions»

The paper made the case for greater openness of family courts, arguing that this would result in better understanding of the work undertaken, increase the ability of the public to scrutinise the decisions and lead to a greater confidence in the decision - making process.

Just as concerning is the growing inability of local newspapers to properly scrutinise decisions being made by councils.

Yet this bill would hand powers straight from the Assembly to Government Ministers and then there would be no way Assembly Members could scrutinise their decisions.

«Our job is to scrutinise decisions made by the Welsh Government on behalf of the people of Wales.

MPs will be able to scrutinise the decision to site the UK's first super casino in Manchester, the culture secretary Tessa Jowell has conceded.

However, the Tory backbencher Jacob Rees - Mogg argued that while MPs must scrutinise the decision, this could happen retrospectively.

It is understandable that momentary panic set in, the esteemed developer scrutinising every decision that they made in an effort to make sure that Fire Emblem Awakening wouldn't betray its heritage but could be made more accessible for newcomers to the genre.

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Ospina's inclusion could open Wenger up to further criticisms however, having been scrutinised in recent weeks after consecutive losses in the Premier League, and now taking the decision to play what has to be described as a weakened side.

A global media spectacle followed.Journalists and commentators scrutinised whether Putin's decision symbolised a political strength or weakness, whether Khodorkovsky admitted his guilt, and whether he is going to become a political opposition figure or remain in exile.

So Cabinet can not reach a decision because it does not know what it is doing and parliament is not allowed to scrutinise legislation because the government can not trust that it will do the right thing even though it doesn't know what that is.

We hope the Government will review the decision to back Exeter gaining state funding, and scrutinise in more detail the curricula and health policies of Hereford and Frome.»

However, calling in decisions requires five councillors, and, while I'm sure Labour colleagues will be scrutinising the work of the executive, whether I will ever find five to help call in a decision is another question entirely.

MPs are likely to criticise David Cameron's decision to bypass a scrutinising committee when he gave out unexpected honours during this week's reshuffle.

Moreover, the quality of decision making would be improved if the abolition of the Lords was accompanied by appropriate reforms to the House of Commons (such as changing the voting system to PR and greatly strengthening select committees to scrutinise legislation and temporarily appoint outside expert advisers, etc).

«We sought assurances from the Minister today on the timely introduction of overall SEN reform, but the Minister refused to accept the recommendations of the scrutinising committee, and that decision, coupled with the lack of robust financial data, means that the Welsh Liberal Democrats can not support the Education Bill as it currently stands.

Most of the European policy commitments in this manifesto echo longstanding themes, including scrapping of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, cutting funding for the Common Agricultural Policy and increasing the power of national parliaments to scrutinise EU decision making.

For the British public to make an informed decision, they need to see arguments debated aggressively — with policy proposals harshly scrutinised, supporters» motives questioned and promises evaluated sceptically.

Some undoubtedly support the motion as part of their opposition to any intervention against Assad, but others view it as a constitutional principle that Parliament should be able to scrutinise something as important as a decision to go to war.

Whilst recognising the valuable role of the House of Lords in scrutinising Sis [statutory instruments], the Government remains concerned that there is no mechanism for the elected chamber to overturn a decision by the unelected chamber on SIs.

Everything down to your football IQ and on field performances is scrutinised throughout your journey, with your personal decision making throughout the cutscenes also playing a part as they too begin to dictate the course of the story.

Although the facts were unusual, the Development Securities decision means offshore practitioners and onshore advisers will have to think very carefully about how every decision they make — and the background to it — might be scrutinised if the result is to obtain a tax advantage.

The judgment itself provides some guidance as to how Courts will scrutinise local government's decisions, but it also leaves some legal questions unanswered.

The Committee therefore states that Parliament should play a central role in the decision to trigger Article 50, and have a key role scrutinising both the Brexit negotiations and in approving the final deal between the UK and EU.

Emergencies on Trial - This course demonstrates how emergency plans, decisions, actions and logs can be scrutinised in post-incident legal proceedings.

Armed with the right tools, practitioners have the capacity to scrutinise earlier decisions reached by the judge presiding in their case.

Although he accepted that there is no general duty to give reasons at common law (at para 51), Lord Carnwath took the view, following R v Home Secretary, ex parte Doody [1994] 1 AC 531, that reasons will be required where they are necessary to permit the courts to scrutinise the underlying decision effectively:

The existence of such projects now means that judicial decisions of countries are no longer restricted to their territories but can now be scrutinised by a global audience.

This is especially so where the international court directly scrutinises domestic court decisions.

Most insurance companies have begun offering insurance products on their websites.Online has become a one - stop destinationto shop for different insurance products at different prices, giving people a better opportunity to scrutinise, compare and thereby make better purchase decisions.