John Lyon, the Parliamentary Commissioner, will now have to
scrutinise whether any rules have been broken.
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.
Not exact matches
The Portuguese has failed to win any of his previous 10 league matches versus the top six away from Old Trafford, and his tactics have been
scrutinised because of it, and it will be interesting to see
whether he adopts to defend similarly to previous outings.
The CIOT also calls for a debate on
whether the House of Lords should play a greater role in
scrutinising tax legislation as it goes through Parliament, without detracting from the powers of the House of Commons over tax matters.
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.
They are unsure
whether it is better to oppose outright or to find ways better to
scrutinise.
The question then is one of
whether peers are villains of the piece or
whether their Lordships are exercising wisdom and reason in
scrutinising the legislation proposed by the government and then improving it — like good fairies.
It could be a big test of
whether MPs really have achieved greater rights in their ability to
scrutinise the work of the government.
The allegations raise more questions about how closely Coulson was
scrutinised by Cameron and his team before he was offered the role as one of the future prime minister's most senior advisors and
whether he was subjected to the appropriate checks.
All sorts of other people, including antivivisection and animal welfare campaigners, increasingly
scrutinise published papers in an attempt to judge
whether research meets an acceptable ethical standard.
As part of their role in
scrutinising and challenging the school's management, governing body members may ask
whether employees would know what to do if they suspected misconduct or fraud.
The recruitment team at the college will
scrutinise your essay before deciding
whether to process your admission or not.
Whether it's busting myths surrounding the Titanic, peeking under the floors of a stately home, or
scrutinising the human form, this month's must - sees will leave you wide - eyed with wonder.
We don't know
whether Sherwood made these claims, or if they are Adam's own original contribution to «the science», but either way it demonstrates a complete failure to
scrutinise and question what are preliminary research findings.
The means have to be carefully
scrutinised in the context of the particular business concerned in order to see
whether they do meet the objective and there are not any other, less discriminatory, measures which would do so.»
The practice of the Human Rights Committee with respect to State reporting obligations indicates its tendency to
scrutinise closely «special» or «extraordinary» criminal courts in order to ascertain
whether they ensure compliance with the fair trial requirements of Article 14.
Many of these cases will have
scrutinised the conduct of solicitors to decide
whether they were negligent in their actions and advice.
Any measure that was said to have the potential to harm the interests of children had to be carefully
scrutinised to see
whether it in fact carried with it the real risk of harm.
Not only did the judge denounce the notion that a prosecutor could legitimately recommend a sentence to the court based on antecedent negotiations with the defendant it also held that the court should consider the terms of the deal itself: «A court must rigorously
scrutinise in open court in the interests of transparency and good governance, the basis of that plea and to see
whether it reflects public interest.»
I will also
scrutinise Shared Responsibility Agreements over the coming eighteen months to determine
whether they raise issues of non-compliance with human rights standards.