Sentences with phrase «scrutinising policies»

Firstly, debates will inevitably scrutinise policy, as leaders lay out their own ideas and pick holes in each other's.

The civil service should have a formal role in working with politicians and advisers to scrutinise policy ideas prior to their inclusion in manifestos.

Not exact matches

It increases the chance of higher fiscal spending but it will also reinforce the backlash against globalisation and associated forces of which migration policy and trade are obviously likely to be heavily scrutinised.

Democracy has its blind spots - those areas of policy where it makes no sense for our elected representatives to actually scrutinise.

Foreign policy hasn't been scrutinised for three reasons, I think: a) we're skint, so can't really afford to have one b) all three parties are actually quite close, despite the rhetorical differences c) I believe that David Cameron is closer to a Hurd than a Blair — I suspect that we'll be quite practical (Iran is very difficult, but I suspect that we'll take our lead from America)

Without descending into the detail of policy appraisal or the delivery of operational targets — both things that my environmental audit committee will scrutinise — the best snapshot of effort will come from the big policy packages that define the government's agenda, and which have the greatest environmental impact.

Marking the first anniversary of the Government's moratorium from new domestic regulation for micro businesses, the FSB has published a report which argues that the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) needs more powers to scrutinise performance, advocate regulatory reform and act as an ombudsman.

«After a year scrutinising UK drugs policy, it is clear to us that many aspects of it are simply not working and it needs to be fully reviewed,» chairman Keith Vaz said.

Hilary Benn has been elected chair of the new parliamentary committee that will scrutinise government policy on the UK's exit from the EU.

The chief inspector is appointed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and reliant on it for his budget, setting up a rather unhelpful dynamic given he's supposed to be scrutinising the results of its policies.

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.»

Scrutinising the principles, ideas and policies of political opponents is an important part of offering a democratic choice.

In June 2010 he was elected onto the Education Select Committee responsible for scrutinising Government policy on education.

While a respected think tank and well known at budget time when they scrutinise the Chancellor of the Exchequer's figures and projections, their dominance arguably limits how the parties» tax and spend policies are understood and interpreted.

The duty of the office holder is to scrutinise the actions of the Attorney General for England and Wales and develop alternative policies.

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 mpolicy 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 mPolicy and increasing the power of national parliaments to scrutinise EU decision making.

He is also still in the easy phase of leadership, the first half of a parliament where policies of an opposition party are not heavily scrutinised.

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.

In British politics, the Shadow Home Secretary is the person within the shadow cabinet who «shadows» the Home Secretary; this effectively means scrutinising government policy on home affairs including policing, national security, immigration, the criminal justice system, the prison service, and matters of citizenship.

It should be an opportunity for those of us on the Committee to scrutinise the Chancellor's policies in detail and, occasionally, it is.

We made a point of trying to get away from the campaign to cover the choice: the 6 and 10 did a series on big issues, from airports to defence spending to social care, that weren't getting much play in the campaign; Newsnight interrogated the future of the NHS; Andrew Neil's series of Daily Politics debates analysed policy, department by department over two weeks; and, online, from Reality Check to constituency profiles, we scrutinised the detail.

Under proposals put forward by William Hague, policies affecting England alone would be scrutinised by a panel made up only of MPs representing English seats.

A five - year - long, bottom - up initiative scrutinising the way in which we «make policy» and allow scientific evidence and stakeholder opinion to influence it ends in Manchester in the margins of ESOF 2016.

It is also ending the requirement, which it says is «bureaucratic», for local authorities to establish admissions forums - local bodies which scrutinise admissions policies and practices.

http://catallaxyfiles.com/2014/10/27/cross-post-peter-lang-why-the-world-will-not-agree-to-pricing-carbon-ii/ We are right to scrutinise everything that is relied on to justify such policies.

As Bjørn Lomborg, climatologist Patrick Michaels and political scientist Professor Roger Pielke Jr have discovered, you merely have to challenge the orthodox political policy responses.Or, like Climate Audit's Steve McIntyre, dare to scrutinise the statistical workings behind influential climate research papers.

After all, if Parliament defers to the advice of a committee on the basis that it is not equipped to make good policy, it can not scrutinise the findings of the committee, and so must accept their advice, or be seen to be acting contrary to the evidence that it has sought.

Different types of life insurance policies offer different types of benefits, which is why you should carefully scrutinise and compare policies before you go ahead and buy one.

It is important to scrutinise and draw comparisons between the different features of different policies, and choose a policy aligned with one's needs, objectives, and risk appetite.

Please remember claims received in the first 3 years of selling the policy are treated as early claims and are scrutinised in much detail.

Chelsea Bond, Senior Lecturer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit (ATSIS Unit) at the University of Queensland wrote at The Conversation that Leak's cartoon was a reminder of the need interrogate and scrutinise «what white men are saying and doing to black Australia (men, women and children) and the lived consequences of these commentaries, caricatures and policies on the lives of black people in this country».