Sentences with phrase «statutory underpinning»

The proposals do not constitute statutory underpinning in the sense envisaged by Leveson, and nor would they remove the legal capacity of a determined Government relying upon a simple majority to enact legislation so as to facilitate intervention in relation to the proposed press regulator.

If one were to go solely on the press coverage of the Leveson shenanigans, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the proposal for statutory underpinning meant that every story would have to be cleared by the prime minister and the culture, media and sport select committee.

Apparently it was, because Leveson's attempted half - way house of «self - regulated independent body with statutory underpinnings» had its central policy rejected by the government.

He has taken to talking of the introduction of statutory underpinning of the press» self - regulation as a «rubicon» moment.

Disgraced brawler Eric Joyce wondered what the difference between statutory regulation and statutory underpinning really was.

Second, the relevant statutory underpinning did not bear directly on the employer's power to dismiss.

It lacked statutory underpinning in the fullest sense and lacked the ability to prosecute unauthorized practise.

Judging from the complaining that still emanates from the body politic about IPSA and its practices, the notion that statutory underpinning in its case at least did not equal «entirely controlled by politicians.»

Meanwhile, in the UK, a fully paid - up member of the democracy club, the government and opposition argue over whether Parliament should regulate the print media («statutory underpinning», to use the jargon introduced by the Leveson Report into the phone - hacking scandal).

As the tin pot dictators of the world eagerly await the opportunity to introduce their own «statutory underpinning» to shackle the media holding them to account, we can but only hope that the Lords will take the opportunity to ensure that small organisations, local micro-newspapers and embryonic blogger sites are not cast into the same chaos as the large newspapers will imminently face.

Cameron is under extraordinary pressure from the press to oppose any regulatory body with a statutory underpinning, prompting speculation he may opt for a final shot at self - regulation, probably with a beefed - up arbitration arm.

Actually, all that statutory underpinning means is that the independent regulatory body would be established by legislation, in a manner similar to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) that now administers MPs» expenses, after they blotted their copybook on this score a couple of years ago.

This is not to say, of course, that in the media's case, the legislation might be harmful to the free press, but it emphatically does not follow that statutory underpinning per se automatically equals state control of our principal organs of record.

So while many of us will be busy worrying about what «statutory underpinning» actually entails (any ideas?)

Leveson and statutory underpinning might not be the best way to achieve this.

Ed Miliband says there's going to be statutory underpinning.

Labour says the Tories» plans for a royal charter would «dilute» the Leveson report, which recommended that a new press watchdog be given a statutory underpinning.

And Sir Edward rejected the very term «statutory regulation», preferring «statutory underpinning».

«It's not statutory underpinning.

The key to the impasse over introducing a statutory underpinning to the regulator was to change the law so it affected all royal charters, rather than one establishing a media regulator in particular.

Bizarrely, the government has acknowledged all this, and yet continue to hold out on giving the subject the statutory underpinning it needs in order to be effective.

In other words, it is the «statutory underpinning» of the employment which is key.

First, Shoesmith was removed from office by a third party in advance of Haringey's decision to dismiss so there was no statutory underpinning at the time Haringey took the decision to dismiss her.

A government school has more limited ability to tell you what to do (being an agent of the government), and there has to be some statutory underpinning for any restrictions they would impose on your liberty.