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Author: United States. Congress Publisher: ISBN: Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 1462
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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee Publisher: ISBN: 9780108448270 Category : Languages : en Pages : 11
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30th report of Session 2007-08 : Drawing special attention to, draft Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008, correspondence, Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2008
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780108444357 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 262
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In this report, 'The Review of the Less Favoured Areas Scheme (HL Paper 98)', the European Union Committee calls for the swift adoption of reforms to the EU Less Favoured Areas (LFA) scheme, a method of distributing EU agricultural funding to disadvantaged areas where farming land might otherwise be abandoned. The report stresses that the justification for the LFA scheme is to maintain farming in marginal areas where farming activity generates benefits for the environment and landscape, rather than to compensate for regional economic hardship.
Author: Great Britain: National Audit Office Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780102969443 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 36
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HMRC's civil investigations directorates, which examine serious cases of suspected tax evasion, have generated increasing returns from their work, while reducing resources. This report recognises this improvement in performance but underlines the scope for them to achieve more. Since 2007-08 the directorates have increased the additional tax generated ('yield') from their work by 49 per cent in real terms to £8.5 billion, while reducing their expenditure by 10 per cent in real terms, to £567 million. They have also delivered a range of other activities to prevent future tax losses and improve taxpayer compliance. Yield provides a firm measure of the value of investigation work. But used alone it does not capture the full impact of investigations, such as the effect on taxpayer behaviour; nor does it encourage preventative work to improve compliance. The Department is planning a broader range of metrics to assess the impact of its enforcement activities. While the Department is making progress in understanding its performance and managing its enforcement resources, it does not have all the management information necessary on the cost-effectiveness of its different types of enforcement activity and their wider impact. Among the NAO's recommendations are that the system for referring cases for investigation be improved; that the time taken to complete investigations be reduced; that a clearer picture be developed of the penalties imposed on those found to have evaded or defrauded tax; and that it be made easier to trace whether tax debts from completed investigations have been paid in full.
Author: United States. Congress Publisher: ISBN: Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 1462
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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on the Draft Detention of Terrorist Suspects (Temporary Extension) Bills Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780108473531 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 68
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The Joint Committee scrutinised the Home Office's draft Detention of Terrorist Suspects (Temporary Extension) Bills, which could be enacted urgently if it ever became necessary to extend to 28 days the maximum period for which the police could apply to a High Court judge detain terrorist suspects before charging them. The Committee agrees with the Government's objective, but does not accept the Government's proposals for achieving the objective. When provisions of this kind needed to be introduced after individuals had been arrested; it would be almost impossible to give Parliament the information it would need to scrutinise the legislation adequately without putting at risk a suspect's right to have a fair trial. In addition there is a risk that, if the provision was required in a period of parliamentary recess or dissolution, legislation could not be introduced in time, or at all. The Committee recommends, instead, the introduction of legislation to empower the Secretary of State to make an executive order (with the agreement of the Attorney General and subject to rigorous safeguards), that would temporarily extend the maximum period available for pre-charge detention to 28 days. There would have to be an independent review of the case for making such an order. The Director of Public Prosecutions would continue to be responsible for applications to a High Court judge in individual cases. The Secretary of State would be accountable to Parliament for the decision once there was no longer any risk of prejudicing judicial proceedings.
Author: U K Stationery Office Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780104014080 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 254
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Both the UK and the EU have pinned much of their climate change policy on the effective opeation of the EU emissions trading system (ETS). Now in its second year the scheme has yet to demonstate that it can deliver the substantial greenhouse gas emission reductions that will form the yardstick of its success. This report examines the proposed revisions to the ETS, which would take effect in the scheme's third trading period, scheduled to last from 2013 to 2020. It is ultimately felt that if the ETS is to live up to its full potential, the aim must be to link it up with emissions trading schemes in other parts of the world so as to make the most of emission reduction opportunities in additional countries and sectors. However, the establishment of such links could prove arduous. It is anticipated that the EU may eventually face stark trade-offs between maintaining the environmental integrity of the ETS and extending its reach.
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. European Union Committee Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780104013342 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 88
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Presents evidence which is taken before Sub-committee D (Environment and Agriculture).
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780215530714 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 40
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The Department for Children, Schools and Families' Building Schools for the Future Programme (BSF) plans to renew every secondary school in the country, by rebuilding half of them, structurally remodelling 35 per cent, refurbishing 15 per cent and providing Information Communication Technology to all. Its aim is to use capital investment in new buildings as a catalyst to improve educational outcomes. The Department estimates that the programme will cost £52-£55 billion over its lifetime. The Department was over-optimistic in its original planning assumptions for BSF: of the 200 schools originally planned to be completed by December 2008, only 42 had been by that date. The Department now expects the programme to take 18 years, with the last school completed in 2023. Local authorities are responsible for the local delivery of BSF. They plan, procure and manage the BSF school buildings. In 2004, the Department established Partnerships for Schools to manage the national delivery of the programme. The Department and Partnerships for Schools encourage local authorities to procure their schools through a Local Education Partnership. These are 10-year partnerships to procure a flow of projects, structured as joint ventures between the local authority, a consortium of private companies that build, finance and maintain schools, and Building Schools for the Future Investments. It is too early to conclude whether BSF will achieve its educational objectives. To date, over-optimism has meant the programme could not live up to expectations. Establishing Partnerships for Schools to manage the programme centrally has helped local authorities to deliver more effectively, but while Local Education Partnerships have potential advantages, their value for money is yet to be proven. And it will be very challenging to deliver all schools by 2023.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee Publisher: The Stationery Office ISBN: 9780104012345 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 92
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The 2003 reform of the Common Agricultural Policy marked the culmination of a gradual reorientation of EU farm subsidies from product support to direct income support. A mid-term "Health Check" of this reform is now underway, exploring what further adjustments may be required for the period 2009 to 2013. The Commission's proposals for short-term adjustments to the CAP merit broad support. The Committee is not convinced of the long-term justification for maintaining direct subsidy payments in their present form, and advocates a phased reduction in direct payments over the course of the next financial period beginning in 2014. A significant proportion of the funds released should remain earmarked for the CAP, but be spent on the rural development element of the policy rather than on farm subsidies. The report also addresses the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the EU agriculture industry. The sector is a significant contributor to climate change, but also vulnerable to its effects. Climate change may present a business opportunity for the industry, which is uniquely placed to deliver environmental services. Soaring global demand for many agricultural commodities has allowed some sectors of the European farming industry to prosper, while others are grappling with rising input prices and stagnant or falling output prices. Were supply shortages to ensue in future, the Committee expects that food scarcity would be a function of income rather than of production capacity. Those most at risk are consumers on low incomes in the developing world. Further trade liberalisation in the agriculture sector is supported, but if direct payments are withdrawn and import tariffs reduced-as the UK Government advocates-then the production standards that EU producers of agricultural goods are obliged to meet should be re-examined.
Author: United States. Congress
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee
Author: Great Britain: National Audit Office
Author: Stationery Office (Great Britain)
Author: United States. Congress
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on the Draft Detention of Terrorist Suspects (Temporary Extension) Bills
Author: U K Stationery Office
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. European Union Committee
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee