"We would want to be proportional but at the same time we do not want to show any leniency, " Lorgat told BBC Radio 5 Live.
In addition, the theory of homeopathy actually defies conventional scientific understanding--in particular, the law of mass action, which demands that the rates of chemical reactions be proportional to the concentrations of substances involved.
He said the type and scale of engagement should be proportional to the potential impact of the proposal and whether or not it was an issue that had previously been consulted on, "rather than following the same bureaucratic process".
The session ended on a light-hearted note with Leader of the House Lord Strathclyde telling peers there were no plans afoot to allow Parliament to elect a monarch and that, if they did, the electoral system used would not be proportional representation.
It also says car parking charges must be "proportional" and local authorities should not be charging excessive prices to pay for non-related services.
The learning and growth you will experience will be directly proportional to the magnitude of the change you make or the discomfort you seek to experience.
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In rich countries enthusiasm for new forms of prescriptive supervision seems to be directly proportional to the degree of harm suffered during the banking crisis, or to the threat from failing banks to bring down their governments with them.
And both the Scottish and Welsh legislatures will be elected by proportional representation.
MPs from each country should be made directly proportional to its population, a proposal that would drastically reduce their representation.
It will differ from Westminster in two big respects: it will be elected by proportional representation and it will have a single chamber.
But the Scottish parliament will be elected by proportional representation, and in Scotland's four-party politics not even the Labour Party has enough support to win outright control.
However, a Texas election official told CNN that the delegates will be allocated on a proportional basis and that can change only through a series of steps involving local, state and national Republican bodies.
Jackson's previous relationship with Murray, who treated him and his children for minor illnesses in Las Vegas, did not relieve AEG Live of liability, "although the fact may be relevant in determining proportional liability and damages, " she said.
Although the commission suggests that a fraction (it is divided on how small) should be regional members, elected or selected by some form of proportional representation, most are to be appointees, selected for their greatness and goodness by a committee of the great and good.
Proportional representation would be required before local business rates could be restored to local determination.
More tantalising yet for the Lib Dems was the prospect of Labour acceptance that proportional representation should be used for local council elections.
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More difficult is the demand by the Liberal Democrats that the 60-seat assembly should be enlarged to allow for more seats elected by proportional representation (at present a third of the seats will be elected in this way).
Firstly, the voting system for Westminster elections had to be changed to one based on proportional representation.
Much of Labour's support, however, stems from disenchantment with the first government to be elected under the now unpopular proportional-representation system.
They would be elected through a form of proportional representation, which gives a fair shake to smaller parties notably the Liberal Democrats.
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If this were to happen, and a hung parliament were the result, then I presume the first instinct of the Liberal Democrats would be to apply the principles of proportional representation and try to form a government with the Conservatives?
All want the House of Lords to be wholly or largely elected under a proportional voting system.
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Under the country's sometimes baffling electoral system, based on proportional representation, she will be replaced by someone from New Zealand First.
By the autumn, faced with Scottish parliament elections, using yet another proportional system, voters could be both bewildered and fed up with constant electioneering.
He stated that the use of force will be legal only if it is "proportional", which means that "it must have as its objective the enforcement of the terms of the cease-fire", must be "a proportionate response" to the objective of securing compliance with Iraq's disarmament obligations" and "be limited to what is necessary to achieve that objective.
This might be a cause for worry, except that proportional representation, in Scotland's four-party politics, makes it unlikely that any one party will have outright control.
Under the current proportional system, the new department would be the responsibility of the SDLP.
Many of the first-past-the-post polls have gone to a second round and the proportional part of the vote will not be announced until later.
Labour now holds all five Welsh Euro-seats but is likely to lose two because the elections will be held, for the first time, under proportional representation.
Santorum needed the Texas primary on May 29, with 154 delegates at stake, to be winner-take-all instead of the proportional allocation system based on vote results now in place.
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