Ultimately it is of course for parliament to pass judgement on the committee's conclusions.

BBC: Wendy Alexander

That is not to pass judgement on intensive pig-rearing on animal welfare grounds, though some pigs reared in large units live wretched lives.

BBC: The pointless slaughter?

Siddle declined to comment on the incident, saying "it's just cricket", while Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland was reluctant to pass judgement on Ponting's behaviour.

BBC: Ashes: Ricky Ponting fined by ICC after on-field row

We imagine this change will upset many ThinkPad devotees, but given that we haven't seen a final production unit, we're not ready to pass judgement on the update.

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The by-election, the first since the general election, is the first major opportunity voters will have had to pass judgement on the coalition's policies as well as Mr Miliband's leadership.

BBC: Oldham by-election contest is 'really close' says Clegg

All would be elected in a single general election after the panel concluded that the chance to pass judgement on a government outweighed the benefits of staggered elections, which the island operated before 2011.

BBC: Jersey States electoral change to go to public

Leah Gunn Barrett, executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, whose older brother was murdered in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1997, says it's too early to pass judgement on the Safe Act's mental health alert.

BBC: Will gun laws hurt the mentally ill?

The FDA has yet to pass judgement on the subject of substitutable or interchangeable biosimilars, but consensus indicates that such a status could be conferred on a biosimilar if it is supported with more extensive clinical testing.

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