It comes as regulator Ofcom reveals that less than 1% of UK homes have a super-fast broadband connection.
He added that he felt it was important a minister, as regulator, only stepped in when there was a "fundamental issue".
One of their contentions is that disputes involving the state in its role as regulator should be dealt with on the narrow, technical facts, free from political pressure.
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Studies by Blue Ribbon committees following questions about the relationship between the FAA, in its role as regulator, and the aircraft manufacturer have documented the efficacy of the certification process.
"Wider reforms of the qualifications system are for ministers to consider and, as regulator, we will continue to provide advice on how their policy aims can be achieved and standards and delivery secured, " said an Ofqual spokeswoman.
"FHFA's determination to direct each company to delist does not constitute any reflection on either's current performance or future direction, nor does delisting imply any other findings or determination on the part of FHFA as regulator or conservator, " said FHFA Acting Director Edward J.
Many of the reports on the exchange also focus on how it has lagged as a regulator, as the NYSE is famously a self-regulating organization.
The SEC has utterly lost its reputation as an effective regulator, as it seems determined to undermine or prematurely settle any investigation Spitzer initiates.
New York's insurance regulator, Eric Dinallo, has emerged as the lead regulator trying to find some sort of solution to the bond insurer crisis, as representatives of the U.S. Treasury and other federal agencies have stayed out of it.
Wallman's is a private-sector solution to a problem he first encountered as a regulator.
Mr Riseley said there was currently a stalemate and that as a regulator it needed to break it.
Pitt: If someone is going to commit deliberate fraud, your chances as a regulator of finding it are very slim.
Mr Hassan says state ownership does Petronas no harm abroad, and its experience as a regulator is a selling point.
First, as Spitzer says, they would be likely to be handled gingerly by the NYSE in its capacity as a regulator.
The newspaper reports that Mr Reed wants a much wider review of corporate governance at the NYSE, and its role as a regulator.
It is altogether fitting that Congress designated an expert agency, here, EPA, as best suited to serve as primary regulator of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Railtrack, which previously managed rail infrastructure was put into administration in October 2001 and replaced by state-backed Network Rail with Mr Winsor as rail regulator.
As a regulator, Bair asked how much exposure the banks under her aegis had in subprime and Alt-A mortgages, which were the riskiest loans to make.
What is clear is that the outcome matters a lot for pensions in Britain, as the regulator's authority is put to the test for the first time.
Rather than trying to act as the main provider of health, education and pensions, it would act as the guarantor of universal access and as a regulator.
But this is true only so long as the regulator does not rigidly apply the crude capital standards set in 1988 by the Basel committee on banking supervision.
Maybe the FDIC likes its advantage as a regulator, too.
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The prime minister's resilience is remarkable: few believe he will quit soon to accept a new role as an international financial regulator, as mooted in the British press this week.
"We maintain it is the responsibility of CQC as the regulator to assess the quality of care homes, " says Nadra Ahmed, chair of the National Care Association which represents care homes.
The third element of our strategy encompasses a range of activities and initiatives undertaken in our role as financial regulator and supervisor, some of which I will describe in more detail later in my remarks.
In the "regrettable event" that any major publisher refused to join such a scheme, he suggests that one option would be for Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, to act as a backstop regulator, though he does not recommend this.
Consumer advocates and some industry analysts contend that the agency long courted big banks to choose the OCC as their regulator by offering a lax approach to supervision and taking the side of banks in striking down state consumer-protection laws.
As the regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nears its decision on whether to approve debt forgiveness for troubled borrowers, a new analysis by the regulator suggests taxpayers could benefit from the move, according to people briefed on the findings.
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"Pinnacle West is an excellent managed utility that I like over the long term, but investors need to be careful in the short-term, as PNW faces an uphill battle against their regulator as they try to raise prices, " she says.
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