But on the government's timetable, that final vote is due to take place before AMs leave for their summer holidays this year.
Developed economies are built on easy access to cheap energy, importing goods that are transported from around the world, with consumers driving many miles to work in air-conditioned offices and then flying off to sunny climes for their annual holidays.
As Chinese New Year approaches on 10 February, people returning to their hometowns for the holidays are dreading "interrogations" by parents about their marital status and salaries, Xinhua reports.
Mrs Humphreys and her husband Matthew had hoped to use the van for holidays with their twin sons, seven, and daughter nine.
Fifteen new experiences were suggested by children across the country for 2013 after their 2012 summer holidays.
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Such towns have more stay-at-home parents who volunteer in schools and more opportunities for holidays that enrich their children than are available to poorer communities.
The big tour operators will be hoping that economic uncertainty derails the trend of recent years for people to organise their own holidays instead of packages.
Tier-one cities suffered the sharpest decline as many residents left their cities for vacations or to return to their ancestral homes during the holidays.
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He said he had around 5, 000 supporters who gave up their holidays to work for his party.
Now, last month I was in Afghanistan to visit our troops and to thank them for their service, especially during the holidays.
By contrast, foreign students now in the U.S. know that when they go home for summer vacation or holidays, their probability of returning to school is no sure thing.
While Walmart had a good year in 2010 overall, they got their merchandising mix wrong for the holidays in the U.S. Going into the holidays, they all felt good.
And the character and courage of our men and women in uniform who are far from home for the holidays, away from their families, risking their lives to protect ours.
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In many cases, only elderly people have returned, and their families come back just for holidays.
Previous projects included designing an electronic travel agent that was able to act in the same way as a high street travel agent, producing the best holidays for clients based on their expressed preferences.
The Carlyle co-founders also made headlines around the holidays with their video wishes for a happy and healthy New Year.
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Built in 1860, the rambling farmhouse held the five grown children and their significant others as they returned for the holidays.
The survey also asked employees about their expectations for bonuses and time off during the holidays.
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Many of these chefs say they wouldn't trade Fraternity Row for anything, what with their evenings, weekends and holidays off.
Some had been given holidays, others jobs or university places for their relatives.
Ever mindful that Gold Star families worry about being forgotten, volunteers regularly call or send notes on days that are hard for survivors: birthdays, holidays and the anniversaries of their soldiers' death.
Look at other large employers who make what Walmart makes and what regular compensation they offer their employees and then the extra compensation they offer for working holidays or overtime, etc.
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The provider of this cover will be writing to all customers who have paid for outstanding coach holidays to provide those customers with guidance on submitting their claims.
The court heard the Drakes used their dishonestly obtained cash for "high living", enjoying expensive foreign holidays and buying a property in Florida.
Staff get 33 holidays including bank holidays and other benefits like free bus travel for themselves and their immediate families, reduced price train travel around the UK and access to discounts at some high street shops and leisure destinations.
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Butler said that as a hiring manager, when he figured out his seasonal staffing plans, he would first think of who had been on staff and who he knew could come back for the holidays -- when many retailers do a huge percentage of their yearly business.
Thailand, and Singapore approved measures to give domestic workers a weekly day off, while Venezuela and the Philippines adopted broad laws for domestic workers ensuring a minimum wage, paid holidays, and limits to their working hours.
My son's school broke up for the school holidays 3 weeks ago, but none of the pupils had received their results.
The government argues that children's education is disrupted by term-time holidays, although parents are entitled to take their children out of school for up to 10 days a year.
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