In most states, the job requires no qualifications, no training, no background check, and no licence of any sort.

ECONOMIST: Bounty-hunters

What we should be doing , especially in the U.K, is looking at the methods of licencing , perhaps a more vigorous check on the applicant for a firearms licence might pay dividends .

BBC: World

The culture secretary said he recognised the need for changes to merger rules but added that safeguards were already in place to check whether an individual was suitable to hold a broadcasting licence.

BBC: Culture questions and Commons commission questions