• Jill Pay was giving evidence on 7 December 2009 to the specially convened Committee on Issue of Privilege, set up following the search of Mr Green's offices.

    BBC: Committee on Issue of Privilege

  • "He had no answers on the mess his government has made on the issue of corporation tax and he had even less to say on the issue of what has become known as welfare reform, " he said.

    BBC: Martin McGuinness

  • It is the first time I feel such an outrage on the way the majority (as shown in polls) of the American public thinks on the issue of Iraq, and moreover on the way the US government is acting.

    BBC: Is there enough evidence for war on Iraq?

  • One of her first duties will be to chair a controversial debate on the issue of gay ministers on Monday.

    BBC: Lorna Hood

  • He has focused very aggressively the fight against al Qaeda, as you know, and he has focused and his entire administration has focused on working with the 50 nations who are a party of the summit on the issue of securing loose nuclear materials and preventing them from getting into the hands of terrorists.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • If Obama succeeds in getting Netanyahu on board, the American media discussion of sanctions will focus on the issue of Israeli power over US policy.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The rigged game

  • The high court two years ago ruled in favor of the FCC on the issue of "fleeting expletives, " concluding federal regulators have the authority to clamp down on broadcast TV networks airing isolated cases of profanity.

    CNN: High court rules for broadcasters on TV 'indecency'

  • On this point -- and here I'll fend off the wrath or maybe the scorn of the managers by quoting not a scholar or a professor, but rather a witness called by the majority members of the Judiciary Committee to testify as an expert on the issue of perjury, a witness who had served on the Judiciary Committee in 1974.

    CNN: Transcript: White House Counsel Ruff's opening statement

  • Perhaps no place more does this issue arise than on the issue of memorization.

    FORBES: Learning Should Fit the Child

  • Voters in nine states issued a stunning rebuke to all levels of government on the issue of eminent domain.

    CNN: Dobbs: A big 'hallelujah' for American voters

  • People are genuinely nervous about this deal and they're nervous about Democrats getting through the right of them on their issue of security.

    NPR: President to Ask for Line-Item Veto

  • The Welsh government has also confirmed that it has been holding discussions with the UK Ministry of Defence on the issue of injured members of the armed services.

    BBC: Blue badge disabled parking to be extended in Wales

  • There was a number of questions on this issue of promoting collaboration between local authorities, which the minister said was "more important than ever" during a period of constrained budgets.

    BBC: Local government questions

  • The second idea, which followed on from the first, was that Labour so dominated the political landscape that it had changed the terms of trade on the issue of taxing and spending.

    ECONOMIST: Bagehot

  • It does not mean that the search giant is out of the woods on the issue of anti-competitive practices.

    BBC: Google makes concessions to avoid legal action in US

  • Palin said she and McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, discussed the possibility of her working on the issue of energy independence if she becomes vice president.

    CNN: Palin discusses potential plans for America

  • The Welsh government said it was "following due process" on the issue of easing the congestion on the M4 around Newport, and that it was continuing to press the UK government for access to borrowing powers in order to finance infrastructure investment.

    BBC: M4 relief road: Chancellor 'to approve toll plan'

  • Much of the strategy focuses on improving links with the private sector on the issue of cybercrime - with "hubs" to allow information to be shared on cyber threats and a pledge to look at new ways to bring together businesses, academics and government to exploit the latest innovations in tackling the threat.

    BBC: GCHQ to help firms combat cybercrime

  • But we can see the usual operation of commercial market economies on the issue of slum land.

    FORBES: Enterprising Nubian Slum-dwellers Dream Of Their Own Homeland in Kibera

  • We also had an extensive discussion about the possibilities of restarting serious negotiations on the issue of Israel and the Palestinians.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama & Prime Minister Netanyahu: "The Common Goal is Peace" | The White House

  • Bridgend Council said that it was working closely with Terry and the rest of the youth council on the issue of homelessness in the area.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | South East Wales | Youth mayor to help homeless

  • The Pentagon says that General George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, is going to make some sort of recommendation this spring on the issue of troops.

    NPR: Bush Speech Highlights the Challenge of the Iraqi Insurgency

  • To me that's very significant because I remember the first moment that I said, yes, this man is thinking like a president was one of those early debates on the issue of Iraq, and his position being different than the others was significant.

    NPR: Clock Ticking On Obama's First 100 Days

  • Given my professional experiences starting a young entrepreneurial venture in my twenties, and finishing my career as the President of a multi-billion dollar e-commerce company, I felt that I could bring a disciplined, real world set of skills to focus on the issue of youth employment.

    FORBES: Connect

  • But former Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell described the coalition as a "marriage of inconvenience" and said there would be "a lot of hard talking" on the issue of Commons boundary reforms - thought likely to benefit the Conservatives - should plans to overhaul the Lords collapse.

    BBC: UK Politics

  • But because this was a good and thus fair speech on the issue of peace, the president likely also made Abbas a bit uneasy with the forcefulness of his commitment to Israel's existence as a Jewish state, a commitment that cuts directly to an issue on which even the most constructive members of the Palestinian leadership have been reluctant to show flexibility.

    CNN: Obama goes over Netanyahu's head to the Israeli people

  • Even before the Etan Patz case, groups were working in the 1970s -- largely out of the spotlight -- on the issue of missing children.

    CNN: Missing child case 'awakened America'

  • Meanwhile, a report in The New York Times says President Bush has seized on the conviction of Hussein as a "milestone in Iraq" while seeking to rally Republican voters on the issue of national security.

    CNN: Highlights from the world's press

  • On the issue of campaign financing, Obama announced on Thursday that he would not take public financing for the general election.

    CNN: A battle of accused political 'flip-flops'

  • Does he think the Europeans need to step up, not so much on the longer-term issue but on the immediate issue of restoring market confidence?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

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