The minister insisted he was "profoundly concerned" by the UK Government's plans to abolish Council Tax Benefit and outlined the Welsh governments proposals to develop and implement a new scheme.

BBC: Council tax statement

It is necessary that we reach agreement by the end of the year because there is a lot of work to do to bring the new schemes into place as early as possible so that people know what their future holds and we can implement the new scheme.

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In particular, Clinton's leadership and gravitas are needed to implement an international certification scheme that enables companies to trace the source of the minerals to ensure that they aren't funding armed groups, and that allows consumers to choose which companies to give business to, based on their human rights record in Congo.

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The Countryside Enhancement Scheme is open to individuals, schools and other organisations that want to implement environmental projects.

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And he helped implement PlaNYC, a long-term scheme to build houses for up to 1m New Yorkers, link them to transport, clean up brownfields, plant 1m trees and improve air and water across the five boroughs.

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Of special note were concerns expressed about the supranational mechanisms that would have to be created to implement, monitor and enforce the sort of comprehensive energy management scheme entailed in such a treaty and the "emissions trading" arrangement expected to accompany it.

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To counteract this development, the country is trying to implement a carbon credit scheme that will see richer economies pay to preserve the Guyanese rainforest and save it from destruction by gold and diamond miners.

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