Example sentences of "government introduce the " in BNC.

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1 After 4,000 perished in 1952 the government introduced the Clean Air Acts , with 2,000 local Clean Air Zones .
2 This Government introduced the Children Act , a landmark in legislation to protect children .
3 Harold Wilson 's government introduced the original Redundancy Payments Act 1965 , which gave redundant workers the right for the first time to a statutory severance payment if they satisfied certain qualifying conditions .
4 In 1986 , the Duarte government introduced the Programa de Estabilización y Reactivación Económica ( PERE ) , which included devaluation , price hikes and temporary restrictions on imports .
5 In 1968 the Government introduced the Newspaper Ordnance ( Amendment ) Bill , which empowered the president to order a newspaper to cease publication when he considered it in the public interest to do so .
6 When the Government introduced the NHS shake-up opponents forecast : ‘ Hundreds of millions of pounds will be spent on the extra bureaucracy needed by these changes while thousands of beds will be closed for lack of cash ’ .
7 In October 1989 the British government introduced the new actively seeking work legislation .
8 In the 1966–70 Parliament , the Labour Government introduced the most ambitious of state pension schemes .
9 In 1981 the Conservative government introduced the Assisted Places Scheme which provides help with tuition fees and certain other incidental expenses .
10 The British government introduced the Criminal Jurisdiction Bill in the Lords during January 1975 and , following the announcement of the date of the election for the Convention , the government of the Republic introduced their counterpart Criminal Law ( Jurisdiction ) Bill at the beginning of April .
11 The Government introduced the discredited poll tax , which cost an enormous amount to collect , so there is not much joy or credit if the new system still costs more than the original system .
12 The Government introduced the community charge legislation as a result of total panic about what was happening in Scotland when revaluation came before us again .
13 To placate the hon. Member for Pembroke and his kind , the Government introduced the council tax — a property-poll tax hybrid that makes but fleeting reference to ability to pay .
14 My hon. Friend the Member for Holborn and St. Pancras ( Mr. Dobson ) referred to the speed with which the Government introduced the Bill and his comments add credence to my view .
15 We heard the same thing when the Labour Government introduced the Equal Pay Act 1970 .
16 Perhaps the Minister of State will be kind enough to inform the House who was consulted before the Government introduced the Bill , and who approves of it .
17 As a result , the Government introduced the 1986 Bill .
18 The prosecution alleged that the defendants had knowingly allowed contaminated stocks of blood to be exhausted before the government introduced the mandatory use of heated products to eliminate the HIV virus from Oct. 1 , 1985 .
19 One of the main reasons for the government introducing the system is to ensure that more residents pay for local services .
20 The lack of accountability was the reason which drove the Government to introduce the poll tax .
21 I hope that there will be no opportunity for the Government to introduce the Rothschild recommendations and that a Labour Government will be returned .
22 When so many different strands of opinion oppose privatisation — a view that will undoubtedly be expressed today — is it not stupid for the Government to introduce the Bill in their dying days ?
23 No-one is suggesting that the Government is trying to gag its critics , but the fact that relations between it and Fleet Street are n't as cosy as they once were perhaps makes it easier for the Government to introduce the tax at present .
24 The director of policy of the Consumers ' Association , Stephen Locke , said it had been pressing the Government to introduce the measures for some time .
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