Definitions can play an important role in legislation. Defining words or phrases is done to provide the reader of the legislative text with clear guidance regarding how those words or phrases are to ...

The Leader of the Government in the House of Commons is responsible for co-ordinating the Government’s day-to-day business in the House and managing the overall legislative agenda of the Government.

The incoming coalition’s programme for government contains a lot of reheated economic measures carried over from the outgoing administration. For instance, the promise to build 300,000 housing ...

The incoming coalition of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, supported by Independents, have published a plan that aims to keep their government in place for five years. A 160-page Programme for ...

(Brussels, January 16, 2025) – The Georgian government drove the country toward a human rights crisis in 2024, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2025. The government ...

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The new definitions aim to resolve any conflict in medical circles over whether obesity is a disease or just a risk factor. Global health leaders have proposed a “dramatic overhaul” of the way ...

“The whole goal of this is to get a more precise definition so that we are targeting the people who actually need the help most,” said Dr. David Cummings, an obesity expert at the University of ...

A Senate committee voted 10-1 Wednesday to approve legislation barring children less than 16 years old from accessing any social media outlets unless a parent explicitly consents to their child's use.

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 58 international experts across a range of medical specialties and people with lived experience released a report proposing a new definition ...

The international Commission on Clinical Obesity which proposed the new definitions called it a nuanced approach. Their report includes 18 diagnostic criteria for clinical obesity in adults and ...

The programme for government that will dictate the government’s direction and policies will be published this Wednesday afternoon. Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, the Regional Independents and the ...