The phrase "a comprehensive legislation" is not correct in standard English usage.
The correct form would be "comprehensive legislation" without the article "a," as legislation is an uncountable noun.
Example: "The government introduced comprehensive legislation to address climate change."
Alternatives: "extensive legislation" or "thorough legislation."
The draft bill under consideration from 2005 was for a comprehensive legislation to address all offenses against children.
The president first pledged to tackle climate change in his 2009 inauguration address, a commitment he reiterated four years later, but despite more modest achievements on fuel efficiency standards and renewable energy investment, a comprehensive legislation was blocked in the Senate.
* Aim to produce a comprehensive legislation next month.
In spite of a comprehensive legislation being in place and implementation of National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) by the Government, effective measures for tobacco control are still lacking in many states.
In Italy, the controversial issue of advance directives and end of life's rights, in the absence of a clear and comprehensive legislation, has been over time a subject of interest of the Supreme Court.
"The horse meat scandal should result in a Europe-wide comprehensive legislation on 'origin labeling' for all meat in processed foods, and a better E.U. enforcement procedure," Ms. Willmott said.
In Italy, the controversial issue of end of life rights, in the absence of a clear and comprehensive legislation, has been once again brought to the attention of the Supreme Court which passed the judgment no.
"Obviously, everyone is disappointed that we do not yet have an agreement on comprehensive legislation," she said.
Attempts to pass any kind of climate legislation collapsed in July 2010 due to lack of enough votes in the Senate; Browner appeared on behalf of the administration and said, "Obviously, everyone is disappointed that we do not yet have an agreement on comprehensive legislation".
Galen Carey, vice president of government relations for the National Association of Evangelicals, said on the call that "quite a remarkable degree of consensus is growing" among evangelicals in favor of comprehensive legislation, a major shift on the issue, he said, in the last few years.
As with gay marriage, a signal from on high can often have as much value as a successful bit of comprehensive legislation.
