Sentence examples for commitment to scrap from inspiring English sources

Within this mandate is a commitment to scrap the Human Rights Act and introduce a British Bill of Rights.

"Yes he did try to downgrade our commitment to scrap tuition fees in the year before the general election.

The Conservatives were elected on a manifesto commitment to "scrap the Human Rights Act and curtail the role of the European court of human rights".

Russia will apparently be released from its previous commitment to scrap its land-based multiple-warhead missiles, long considered its most threatening weapons.

Nick Clegg faced hostile questioning today from Liberal Democrat activists who are alarmed by plans to water down the party's commitment to scrap university tuition fees.

The Tory manifesto outlined a clear commitment to scrap the 1998 Human Rights Act and curtail the role of the European court of human rights.

It has not made a commitment to scrapping the guidelines.

"Labor's commitment to scrapping the East West Link toll road is shaky, but the Greens won't relent until we get the Doncaster rail alternative moving," Barber said.

The White House's civil rights Web site in recent weeks has significantly watered down the strong language it was using to signal its commitment to scrapping the law.

Judging by some of Sarkozy's recent statements, including his move to scrap a commitment to "free and undistorted competition" in the EU constitution, she may well be able to count on his support.

But former leader Tony Blair had to bludgeon Labour into submission, with the aide of a John-Prescott-shaped battering ram, to get them to scrap their historic commitment to public ownership.