Announcing that growth was lower than expected three months ago and inflation higher, King said the job of the nine-strong monetary policy committee was "difficult".
"As we said in front of the public accounts committee, it is difficult to respond fully to documents we have not seen," the statement reads.
Caron-Flinterman and colleagues note that user involvement in prioritising is "usually in the form of committees, where it is difficult to determine whether and to what extent the input of patients has influenced decision-making"[ 12].
While I was not privy to the committee's deliberations, it is difficult to see how the decision to proceed in the manner it did could have been understood as consistent with its obligation to act in accordance with the Senate resolution under which it was empowered.
Maximizing Productivity and Recognition, Part 1: Publication, Citation, and Impact S. Pfirman, P. Balsam, R. E. Bell, J. D. Laird, A. E. Michaels, 2 November 2007 Figuring out what hiring and tenure committees are looking for is difficult for junior scientists.
In the words of the Nobel committee's less technical backgrounder, "Regulation is difficult".
Just finding people with the time or expertise to serve on a committee can be difficult, some pastors say, especially in poor or immigrant parishes.
Its senior vice-president, Lisa Coleman, told the Commons' work and pensions select committee it was "difficult to see" any improvements unless the government accepted its own policy was part of the problem.
In any event, legislative sources said, it is difficult for the committees to try to change this procedure.
However, this is difficult in Norway because usually, Regional Ethics Committees do not approve such studies.
