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"This would of course have meant vulnerable children falling between the cracks, which runs contrary to what parliament intended with the Children Act and 2013 statutory guidance 'Working Together to Safeguard Children', which the judge examined for the first time".
The department has apologised after documents sent to the Guardian showed that contrary to assurances given to parliament, more than 25 senior staff employed by the department are paid salaries direct to limited companies, with the likely effect of reducing their tax bills.
The Department of Health has apologised after documents sent to the Guardian showed that contrary to assurances given to parliament, more than 25 senior staff employed by the department are paid salaries direct to limited companies, with the likely effect of reducing their tax bills.
That code said: "We will not advise clients to enter into transactions with the main purpose of securing a tax advantage clearly contrary to the intention of parliament in enacting the relevant legislation".
"Bob Diamond gave George Osborne a promise 15 months ago that this bank would not embark on tax planning that aims to achieve tax result that is contrary to the intentions of parliament.
The Lords report also came as new analysis from the House of Commons library showed that government spending on disabled people is set to decline in real terms over the course of this parliament contrary to reassurances from Stephen Crabb, the new work and pensions secretary.
The directive on the patenting of biotechnological discoveries was also a disaster because in the Conciliation Committee we agreed, by way of a compromise, to a form of words proposed by the group of advisers, which was clearly contrary to the opinion of Parliament, which has said that is against this type of manipulation, and not just for a specified time, but against it altogether.
Indeed, Mr. Khatami may find that a reform-led parliament is more troublesome than the conservative-led parliament, which, contrary to popular perception, largely supported his economic reforms.
"The council believes that the text passed by the Parliament is contrary to the Shariah and the Constitution," the radio said, referring to the legal code of Islam based on the Koran.
21 February 2008 Foreign Secretary David Miliband tells parliament that "contrary to earlier explicit assurances that Diego Garcia had not been used for rendition flights, recent US investigations have now revealed two occasions, both in 2002, when this had in fact occurred".
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