Sentence examples for down the plans from inspiring English sources
The IWP trials may offer ministers a chance to quietly water down the plans.
Mr McPartland's very public move will further concern the Treasury, which is facing substantial pressure from Tory MPs to substantially water down the plans at the Autumn Statement.
A spokesman said: "We were not in a position of waiting for the Ashes - we set down the plans and initiatives six months ago".
(The last big case outstanding this term is a challenge to school-desegregation plans in Louisville and Seattle. Based on the oral argument, Kennedy appears likely to join the same quartet in striking down the plans).
The defeat was particularly painful because ministers had offered to significantly water down the plans by rolling them out in only 12 pilot areas, in a last-ditch attempt to stave off the rebellion.
Although some countries with big fleets may try to water down the plans, Damanaki said the weight of public opinion was behind the move, citing Channel 4's Fish Fight campaign.
He said he had a better idea: strike down the plan through the legislature.
However, council officials again recommended the committee turned down the plan, for a series of reasons.
"Bolton wants to knock down the plan and start from scratch," the source said.
"The conclusion was that government has turned down the plan to evict tens of thousands of Masai.
