And, you know, to this day there may be, I think, controversy about us imposing a timetable for winding down our combat participation in Afghanistan.
In fact, plans for a bail-out were still sketchy; but the markets impose a timetable all of their own, and as the sell-off intensified, Treasury officials worked late into the night in Whitehall to fill in the details.
I no more voted for that than you did when you voted against our funding proposals that would have imposed a timetable.
On Iran, Mr. Obama and Mr. Medvedev discussed a timetable for imposing sanctions if Tehran and the West do not reach an accord soon on a proposal in which Iran would send its stockpile of enriched uranium out of the country for either temporary safekeeping or reprocessing into fuel rods, administration officials said.
The prime minister, who has blocked previous attempts by the EU to clamp down on offshore havens, is being urged to set a timetable for imposing tighter anti-corruption laws on the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and tax havens in the Caribbean.
In the wake of the Panama Papers scandal, which revealed the extent to which the likes of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) were being used to hide money offshore, the prime minister is being urged to set a timetable for imposing stringent anti-corruption laws on Britain's tax havens.
"Sir John has refused the families' legal request to impose an effective timetable on the Maxwellisation process, thereby preventing any deadline being set for publication of the report," he said.
He was able to point to a new United Nations resolution being developed in consultation with American allies, not imposed in defiance of them, and to a timetable for moving Iraq toward elected self-government.
The economic commission of west African states (Ecowas) has announced it will impose crippling sanctions on Mali after a deadline for setting a timetable for civilian rule was missed.
Mr Raynsford said: "I now think it's going to be necessary to set out a timetable for the change of leadership, though I do not think we should be specific or seek to impose one.
