Sentence examples for remit said from inspiring English sources

"We never received complaints in this area but we sought to extend our remit", said one insider.

Anton Setchell, who is in overall command of Acpo's domestic extremism remit, said people who find themselves on the databases "should not worry at all".

The junior education minister, Elizabeth Truss, who handles home education as part of her remit, said she did not think the DfE should be guiding councils on such matters, a view disputed by the MPs.

Trotter, who is also chief constable of British Transport police in addition to his online remit, said thin police resources could be stretched further because of social media posts alleged to be criminal.

Former culture secretary Tessa Jowell, who approved the plans for BBC3 in 2003 after initially asking the corporation to rework its remit, said: "The important question is does this mean the BBC is giving up on a mainstream connection with 16 to 34-year-olds?" Jowell said there was a "compelling case" for the BBC to have a channel aimed at younger people.

But the Coba, which represents commercial broadcasters with no public service broadcasting (PSB) remit, said the multichannel sector outside of the PSBs – the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – was "one of the fastest growing sources of investment in the UK broadcasting industry".

"I see it as part of our natural remit," says Jane Corbett, cabinet member at Liverpool city council, whose portfolio spans fairness, social inclusion and equalities.

"When the remit says to push risk taking and promote debate and to balance that with taking care you find complex situations.

Which, if you're Channel 4, with a remit to be innovative, edgy, different, to serve audiences not well catered for elsewhere – as that remit says – and above all not to be the BBC, is pretty tricky.

Its official remit says it will consider the act's impact on the government's ability to provide "robust protection" to documents and create "safe spaces" for decision making.

When recent technical developments have given it additional capabilities that do not fit into the traditional remit, says Donelle Capriotti, Business Development Director at Wanner Engineering, who suggests that a new definition is required.