All countries would come up with a "national schedule" of programmes, such as cap-and-trade and low-carbon regulations.
"Open" programmes have traditionally been the bread-and-butter of executive education; each year a school will offer a schedule of programmes, in areas such as finance, leadership or marketing, which are open to executives from any company.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport denied the suggestion that it aimed to "determine either the content or scheduling of programmes".
The secretary of state has made it clear on a number of occasions that the government cannot, and indeed should not, determine either the content or scheduling of programmes".
Speculation about the government's intentions reached the point last week where the DCMS said it did not want to affect Strictly by saying: "The secretary of state has made it clear on a number of occasions that the government cannot and indeed should not, determine either the content or scheduling of programmes".
Health authorities embark on media campaigns to educate mothers on the importance of child immunization as well as the schedule of immunization programmes.
"If there is any truth that the government plans to interfere in the scheduling of popular programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing and Silent Witness, this would represent a unique, unnecessary and wholly inappropriate intervention".
Yet today there are far more parenting advice books (each with their own regime to promote) than 30 years ago, and the radio and TV schedules are full of programmes such as Supernanny, which train a critical eye on what are generally called parents but most of us understand to be mothers.
For example, it could build in a cut to employer national insurance contributions if unemployment is high, offering three months of national salary insurance to temporarily unemployed workers, giving extra funding to JobCentre Plus if the claimant count spikes, and amending the payment schedule of the work programme to take account of the cycle so it becomes a true measure of provider performance.
For example, since rotavirus vaccines are expected to be introduced into the routine infant immunization schedule of the Expanded Programme on Immunization for a number of high-mortality developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, the GEMS data can be exceedingly helpful to assist advocacy efforts.
"We never intended for the scheduling of the programme to coincide with the Queen's birthday and are sorry for the offence caused by its timing and content".
