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The committee might usefully ask the head of GCHQ who it was in government who signed off on that programme and whether the minister or ministers involved understood exactly what they were sanctioning.

Bardell told the Guardian the official told her that when the policy was first ended, her office "had to send members of staff home on Christmas Eve very, very distressed because they'd had to sanction people over the Christmas and new year period, and the people they were sanctioning were massively distressed".

He said he believed offices had "their own take" on social security law in terms of the strictness with which they were sanctioning people, and that "management, and the culture of [Jobcentre Plus] – with only a few exceptions – viewed claimants with contempt".

They were sanctioned by the central government and were subject to the authority of the magistrates.

Others said they were sanctioned for attending the funeral of a close friend rather than going to a routine Jobcentre meeting.

In both cases, they say, the university would not investigate because the fraternity houses were off campus, even though they were sanctioned fraternities.

In addition, when the curriculum coordinator positions were developed, they were sanctioned with three course releases per year (one release per instructor).

They were sanctioned by themselves.

She says they are sanctioned by custom and most certainly can be.

Some state legislation gives drug users the opportunity to undergo treatment before they are sanctioned.

If they're sanctioned repeatedly and it's not having an effect that needs to be investigated," she said.