committee hearing

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committee
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/kəˈmɪt.i/us
/kəˈmɪt̬.i/
a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information ...
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hearing
adjective
uk
/ˈhɪə.rɪŋ/us
/ˈhɪr.ɪŋ/
able ...
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(Definition ofcommitteeandhearingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I was at the rent assessmentcommitteehearing.
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Secondly, at the joint parliamentarycommitteehearinglocals were not given the opportunity to object, as they were at the public inquiry.
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This can make the hearing of an appeal more expensive to the parties concerned than a servicecommitteehearing.
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It would be one localcommitteehearingan appeal from another local committee.
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He also pointed out that an independent element might be more appropriate at the staffcommitteehearing which decides whether to dismiss, rather than the appeal stage.
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It also offerscommitteehearingagendas; debate, voting and caucus calendars; legislators biographies and contact information; and news notes on daily legislative happenings.
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In 1965, he was involved in a fight for public access to the legislature, when he refused to leave acommitteehearingfollowing a call for executive session.
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During thecommitteehearingthe author presents the bill to the committee, and testimony may be heard in support or opposition to the bill.
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During thecommitteehearingthe sponsor presents the bill to the committee, and testimony may be heard in support or opposition to the bill from any member of the public.
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This causes delay, due to unnecessary rent assessment committee hearings.
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That will not apply to health committee hearings.
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This causes delay due to rent assessment committee hearings having to be held which are, in fact, unnecessary.
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Comments have specifically been invited on the question of assistance to and representation of parties at service committee hearings.
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Legal representation of either party has been avoided at service committee hearings in the interests of informality.
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Those are, however, simply observations—albeit observations that throw further light on our committee hearings.
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The system of service committee hearings and other disciplinary procedures will apply to them.
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I am glad of this opportunity to raise the subject of the need for further regulations governing the conduct of rent assessment committee hearings.
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We endeavoured to get undertakings from the chairmen of those committees that they would start committee hearings.
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The professional conduct committee hearings will focus on allegations of misconduct, incompetence and conviction of a criminal offence: they will be concerned with matters of professional discipline.
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