Putting legislation on the ballot through a referendum is an attempt to make local government more responsive to the people.

This seems to be a problem of unwillingness, rather than inability, to put existing legislation into effect.

Perhaps he will finally put legislation in place forcing employers to provide comprehensive health cover.

The bill has cross-party support and provides the Government with the means to put early legislation on to a crowded timetable.

When we put better legislation on the agenda in future, it has to be respected.

I hope that we will put such legislation into effect as soon as possible.

That is why we put legislation in place to remove this specified risk material from the food chain.

That is why in 2008 the Commission quickly put forward new legislation for these agencies, which will come into force in the next few months.

The Latvian authorities, the government, keep their eyes closed on obvious violations and are not going to put legislation in order.

They were never into us saying - ever - 'Listen, we must put legislation and control on the banks'.