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It heard that the quango was "too bureaucratic" and had a narrow interpretation of the opportunities in its remit.

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McMahon is transferring entire pieces of the Education Department remit to other departments.

The policy was well designed: shipowners could have those fees remitted if they ordered a U.S.-built vessel within three years.

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Mr Moreno Ocampo, a lawyer from Argentina who helped lead the 1985 prosecution of that country's former military junta, described the strikes as a "very dangerous" expansion of the president's remit to use lethal force.

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Fifa suggested corners should become part of VAR's remit, and it was thought to be the most likely change to be introduced because it is normally a factual decision, rather than subjective.

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