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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	Good social policy will not prevent exclusion if the issues of equality of education and its high quality are ignored. If the EU wishes to make its human rights policy towards third countries more credible, scrutiny of the issues under discussion is needed. As Article 3 (on incitement) also overlaps with investigative methods, it would be clearer if the issue as such were addressed. I have already told Mr Van Orden that the issue is being monitored by the President's Cabinet, that action has already been undertaken and that, if necessary, the President will personally see to this matter if the situation persists. If the issue involves, as your patch suggests, fish and wildlife, have at it. I wonder if the matter has been shunted backwards and forwards between different EU Commissioners without anyone in the end taking real responsibility for the issue. What if the issue is outside this room? If the issue involves, as your patch suggests, fish and wildlife, have at it.

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Good social policy will not prevent exclusion if the issues of equality of education and its high quality are ignored.
If the EU wishes to make its human rights policy towards third countries more credible, scrutiny of the issues under discussion is needed.
As Article 3 (on incitement) also overlaps with investigative methods, it would be clearer if the issue as such were addressed.
I have already told Mr Van Orden that the issue is being monitored by the President's Cabinet, that action has already been undertaken and that, if necessary, the President will personally see to this matter if the situation persists.
If the issue involves, as your patch suggests, fish and wildlife, have at it.
I wonder if the matter has been shunted backwards and forwards between different EU Commissioners without anyone in the end taking real responsibility for the issue.
What if the issue is outside this room?
If the issue involves, as your patch suggests, fish and wildlife, have at it.