consultative body

They are considered to be a national prime consultative body in Floor 2183.

But they are meant to be consultative bodies, not governing.

House of Commons too is seen as a mainly consultative body.

In 2005 the Government established a consultative body on religious education in public schools.

A new constitution also provided for a national assembly to serve primarily as a consultative body.

But at that time the Xunta did not hold real power; it was a consultative body only.

And the third would be a consultative body linking the three new regional assemblies.

No country has ever been suspended from the 41-nation consultative body, and the Russian delegation walked out after the vote.

Privatisation is to be pushed through without even the safeguard of a consultative body.

It is up to the policy to provide adequate procedures and consultative bodies in this respect.

Youth Council is a non-political consultative body for local government bodies.

It is the major federal-provincial-territorial consultative body for geographic information management.

After their defeat, Parliament was reduced to a mere consultative body.

It was retained as a consultative body by the British colonial rulers.

They are consultative bodies which serve to advise them regarding pastoral issues.

The creation of some form of consultative body had been promised since at least a year earlier.

As he proposed it, it would have been a consultative body, not a legislature.

Many are consultative bodies for more representative political bodies at all levels of government.

The conference serves as a consultative body only and does not make policy, although it can recommend that the bishops follow certain standards.

A standing consultative body made up of interested parties from all sectors to advise the Commission will be a useful thing.

During this period, Althing acted merely as a consultative body for the crown.

Advisory council: Rector's consultative body to foster links among university and community.

"We're ready to include them in staff-level planning through the establishment of consultative bodies.

Chapmanslade also has its own elected parish council of five members, which is almost entirely a consultative body.

The reductions in status of the Duma from a legislative to a consultative body illustrates this.