MSPs agreed to the general principals of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Bill by 80 votes to four with 28 abstentions.

BBC: Debt scheme 'dog's breakfast'

To prevent their abuse, Hamilton explained why the Framers believed direct taxes required explicit constitutional constraints, in addition to the general restraining nature of a constitutional arrangement of limiting government solely to delegated powers.

FORBES: The Case Against Direct Taxation: Part One

Because that would be a rather novel arrangement in terms of who the general is reporting to.

NPR: Snowe Looks for Bipartisan Support on Iraq Bill

In a separate report published in December, the Auditor General for Wales, Huw Vaughan Thomas said while the council had made some positive changes in its arrangement for safeguarding children it had not responded "with sufficient speed and rigour".

BBC: Pembrokeshire council offices in Haverfordwest

By pre-arrangement, and by way of compromise, the prime minister has chosen to attack the Tories' general anti-Europeanism, rather than make a robust case for the merits of the euro.

ECONOMIST: Britain and the euro

General Musharraf is inching towards a destination that, in the abstract, appears acceptable: a power-sharing arrangement with Benazir Bhutto, a former prime minister who leads Pakistan's most popular political party from exile.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan