proportionate

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Speaking to BBC Newsnight, she argued the government's measures were "fair and proportionate" for getting "the balance right between tax and spending".

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The hearing was shown a note from a detective which said "the claimant had used force which was proportionate and necessary in the circumstances in the defence of himself and the female passenger".

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Plaid Cymru's spokesperson for housing, Sian Gwenllian MP, said the party had "always" called for a "proportionate approach" to implementing the 182-day rule, including where properties would not be eligible as full-time residences.

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Trans rights campaigners Translucent say that for many trans people the debate is "excruciatingly difficult", that these cases are rare and when rights "clash" then that needs to be handled in a proportionate way.

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However, they added a "proportionate" package of national security mitigations had been developed for the site.

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